This list is from digitaldreamdoor. I don't know how they came up with the list but it seems interesting despite the biz

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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Film Noir

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finslaw2 — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 08:09 PM)

This list is from digitaldreamdoor. I don't know how they came up with the list but it seems interesting despite the bizarre appearance of the laughable Undercurrent. I have fully seen 70, about 7 more I started then got bored and stopped.

1. The Maltese Falcon - (1941, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor)
2. Double Indemnity - (1944, Billy Wilder) (Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson)
3. The Big Sleep - (1946, Howard Hawks) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely)
4. Sunset Boulevard - (1950, Billy Wilder) (Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim)
5. The Third Man - (1949, Carol Reed) (Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli)
6. M - (1931, Fritz Lang) (Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke)
7. Notorious - (1946, Alfred Hitchcock) (Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern)
8. Touch Of Evil - (1958, Orson Welles) (Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Dennis Weaver)
9. Criss Cross - (1949, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Stephen McNally)
10. Strangers On A Train - (1951, Alfred Hitchcock) (Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker)
11. Out Of The Past - (1947, Jacques Tourneur) (Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming)
12. The Big Combo - (1955, Joseph H. Lewis) (Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace)
13. The Night Of The Hunter - (1955, Charles Laughton) (Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish)
14. The Killing - (1956, Stanley Kubrick) (Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards)
15. Key Largo - (1948, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson)
16. The Killers - (1946, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien)
17. I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang - (1932, Mervyn LeRoy) (Paul Muni, Preston Foster)
18. Ace In The Hole - (1951, Billy Wilder) (Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Richard Benedict)
19. Laura - (1944, Otto Preminger) (Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price)
20. White Heat - (1949, Raoul Walsh) (James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran)
21. The Lost Weekend - (1945, Billy Wilder) (Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry)
22. Angels With Dirty Faces - (1938, Michael Curtiz) (James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart)
23. Rififi - (1955, Jules Dassin) (Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey)
24. Sweet Smell of Success - (1957, Alexander Mackendrick) (Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner)
25. The Blue Dahlia - (1946, George Marshall) (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix)
26. Night And The City - (1950, Jules Dassin) (Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom)
27. The Set-Up - (1949, Robert Wise) (Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter)
28. Scarface - (1932, Howard Hawks) (Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff)
29. Shadow Of A Doubt - (1943, Alfred Hitchcock) (Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey)
30. The Big Heat - (1953, Fritz Lang) (Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin)
31. The Asphalt Jungle - (1950, John Huston) (Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe, James Whitmore)
32. Nightmare Alley - (1947, Edmund Goulding) (Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray)
33. Body And Soul - (1947, Robert Rossen) (John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad)
34. In A Lonely Place - (1950, Nicholas Ray) (Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy)
35. The Lady from Shanghai - (1947, Orson Welles) (Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane)
36. Ossessione - (1943, Luchino Visconti) (Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani)
37. The Woman in the Window - (1944, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Raymond Massey)
38. Pickup On South Street - (1953, Samuel Fuller) (Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter)
39. Scarlet Street - (1945, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea)
40. Kiss Of Death - (1947, Henry Hathaway) (Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark)
41. Gun Crazy (aka: Deadly Is The Female) - (1950, Joseph H. Lewis) (Peggy Cummins, John Dall)
42. Mildred Pierce - (1945, Michael Curtiz) (Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Eve Arden)
43. Where The Sidewalk Ends - (1950, Otto Preminger) (Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill)
44. The Naked City - (1948, Jules Dassin) (Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart)
45. Gilda - (1946, Charles Vidor) (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready)
46. Murder, My Sweet - (1944, Edward Dmytryk) (Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley)
47. Kiss Me Deadly - (1955, Robert Aldrich) (Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart)
48. Sudden Fear - (1952, ) (Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Mike Connors)
49. This Gun For Hire - (1942, Frank Tuttle) (Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Alan Ladd)
50. Dark Passage - (1947, Delmer Daves) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead)
51. The Postman Always Rings Twice - (1946, Tay Garnett) (Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway)
52. Fury - (1936, Fritz Lang) (Spencer Tracy, S

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retroman2 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 07:06 AM)

I have been a noir fan for many years and have seen all these at one time or another, though I'm not sure I could give an accurate plot summary of every one. I agree with you on Undercurrent, and I didn't much care for House of Strangers, either as it wasn't very noirish. I'm surprised Too Late for Tears, Woman on the Run, and Decoy didn't make the list.

