Precursors / early noir-like films

Classic American noir

1940

• The Letter^[b][c]
• Rebecca^[b]
• Stranger on the Third Floor —horror noir^[b][c]
• They Drive by Night^[b]

1941

• Among the Living^[b][c]
• Blues in the Night^[b]
• High Sierra^[b][c]
• I Wake Up Screaming^[b][c]
• Johnny Eager^[c]
• Ladies in Retirement^[b]
• The Maltese Falcon^[b][c]
• Out of the Fog^[b]
• Rage in Heaven^[b]
• The Shanghai Gesture^[b][c]
• Suspicion^[b][c]
• A Woman's Face^[b]

1942

• Crossroads^[b]
• The Glass Key^[b][c]
• Moontide^[b]
• Street of Chance^[b][c]
• This Gun for Hire^[b][c]

1943

• Calling Dr. Death^[d]
• The Fallen Sparrow^[b][c]
• Journey into Fear^[b][c]
• The Seventh Victim^[b]
• Shadow of a Doubt^[b][c]
• Whispering Footsteps^[b][d]

1944

• Bluebeard^[b][d]
• Christmas Holiday^[b][c]
• Dangerous Passage^[d]
• Dark Waters^[b][c]
• Destiny^[a][b]
• Double Indemnity^[b][c]
• Experiment Perilous^[b]
• Gaslight^[b]
• Guest in the House (a.k.a.Satan in Skirts)^[b][c]
• Lady in the Death House^[a]
• Laura^[b][c]
• The Lodger^[b]
• The Mark of the Whistler - Whistler series^[a][b]
• The Mask of Dimitrios^[b][c]
• Ministry of Fear^[b][c]
• Murder, My Sweet (a.k.a.Farewell, My Lovely)^[b][c]
• Phantom Lady^[b][c]
• Strangers in the Night^[a][b]
• The Suspect^[b][d]
• Voice in the Wind^[b][d]
• When Strangers Marry (a.k.a.Betrayed)^[b][c]
• The Whistler - Whistler series^[a][b]
• The Woman in the Window^[b][c]

1945

• Apology for Murder^[a][d]
• Bewitched^[b][c]
• Circumstantial Evidence^[b]
• Conflict^[b][c]
• Cornered^[b][c]
• Danger Signal^[b][c]
• Dangerous Intruder^[a]
• Detour^[b][c]
• Escape in the Fog^[b][d]
• Fallen Angel^[b][c]
• The Great Flamarion^[a][d]
• Hangover Square^[b][d]
• The House on 92nd Street^[b][c]
• Jealousy^[a][b]
• Johnny Angel^[b][c]
• The Lady Confesses^[a][d]
• The Lost Weekend^[3][4]
• Mildred Pierce^[b][c]
• My Name is Julia Ross^[b][c]
• The Power of the Whistler - Whistler series^[a][b]
• Scarlet Street^[b][c]
• Spellbound^[b][c]
• The Spider^[a][b]
• The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry^[b][c]
• Strange Illusion (a.k.a.Out of the Night)^[b][c]
• Two O'Clock Courage^[b][d]
• The Unseen^[b]
• Voice of the Whistler - Whistler series^[a][b]

1946

• Accomplice^[a]
• The Big Sleep^[b][c]
• Black Angel^[b][c]
• The Blue Dahlia^[b][c]
• The Chase^[b][c]
• Crack-Up^[b][c]
• Criminal Court^[a]
• The Dark Corner^[b][c]
• The Dark Mirror^[b][c]
• Deadline at Dawn^[b][c]
• Deception^[b]
• Decoy^[b][c]
• Fear^[b][c]
• Gilda^[b][c]
• The Glass Alibi^[a][b]
• Her Kind of Man^[b]
• Humoresque^[b]
• Inside Job^[a][b]
• The Killers^[b][c]
• The Locket^[b][c]
• The Mask of Diijon^[a][b]
• Mysterious Intruder - Whistler series^[a][d]
• The Mysterious Mr. Valentine^[a]
• Night Editor^[b][c]
• Nobody Lives Forever^[b][c]
• Nocturne^[b][c]
• Notorious^[b][c]
• The Postman Always Rings Twice^[b][c]
• The Secret of the Whistler - Whistler series^[a][b]
• Shadow of a Woman^[b]
• Shock — horror noir^[b][c]
• Smooth as Silk^[m]
• So Dark the Night^[b][c]
• Somewhere in the Night^[b][c]
• Specter of the Rose^[a][b]
• The Spiral Staircase^[b][d]
• Strange Impersonation^[b]
• The Strange Love of Martha Ivers^[b][c]
• Strange Triangle^[b]
• The Strange Woman^[b][d]
• The Stranger^[b][c]
• Suspense^[b][c]
• Temptation^[b]
• They Made Me a Killer^[a][d]
• Three Strangers^[b]
• Two Smart People^[b]
• Undercurrent^[b][c]
• The Verdict^[b][d]
• Whistle Stop^[b][c]

