Film Noir 235

Shining some light on essential American film noirs. How many have you seen?

Rank:	Title:	Year:	Director:
1	Double Indemnity	1944	Billy Wilder
2	Scarlet Street	1945	Fritz Lang
3	Gun Crazy	1950	Joseph H. Lewis
4	The Big Heat	1953	Fritz Lang
5	Sunset Boulevard	1950	Billy Wilder
6	The Maltese Falcon	1941	John Huston
7	In a Lonely Place	1950	Nicholas Ray
8	Mildred Pierce	1945	Michael Curtiz
9	Touch of Evil	1958	Orson Welles
10	Ace in the Hole	1951	Billy Wilder
11	Shadow of a Doubt	1943	Alfred Hitchcock
12	The Night of the Hunter	1955	Charles Laughton
13	Strangers on a Train	1951	Alfred Hitchcock
14	Night and the City	1950	Jules Dassin
15	Notorious	1946	Alfred Hitchcock
16	The Asphalt Jungle	1950	John Huston
17	Nightmare Alley	1947	Edmund Goulding
18	Where the Sidewalk Ends	1950	Otto Preminger
19	The Stranger	1946	Orson Welles
20	The Big Sleep	1946	Howard Hawks
21	Gilda	1946	Charles Vidor
22	Kiss Me Deadly	1955	Robert Aldrich
23	White Heat	1949	Raoul Walsh
24	The Killing	1956	Stanley Kubrick
25	Murder, My Sweet	1944	Edward Dmytryk
26	Pickup on South Street	1953	Samuel Fuller
27	Out of the Past	1947	Jacques Tourneur
28	The Window	1949	Ted Tetzlaff
29	Sweet Smell of Success	1957	Alexander Mackendrick
30	The Prowler	1951	Joseph Losey
31	On Dangerous Ground	1952	Nicholas Ray
32	The Lineup	1958	Don Siegel
33	The Sniper	1952	Edward Dmytryk
34	The Big Combo	1955	Joseph H. Lewis
35	Body and Soul	1947	Robert Rossen
36	Key Largo	1948	John Huston
37	Laura	1944	Otto Preminger
38	The Lady from Shanghai	1947	Orson Welles
39	Sudden Fear	1952	David Miller
40	Panic in the Streets	1950	Elia Kazan
41	The Big Clock	1948	John Farrow
42	The Killers	1946	Robert Siodmak
43	This Gun for Hire	1942	Frank Tuttle
44	Brute Force	1947	Jules Dassin
45	Whirlpool	1949	Otto Preminger
46	Nightfall	1957	Jacques Tourneur
47	Angel Face	1952	Otto Preminger
48	The Strange Love of Martha Ivers	1946	Lewis Milestone
49	Sorry, Wrong Number	1948	Anatole Litvak
50	Criss Cross	1949	Robert Siodmak
51	Phantom Lady	1944	Robert Siodmak
52	Detour	1945	Edgar G. Ulmer
53	T-Men	1947	Anthony Mann
54	The Glass Key	1942	Stuart Heisler
55	Border Incident	1949	Anthony Mann
56	Crossfire	1947	Edward Dmytryk
57	No Way Out	1950	Joseph L. Mankiewicz
58	Illegal	1955	Lewis Allen
59	New York Confidential	1955	Russell Rouse
60	Ride the Pink Horse	1947	Robert Montgomery
61	Odds Against Tomorrow	1959	Robert Wise
62	Nora Prentiss	1947	Vincent Sherman
63	Kiss of Death	1947	Henry Hathaway
64	High Sierra	1941	Raoul Walsh
65	City of Fear	1959	Irving Lerner
66	Cat People	1942	Jacques Tourneur
67	I Walked with a Zombie	1943	Jacques Tourneur
68	The Turning Point	1952	William Dieterle
69	They Won't Believe Me	1947	Irving Pichel
70	Pushover	1954	Richard Quine
71	Walk Softly, Stranger	1950	Robert Stevenson
72	Act of Violence	1948	Fred Zinnemann
73	The Racket	1951	John Cromwell
74	Hell's Half Acre	1954	John H. Auer
75	Chicago Calling	1951	John Reinhardt
76	Mystery Street	1950	John Sturges
77	Caged	1950	John Cromwell
78	Kansas City Confidential	1952	Phil Karlson
79	D.O.A.	1950	Rudolph Maté
