Precursors / early noir-like films
Under Cover Man1927
* ''Underworld (1927 film), Underworld''1928
* ''The Racket (1928 film), The Racket''1929
* ''Thunderbolt (1929 film), Thunderbolt''1931
* ''The Big Gamble (1931 film), The Big Gamble''Vernet, Marc "''Film Noir'' on the Edge of Doom", in Copjec, Joan, ed. (1993). ''Shades of Noir''. London and New York: Verso. * ''City Streets (1931 film), City Streets'' * ''Little Caesar (film), Little Caesar'' * ''The Maltese Falcon (1931 film), The Maltese Falcon'' (a.k.a. ''Dangerous Female'') * ''The Public Enemy'' * ''Quick Millions (1931 film), Quick Millions'' * ''The Secret Six''1932
* ''20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' * ''The Beast of the City'' * ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' * ''Payment Deferred (film), Payment Deferred'' * ''Scarface (1932 film), Scarface'' * ''Two Seconds''1933
* ''Advice to the Lovelorn'' * ''Blood Money (1933 film), Blood Money'' * ''Private Detective 62''1934
* ''Crime Without Passion'' * ''Journal of a Crime'' * ''Midnight (1934 film), Midnight'' * ''The Thin Man (film), The Thin Man''1935
* ''Bordertown (1935 film), Bordertown'' * ''Crime and Punishment (1935 American film), Crime and Punishment'' * ''G Men'' * ''The Glass Key (1935 film), The Glass Key'' * ''The Scoundrel (1935 film), The Scoundrel''1936
* ''Bullets or Ballots'' * ''Fury (1936 film), Fury'' * ''The Petrified Forest'' * ''Satan Met a Lady''1937
* ''Dead End (1937 film), Dead End'' * ''Marked Woman'' * ''You Only Live Once (1937 film), You Only Live Once''1938
* ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' * ''You and Me (1938 film), You and Me''1939
* ''Blind Alley (film), Blind Alley'' * ''Each Dawn I Die'' * ''King of the Underworld (1939 film), King of the Underworld'' * ''Let Us Live'' * ''Rio (1939 film), Rio'' * ''The Roaring Twenties'' * ''They Made Me a Criminal''1940
* ''Angels Over Broadway'' * ''City for Conquest'' * ''Johnny Apollo (film), Johnny Apollo''Non-American
* ''La Chienne'' (1931, France) * ''M (1931 film), M'' (1931, Germany) * ''Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse'' (''The Testament of Dr. Mabuse'') (1933, Germany) * ''La Bandera (film), La Bandera'' (''Escape from Yesterday'') (1935, France) * ''The Green Cockatoo'' (1937, United Kingdom) * ''Pépé le Moko'' (1937, France) * ''La Bête Humaine (film), La Bête Humaine'' (''The Human Beast'') (1938, France) * ''Hôtel du Nord'' (1938, France) * ''Port of Shadows, Le Quai des brumes'' (''Port of Shadows'') (1938, France) * ''They Drive by Night (1938 film), They Drive by Night'' (1938, United Kingdom) * ''Le Dernier tournant'' (''The Last Turning'') (1939, France) * ''Le Jour se lève'' (''Daybreak'') (1939, France) * ''On the Night of the Fire'' (a.k.a. ''The Fugitive'') (1939, United Kingdom) * ''Personal Column (film), Pièges'' (''Personal Column'') (1939, France)Classic American noir
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1939
* ''Dead Men are Dangerous'' (a.k.a. ''Dangerous Masquerade'')1942
* ''The Night Has Eyes'' (a.k.a. ''Terror House'')1945
* ''Dead of Night'' * ''Great Day (1945 film), Great Day'' * ''Murder in Reverse?'' * ''Pink String and Sealing Wax'' * ''The Seventh Veil'' * ''Waterloo Road (film), Waterloo Road''1946
* ''Appointment with Crime'' * ''Wanted for Murder (film), Wanted for Murder''1947
* ''Brighton Rock (1947 film), Brighton Rock'' * ''The Brothers (1947 film), The Brothers'' * ''Dancing with Crime'' * ''Dear Murderer'' * ''Frieda (film), Frieda'' * ''It Always Rains on Sunday'' * ''Mine Own Executioner'' * ''Night Beat (1947 film), Night Beat'' * ''The October Man'' * ''Odd Man Out'' * ''Take My Life'' * ''Temptation Harbour'' * ''They Made Me a Fugitive'' (a.k.a. ''I Became a Criminal'') * ''The Upturned Glass''1948
