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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73 +138
Sunset Blvd.
1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check -
100 new
Chinatown
1974, in 31 top lists Check -
8 +59
Double Indemnity
1944, in 37 top lists Check -
93 +53
The Night of the Hunter
1955, in 34 top lists Check -
4 +124
The Maltese Falcon
1941, in 26 top lists Check -
25 +129
Notorious
1946, in 24 top lists Check -
94 +15
The Killing
1956, in 15 top lists Check -
76 -74
Ace in the Hole
1951, in 21 top lists Check -
97 +118
Sweet Smell of Success
1957, in 20 top lists Check -
9 +108
Laura
1944, in 21 top lists Check -
70 +28
In a Lonely Place
1950, in 19 top lists Check -
40 +118
Out of the Past
1947, in 16 top lists Check -
65 +178
White Heat
1949, in 15 top lists Check -
37 +77
The Lady from Shanghai
1947, in 9 top lists Check -
23 +54
Gilda
1946, in 13 top lists Check -
16 +115
Mildred Pierce
1945, in 17 top lists Check -
66 -59
The Asphalt Jungle
1950, in 15 top lists Check -
49 +55
Key Largo
1948, in 7 top lists Check -
24 +84
The Killers
1946, in 15 top lists Check -
17 +166
Scarlet Street
1945, in 10 top lists Check -
69 -8
Gun Crazy
1950, in 17 top lists Check -
13 +53
Detour
1945, in 16 top lists Check -
26 +141
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946, in 9 top lists Check -
15 +103
Leave Her to Heaven
1945, in 12 top lists Check -
96 +154
The Wrong Man
1956, in 8 top lists Check -
50 +90
The Naked City
1948, in 9 top lists Check -
28 +175
The Stranger
1946, in 3 top lists Check -
12 +234
The Woman in the Window
1944, in 8 top lists Check -
39 +110
Nightmare Alley
1947, in 8 top lists Check -
31 -3
Brute Force
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
2 +81
High Sierra
1941, in 8 top lists Check -
10 +127
Murder, My Sweet
1944, in 5 top lists Check -
43 -30
The Big Clock
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
27 +175
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946, in 4 top lists Check -
63 +159
Thieves' Highway
1949, in 5 top lists Check -
6 +218
This Gun for Hire
1942, in 4 top lists Check -
46 +29
Force of Evil
1948, in 13 top lists Check -
59 -13
Criss Cross
1949, in 6 top lists Check -
91 -77
The Big Combo
1955, in 7 top lists Check -
75 +165
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
77 +79
On Dangerous Ground
1951, in 3 top lists Check -
84 -79
Angel Face
1952, in 5 top lists Check -
60 +114
The Reckless Moment
1949, in 8 top lists Check -
81 +22
Kansas City Confidential
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
54 +143
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948, in 2 top lists Check -
29 -7
Body and Soul
1947, in 6 top lists Check -
57 -54
Act of Violence
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
36 +75
Kiss of Death
1947, in 5 top lists Check -
52 +121
Raw Deal
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
32 +15
Crossfire
1947, in 7 top lists Check
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