List of film noir titles

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Film noir is not a clearly defined type, so composition of this list may be disputed. See film noir for details on the characteristics of the genre. The terms used here to describe various periods and variations of film noir are not definitive, and are included as an aid to navigating the list rather than as critical argument.

Proto-noir

1900s–1920s

• 1909
  • In the Watches of the Night—one-reeler
  • Through the Breakers—one-reeler
  • The Restoration—one-reeler
• 1912
  • The Musketeers of Pig Alley—two-reeler
• 1914
  • The Escape
• 1927
  • Underworld
• 1928
  • The Docks of New York
  • The Racket
• 1929
  • Thunderbolt

1930s

• 1931
  • Blonde Crazy
  • City Streets
  • Five Star Final
  • Little Caesar
  • The Maltese Falcon (aka Dangerous Female)
  • The Public Enemy
• 1932
  • The Beast of the City
  • I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
  • Scarface
  • 20,000 Years in Sing Sing

• 1933
  • Private Detective 62

• 1934
  • Midnight
  • The Thin Man

• 1935
  • Bordertown
  • The Florentine Dagger
  • The Glass Key
  • The Scoundrel

• 1936
  • Bullets or Ballots
  • Fury
  • Great Guy
  • The Petrified Forest
  • Satan Met a Lady

• 1937
  • Marked Woman
  • San Quentin
  • You Only Live Once
  • Dead End
• 1938
  • Algiers
  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
  • Angels with Dirty Faces
• 1939
  • Each Dawn I Die
  • King of the Underworld
  • The Roaring Twenties
  • They Made Me a Criminal

Non-American

• Der blaue Engel (aka The Blue Angel, 1930, Germany)
• La Chienne (1931, France)
• M (1931, Germany)
• Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (1931, Germany)
• Voruntersuchung (1931, Germany)
• La nuit du carrefour (aka Night at the Crossroads, 1932, France)
• Quick (1932, Germany)
• Stürme der Leidenschaft (1932, Germany)
• Brennendes Geheimnis (aka The Burning Secret, 1933, Germany)
• Sabotage (aka The Woman Alone, 1936, United Kingdom)
• Cargaison blanche (aka Traffic in Souls, 1937, France)
• Mollenard (1937, France)
• Pépé le Moko (1937, France, remade as Algiers)
• La Serpiente roja (1937, Cuba)
• La Bête humaine (1938, France)
• Quai des brumes (aka Port of Shadows, 1938, France)
• Le Dernier tournant (1939, France)
• Le Jour se lève (1939, France)
• Pièges (aka Snares, 1939, France)

