TSPDT's 100 Essential Noir Films

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To kick things off on their list of 1000 Essential noirs, TSPDT offered up the first 100 of the 1,000 films. These 100 films have been identified, according to their research, as the most mentioned/cited noir films of all-time. Call them the 100 most essential or quintessential, or whatever you like. They are, simply put, the 100 films that most often show up on film noir lists, in film noir festivals, and/or in film noir publications.

We at Icheckmovies have made these most essential noirs a separate list which you can find here. The rest of the list can be found here TSPDT 1000 Noir Films

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  1. 52 +121

    Raw Deal

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 22 +33

    The Dark Mirror

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 41 +136

    Ride the Pink Horse

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 55 +152

    The Street with No Name

    1948, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 83 +126

    Sudden Fear

    1952, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 68 +5

    The File on Thelma Jordon

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 62 +129

    Side Street

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 58 -34

    Border Incident

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 51 +113

    Pitfall

    1948, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 36 +75

    Kiss of Death

    1947, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 35 +27

    Desperate

    1947, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 59 -13

    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 19 -1

    Black Angel

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 75 +165

    Where the Sidewalk Ends

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 10 +127

    Murder, My Sweet

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 77 +79

    On Dangerous Ground

    1951, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 38 +77

    Lady in the Lake

    1946, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 69 -8

    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 74 +165

    Where Danger Lives

    1950, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 90 +1

    Human Desire

    1954, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 57 -54

    Act of Violence

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 60 +114

    The Reckless Moment

    1949, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 18 -1

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  24. 100 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  25. 33 +23

    Dark Passage

    1947, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 8 +59

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  27. 2 +81

    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 70 +28

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 49 +55

    Key Largo

    1948, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 4 +124

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  31. 44 -14

    Call Northside 777

    1948 — a.k.a. Calling Northside 777, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 88 +55

    Niagara

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 93 +53

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 25 +129

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  35. 26 +141

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 17 +166

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 7 +181

    Shadow of a Doubt

    1943, in 15 top lists Check
  38. 28 +175

    The Stranger

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 79 +126

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  40. 73 +138

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  41. 64 +159

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  42. 98 +129

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  43. 76 -74

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 87 -1

    The Hitch-Hiker

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 39 +110

    Nightmare Alley

    1947, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 24 +84

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  47. 13 +53

    Detour

    1945, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 9 +108

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 67 -17

    D.O.A.

    1949, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 92 +18

    Kiss Me Deadly

    1955, in 20 top lists Check
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