1947

• The Arnelo Affair^[b]
• Backlash^[b][d]
• Blackmail^[a][d]
• Blind Spot^[b][d]
• Body and Soul^[b][c]
• Boomerang!^[b][c]
• Born to Kill^[b][c]
• The Brasher Doubloon^[b][c]
• Brute Force^[b][c]
• Bury Me Dead^[a][b]
• Calcutta^[b][c]
• Crossfire^[b][c]
• Cry Wolf^[b]
• Dark Passage^[b][c]
• Dead Reckoning^[b][c]
• Deep Valley^[b]
• Desperate^[b][c]
• The Devil Thumbs a Ride^[d]
• A Double Life^[b][c]
• Fall Guy^[b][c]
• Fear in the Night^[b][c]
• The Flame^[b]
• For You I Die^[a][b]
• Framed^[b][c]
• The Gangster^[b][c]
• The Guilty^[b][c]
• High Tide^[b][d]
• High Wall^[b][c]
• The Invisible Wall^[a]
• Ivy^[b][d]
• Johnny O'Clock^[b][c]
• Key Witness^[a][b]
• Kiss of Death^[b][c]
• The Lady from Shanghai^[b][c]
• Lady in the Lake^[b][c]
• The Long Night^[b][c]
• Love from a Stranger^[b]
• Lured (a.k.a.Personal Column)^[b]
• The Macomber Affair^[b]
• The Man I Love^[b][c]
• Moss Rose^[b][d]
• Nightmare Alley — horror noir^[b][c]
• Nora Prentiss^[b][c]
• Out of the Past^[b][c]
• The Paradine Case^[b]
• Possessed^[b][c]
• The Pretender^[b][c]
• Railroaded!^[b][c]
• The Red House^[b][c]
• Repeat Performance^[d]
• Ride the Pink Horse^[b][c]
• Riffraff^[a]
• Second Chance^[a]
• Shoot to Kill^[b][d]
• Singapore^[b][d]
• T-Men^[b][c]
• They Won't Believe Me^[b][c]
• The Thirteenth Hour - Whistler series^[a][b]
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls^[b][d]
• The Unfaithful^[b][d]
• The Unsuspected^[b][c]
• Violence^[a]
• The Web^[b]
• The Woman on the Beach^[b][d]

1948

• All My Sons^[b]
• The Argyle Secrets^[g]
• Behind Locked Doors^[b][c]
• Berlin Express^[c]
• The Big Clock^[b][c]
• Blonde Ice^[a][d]
• Bodyguard^[b][d]
• Call Northside 777^[b][c]
• Canon City^[b][c]
• Cry of the City^[b][c]
• The Dark Past^[b][c]
• Force of Evil^[b][c]
• He Walked by Night^[b][c]
• Hollow Triumph (a.k.a.The Scar)^[b][c]
• The Hunted^[b][d]
• I Love Trouble^[a]
• I Walk Alone^[b][c]
• I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes^[b][c]
• Inner Sanctum^[a][d]
• Key Largo^[b][c]
• Kiss the Blood Off My Hands^[b][c]
• Larceny^[b]
• Money Madness^[a]
• Moonrise^[b][c]
• The Naked City^[b][c][5]
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes^[b][c]
• Open Secret^[a]
• Parole, Inc.^[a][b]
• Pitfall^[b][c]
• Race Street^[b]
• Raw Deal^[b][c]
• The Return of the Whistler - Whistler series^[a][b]
• Road House^[b][c]
• Ruthless^[b]
• Secret Beyond the Door^[b][c]
• Shed No Tears^[a][b]
• The Sign of the Ram^[a][b]
• Sleep, My Love^[b][c]
• Sorry, Wrong Number^[b][c]
• The Street with No Name^[b][c]
• They Live by Night^[b][c]
• To the Ends of the Earth^[b]
• The Velvet Touch^[b]
• Walk a Crooked Mile^[g]
• Whiplash^[b]
• The Woman in White^[b]

