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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    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 93 +53

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 35 top lists Check
  3. 4 +124

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  4. 73 +138

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  5. 64 +159

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 18 -1

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  7. 98 +129

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 25 +129

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  9. 8 +59

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  10. 79 +126

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 92 +18

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 7 +181

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 9 +108

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 97 +118

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 13 +53

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 94 +15

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 23 +54

    Gilda

    1946, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 76 -74

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 66 -59

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 37 +77

    The Lady from Shanghai

    1947, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 89 +74

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 26 +141

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 96 +154

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 85 -70

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 16 +115

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 38 +77

    Lady in the Lake

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 40 +118

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 70 +28

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 69 -8

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 49 +55

    Key Largo

    1948, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 15 +103

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 87 -1

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 17 +166

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 84 -79

    Angel Face

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 2 +81

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 24 +84

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 50 +90

    The Naked City

    1948, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 88 +55

    Niagara

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 12 +234

    The Woman in the Window

    1944, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 65 +178

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  41. 71 +73

    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 28 +175

    The Stranger

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 67 -17

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 46 +29

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 95 +146

    While the City Sleeps

    1956, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 54 +143

    Sorry, Wrong Number

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 33 +23

    Dark Passage

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 20 -

    The Blue Dahlia

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 32 +15

    Crossfire

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 82 +60

    The Narrow Margin

    1952, in 7 top lists Check
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