Classic film noir

1940s

• 1940
  • Angels Over Broadway
  • Stranger on the Third Floor
  • They Drive by Night
• 1941
  • Among the Living
  • Blues in the Night
  • Citizen Kane
  • Crossroads
  • The Face Behind the Mask
  • The Glass Key
  • High Sierra
  • I Wake Up Screaming
  • Out of the Fog
  • Johnny Eager
  • Kid Glove Killer
  • Ladies in Retirement
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Moontide
  • Rage in Heaven
  • The Shanghai Gesture
  • Street of Chance
  • This Gun for Hire
  • A Woman's Face
• 1943
  • The Fallen Sparrow
  • Journey into Fear
  • The Seventh Victim
  • Whispering Footsteps
• 1944
  • Bluebeard
  • Christmas Holiday
  • Dark Waters
  • Double Indemnity
  • Experiment Perilous
  • Guest in the House
  • Laura
  • The Lodger
  • The Mark of the Whistler
  • The Mask of Dimitrios
  • Ministry of Fear
  • Murder, My Sweet (aka Farewell, My Lovely)
  • Phantom Lady
  • The Suspect
  • Voice in the Wind
  • When Strangers Marry
  • The Whistler
  • The Woman in the Window
• 1945
  • Bewitched
  • Circumstantial Evidence
  • Conflict
  • Cornered
  • Criminal Court
  • Danger Signal
  • Detour
  • Escape in the Fog
  • Fallen Angel
  • Hangover Square
  • The House on 92nd Street
  • Jealousy
  • Johnny Angel
  • Mildred Pierce
  • My Name is Julia Ross
  • Scarlet Street
  • The Spider
  • The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
  • Strange Illusion (aka Out of the Night)
  • Two O'Clock Courage
  • The Unseen
  • Voice of the Whistler
• 1946
  • The Big Sleep
  • Black Angel
  • The Blue Dahlia
  • The Chase
  • Cloak and Dagger
  • Crack-Up
  • The Dark Corner
  • The Dark Mirror
  • Deadline at Dawn
  • Deception
  • Decoy
  • Dressed To Kill
  • Fear
  • Gilda
  • The Killers
  • The Locket
  • The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
  • Night Editor
  • Nobody Lives Forever
  • Nocturne
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • Shadowed
  • Shadow of a Woman
  • Shock
  • So Dark the Night
  • Somewhere in the Night
  • The Spiral Staircase
  • Strange Impersonation
  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • The Strange Woman
  • The Stranger
  • Suspense
  • Temptation
  • Three Strangers
  • Tomorrow Is Forever
  • Undercurrent
  • The Verdict
  • Wife Wanted
• 1947
  • Backlash
  • Blackmail
  • Blind Spot
  • Body and Soul
  • Boomerang
  • Born to Kill
  • The Brasher Doubloon
  • Brute Force
  • Bury Me Dead
  • Calcutta
  • Crossfire
  • Daisy Kenyon
  • Dark Passage
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Desert Fury
  • Desperate
  • The Devil Thumbs a Ride
  • A Double Life
  • Fall Guy
  • Fear in the Night
  • Framed
  • The Gangster
  • The Guilty
  • High Tide
  • High Wall
  • Johnny O'Clock
  • Kiss of Death
  • Lady in the Lake
  • Lighthouse
  • The Long Night
  • Lured
  • The Man I Love
  • Moss Rose
  • Nightmare Alley
  • Nora Prentiss
  • Out of the Past
  • The Paradine Case
  • Possessed
  • The Pretender
  • Railroaded!
  • The Red House
  • Ride the Pink Horse
  • Shoot to Kill
  • They Won't Believe Me
  • T-Men
  • The Two Mrs. Carrolls
  • The Unfaithful
  • The Unsuspected
  • Violence
  • The Web
  • Whispering City
  • The Woman on the Beach
• 1948
  • The Amazing Mr. X (aka The Spiritualist)
  • Assigned to Danger
  • Behind Locked Doors
  • Berlin Express
  • The Big Clock
  • Blonde Ice
  • Bodyguard
  • Call Northside 777
  • Canon City
  • Cry of the City
  • The Dark Past
  • Force of Evil
  • He Walked by Night
  • Hollow Triumph (aka The Scar)
  • The Hunted
  • I Love Trouble
  • I Walk Alone
  • I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
  • Key Largo
  • Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
  • The Lady from Shanghai
  • Money Madness
  • The Naked City
  • Night Has a Thousand Eyes
  • Pitfall
  • Race Street
  • Raw Deal
  • Road House
  • Rope
  • Ruthless
  • Secret Beyond the Door
  • Sleep, My Love
  • So Evil My Love
  • Sorry, Wrong Number
  • The Street with No Name
  • They Live by Night
  • To the Ends of the Earth
  • Walk a Crooked Mile
• 1949
  • Abandoned (aka Abandoned Woman)
  • The Accused
  • Act of Violence
  • Beyond the Forest
  • The Big Steal
  • Border Incident
  • The Bribe
  • Caught
  • Champion (1949 film)
  • Chicago Deadline
  • City Across the River
  • The Clay Pigeon
  • Criss Cross
  • The Crooked Way
  • A Dangerous Profession
  • Flamingo Road
  • Flaxy Martin
  • Follow Me Quietly
  • Gun Crazy (aka Deadly Is the Female)
  • House of Strangers
  • Impact
  • I Married a Communist (aka The Woman on Pier 13)
  • Jigsaw
  • Johnny Allegro
  • Johnny Stool Pigeon
  • Knock on Any Door
  • Manhandled
  • Moonrise
  • Port of New York
  • The Reckless Moment
  • Red Light
  • Scene of the Crime
  • The Set-Up
  • Shockproof
  • Tension
  • The Third Man
  • The Threat
  • Thieves' Highway
  • Too Late for Tears
  • Trapped
  • The Undercover Man
  • Whirlpool
  • White Heat
  • The Window
  • A Woman's Secret
  • Undertow

