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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  1. 35 +27

    Desperate

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 52 +121

    Raw Deal

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 43 -30

    The Big Clock

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 75 +165

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 42 +183

    T-Men

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 6 +218

    This Gun for Hire

    1942, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 14 +57

    Fallen Angel

    1945, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 5 +73

    The Glass Key

    1942, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 68 +5

    The File on Thelma Jordon

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 47 +35

    He Walked by Night

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 22 +33

    The Dark Mirror

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 84 -79

    Angel Face

    1952, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 81 +22

    Kansas City Confidential

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 55 +152

    The Street with No Name

    1948, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 31 -3

    Brute Force

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 91 -77

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 36 +75

    Kiss of Death

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 19 -1

    Black Angel

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 18 -1

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 94 +15

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  21. 9 +108

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 26 +141

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 1 +203

    Stranger on the Third Floor

    1940, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 79 +126

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 98 +129

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  26. 65 +178

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  27. 96 +154

    The Wrong Man

    1956, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 8 +59

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 48 +39

    Hollow Triumph

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 10 +127

    Murder, My Sweet

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 93 +53

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 99 +56

    Odds Against Tomorrow

    1959, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 11 +150

    Phantom Lady

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 44 -14

    Call Northside 777

    1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 4 +124

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  36. 66 -59

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 59 -13

    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 32 +15

    Crossfire

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 46 +29

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 3 +90

    I Wake Up Screaming

    1941, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 49 +55

    Key Largo

    1948, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 72 +87

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 28 +175

    The Stranger

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 2 +81

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 87 -1

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 92 +18

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
  47. 12 +234

    The Woman in the Window

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 85 -70

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  49. 20 -

    The Blue Dahlia

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 86 -65

    The Blue Gardenia

    1953, in 2 top lists Check
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