80	Road House	1948	Jean Negulesco
81	Too Late for Tears	1949	Byron Haskin
82	The Narrow Margin	1952	Richard Fleischer
83	The Devil Thumbs a Ride	1947	Felix E. Feist
84	Thieves' Highway	1949	Jules Dassin
85	The Chase	1946	Arthur Ripley
86	Cape Fear	1962	J. Lee Thompson
87	The Blue Dahlia	1946	George Marshall
88	Scandal Sheet	1952	Phil Karlson
89	Suddenly	1954	Lewis Allen
90	The Blue Gardenia	1953	Fritz Lang
91	Fallen Angel	1945	Otto Preminger
92	Alias Nick Beal	1949	John Farrow
93	Conflict	1945	Curtis Bernhardt
94	City That Never Sleeps	1953	John H. Auer
95	Shock	1946	Alfred L. Werker
96	99 River Street	1953	Phil Karlson
97	They Live by Night	1948	Nicholas Ray
98	The Seventh Victim	1943	Mark Robson
99	Cry of the City	1948	Robert Siodmak
100	High Wall	1947	Curtis Bernhardt
101	The Phenix City Story	1955	Phil Karlson
102	The File on Thelma Jordon	1950	Robert Siodmak
103	Roadblock	1951	Harold Daniels
104	The Set-Up	1949	Robert Wise
105	Leave Her to Heaven	1945	John M. Stahl
106	The Postman Always Rings Twice	1946	Tay Garnett
107	711 Ocean Drive	1950	Joseph M. Newman
108	Without Warning!	1952	Arnold Laven
109	He Walked by Night	1948	Alfred L. Werker
110	Possessed	1947	Curtis Bernhardt
111	The Woman in the Window	1944	Fritz Lang
112	Raw Deal	1948	Anthony Mann
113	Kiss the Blood Off My Hands	1948	Norman Foster
114	Tomorrow Is Another Day	1951	Felix E. Feist
115	Try and Get Me!	1950	Cy Endfield
116	So Evil My Love	1948	Lewis Allen
117	The Dark Corner	1946	Henry Hathaway
118	All My Sons	1948	Irving Reis
119	The Threat	1949	Felix E. Feist
120	He Ran All the Way	1951	John Berry
121	The Enforcer	1951	Bretaigne Windust
122	Impact	1949	Arthur Lubin
123	The Hitch-Hiker	1953	Ida Lupino
124	Born to Kill	1947	Robert Wise
125	Dark City	1950	William Dieterle
126	The Locket	1946	John Brahm
127	Cornered	1945	Edward Dmytryk
128	The Underworld Story	1950	Cy Endfield
129	Hoodlum Empire	1952	Joseph Kane
130	Union Station	1950	Rudolph Maté
131	Cry Vengeance	1954	Mark Stevens
132	Hollow Triumph	1948	Steve Sekely
133	Pitfall	1948	André De Toth
134	The Naked City	1948	Jules Dassin
135	Blast of Silence	1961	Allen Baron
136	Among the Living	1941	Stuart Heisler
137	Woman in Hiding	1950	Michael Gordon
138	Desperate	1947	Anthony Mann
139	Cry Danger	1951	Robert Parrish
140	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	1956	Fritz Lang
141	Bodyguard	1948	Richard Fleischer
142	The Reckless Moment	1949	Max Ophüls
143	Johnny O'Clock	1947	Robert Rossen
144	My Name Is Julia Ross	1945	Joseph H. Lewis
145	The Suspect	1944	Robert Siodmak
146	Night Has a Thousand Eyes	1948	John Farrow
147	The Man Who Cheated Himself	1950	Felix E. Feist
148	Flamingo Road	1949	Michael Curtiz
149	Moonrise	1948	Frank Borzage
150	Hangover Square	1945	John Brahm
151	A Kiss Before Dying	1956	Gerd Oswald
152	Cause for Alarm!	1951	Tay Garnett
153	Side Street	1949	Anthony Mann
154	Appointment with Danger	1951	Lewis Allen
155	Caught	1949	Max Ophüls
156	Crime Wave	1954	André De Toth
157	Ministry of Fear	1944	Fritz Lang
158	Human Desire	1954	Fritz Lang
159	The Damned Don't Cry	1950	Vincent Sherman
