Films

Films A–Z

A comprehensive directory of 235 film noir titles from the classic era, with links to their IMDB pages.

#

• 5 Against the House (1955)
• 711 Ocean Drive (1950)
• 99 River Street (1953)

A

• Abandoned (1949)
• The Accused (1949)
• Ace in the Hole (1951)
• Act of Violence (1948)
• Angel Face (1953)
• Appointment with Danger (1951)
• Armored Car Robbery (1950)
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

B

• Background to Danger (1943)
• Behind Locked Doors (1948)
• Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)
• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
• The Big Clock (1948)
• The Big Combo (1955)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• The Big Steal (1949)
• Black Angel (1946)
• Blue Dahlia, The (1946)
• The Blue Gardenia (1953)
• Body and Soul (1947)
• Boomerang! (1947)
• Border Incident (1949)
• Born to Kill (1947)
• The Brasher Doubloon (1947)
• The Breaking Point (1950)
• Brute Force (1947)

C

• Cage of Gold (1950)
• Call Northside 777 (1948)
• Canon City (1948)
• Cause for Alarm! (1951)
• Champion (1949)
• Chicago Deadline (1949)
• City Across the River (1949)
• City That Never Sleeps (1953)
• Clash by Night (1952)
• The Clay Pigeon (1949)
• Conflict (1945)
• Convicted (1950)
• Cornered (1945)
• Count the Hours (1953)
• Crime Wave (1954)
• Criss Cross (1949)
• The Crooked Way (1949)
• Crossfire (1947)
• Cry Danger (1951)
• Cry of the City (1948)

D

• D.O.A. (1950)
• The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)
• Danger Signal (1945)
• Dark City (1950)
• Dark Corner, The (1946)
• Dark Mirror, The (1946)
• Dark Passage (1947)
• Dark Waters (1944)
• Dead Reckoning (1947)
• Detective Story (1951)
• Detour (1945)
• Dial 1119 (1950)
• Double Indemnity (1944)

E

• Edge of Doom (1950)
• The Enforcer (1951)
• Experiment in Terror (1962)

F

• Fallen Angel (1945)
• The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
• The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)
• Flamingo Road (1949)
• Follow Me Quietly (1949)
• Force of Evil (1948)
• Framed (1947)
• Fury (1936)

G

• The Gangster (1947)
• The Garment Jungle (1957)
• Gilda (1946)
• The Glass Key (1942)
• The Glass Web (1953)
• Guilty Bystander (1950)
• Gun Crazy (1950)

H

• He Walked by Night (1948)
• Hell’s Island (1955)
• High Sierra (1941)
• His Kind of Woman (1951)
• The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
• House of Bamboo (1955)
• House of Strangers (1949)
• The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
• Human Desire (1954)

I

• I Walk Alone (1947)
• I Want to Live! (1958)
• I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951)
• I, the Jury (1953)
• Illegal (1955)
• In a Lonely Place (1950)

J

• Jeopardy (1953)
• Johnny Angel (1945)
• Johnny O’Clock (1947)
• Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
• Journey into Fear (1943)

K

• Kansas City Confidential (1952)
• Key Largo (1948)
• The Killers (1946)
• The Killing (1956)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• Kiss of Death (1947)

L

• Lady from Shanghai, The (1947)
• Lady in Cement (1968)
• Lady in the Lake (1947)
• Laura (1944)
• Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
• The Letter (1940)
• The Lineup (1958)
• The Locket (1946)
• The Long Night (1947)
• Loophole (1954)
• Lured (1947)

M

• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• The Man I Love (1947)
• Man in the Dark (1953)
• Manhandled (1949)
• Manpower (1941)
• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Ministry of Fear (1944)
• Moonrise (1948)
• Moss Rose (1947)
• Murder by Contract (1958)
• Murder, My Sweet (1944)
• Mystery Street (1950)

N

• The Naked City (1948)
• Narrow Margin, The (1952)
• Niagara (1953)
• Nick Beal (1949)
• Night and the City (1950)
• Nightfall (1957)
• Nightmare Alley (1947)
• No Way Out (1950)
• Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
• Nora Prentiss (1947)
• Notorious (1946)

O

• Obsession (1949)
• Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
• On Dangerous Ground (1952)
• Once More, My Darling (1949)
• One Way Street (1950)
• Out of the Past (1947)
• Outcry (1949)

P

• Panic in the Streets (1950)
• Party Girl (1958)
• Phantom Lady (1944)
• Phenix City Story, The (1955)
• Pickup on South Street (1953)
• Pitfall (1948)
• Possessed (1947)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
• The Prowler (1951)
• Pushover (1954)

R

• Race Street (1948)
• Railroaded! (1947)
• Raw Deal (1948)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Rebecca (1940)
• The Reckless Moment (1949)
• Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
• Rififi (Du rififi chez les hommes) (1955)
• Road House (1948)
• Road to the Big House (1947)
• Roadblock (1951)
• Rope (1948)

S

• Scandal Sheet (1952)
• Scarlet Street (1945)
• Scene of the Crime (1949)
• The Second Woman (1950)
• The Set-Up (1949)
• Shack Out on 101 (1955)
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
• Shock (1946)
• Shockproof (1949)
• Side Street (1949)
• Sleep, My Love (1948)
• Slightly Scarlet (1956)
• So Dark the Night (1946)
• Somewhere in the Night (1946)
• Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
• Spellbound (1945)
• Split Second (1953)
• Storm Fear (1955)
• Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
• The Stranger (1946)
• Strangers on a Train (1951)
• Street of Chance (1942)
• Street with No Name, The (1948)
• The Strip (1951)
• Sudden Fear (1952)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

T

• T-Men (1947)
• Tension (1949)
• They Drive by Night (1940)
• They Live by Night (1948)
• Thieves’ Highway (1949)
• The Third Man (1949)
• The Thirteenth Letter (1951)
• This Gun for Hire (1942)
• Three Strangers (1946)
• Too Late for Tears (1949)
• Touch of Evil (1958)

U

• Undercurrent (1946)
• Union Station (1950)

V

• Vertigo (1958)
• Vicki (1953)
• Voix du silence, La (1952)

W

• Walk East on Beacon! (1952)
• The Well (1951)
• When Strangers Marry (1944)
• Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
• While the City Sleeps (1956)
• Whiplash (1948)
• Whirlpool (1949)
• White Heat (1949)
• Wicked Woman (1953)
• Wild Calendar (1947)
• The Window (1949)
• Witness to Murder (1954)
• Woman in the Window, The (1944)
• The Woman on the Beach (1947)
• Woman on the Run (1950)
• Woman’s Secret, A (1949)
• Wrong Man, The (1956)

Y

• The Yakuza Papers (1973)
• Yesterday and Today (1953)
• You Only Live Once (1937)
• Young Man with a Horn (1950)