1950s

• 1950
  • Armored Car Robbery
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • Backfire
  • Between Midnight and Dawn
  • Black Hand
  • Born to Be Bad
  • The Breaking Point
  • Caged
  • Convicted
  • The Damned Don't Cry!
  • Dark City
  • Deported
  • Destination Murder
  • Dial 1119
  • D.O.A.
  • Edge of Doom
  • The File on Thelma Jordon
  • Gambling House
  • Guilty Bystander
  • Highway 301
  • House by the River
  • In a Lonely Place
  • The Killer That Stalked New York
  • Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
  • A Lady Without Passport
  • The Man Who Cheated Himself
  • Mystery Street
  • No Man of Her Own
  • No Way Out
  • One Way Street
  • Panic in the Streets
  • Quicksand
  • The Secret Fury
  • 711 Ocean Drive
  • Shakedown
  • Side Street
  • The Sleeping City
  • The Sound of Fury (aka Try and Get Me)
  • Southside 1-1000
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • The Tattoed Stranger
  • The Underworld Story
  • Union Station
  • Walk Softly, Stranger
  • Where Danger Lives
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends
  • Woman in Hiding
  • Woman on the Run
• 1951
  • Ace in the Hole (aka The Big Carnival)
  • Appointment with Danger
  • The Big Night
  • Cause for Alarm!
  • Cry Danger
  • Detective Story
  • The Enforcer (aka Murder, Inc.)
  • He Ran All the Way
  • His Kind of Woman
  • Hollywood Story
  • The Hoodlum
  • The House on Telegraph Hill
  • I Was a Communist for the FBI
  • The Killer That Stalked New York
  • M
  • The Man with My Face
  • The Medium
  • The Mob
  • The People Against O'Hara
  • Pickup
  • The Prowler
  • The Racket
  • The Raging Tide
  • Roadblock
  • The Scarf
  • Strangers on a Train
  • The Strip
  • The 13th Letter
  • Tomorrow Is Another Day
  • Under the Gun
  • The Unknown Man
• 1952
  • Affair in Trinidad
  • Angel Face
  • Beware, My Lovely
  • Breakdown
  • The Captive City
  • Clash by Night
  • Don't Bother to Knock
  • Kansas City Confidential
  • The Las Vegas Story
  • Loan Shark
  • Macao
  • Man Bait (aka The Last Page)
  • The Narrow Margin
  • Night Without Sleep
  • On Dangerous Ground
  • Scandal Sheet
  • The Sniper
  • Strange Fascination
  • Sudden Fear
  • Talk About a Stranger
  • The Thief
  • The Turning Point
  • Without Warning
• 1953
  • Bad Blonde (aka The Flanagan Boy)
  • The Big Heat
  • The Blue Gardenia
  • A Blueprint for Murder
  • City That Never Sleeps
  • Count the Hours
  • Cry of the Hunted
  • Dangerous Crossing
  • The Glass Wall
  • The Glass Web
  • The Hitch-Hiker
  • I Confess
  • I, the Jury
  • Inferno
  • Jeopardy
  • Niagara
  • 99 River Street
  • Pickup on South Street
  • Second Chance
  • Split Second
  • The System
  • Vicki
  • Wicked Woman
• 1954
  • Black Tuesday
  • Black Widow
  • Crime Wave
  • Cry Vengeance
  • Dangerous Mission
  • Down Three Dark Streets
  • Drive a Crooked Road
  • Female Jungle
  • Hell's Half Acre
  • Human Desire
  • The Long Wait
  • Loophole
  • Make Haste to Live
  • Naked Alibi
  • The Other Woman
  • Private Hell 36
  • Pushover
  • Rogue Cop
  • Shield for Murder
  • Suddenly
  • Witness to Murder
  • World for Ransom
• 1955
  • Bad Day at Black Rock
  • Cell 2455 Death Row
  • Crashout
  • The Big Combo
  • The Big Knife
  • A Bullet for Joey
  • 5 Against the House
  • Hell's Island
  • Hell on Frisco Bay
  • House of Bamboo
  • I Died a Thousand Times
  • Illegal
  • Killer's Kiss
  • Kiss Me Deadly
  • Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report)
  • Murder Is My Beat
  • The Naked Street
  • New York Confidential
  • The Night Holds Terror
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • New Orleans Uncensored
  • The Phenix City Story
  • Tight Spot
• 1956
  • Accused of Murder
  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
  • The Boss
  • Julie
  • A Cry in the Night
  • The Harder They Fall
  • The Houston Story
  • The Killer Is Loose
  • The Killing
  • Nightmare
  • Please Murder Me
  • Slightly Scarlet
  • Storm Fear
  • Time Table
  • While the City Sleeps
  • The Wrong Man
• 1957
  • Affair in Havana
  • Baby Face Nelson
  • The Brothers Rico
  • The Burglar
  • Crime of Passion
  • The Garment Jungle
  • Hit and Run
  • House of Numbers
  • Nightfall
  • The Night Runner
  • Plunder Road
  • The Shadow on the Window
  • Slander
  • Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
  • Sweet Smell of Success
  • The Tattered Dress
  • The Tijuana Story
  • The Unholy Wife
• 1958
  • The Case Against Brooklyn
  • Cry Terror!
  • I Want to Live!
  • Lonelyhearts
  • The Lineup
  • Murder by Contract
  • Party Girl
  • Thunder Road
  • Touch of Evil
• 1959
  • The Beat Generation
  • The Crimson Kimono
  • The Man in the Net
  • Odds Against Tomorrow
  • The Trap

