A

Accomplice (1946)

Accused of Murder (1956)

The Accused (1949)

Act of Violence (1948)

Affair in Havana (1957)

Affair in Trinidad (1952)

Alias Nick Beal (1949)

All My Sons (1948)

All the King’s Men (1949)

Among the Living (1941)

Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

Angel Face (1953)

Angels Over Broadway (1940)

Another Man’s Poison (1951)

Apology for Murder (1945)

Appointment with a Shadow (1957)

Appointment with Danger (1950)

Armored Car Robbery (1950)

The Arnelo Affair (1947)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

B

Baby Face Nelson (1957)

Backfire (1950)

Backlash (1956)

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Bad Blonde (1953)

Bait (1954)

The Beast of the City (1932)

The Beat Generation (1959)

Behind Locked Doors (1948)

Behind the High Wall (1956)

Berlin Express (1948)

Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

Beware, My Lovely (1952)

Bewitched (1945)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Beyond the Forest (1949)

The Big Carnival / Ace in the Hole (1951)

The Big Clock (1948)

The Big Combo (1955)

The Big Frame (1952)

The Big Heat (1953)

The Big Knife (1955)

The Big Night (1951)

The Big Punch (1948)

The Big Sleep (1946)

The Big Steal (1949)

Black Angel (1946)

Black Friday (1940)

Black Tuesday (1954)

Blackmail (1947)

Blackout (1950)

Blanche Fury (1948)

Blind Alley (1939)

Blonde Ice (1948)

Blonde Sinner (1956)

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

The Blue Gardenia (1953)

Bluebeard (1944)

A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

Blues in the Night (1941)

Body and Soul (1947)

Bodyguard (1948)

The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)

Boomerang! (1947)

Border G-Men (1938)

Border Incident (1949)

Bordertown (1935)

Born to Be Bad (1950)

Born to Kill (1947)

The Brasher Doubloon (1947)

The Breaking Point (1950)

The Bribe (1949)

The Brothers Rico (1957)

Brute Force (1947)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)

Bullets or Ballots (1936)

The Burglar (1957)

Bury Me Dead (1947)

C

The Captive City (1952)

Cause for Alarm! (1951)

Chicago Calling (1951)

Chicago Confidential (1957)

Chicago Deadline (1949)

City That Never Sleeps (1953)

City of Fear (1959)

City of Shadows (1955)

City Streets (1931)

Clash by Night (1952)

Conflict (1945)

Cornered (1945)

Crime Against Joe (1956)

Crime by Night (1944)

Crime of Passion (1957)

Crime Wave (1953)

Criss Cross (1949)

Crossfire (1947)

D

The Damned Don’t Cry (1950)

D.O.A. (1950)

The Dark Corner (1946)

Dark City (1950)

Dark Passage (1947)

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

The Desperate Hours (1955)

Desperate (1947)

Detour (1945)

Dial 1119 (1950)

Double Indemnity (1944)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

The Dragnet (1947)

E

Edge of Doom (1950)

Edge of the City (1957)

Escape in the Fog (1945)

Escape Route (1952)

Even the Clouds Are Drifting (1959) (Obscure; Korean film, non-traditional noir.)

F

Fallen Angel (1945)

Fear (1954) (Fritz Lang’s German noir, “Angst.”)

Fear in the Night (1947)

Female Jungle (1955)

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

Finger Man (1955)

Five Against the House (1955)

Flaxy Martin (1949)

Flight to Hong Kong (1956)

Follow Me Quietly (1949)

Forbidden (1953)

Force of Evil (1948)

Fourteen Hours (1951)

Framed (1947)

Fugitive Lady (1950)

Fury (1936)

G

Gambling House (1950)

The Gangster (1947)

Gaslight (1944)

Gilda (1946)

Girl in the Case (1944)

The Glass Alibi (1946)

The Glass Key (1942)

The Good Die Young (1954)

Grand Central Murder (1942)

The Great Flamarion (1945)

Gun Crazy (1950)

Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959)

H

Hangover Square (1945)

He Ran All the Way (1951)

Hell Bound (1957)

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)

High Sierra (1941)

High Wall (1947)

Highway 301 (1950)

Hollow Triumph (1948) (Also known as “The Scar”)

Hoodlum Empire (1952)

House of Strangers (1949)

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

Human Desire (1954)

I

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) (Great Depression-era proto-noir.)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

I Love Trouble (1948)

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

I Walk Alone (1947)

I Was a Shoplifter (1950)

Illegal (1955)

Impact (1949)

In a Lonely Place (1950)

Inside Detroit (1956)

Inside Job (1946)

Iron Man (1951)

J

Jeopardy (1953)

Johnny Allegro (1949)

Johnny Eager (1941)

Johnny O’Clock (1947)

Journey Into Fear (1943)

Julie (1956)

K

Key Largo (1948)

Kid Glove Killer (1942)

Killer’s Kiss (1955)

Kiss of Death (1947)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

L

Ladies in Retirement (1941)

Lady Gangster (1942)

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

The Lady Gambles (1949)

Lady in the Lake (1947)

The Las Vegas Story (1952)

Last Crooked Mile (1946)

Laura (1944)

The Locket (1946)

The Lodger (1944)

The Long Night (1947)

Love from a Stranger (1947)

M

Macao (1952)

M (1951) (American remake of Lang’s 1931 film.)