1949

• Abandoned (a.k.a.Abandoned Woman)^[b][c]
• The Accused^[b][c]
• Act of Violence^[b][c]
• All the King's Men^[b]
• Beyond the Forest^[b][c]
• The Big Steal^[d]
• Border Incident^[b][c]
• The Bribe^[b][c]
• C-Man^[a][b]
• Caught^[b][c]
• Champion^[b][d]
• Chicago Deadline^[b][c]
• City Across the River^[b]
• The Clay Pigeon^[b][c]
• Cover Up^[b][c]
• Criss Cross^[b][c]
• The Crooked Way^[b][c]
• A Dangerous Profession^[b]
• Flamingo Road^[b]
• Flaxy Martin^[b]
• Follow Me Quietly^[b][c]
• House of Strangers^[b][c]
• Illegal Entry^[b]
• Impact^[b][c]
• Incident^[a][b]
• Jigsaw^[b]
• Johnny Allegro^[g]
• Johnny Stool Pigeon^[b][c]
• Knock on Any Door^[b][c]
• Manhandled^[b][c]
• Port of New York^[b][d]
• The Reckless Moment^[b][c]
• Red Light^[b][c]
• The Red Menace^[a]
• Rope of Sand^[b]
• Scene of the Crime^[b][c]
• The Set-Up^[b][c]
• Shockproof^[b][c]
• The Story of Molly X^[g]
• Strange Bargain^[b]
• Take One False Step^[b]
• Tension^[b][d]
• Thieves' Highway^[b][c]
• The Threat^[b][c]
• Too Late for Tears (a.k.a.Killer Bait)^[b][c]
• Trapped^[b][d]
• The Undercover Man^[b][c]
• Undertow^[b][d]
• Whirlpool^[b][c]
• White Heat^[b][c]
• The Window^[b][c]
• Without Honor^[a][b]
• The Woman on Pier 13 (a.k.a.I Married a Communist)^[b][c]
• A Woman's Secret^[b]

1950

• 711 Ocean Drive^[b][c]
• Armored Car Robbery^[b][c]
• The Asphalt Jungle^[b][c]
• Backfire^[b][d]
• Between Midnight and Dawn^[b][c]
• Black Hand^[b]
• Born to Be Bad^[b]
• The Breaking Point^[b][c]
• Caged^[b][c]
• The Capture^[b]
• Convicted^[b][c]
• Crisis^[b][c]
• The Damned Don't Cry!^[b][c]
• Dark City^[b][c]
• Destination Murder^[b][c]
• Dial 1119^[b]
• D.O.A.^[b][c]
• Edge of Doom^[b][c]
• The File on Thelma Jordon^[b][c]
• Guilty Bystander^[b][c]
• Gun Crazy^[b][c]
• Highway 301^[b]
• House by the River^[b][d]
• Hunt the Man Down^[b]
• In a Lonely Place^[b][c]
• The Killer That Stalked New York (a.k.a.Frightened City)^[b][c]
• Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye^[b][c]
• A Lady Without Passport^[b][c]
• The Lawless^[b]
• The Man Who Cheated Himself^[b][c]
• Mystery Street^[b][c]
• Night and the City^[b][c]
• No Man of Her Own^[b][c]
• No Way Out^[b]
• Once a Thief^[b]
• One Way Street^[b][d]
• Outside the Wall^[b]
• Panic in the Streets^[b][c]
• Quicksand^[b][c]
• The Second Woman^[b][d]
• The Secret Fury^[b][c]
• Shadow on the Wall^[b]
• Shakedown^[b][c]
• Side Street^[b][c]
• The Sleeping City^[b][c]
• The Sound of Fury (a.k.a.Try and Get Me)^[b][c]
• Southside 1-1000^[b][c]
• Sunset Boulevard^[b][c]
• The Tattooed Stranger^[b][c]
• This Side of the Law^[a][b]
• The Underworld Story^[b][d]
• Union Station^[b][c]
• Unmasked^[a]
• Walk Softly, Stranger^[b][c]
• Where Danger Lives^[b][c]
• Where the Sidewalk Ends^[b][c]
• Woman in Hiding^[b][d]
• Woman on the Run^[b][c]