Color film noir

• Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
• Desert Fury (1947)
• Rope (1948)
• Inferno (1953, 3-D)
• Niagara (1953)
• Second Chance (1953, 3-D)
• Black Widow (1954)
• Dangerous Mission (1954)
• Dial M for Murder (1954)
• Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
• Hell's Island (1955)
• House of Bamboo (1955)
• I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
• Accused of Murder (1956)
• A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
• Slightly Scarlet (1956)
• The Unholy Wife (1957)
• Party Girl (1958)
• Vertigo (1958)
• The Trap (1959)

Classic-period crossovers

Noir comedies

• Whistling in the Dark (1941)
• Fly-by-Night (1942)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
• The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
• They've Got Me Covered (1944)
• Lady on a Train (1945)
• Murder He Says (1945)
• Wonder Man (1945)
• Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• My Favorite Brunette (1947)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
• Beat the Devil (1953)

Noir westerns

• Stagecoach (1939)
• Ramrod (1947)
• Pursued (1947)
• Blood on the Moon (1948)
• Colorado Territory (1948)
• The Man from Colorado (1948)
• Station West (1948)
• Yellow Sky (1949)
• The Devil's Doorway (1950)
• The Furies (1950)
• The Gunfighter (1950)
• Winchester '73 (1950)
• Rawhide (1951)
• High Noon (1952)
• Track of the Cat (1954)
• The Naked Spur (1954)
• A Lawless Street (1955)
• The Man from Laramie (1955)
• 3:10 to Yuma (1957)
• The Halliday Brand (1957)
• The Tall T (1957)
• The Violent Men (1957)
• Gunman's Walk (1958)
• Man of the West (1958)
• Face of a Fugitive (1959)

Miscellaneous crossovers

• The Brute Man (1946)—noir horror
• Reign of Terror (aka The Black Book) (1949)—French Revolution noir
• The Tall Target (1951)—Civil War noir
• The Band Wagon (1953)—noir musical
• Men in War (1957)—Korean War noir

Non-American

• 1940s
  • Contraband (1940) (UK)
  • Le Corbeau (The Raven) (1943) (France)
  • Ossessione (1943) (Italy)
  • Brighton Rock (1947) (UK)
  • It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) (UK)
  • Odd Man Out (1947) (UK)
  • Panique (1947) (France)
  • Quai des Orfèvres (1947) (France)
  • They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) (UK)
  • Dédée d'Anvers (1948) (France)
  • Drunken Angel (1948) (Japan)
  • Une si jolie petite plage (Riptide) (1949) (France)
  • Salón México (1949) (Mexico)
  • The Small Back Room (1949) (UK)
  • Stray Dog (1949) (Japan)
  • The Third Man (1949) (UK)
• 1950s
  • Cronaca di un amore (Chronicle of a Love / Story of a Love Affair) (1950) (Italy)
  • Night and the City (1950) (UK)
  • Casque d'or (Golden Marie) (1952) (France)
  • The Gambler and the Lady (1952) (UK)
  • The Last Page (aka Man Bait) (1952) (UK)
  • Nous sommes tous des assassins (1952) (France)
  • Stolen Face (1952) (UK)
  • Wings of Danger (1952) (UK)
  • The Flanagan Boy (aka Bad Blonde) (1953) (UK)
  • Quand tu liras cette lettre (1953) (France)
  • 36 Hours (aka Terror Street) (1953) (UK)
  • The Limping Man (1953) (UK)
  • Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) (1953) (France)
  • Avant le déluge (Before the Flood) (1954) (France)
  • Les Femmes s'en balancent (Dames Don't Care) (1954) (France)
  • Five Days (aka Paid to Kill) (1954) (UK)
  • Le Grand jeu (1954) (France)
  • The House Across the Lake (1954 film) (aka Heat Wave) (1954) (UK)
  • Murder by Proxy (aka Blackout) (1954) (UK)
  • Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) (France)
  • Bob le flambeur (1955) (France)
  • Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) (UK)
  • Les Diaboliques (1955) (France)
  • Le Dossier noir (1955) (France)
  • The Glass Cage (aka The Glass Tomb) (1955) (UK)
  • Die Ratten (1955) (Germany)
  • Razzia sur la Chnouf (1955) (France)
  • Du rififi chez les hommes (Rififi) (1955) (France)
  • Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam (The Devil Strikes at Night) (1956) (Germany)
  • Fortune is a Woman (1957) (UK)
  • Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) (1958) (France)
  • The Rough and the Smooth (1959) (UK)

