The 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time

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This list acknowledges the classics of the genre, the big-budget studio noirs and the cheapest of B noirs made on the fringes of the Hollywood studio system. But we’ve also taken a more expansive view of noir, allowing room for supreme examples of the proto-noirs that anticipated the genre and the neo-noirs that resulted from the genre being rebooted in the midst of the Cold War, seemingly absorbing the world’s darkest and deepest fears.

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  1. 4 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 31 new

    The Reckless Moment

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 54 new

    Side Street

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 76 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 96 new

    Caught

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on Apr 21, 2019; source