1951

• The 13th Letter^[b][c]
• Ace in the Hole (a.k.a.The Big Carnival)^[b][c]
• Appointment with Danger^[b][c]
• The Big Night^[b][c]
• Cause for Alarm!^[b][c]
• Cry Danger^[b][c]
• Detective Story^[b][c]
• The Enforcer (a.k.a.Murder, Inc.)^[b][c]
• FBI Girl^[g]
• Fourteen Hours^[b]
• Gambling House^[b][d]
• The Girl on the Bridge^[a]
• He Ran All the Way^[b][c]
• His Kind of Woman^[b][c]
• Hollywood Story^[b][c]
• The Hoodlum^[b][d]
• The House on Telegraph Hill^[b][c]
• I Was a Communist for the FBI^[b][c]
• Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison^[m]
• Iron Man^[b]
• Lightning Strikes Twice^[b]
• M^[b][c]
• The Man with My Face^[b][c]
• The Mob^[b][c]
• No Questions Asked^[b][c]
• The People Against O'Hara^[b][c]
• Pickup^[a][c]
• A Place in the Sun^[b][c]
• The Prowler^[b][c]
• The Racket^[b][c]
• The Raging Tide^[b][c]
• Roadblock^[b][c]
• The Scarf^[b][c]
• Sirocco^[b]
• Storm Warning^[b]
• Strangers on a Train^[b][c]
• The Strip^[b][c]
• The Sun Sets at Dawn^[a][b]
• Three Steps North^[b]
• Tokyo File 212^[6]
• Tomorrow Is Another Day^[b][c]
• Two of a Kind^[a][b]
• Under the Gun^[b][c]
• The Unknown Man^[b][c]
• The Well^[b]
• The Whip Hand^[a]

1952

• Affair in Trinidad^[b][c]
• Beware, My Lovely^[b][c]
• The Captive City^[b][c]
• Clash by Night^[b][c]
• Deadline – U.S.A.^[g]
• Don't Bother to Knock^[b]
• The Green Glove^[b]
• Hoodlum Empire^[b][d]
• Kansas City Confidential^[b][c]
• The Las Vegas Story^[c]
• Loan Shark^[b][c]
• Macao^[b][c]
• The Narrow Margin^[b][c]
• Night Without Sleep^[b][c]
• On Dangerous Ground^[b][c]
• Scandal Sheet^[b][c]
• The Sellout^[b]
• The Sniper^[b][c]
• The Steel Trap^[b]
• Strange Fascination^[b][c]
• Sudden Fear^[b][c]
• Talk About a Stranger^[b][c]
• The Thief^[b][c]
• This Woman Is Dangerous^[b]
• The Turning Point^[b][c]
• Walk East on Beacon^[g]
• Without Warning^[b][c]

1953

• 99 River Street^[b][c]
• Angel Face^[b][c]
• The Big Heat^[b][c]
• The Bigamist^[d]
• The Blue Gardenia^[b][c]
• A Blueprint for Murder^[b][c]
• City That Never Sleeps^[b][c]
• Count the Hours^[g]
• Cry of the Hunted^[c]
• Dangerous Crossing^[b]
• Forbidden^[b]
• The Glass Wall^[b]
• The Glass Web (3-D)^[b]
• The Hitch-Hiker^[b][c]
• I Confess^[b][d]
• I, the Jury (3-D)^[b][c]
• Jennifer^[b]
• Jeopardy^[b][c]
• Man in the Attic^[b][d]
• Man in the Dark (3-D)^[b][d]
• No Escape (a.k.a.City on a Hunt)^[a][b]
• Pickup on South Street^[b][c]
• Split Second^[a][d]
• The System^[b]
• Vicki^[b][c]
• Wicked Woman^[b][d]