Neo-noir

1960s

• The Criminal (aka The Concrete Jungle) (1960)
• Key Witness (1960)
• Blast of Silence (1961)
• Five Minutes to Live (aka Door-to-Door Maniac) (1961)
• Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
• Cape Fear (1962)
• Experiment in Terror (1962)
• Shock Corridor (1962)
• The Killers (1964)
• Mickey One (1965)
• The Naked Kiss (1964)
• Brainstorm (1965)
• Once a Thief (1965)
• Harper (1966)
• The Money Trap (1966)
• Seconds (1966)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Warning Shot (1967)
• Bullitt (1968)
• The Detective (1968)
• Lady in Cement (1968)
• Madigan (1968)
• Pretty Poison (1968)
• The Split (1968)
• Marlowe (1969)

1970s

• The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Chandler (1971)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• The French Connection (1971)
• Klute (1971)
• The Last Run (1971)
• Road to Salina (1971)
• Shaft (1971)
• The Godfather (1972)
• Across 110th Street (1972)
• The Getaway (1972)
• Hickey & Boggs (1972)
• The Mechanic (1972)
• Charley Varrick (1973)
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
• The Long Goodbye (1973)
• Mean Streets (1973)
• The Outfit (1973)
• Serpico (1973)
• Shamus (1973)
• Black Eye (1974)
• Peeper (1974)
• Chinatown (1974)
• Mr. Majestyk (1974)
• Thieves Like Us (1974)
• Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
• The Drowning Pool (1975)
• Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
• The French Connection II (1975)
• Hustle (1975)
• The Nickel Ride (1975)
• Night Moves (1975)
• The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
• Obsession (1976)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Sorcerer (1977)
• The Late Show (1977)
• The Big Sleep (1978)
• Capricorn One (1978)
• The Driver (1978)
• Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
• Hardcore (aka The Hardcore Life) (1979)
• Last Embrace (1979)
• The Onion Field (1979)

1980s

• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
• Body Heat (1981)
• I, the Jury (1982)
• Thief (1981)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Hammett (1982)
• Blood Simple (1984)
• Against All Odds (1984)
• Brazil (1985)
• To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• Year of the Dragon (1985)
• Trouble in Mind (1985)
• Blue Velvet (1986)
• Manhunter (1986)
• 8 Million Ways to Die (1986)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• The Big Easy (1987)
• House of Games (1987)
• Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
• D.O.A. (1988)
• Batman (1989)
• The Kill-Off (1989)

1990s

• After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
• The Grifters (1990)
• The Hot Spot (1990)
• King of New York (1990)
• Miller's Crossing (1990)
• State of Grace (1990)
• The Two Jakes (1990)
• Dead Again (1991)
• A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
• White Sands (1992)
• Basic Instinct (1992)
• Deep Cover (1992)
• Final Analysis (1992)
• One False Move (1992)
• The Public Eye (1992)
• Red Rock West (1992)
• Night and the City (1992)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• China Moon (1994)
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Lord of Illusions (1995)
• Se7en (1995)
• The Underneath (1995)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• Blood and Wine (1996)
• Bound (1996)
• Mulholland Falls (1996)
• Primal Fear (1996)
• Jackie Brown (1997)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Dark City (1998)
• Final Act (1998 film)
• Phoenix (1998)
• Poodle Springs (1998)
• Twilight (1998)
• Fight Club (1999)

