List of films noir

Classic examples of the film noir style include:

• 1940
  • The Letter
  • Rebecca
  • Stranger on the Third Floor
• 1941
  • High Sierra
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Suspicion
  • The Shanghai Gesture
• 1942
  • Casablanca
  • The Falcon Takes Over
  • The Glass Key
  • This Gun for Hire
• 1943
  • Shadow of a Doubt
• 1944
  • Double Indemnity
  • Experiment Perilous
  • Laura
  • Murder, My Sweet
  • Phantom Lady
  • To Have and Have Not
• 1945
  • Cornered
  • Detour
  • The House on 92nd Street
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Scarlet Street
  • Spellbound
  • The Woman in the Window
• 1946
  • The Big Sleep
  • The Black Angel
  • The Blue Dahlia
  • Crack-Up
  • The Dark Corner
  • Gilda
  • The Killers
  • Notorious
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • So Dark the Night
  • Somewhere in the Night
  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • The Stranger
• 1947
  • Born to Kill
  • Brute Force
  • Crossfire
  • Dead Reckoning
  • A Double Life
  • Kiss of Death
  • Nightmare Alley
  • Out of the Past
  • Possessed
  • Red House
  • Ride the Pink Horse
  • T-Men
• 1948
  • Berlin Express
  • The Big Clock
  • Call Northside 777
  • Cry of the City
  • Force of Evil
  • The Guilty
  • He Walked by Night
  • Key Largo
  • The Lady From Shanghai
  • The Naked City
  • The Pitfall
  • Raw Deal
  • Sorry, Wrong Number
• 1949
  • Body and Soul
  • Criss Cross
  • Gun Crazy
  • The Reckless Moment
  • The Set-Up
  • The Third Man
  • They Live by Night
  • White Heat
• 1950
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • Dark City
  • D.O.A.
  • In A Lonely Place
  • The Killer That Stalked New York
  • Night and the City
  • Panic in the Streets
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • Where The Sidewalk Ends
• 1951
  • On Dangerous Ground
  • The Racket
  • Roadblock
  • Strangers on a Train
• 1952
  • Angel Face
  • The Captive City
  • The Narrow Margin
• 1953
  • The Blue Gardenia
  • The Big Heat
  • Niagara
  • Pickup On South Street
• 1954
  • Human Desire
  • Naked Alibi
  • Suddenly
• 1955
  • The Big Combo
  • Kiss Me Deadly
• 1956
  • The Wrong Man
• 1957
  • Nightfall
• 1958
  • Touch of Evil
  • Vertigo
• 1959
  • Odds Against Tomorrow

The Whistler movie series starring Richard Dix

Crossovers with comedy:

• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Crossovers with western:

• Colorado Territory (1948)
• Pursued (1947)
• The Furies (1950)

Crossovers with science fiction:

• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Recent examples (some made as an homage to the genre} Sometimes referred to as neo-noir

• Blue Velvet
• City of Industry
• Kill Me Again
• The Salton Sea
• Klute (1971)
• Cabaret (1972) -- musical in this style
• The Long Goodbye (1973) -- Altman's post-noir take.
• Chinatown (1974)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Body Heat (1981) -- remake of Double Indemnity
• Blade Runner (1982) -- science fiction noir, or future-noir.
• Blood Simple (1983)
• To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• Brazil (1985) -- science fiction noir, or future-noir.
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) -- billed as a "toon-noir"
• The Grifters (1990)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Blue (1993) -- contains many noir elements (e.g. obsession with the past, shadows, lighting, staircases, mirrors, etc.)
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Fargo (1996)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• A Simple Plan (1998)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Memento (2000) -- contains elements of film noir, albeit in a slightly skewed fashion
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• Max Payne (2001) -- Video game noir
• Minority Report (2002) -- sci-fi noir, or future-noir.
• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) -- Video game noir
• Sin City (2005)