| 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 |