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the_wesley_crushers — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 06:38 PM)

My
Rating
.
Seen:62/100
10 The Maltese Falcon - (1941, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor)
09 Double Indemnity - (1944, Billy Wilder) (Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson)
07 The Big Sleep - (1946, Howard Hawks) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely)
08 Sunset Boulevard - (1950, Billy Wilder) (Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim)
06 The Third Man - (1949, Carol Reed) (Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Trevor Howard, Alida Valli)
06 M - (1931, Fritz Lang) (Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke)
08 Notorious - (1946, Alfred Hitchcock) (Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern)
03 Touch Of Evil - (1958, Orson Welles) (Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Dennis Weaver)
07 Criss Cross - (1949, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Stephen McNally)
08 Strangers On A Train - (1951, Alfred Hitchcock) (Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker)
07 Out Of The Past - (1947, Jacques Tourneur) (Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming)
06 The Big Combo - (1955, Joseph H. Lewis) (Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace)
06 The Night Of The Hunter - (1955, Charles Laughton) (Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish)
The Killing - (1956, Stanley Kubrick) (Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards)
06 Key Largo - (1948, John Huston) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson)
07 The Killers - (1946, Robert Siodmak) (Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien)
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang - (1932, Mervyn LeRoy) (Paul Muni, Preston Foster)
07 Ace In The Hole - (1951, Billy Wilder) (Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Richard Benedict)
08 Laura - (1944, Otto Preminger) (Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price)
07 White Heat - (1949, Raoul Walsh) (James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Steve Cochran)
07 The Lost Weekend - (1945, Billy Wilder) (Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry)
08 Angels With Dirty Faces - (1938, Michael Curtiz) (James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart)
Rififi - (1955, Jules Dassin) (Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel, Janine Darcey)
04 Sweet Smell of Success - (1957, Alexander Mackendrick) (Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner)
07 The Blue Dahlia - (1946, George Marshall) (Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix)
08 Night And The City - (1950, Jules Dassin) (Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Herbert Lom)
The Set-Up - (1949, Robert Wise) (Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter)
04 Scarface - (1932, Howard Hawks) (Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, George Raft, Boris Karloff)
07 Shadow Of A Doubt - (1943, Alfred Hitchcock) (Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey)
07 The Big Heat - (1953, Fritz Lang) (Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin)
06 The Asphalt Jungle - (1950, John Huston) (Sterling Hayden, Marilyn Monroe, James Whitmore)
06 Nightmare Alley - (1947, Edmund Goulding) (Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray)
Body And Soul - (1947, Robert Rossen) (John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, William Conrad)
07 In A Lonely Place - (1950, Nicholas Ray) (Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy)
05 The Lady from Shanghai - (1947, Orson Welles) (Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane)
Ossessione - (1943, Luchino Visconti) (Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani)
06 The Woman in the Window - (1944, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Raymond Massey)
07 Pickup On South Street - (1953, Samuel Fuller) (Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter)
05 Scarlet Street - (1945, Fritz Lang) (Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea)
08 Kiss Of Death - (1947, Henry Hathaway) (Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark)
05 Gun Crazy (aka: Deadly Is The Female) - (1950, Joseph H. Lewis) (Peggy Cummins, John Dall)
07 Mildred Pierce - (1945, Michael Curtiz) (Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Eve Arden)
07 Where The Sidewalk Ends - (1950, Otto Preminger) (Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill)
04 The Naked City - (1948, Jules Dassin) (Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart)
07 Gilda - (1946, Charles Vidor) (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready)
06 Murder, My Sweet - (1944, Edward Dmytryk) (Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley)
Kiss Me Deadly - (1955, Robert Aldrich) (Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart)
08 Sudden Fear - (1952, ) (Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Mike Connors)
07 This Gun For Hire - (1942, Frank Tuttle) (Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Alan Ladd)
06 Dark Passage - (1947, Delmer Daves) (Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead)
08 The Postman Always Rings Twice - (1946, Tay Garnett) (Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway)
05 Fury - (1936, Fritz Lang) (Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel, Bruce Cabot)
08 Leave Her To Heaven - (1945, John M. Stahl) (Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Vincent Price)
D.O.A. - (1950, Rudolph Maté) (Edmond O'Brien, Pamela Britton, Beverly Garland)
Kansas City Confidential - (1952, Phil Karlson) (John Payne, Coleen Gr

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RP_Mac_27 — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 05:03 AM)

I have seen 89 over the years, and own a fair amount. I am somewhat disappointed not to see The Roaring Twenties on this list.
But I guess everyone could probably name a few films they felt should have been included in the too 100. Four films on this list I ranked a 10/10.
I was a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Angels with Dirty Faces
White Heat
Sunset Boulevard
You have a public position for the idiots and the real position you keep to yourself HRC

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MsELLERYqueen2 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 10:35 PM)

I've seen about 50 of them from start to finish.
I started (but didn't finish) about 10 of them.
By the way, I happen to love
Undercurrent
. I'll take it over
The Maltese Falcon
any day!

Jim Hutton (1934-79) & Ellery Queen
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mgtbltp — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 01:59 PM)

I've seen them all.

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richieprimo — 9 years ago(December 30, 2016 02:16 PM)

Not only have I seen every one of these, I must plead guilty to viewing most of them multiple times. Plus, I own all but a few in DVD (Single or in Sets), about 2 dozen on Blu-ray, and the unreleased on DVR (Courtesy of TCM mainly).
Yes my name is Rich and I'm a Film Noir addict. My collection is listed on IMDB (not recently updated) if anyone is looking for new/old titles to check out.
Here's a link;
www.imdb.com/list/ls059062986/
~R~
"I dont think you fully understand, Bigelow.. You've been murdered."