1954

• Bait^[a]
• Black Tuesday^[b][c]
• Crime Wave^[b][c]
• Cry Vengeance^[b][c]
• Down Three Dark Streets^[7]
• Drive a Crooked Road^[b][c]
• Hell's Half Acre^[b][c]
• Highway Dragnet^[b][d]
• Human Desire^[b][c]
• The Human Jungle^[b]
• Jail Bait^[a]
• A Life at Stake^[g]
• The Long Wait^[b][c]
• Loophole^[b][c]
• Make Haste to Live^[b][c]
• The Miami Story^[g]
• Naked Alibi^[b][c]
• The Other Woman^[b][c]
• Playgirl^[b]
• Private Hell 36^[b][c]
• Pushover^[b][c]
• Riot in Cell Block 11^[b][d]
• Rogue Cop^[b][c]
• Shield for Murder^[b][c]
• Suddenly^[b][c]
• Twist of Fate^[b]
• Witness to Murder^[b][c]
• World for Ransom^[b][c]

1955

• 5 Against the House^[g]
• Betrayed Women^[m]
• The Big Bluff^[b]
• The Big Combo^[b][c]
• Big House, U.S.A.^[m]
• The Big Knife^[b][c]
• A Bullet for Joey^[g]
• Chicago Syndicate^[g]
• Crashout^[b]
• The Crooked Web^[b]
• The Desperate Hours^[b][d]
• Female Jungle^[a][c]
• Female on the Beach^[b]
• Finger Man^[a]
• Illegal^[b][d]
• Killer's Kiss^[b][c]
• Kiss Me Deadly^[b][c]
• Las Vegas Shakedown^[g]
• Murder Is My Beat^[b][c]
• The Naked Street^[b]
• New Orleans Uncensored^[g]
• New York Confidential^[b][c]
• The Night Holds Terror^[b][c]
• The Night of the Hunter^[d]
• The Phenix City Story^[b][d]
• Queen Bee^[b]
• Shack Out on 101^[a]
• Sudden Danger^[a][b]
• Tight Spot^[b]
• Women's Prison^[b]

1956

• Behind the High Wall^[a]
• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt^[b][c]
• The Come On^[a][b]
• Crime Against Joe^[a]
• Crime in the Streets^[a]
• A Cry in the Night^[b][d]
• Death of a Scoundrel^[b]
• The Harder They Fall^[b][c]
• The Houston Story^[a]
• Inside Detroit^[g]
• Julie^[b]
• The Killer Is Loose^[b][c]
• The Killing^[b][c]
• Man in the Vault^[a]
• The Man is Armed^[b]
• Miami Exposé^[g]
• Nightmare^[b][c]
• Over-Exposed^[g]
• Please Murder Me^[b][d]
• The Price of Fear^[a][b]
• The Scarlet Hour^[8]
• The Steel Jungle^[b]
• Storm Fear^[b][c]
• Terror at Midnight^[b]
• Time Table^[b][d]
• While the City Sleeps^[b][c]
• The Wrong Man^[b][c]

1957

• Affair in Havana^[b][c]
• Baby Face Nelson^[c]
• The Brothers Rico^[c]
• The Burglar^[b][c]
• Chicago Confidential^[a]
• Crime of Passion^[b][c]
• Escape from San Quentin^[j]
• Four Boys and a Gun^[a]
• The Garment Jungle^[b][c]
• Hell Bound^[a]
• Hidden Fear^[g]
• Hit and Run^[a][c]
• House of Numbers^[c]
• The Midnight Story^[g]
• My Gun Is Quick^[a]
• The Night Runner^[b][c]
• Nightfall^[b][c]
• Plunder Road^[b][c]
• Portland Exposé^[g]
• The Shadow on the Window^[b]
• Short Cut to Hell^[b][d]
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue^[g]
• Sweet Smell of Success^[b][c]
• The Tattered Dress^[c]
• The Tijuana Story^[j]
• Teenage Doll^[a]