160	Detective Story	1951	William Wyler
161	High Tide	1947	John Reinhardt
162	The Brothers Rico	1957	Phil Karlson
163	Tension	1949	John Berry
164	The Killer Is Loose	1956	Budd Boetticher
165	The Dark Mirror	1946	Robert Siodmak
166	Hell Bound	1957	William J. Hole Jr.
167	Quicksand	1950	Irving Pichel
168	I Walk Alone	1947	Byron Haskin
169	The Killer That Stalked New York	1950	Earl McEvoy
170	The Web	1947	Michael Gordon
171	The Street with No Name	1948	William Keighley
172	Female on the Beach	1955	Joseph Pevney
173	The Woman on the Beach	1947	Jean Renoir
174	The Las Vegas Story	1952	Robert Stevenson
175	The Desperate Hours	1955	William Wyler
176	Repeat Performance	1947	Alfred L. Werker
177	Split Second	1953	Dick Powell
178	Storm Fear	1955	Cornel Wilde
179	Pursued	1947	Raoul Walsh
180	Decoy	1946	Jack Bernhard
181	Night Editor	1946	Henry Levin
182	Trapped	1949	Richard Fleischer
183	Where Danger Lives	1950	John Farrow
184	Railroaded!	1947	Anthony Mann
185	Follow Me Quietly	1949	Richard Fleischer
186	Destiny	1944	Reginald Le Borg
187	Strange Impersonation	1946	Anthony Mann
188	Woman on the Run	1950	Norman Foster
189	Private Hell 36	1954	Don Siegel
190	Armored Car Robbery	1950	Richard Fleischer
191	Shack Out on 101	1955	Edward Dein
192	The Crooked Way	1949	Robert Florey
193	The Accused	1949	William Dieterle
194	The Lady Gambles	1949	Michael Gordon
195	I Want to Live!	1958	Robert Wise
196	Murder by Contract	1958	Irving Lerner
197	Danger Signal	1945	Robert Florey
198	The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry	1945	Robert Siodmak
199	Big House, U.S.A.	1955	Howard W. Koch
200	Flesh and Fantasy	1943	Julien Duvivier
201	Strangers in the Night	1944	Anthony Mann
202	Abandoned	1949	Joseph M. Newman
203	Killer's Kiss	1955	Stanley Kubrick
204	Shield for Murder	1954	Howard W. Koch, Edmond O'Brien
205	Clash by Night	1952	Fritz Lang
206	Southside 1-1000	1950	Boris Ingster
207	The Price of Fear	1956	Abner Biberman
208	Deported	1950	Robert Siodmak
209	Murder Is My Beat	1955	Edgar G. Ulmer
210	Dark Passage	1947	Delmer Daves
211	When Strangers Marry	1944	William Castle
212	Dial 1119	1950	Gerald Mayer
213	Portrait of Jennie	1948	William Dieterle
214	Deadline - U.S.A.	1952	Richard Brooks
215	5 Against the House	1955	Phil Karlson
216	Smooth as Silk	1946	Charles Barton
217	Boomerang!	1947	Elia Kazan
218	Black Angel	1946	Roy William Neill
219	New Orleans Uncensored	1955	William Castle
220	Hollywood Story	1951	William Castle
221	I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes	1948	William Nigh
222	Step by Step	1946	Phil Rosen
223	M	1951	Joseph Losey
224	A Woman's Secret	1949	Nicholas Ray
225	The Tattooed Stranger	1950	Edward Montagne
226	The Sleeping City	1950	George Sherman
227	The Guilty	1947	John Reinhardt
228	So Dark the Night	1946	Joseph H. Lewis
229	His Kind of Woman	1951	John Farrow
230	Hidden Fear	1957	André De Toth
231	Fall Guy	1947	Reginald Le Borg
232	Born to Be Bad	1950	Nicholas Ray
233	The Big Steal	1949	Don Siegel
234	Blonde Ice	1948	Jack Bernhard
235	Lady in the Lake	1947	Robert Montgomery