2000s

• American Psycho (2000)
• Amores Perros (2000)
• Reindeer Games (2000)
• Way of the Gun (2000)
• Panic (2000)
• Memento (2000)
• The Deep End (2001)
• Heist (2001)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Monster's Ball (2001)
• Picture Claire (2001)
• The Pledge (2001)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• City by the Sea (2002)
• City of Ghosts (2002)
• Dark Blue (2002)
• The Good Thief (2002)
• Femme Fatale (2002)
• Insomnia (2002)
• Murder By Numbers (2002)
• Narc (2002)
• Panic Room (2002)
• Road to Perdition (2002)
• The Salton Sea (2002)
• Basic (2003)
• 21 Grams (2003)
• Confidence (2003)
• The Cooler (2003)
• Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
• Out of Time (2003)
• Mystic River (2003)
• Collateral (2004)
• Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
• Never Die Alone (2004)
• Twisted (2004)
• Derailed (2005)
• Harsh Times (2005)
• A History of Violence (2005)
• The Ice Harvest (2005)
• Shadowboxer (2005)
• Sin City (2005)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
• Brick (2005)
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
• The Black Dahlia (2006)
• The Departed (2006)
• The Good German (2006)
• Hollywoodland (2006)
• Lonely Hearts (2006)
• Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Running Scared (2006)
• Smokin' Aces (2007)
• American Gangster (2007)
• No Country For Old Men (2007)
• Eastern Promises (2007)
• Zodiac (2007)
• Gone Baby Gone (2007)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Changeling (2008)
• The Spirit (2008)
• Assassination of a High School President (2008)
• Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
• Public Enemies (2009)
• Heartless (2009)

2010s

• Winter's Bone (2010)
• Shutter Island (2010)
• The Killer Inside Me (2010)
• The Town (2010)
• The Big Bang (2011)
• Drive (2011)
• The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Psycho-noir

• Blue Velvet (1986)
• Lunatics: A Love Story (1990)
• Knight Moves (1991)
• Shattered (1991)
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
• The Vagrant (1992)
• Blink (1994)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• eXistenZ (1998)
• Fight Club (1999)
• American Psycho (2000)
• Memento (2000)
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Secret Window (2004)
• The Number 23 (2007)

Non-American

• The Reflecting Skin (1990) (UK)
• Naked Lunch (1991) (Canada)
• Europa (1991) (Denmark)
• Darr (1993) (India)
• Crash (1996) (Canada)
• Following (1998) (UK)
• Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) (S. Korea)
• Last Exit (2003) (Denmark)
• Oldboy (2003) (S. Korea)
• Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) (S. Korea)
• 13 (Tzameti) (2005) (France)
• The Square (2008) (Australia)
• Animal Kingdom (2010) (Australia)

Crossovers

Noir–science fiction

• Alphaville (1965)
• The Satan Bug (1965)
• The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
• Soylent Green (1973)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Repo Man (1984)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Brazil (1985)
• RoboCop (1987)
• Alien Nation (1988)
• Total Recall (1990)
• Robocop 2 (1990)
• Alien 3 (1992)
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
• Strange Days (1995)
• 12 Monkeys (1995)
• Gattaca (1997)
• Disturbing Behavior (1998)
• Dark City (1998)
• eXistenZ (1998)
• The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
• The Matrix (1999)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• Equilibrium (2002)
• Cypher (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Sin City (2005)
• Southland Tales (2007)
• Franklyn (2008)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Stargate Universe (2010)
• Inception (2010)

Stoner Noir

• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Gravesend (1997)
• Big Lebowski (1998)
• Thursday (1998)
• Go (1999)
• Wonder Boys (2000)
• Weirdsville (2007)
• Bored to Death (2009) (HBO series)

Noir comedies

• Play It Again, Sam (1972)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
• After Hours (1985)
• Crime Wave (a.k.a. The Big Crimewave) (1985)
• Crimewave (1985)
• The Naked Gun (1988)
• Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (1992)
• Fatal Instinct (1993)
• Get Shorty (1995)
• The House of Yes (1997)
• Very Bad Things (1998)
• Zero Effect (1998)
• Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
• The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
• Novocaine (2001)
• One Night at McCool's (2001)
• Death to Smoochy (2002)
• Be Cool (2005)
• The Big White (2005)
• The Ice Harvest (2005)
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
• Big Nothing (2006)
• Mini's First Time (2006)
• Assassination of a High School President (2008)
• Leaves of Grass (2010)