* ''Blanche Fury'' * ''Daybreak (1948 film), Daybreak'' * ''Escape (1948 film), Escape'' * ''The Fallen Idol (film), The Fallen Idol'' * ''Good-Time Girl'' * ''No Orchids for Miss Blandish (film), No Orchids for Miss Blandish'' (a.k.a. ''Black Dice'') * ''Noose (1948 film), Noose'' (a.k.a. ''The Silk Noose'') * ''The Small Voice'' (a.k.a. ''The Hideout'') * ''So Evil My Love'' * ''Uneasy Terms''1949
* ''Boys in Brown'' * ''Conspirator (1949 film), Conspirator'' * ''Forbidden (1949 film), Forbidden'' (a.k.a. ''Scarlet Heaven'') * ''The Interrupted Journey'' * ''Obsession (1949 film), Obsession'' (a.k.a. ''The Hidden Room'') * ''Silent Dust'' * ''The Small Back Room'' * ''The Spider and the Fly (1949 film), The Spider and the Fly'' * ''The Third Man''1950
* ''The Blue Lamp'' * ''The Clouded Yellow'' * ''So Long at the Fair'' (a.k.a. ''The Black Curse'') * ''The Woman in Question'' (a.k.a. ''Five Angles on Murder'')1951
* ''Another Man's Poison'' * ''I'll Get You for This'' (a.k.a. ''Lucky Nick Cain'') * ''The Long Dark Hall'' * ''Pool of London (film), Pool of London'' * ''There Is Another Sun'' (a.k.a. ''Wall of Death'')1952
* ''The Gambler and the Lady'' * ''The Last Page'' (a.k.a. ''Man Bait'') * ''The Lost Hours'' (a.k.a. ''The Big Frame'') * ''Stolen Face'' * ''Wide Boy (film), Wide Boy'' * ''Wings of Danger'' (a.k.a. ''Dead on Course'') * ''Women of Twilight'' (a.k.a. ''Twilight Women'')1953
* ''36 Hours (1953 film), 36 Hours'' (a.k.a. ''Terror Street'') * ''Black 13'' * ''Cosh Boy'' (a.k.a. ''The Slasher'') * ''Deadly Nightshade (film), Deadly Nightshade'' * ''The Flanagan Boy'' (a.k.a. ''Bad Blonde'') * ''The Intruder (1953 film), The Intruder'' * ''The Limping Man (1953 film), The Limping Man'' * ''The Long Memory'' * ''The Man Between'' * ''Mantrap (1953 film), Mantrap'' (a.k.a. ''Man in Hiding'') * ''Marilyn (1953 film), Marilyn'' (a.k.a. ''Roadhouse Girl'') * ''Street of Shadows (1953 film), Street of Shadows'' (a.k.a. ''Shadow Man'') * ''Three Steps to the Gallows'' (a.k.a. ''White Fire'')1954
* ''Before I Wake (1954 film), Before I Wake'' (a.k.a. ''Shadow of Fear'') * ''Face the Music (film), Face the Music'' (a.k.a. ''The Black Glove'') * ''Five Days (film), Five Days'' (a.k.a. ''Paid to Kill'') * ''The Good Die Young'' * ''The House Across the Lake (1954 film), The House Across the Lake'' (a.k.a. ''Heat Wave'') * ''Impulse (1954 film), Impulse'' * ''Murder by Proxy'' (a.k.a. ''Blackout'') * ''The Sleeping Tiger'' * ''A Stranger Came Home'' (a.k.a. ''The Unholy Four'') * ''Third Party Risk'' (a.k.a. ''Deadly Game'') * ''The Weak and the Wicked'' (a.k.a. ''Young and Willing'')1955
* ''The Brain Machine (film), The Brain Machine'' * ''Cast a Dark Shadow'' * ''Confession (1955 film), Confession'' (a.k.a. ''The Deadliest Sin'') * ''Dial 999 (1955 film), Dial 999'' (a.k.a. ''The Way Out'') * ''Joe MacBeth'' * ''Little Red Monkey'' (a.k.a. ''Case of the Red Monkey'') * ''The Ship That Died of Shame'' (a.k.a. ''PT Raiders'')1956
* ''Soho Incident'' (a.k.a. ''Spin a Dark Web'') * ''Tiger in the Smoke'' * ''Wicked As They Come'' (a.k.a. ''Portrait in Smoke'') * ''Yield to the Night'' (a.k.a. ''Blonde Sinner'')1957
* ''Across the Bridge (film), Across the Bridge'' * ''The Big Chance (Peter Graham Scott film), The Big Chance'' * ''The Counterfeit Plan'' * ''Hell Drivers (film), Hell Drivers'' * ''Kill Her Gently'' * ''Kill Me Tomorrow'' * ''The Long Haul (1957 film), The Long Haul'' * ''Man in the Shadow (British film), Man in the Shadow'' (a.k.a. ''Violent Stranger'') * ''Time Without Pity''1958
* ''Chase a Crooked Shadow'' * ''Nowhere to Go (1958 film), Nowhere to Go'' * ''Tread Softly Stranger''1959
* ''Blind Date (1959 film), Blind Date'' (a.k.a. ''Chance Meeting'')1960
* ''Danger Tomorrow''1961
* ''The Frightened City''International noir
Classic-period crossover films
Noir Westerns
Miscellaneous crossover films
Noir comedies / parodies
See also
*List of neo-noir titles *Film gris *Golden Age of American animationReferences
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