The Macomber Affair (1947)

Mad at the World (1955)

The Madonna’s Secret (1946)

Make Haste to Live (1954)

The Man Between (1953) (British noir.)

The Man from Cairo (1953)

Manhandled (1949)

The Man I Love (1947)

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

Man in the Dark (1953)

Man in the Vault (1956)

The Man with My Face (1951)

Man With the Gun (1955) (Western noir.)

The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Moontide (1942)

The Mob (1951)

Moss Rose (1947)

Mr. Arkadin (1955) (aka Confidential Report.)

Murder by Contract (1958)

Murder Is My Beat (1955)

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

Mystery Street (1950)

N

Naked Alibi (1954)

Naked City (1948)

The Narrow Margin (1952)

Never Trust a Gambler (1951)

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

Night and the City (1950)

Night Editor (1946)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)

Nightmare (1956)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

No Man of Her Own (1950)

No Questions Asked (1951)

O

Obsession (1949) (British noir; U.S. title “The Hidden Room.”)

Ocean Drive (1950)

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

One Girl’s Confession (1953)

One Way Street (1950)

Out of the Past (1947)

Outside the Wall (1950)

Over-Exposed (1956)

P

The People Against O’Hara (1951)

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

Pickup (1951)

Pickup Alley (1957) (Also known as Interpol.)

Pillow of Death (1945)

Pitfall (1948)

Plunder Road (1957)

Port of New York (1949)

Port of Shadows (1938) (French noir classic; predates U.S. noir wave.)

The Pretender (1947)

The Price of Fear (1956)

Private Hell 36 (1954)

The Prowler (1951)

Q

Quicksand (1950)

R

The Racket (1951)

The Raging Tide (1951)

Railroaded! (1947)

Raw Deal (1948)

Rear Window (1954) (Suspense-heavy Hitchcock noir.)

Reign of Terror (1949) (French Revolution noir thriller.)

Repeat Performance (1947) (Time-loop noir.)

Restricted (1949) (Rare; little info available.)

Riffraff (1947)

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

Road House (1948)

Rope of Sand (1949)

Roughshod (1949) (Noir western blend.)

The Roving Kind (1944) (This one is obscure — limited noir themes.)

Run for the Sun (1956) (Adventure-thriller with noir overtones.)

The Runaround (1946)

S

Scene of the Crime (1949)

The Second Woman (1950)

The Secret Fury (1950)

The Set-Up (1949)

711 Ocean Drive (1950)

Shield for Murder (1954)

Shockproof (1949)

Side Street (1950)

The Sleeping City (1950)

Slightly Scarlet (1956)

The Sniper (1952)

Somewhere in the Night (1946)

Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

The Sound of Fury (1950) (Also known as Try and Get Me!)

Southside 1-1000 (1950)

Special Agent (1935) (Proto-noir crime film.)

Specter of the Rose (1946) (Psychological drama with noir touches.)

Split Second (1953)

Spy Hunt (1950)

Stage Fright (1950)

Station West (1948) (Western noir.)

Step Down to Terror (1958)

Storm Fear (1955)

Strange Bargain (1949)

Strange Fascination (1952)

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Strange Triangle (1946)

Street of Chance (1942)

The Street with No Name (1948)

Sudden Fear (1952)

The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

T

T-Men (1947)

Take One False Step (1949)

Tension (1950)

Terror at Midnight (1956)

The Thief (1952)

They Drive by Night (1940)

They Live by Night (1948)

Thieves’ Highway (1949)

This Gun for Hire (1942)

Three Strangers (1946)

Thunder Road (1958) (Crime drama, noir-adjacent.)

Time Table (1956)

Time Without Pity (1957) (British noir.)

Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951)

Too Late for Tears (1949)

Touch of Evil (1958)

The Trap (1946)

Trial (1955) (Courtroom drama; noir themes.)

Try and Get Me! (1950) (Same film as The Sound of Fury.)

U

Under the Gun (1951)

Undercurrent (1946)

Union Station (1950)

The Unfaithful (1947)

Unmasked (1950) (Obscure entry.)

V

The Velvet Touch (1948)

The Verdict (1946)

Vicki (1953)

W

Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

Walk East on Beacon! (1952)

Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

Where Danger Lives (1950)

While the City Sleeps (1956)

Whiplash (1948)

White Heat (1949)

The Window (1949)

Witness to Murder (1954)

Without Warning! (1952)

Woman in Hiding (1950)

The Woman in the Window (1944)

Women in the Night (1948) (War drama noir.)

World for Ransom (1954)

X

Y

You and Me (1938) (Fritz Lang early social noir — predates classic era.)

Young and Wild (1958)

Z