Noir westerns

• Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
• Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)
• High Plains Drifter (1973)

Miscellaneous crossovers

• The Dead Don't Die (1975)—noir horror
• Pennies from Heaven (1981)—noir musical
• Class of 1984 (1982)-noir horror
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)-noir horror
• Angel Heart (1987)—noir horror
• The Believers (1987)—noir horror
• Dead of Winter (1987)—noir horror
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)—"toon-noir"
• Batman (1989)—superhero noir
• Dick Tracy (1990)—comic noir
• Darkman (1990)—superhero noir/horror
• The First Power (1990)—noir horror
• Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)—noir horror
• Batman Returns (1992)—superhero noir
• The Resurrected (1992)—noir horror
• The Shadow (1994)—superhero noir
• In the Mouth of Madness (1995)—noir horror
• Lord of Illusions (1995)—noir horror
• The Phantom (1996)—superhero noir
• Spawn (1997)—superhero noir/horror
• Fallen (1998)—noir horror
• The Ninth Gate (1999)—noir horror
• FeardotCom (2002)—noir horror
• The Dark Knight (2008)—superhero noir
• Watchmen (2009) —superhero noir
• Kick-Ass (2010) -superhero noir

Non-American crossovers

• Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Alphaville) (1965) (France/SF)
• Gumshoe (1971) (UK/comedy)
• Patlabor the Movie (1989) (Japan/SF anime)
• Patlabor 2 the Movie (1989) (Japan/SF anime)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995) (Japan/SF anime)
• WXIII: Patlabor 3 the Movie (2001) (Japan/SF anime)
• Running on Karma (2003) (Hong Kong/"bubblegum noir")
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) (Japan/SF anime)
• Renaissance (2006) (France/animated SF)
• V for Vendetta (2006) (UK/SF)
• Thirst (2009) (Korea/horror)

Non-American

• 1960s
  • À bout de souffle (Breathless) (1960) (France)
  • Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) (1960) (France)
  • The Bad Sleep Well (1960) (Japan)
  • Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) (1960) (France)
  • Le Trou (The Hole) (1960) (France)
  • Le Doulos (1962) (France)
  • High and Low (1963) (Japan)
  • Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) (1964) (France)
  • Tôkyô nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter) (1966) (Japan)
  • Branded to Kill (1967) (Japan)
  • Le Samouraï (1967) (France)
  • La Mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black) (1968) (France)
  • The Conformist (1969) (Italy)
  • Que la bête meure (This Man Must Die) (1969) (France)
  • Jewel Thief (1967) (India)
• 1970s
  • Le Boucher (1970) (France)
  • Le Cercle rouge (1970) (France)
  • Get Carter (1971) (UK)
  • Un Homme est mort (The Outside Man) (1972) (France)
  • Un Flic (1972) (France)
  • Pulp (1972) (UK)
  • The Castle of Sand (1974) (Japan)
  • Der Amerikanische Freund (The American Friend) (1977) (Germany)
  • Série noire (1979) (France)
• 1980s
  • The Long Good Friday (1980) (UK)
  • Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) (1981) (France)
  • Angel (1982) (UK)
  • La Balance (1982) (France)
  • Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss (Veronika Voss) (1982) (Germany)
  • La Lune dans le caniveau (The Moon in the Gutter) (1983) (France)
  • De vierde man (The Fourth Man) (1983) (Netherlands)
  • Vivement dimanche! (Confidentially Yours / Finally Sunday) (1983) (France)
  • The Element of Crime (1984) (Denmark)
  • Mona Lisa (1986) (UK)
  • As Tears Go By (1988) (Hong Kong)
  • Stormy Monday (1988) (UK)
  • Monsieur Hire (1989) (France)
• 1990s
  • Boiling Point (1990) (Japan)
  • The Krays (1990) (UK)
  • Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990) (France)
  • Europa (1991) (Denmark)
  • Sonatine (1993) (Japan)
  • Katia Ismailova (1994) (Russia)
  • Léon (The Professional) (1994) (France)
  • Fallen Angels (1995) (Hong Kong)
  • Hana-bi (1997) (Japan)
  • Insomnia (1997) (Norway)
  • Kiss or Kill (1997) (Australia)
  • Croupier (1998) (UK)
  • Satya (1998) (India)
  • Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) (UK)
  • So Close to Paradise (1998) (China)
• 2000s
  • Snatch (2000) (UK)
  • Gangster No. 1 (2000) (UK)
  • Sexy Beast (2000) (UK)
  • Lantana (2001) (Australia)
  • Il Gioco di Ripley (Ripley's Game) (2002) (Italy)
  • The Missing Gun (2002) (China)
  • City of God (2002) (Brazil)
  • Infernal Affairs (2002) (Hong Kong)
  • Company (1998) (India)
  • The Alzheimer Case (2003) (Belgium)
  • Blind Shaft (2003) (China)
  • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) (UK)
  • 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004) (France)
  • Bad Education (2004) (Spain)
  • Ek Hasina Thi (2004) (India)
  • Dead Man's Shoes (2004) (UK)
  • Layer Cake (2004) (UK)
  • El Aura (2005) (Argentina)
  • Match Point (2005) (UK)
  • The Red Kebaya (2006) (Malaysia)
  • Omkara (2006) (India)
  • Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) (India)
  • Lust, Caution (2007) (China)
  • Johnny Gaddar (2007) (India)
  • Manorama Six Feet Under (2007) (India)
  • In Bruges (2008) (UK)
  • MR 73 (2008) (France)
  • The Square (2008) (Australia)
  • Zift (2008) (Bulgaria)
  • Franklyn (2008) (France/UK)
  • Gulaal (2009) (India)
  • Kaminey (2009) (India)
  • Sherlock Holmes (2009) (UK)
  • Kala (2009) (Indonesia)
• 2010s
  • Animal Kingdom (2010) (Australia)
  • Im Schatten (2010) (Germany)
  • Ishqiya (2010) (India)
  • Kick-Ass (2010) (UK/US)
  • London Boulevard (2010) (UK)
  • Brighton Rock (2010) (UK)
  • 7 Khoon Maaf (2011) (India)
  • Aaranya Kaandam(2011) (India)
  • Blitz (2011) (UK)

