TSPDT's 100 Essential Noir Films
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To kick things off on their list of 1000 Essential noirs, TSPDT offered up the first 100 of the 1,000 films. These 100 films have been identified, according to their research, as the most mentioned/cited noir films of all-time. Call them the 100 most essential or quintessential, or whatever you like. They are, simply put, the 100 films that most often show up on film noir lists, in film noir festivals, and/or in film noir publications.
We at Icheckmovies have made these most essential noirs a separate list which you can find here. The rest of the list can be found here TSPDT 1000 Noir Films
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Black Angel
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
86 -65
The Blue Gardenia
1953, in 2 top lists Check -
22 +33
The Dark Mirror
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
35 +27
Desperate
1947, in 2 top lists Check -
53 +125
Road House
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
62 +129
Side Street
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
55 +152
The Street with No Name
1948, in 3 top lists Check -
58 -34
Border Incident
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
45 +4
Cry of the City
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
3 +90
I Wake Up Screaming
1941, in 2 top lists Check -
51 +113
Pitfall
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
74 +165
Where Danger Lives
1950, in 2 top lists Check -
21 +33
The Dark Corner
1946, in 2 top lists Check -
48 +39
Hollow Triumph
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
81 +22
Kansas City Confidential
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
99 +56
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959, in 3 top lists Check -
57 -54
Act of Violence
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
14 +57
Fallen Angel
1945, in 2 top lists Check -
83 +126
Sudden Fear
1952, in 2 top lists Check -
75 +165
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
31 -3
Brute Force
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
80 -41
Clash by Night
1952, in 4 top lists Check -
68 +5
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949, in 2 top lists Check -
47 +35
He Walked by Night
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
11 +150
Phantom Lady
1944, in 5 top lists Check -
41 +136
Ride the Pink Horse
1947, in 4 top lists Check -
1 +203
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940, in 2 top lists Check -
29 -7
Body and Soul
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
90 +1
Human Desire
1954, in 3 top lists Check -
77 +79
On Dangerous Ground
1951, in 3 top lists Check -
72 +87
Panic in the Streets
1950, in 5 top lists Check -
78 +91
The Prowler
1951, in 4 top lists Check -
42 +183
T-Men
1947, in 4 top lists Check -
43 -30
The Big Clock
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
44 -14
Call Northside 777
1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check -
34 +25
Dead Reckoning
1947, in 2 top lists Check -
6 +218
This Gun for Hire
1942, in 4 top lists Check -
30 -5
Born to Kill
1947, in 2 top lists Check -
59 -13
Criss Cross
1949, in 6 top lists Check -
5 +73
The Glass Key
1942, in 3 top lists Check -
36 +75
Kiss of Death
1947, in 5 top lists Check -
10 +127
Murder, My Sweet
1944, in 5 top lists Check -
39 +110
Nightmare Alley
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
52 +121
Raw Deal
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
91 -77
The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
60 +114
The Reckless Moment
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
61 +125
The Set-Up
1949, in 10 top lists Check -
27 +175
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946, in 4 top lists Check -
56 +163
They Live by Night
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
63 +159
Thieves' Highway
1949, in 5 top lists Check
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