1958

• Appointment with a Shadow^[b]
• The Case Against Brooklyn^[9]
• Cry Terror!^[b]
• I Want to Live!^[b]
• The Lineup^[b][c]
• Lonelyhearts^[b]
• Murder by Contract^[b][d]
• Revolt in the Big House^[a]
• Screaming Mimi^[b][d]
• Step Down to Terror^[b]
• Thunder Road^[g]
• Touch of Evil^[b][c]

1959

• The Beat Generation^[c]
• City of Fear^[b][d]
• The Crimson Kimono^[b][c]
• Cry Tough^[b]
• The Last Mile^[b]
• The Man in the Net^[b]
• Odds Against Tomorrow^[b][c]

American color noir

• Leave Her to Heaven (1945)^[b][c]
• Desert Fury (1947)^[10]
• Rope (1948)^[b]
• Inferno (1953, 3-D)^[10]
• Niagara (1953)^[b][c]
• Second Chance (1953, 3-D)^[d]
• Black Widow (1954)^[g]
• Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)^[g]
• Hell's Island (a.k.a.South Sea Fury) (1955)^[b][c]
• House of Bamboo (1955)^[c]
• I Died a Thousand Times (1955)^[b][c]
• Violent Saturday (1955)^[g]
• Accused of Murder (1956)^[a]
• A Kiss Before Dying (1956)^[b][c]
• Slightly Scarlet (1956)^[b][c]
• The Unguarded Moment (1956)^[b][c]
• A Woman's Devotion (a.k.a.Battle Shock) (1956)^[a]
• Istanbul (1957)^[b][c]
• The Unholy Wife (1957)^[a]
• Party Girl (1958)^[c]
• Vertigo (1958)^[b][c]
• The Trap (1959)^[b][c]

British noir

International noir

• Le Corbeau (The Raven) (1943, France)^[e]
• Distinto amanecer (Another Dawn) (1943, Mexico)^[g][13][14]
• Ossessione (Obsession) (1943, Italy)^[e]
• La Mujer sin Alma (Woman without a Soul) (1944, Mexico)^[g]
• La Otra (The Other One) (1945, Mexico)^[13][14]
• Crepúsculo (Twilight) (1945, Mexico)^[13][14]
• La devoradora (The Man Eater) (1946, Mexico)^[g]
• Macadam (Back Streets of Paris) (1946, France)^[n]
• Die Mörder sind unter uns (Murderers Among Us) (1946, Germany)^[e]
• Les Portes de la nuit (Gates of the Night) (1946, France)^[g]
• Panique (Panic) (1946, France)^[g]
• A Sangre Fría (In Cold Blood) (1947, Argentina)^[l][15]
• La diosa arrodillada (The Kneeling Goddess) (1947, Mexico)^[13][14]
• Quai des Orfèvres (Jenny Lamour) (1947, France)^[e][f]
• Whispering City (1947, Canada)^[b][d]
• Dédée d'Anvers (Woman of Antwerp) (1948, France)^[g]
• Drunken Angel (1948, Japan)^[e]
• Pasaporte a Río (Passport to Rio) (1948, Argentina)^[g][l]
• Stray Dog (1949, Japan)^[e]
• Une si jolie petite plage (Riptide) (1949, France)^[g]
• Apenas un delincuente (Hardly a Criminal) (1949, Argentina)^[l][m]
• Aventurera (The Adventuress)(1950, Mexico)^[e]
• Gunman in the Streets (1950, France)^[g]
• Manèges (The Cheat) (1950, France)^[g]
• Los Olvidados (The Young and the Damned) (1950, Mexico)^[e]
• Der Verlorene (The Lost One) (1951, West Germany)^[e]
• El Pendiente (The Earring) (1951, Argentina)^[g][l]
• En La Palma de Tu Mano (In the Palm of Your Hand) (1951, Mexico)^[13][14]
• Sangre negra (Native Son) (1951, Argentina)^[16][17]
• Víctimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin)(1951, Mexico)^[g]
• Casque d'or (Golden Helmet) (1952, France)^[n]
• La noche avanza (The Night Falls) (1952, Mexico)^[13][14]
• Imbarco a mezzanotte (Stranger on the Prowl) (1952, Italy)^[b]
• La bestia debe morir (The Beast Must Die) (1952, Argentina)^[l][m]
• No abras nunca esa puerta (Don't Ever Open That Door) (1952, Argentina)^[l][m]
• Si muero antes de despertar [es] (If I Should Die Before I Wake) (1952, Argentina)^[g][l]
• Abenteuer in Wien (Adventure in Vienna) (1953, Austria)^[k]
• El vampiro negro (The Black Vampire) (1953, Argentina)^[l][m]
• La môme vert-de-gris (Poison Ivy) (1953, France)^[g]
• Stolen Identity (1953, Austria)^[18]
• Thérèse Raquin (The Adultress) (1953, France)^[g]
• Razzia sur la chnouf (Razzia) (1954, France)^[g]
• Touchez pas au grisbi (Grisbi) (1954, France)^[e][f]
• Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler) (1955, France)^[e]
• Les Diaboliques (Diabolique) (1955, France) - horror noir^[f]
• Mr. Arkadin (a.k.a.Confidential Report) (1955, France, Spain, Switzerland)^[b][c]
• Angela (1955, Italy)^[g]
• Du rififi chez les hommes (Rififi) (1955, France)^[e][f]
• Los Tallos Amargos (The Bitter Stems) (1956, Argentina)^[l][m]
• Voici le temps des assassins (Deadlier Than the Male) (1956, France)^[g]
• Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam (The Devil Strikes at Night) (1957, West Germany)^[e]
• Retour de manivelle (There's Always a Price Tag) (1957, France)^[g]
• Le rouge est mis (Speaking of Murder) (1957, France)^[g]
• Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) (1958, France)^[e]
• Le désordre et la nuit (Night Affair) (1958, France)^[g]
• Le Dos au mur [fr] (Back to the Wall a.k.a.Evidence in Concrete) (1958, France)^[n][19]
• Rosaura a las diez (Rosaura at 10 O'Clock) (1958, Argentina)^[g][l]
• Deux hommes dans Manhattan (Two Men in Manhattan) (1959, France)^[g]