Television series

• Dragnet (1951–59)
• Peter Gunn (1958–61)
• The Fugitive (1963–67)
• The Outer Limits (1963–65)
• Banyon (1972–73)
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–75)
• City of Angels (1976)
• Miami Vice (1984–89)
• Mike Hammer (1984–87)
• Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1984–86)
• Moonlighting (1985–89)
• Crime Story (1986–88)
• Wiseguy (1987-90)
• Twin Peaks (1990–91)
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992–95)
• The X-Files (1993–02)
• Fallen Angels (1993, 1995)
• New York Undercover (1994-98)
• EZ Streets (1996, 1997)
• La Femme Nikita (1997-01)
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn (1997–99)
• Brimstone (1998–99)
• Angel (1999–04)
• Firefly (2002)
• The Shield (2002–08)
• Veronica Mars (2004–07)
• Sleeper Cell (2005–2006)
• Day Break (2006)
• Dexter (2006–present)
• Moonlight (2007–08)
• Raines (2007)
• Breaking Bad (2008–present)
• Sons Of Anarchy (2008–present)
• True Blood (2008–present)
• Bored to Death (2009–present)
• Terriers (2010)
• Ringer (2011-present)
• Femme Fatales (2011-present)
• American Horror Story (2011-present)
• Magic City (2012-Present)

Non-American

• The Singing Detective (1986) (UK)
• Cracker (1993–2006) (UK)
• Cowboy Bebop (1998–99) (Japan/anime)
• The Big O (1999–2000) (Japan/anime)
• Noir (2001) (Japan/anime)
• Heat Guy J (2002-2003) (Japan/anime)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2003) (Japan/anime)
• Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG (2004–2005) (Japan/anime)
• Torchwood (2006–present) (UK)
• Darker than Black (2007, 2009) (Japan/anime)
• 009-1 (Japan/anime)
• Phantom of Inferno (Requiem for Phantom) (2004,2009) (Japan/anime)
• Sherlock (2010–present) (UK)

References

• Borde, Raymond, and Etienne Chaumeton (2002 [1955]). A Panorama of American Film Noir, 1941–1953, trans. Paul Hammond. San Francisco: City Lights Books. ISBN 0-87286-412-X
• Pappas, Charles (2005). It's A Bitter Little World. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books. ISBN 1-58297-387-3
• "Most Popular Film-Noir Feature Films" at Internet Movie Database
• Nelson, Rob (April 4, 2006). "Not Another Teen Movie". The Village Voice (Village Voice Media). http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-04-04/film/not-another-teen-movie/. Retrieved October 9, 2009.