Classic-period crossover films

Noir Westerns

• The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)^[c]
• Duel in the Sun (1946, color)^[d]
• My Darling Clementine (1946)^[c]
• Pursued (1947)^[b][c]
• Ramrod (1947)^[d]
• Blood on the Moon (1948)^[b][c]
• Colorado Territory (1948)^[20][21][22]
• Coroner Creek (1948, color)^[23]
• The Man from Colorado (1948, color)^[h]
• Station West (1948)^[c]
• Whispering Smith (1948, color)^[c]
• I Shot Jesse James (1949)^[d]
• Lust for Gold (1949)^[b]
• Rimfire (1949)^[g]
• Roughshod (1949)^[g]
• The Walking Hills (1949)^[g]
• Yellow Sky (1949)^[c]
• Devil's Doorway (1950)^[b][c]
• The Furies (1950)^[b]
• The Gunfighter (1950)^[b]
• Winchester '73 (1950)^[c]
• Rawhide (1951)^[c]
• The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)^[g][24]
• High Noon (1952)^[e]
• The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)^[b]
• Rancho Notorious (1952, color)^[b]
• The Naked Spur (1953, color)^[c]
• Johnny Guitar (1954, color)^[c]
• Silver Lode (1954, color)^[e]
• Track of the Cat (1954, color)^[c]
• Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, color)^[g]
• The Man from Laramie (1955, color)^[c]
• Man with the Gun (1955)^[25]
• Rebel in Town (1956)^[26]
• 3:10 to Yuma (1957)^[27][28]
• Black Patch (1957)^[22]
• Forty Guns (1957)^[27]
• The Halliday Brand (1957)^[b]
• The Tall T (1957, color)^[28]
• Valerie (1957)^[b]
• The Badlanders (1958, color)^[g]
• Man of the West (1958, color)^[c]
• Terror in a Texas Town (1958)^[27]

Miscellaneous crossover films

• Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) — horror noir^[b][c]
• The Body Snatcher (1945) — horror noir^[c]
• Confidential Agent (1945) — espionage thriller noir^[b]
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) — Horror-fantasy noir^[b][c]
• The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) — horror noir^[b]
• Bedlam (1946) — horror noir^[c]
• The Brute Man (1946) — horror noir^[29]
• Cloak and Dagger (1946) — espionage thriller noir^[b]
• Nightmare Alley (1946) — horror noir^[b][c]
• Shock (1946) — horror noir^[b][c]
• 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) — World War II noir^[g]
• The Amazing Mr. X (a.k.a.The Spiritualist) (1948) — horror noir^[a]
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) — adventure noir^[b]
• Alias Nick Beal (a.k.a.The Contact Man) (1949) — fantasy noir and horror noir^[b]
• Black Magic (1949) — 18th-century period piece noir^[b]
• Reign of Terror (a.k.a.The Black Book) (1949) — French Revolution noir^[b][c]
• The Steel Helmet (1951) — Korean War noir^[b]
• The Tall Target (1951) — American Civil War noir^[b][c]
• Dementia (a.k.a.Daughter of Horror) (1953) — horror noir^[30]
• Carmen Jones (1954, color) — musical noir^[e]
• Attack! (1956) — World War II noir^[b]
• The Bad Seed (1956) — horror-thriller noir^[b]
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) — science fiction noir^[b][d]

Noir comedies / parodies

• Whistling in the Dark (1941)^[c]
• Fly-by-Night (1942)^[c]
• Who Killed Who? (1943, color)^[31]
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)^[c]
• Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)^[c]
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)^[c]
• Donald's Crime (1945, color)^[32][31]
• Duck Pimples (1945, color)^[33][31]
• Lady on a Train (1945)^[b][c]
• Murder, He Says (1945)^[c]
• Wonder Man (1945)^[c]
• The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946, color)^[31]
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)^[b][c]
• My Favorite Brunette (1947)^[c]
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947, color)^[c]
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)^[b][c]
• The Lucky Stiff (1949)^[b]
• Golden Yeggs (1950, color)^[31]
• Red, Hot and Blue (1949)^[e]
• Rooty Toot Toot (1951, color)^[31]
• The Band Wagon (segment "Girl Hunt Ballet") (1953, color)^[e]
• Beat the Devil (1953)^[b]

See also

Notes

1. Lyons, Arthur (2000).Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!. New York:Da Capo Press.ISBN 978-0-306-80996-5.
2. Selby, Spencer (1984).Dark City: The Film Noir. Jefferson, N.C. & London: McFarland Publishing.ISBN 0899501036.
3. Ward, Elizabeth;Silver, Alain, eds. (1992).Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (3rd ed.). Woodstock, New York:The Overlook Press.ISBN 0879514795.
4. Silver, Alain; Ward, Elizabeth;Ursini, James; Porfirio, Robert, eds. (2010).Film Noir: The Encyclopedia. New York & London:Overlook /Duckworth.ISBN 9781590201442.
5. Alexander Ballinger und Danny Graydon.The Rough Guide to Film Noir, 2007. London & New York: Rough Guides.ISBN 978-1-84353-474-7.
6. Spicer, Andrew.Film Noir, 2002. Harlow, UK: Longman/Pearson Education.ISBN 978-0-582-43712-8.
7. Spicer, Andrew (19 March 2010).Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press.ISBN 978-0-8108-7378-0.
8. Geoff Mayer and Brian McDonnell.Encyclopedia of Film Noir, 2007. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.ISBN 978-0-313-33306-4.
9. Paul Duncan.Film Noir: The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity and More, 2006. Harpenden, UK: Oldcastle Books.ISBN 978-1904048671.
10. Gene Blottner.Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940-1962, 2015. Jefferson, N.C. & London: Mcfarland & Co Inc .ISBN 978-0786470143
11. John Grant.A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide, 2013. Applause Books.ISBN 978-1557838315
12. David George and Gizella Meneses.Argentine Cinema: From Noir to Neo-Noir, 2017. Lexington Books.ISBN 978-1498511872
13. Eddie Muller.Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, 2021. Running Press.ISBN 978-0762498963
14. Deborah Walker-Morrison.Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire, 2018. Bloomsbury Publishing.ISBN 978-1786725189

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