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List of film noir titles

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Classic examples of the film noir genre include:

1941

High Sierra
The Maltese Falcon

1942

This Gun for Hire

1944

Double Indemnity
Laura

1945

Detour
The House on 92nd Street
Mildred Pierce
The Scarlet Street

1946

The Big Sleep
Gilda
The Killers
The Postman Always Rings Twice
So Dark the Night

1947

Born to Kill
Brute Force
Kiss of Death
Out of the Past
Possessed

1948

Cry of the City
The Guilty
The Naked City
The Pitfall

1949

Criss Cross
D.O.A.
The Reckless Moment
White Heat

1950

The Killer That Stalked New York
Night and the City
Sunset Boulevard

1951

The Racket
Roadblock

1952

The Captive City

1953

The Blue Gardenia

1955

Kiss Me Deadly


1958

Touch of Evil

Crossovers with comedy:

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Crossovers with western:

Colorado Territory (1948)
The Furies (1950)

More recent, modernized examples, many in color, include:

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid -- a parody pastiche by Steve Martin using footage from old films, black and white.
Play It Again, Sam -- a parody tribute by Woody Allen.
Blue Velvet
Point Blank (1967)
Klute (1971)
The Long Goodbye (1973) Altman's post-noir take.
Chinatown (1974)
Night Moves (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Body Heat (1981) remake of Double Indemnity
Blade Runner (1982) -- science fiction noir
Blood Simple (1983)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Last Seduction (1994)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Lost Highway (1997)
A Simple Plan (1998)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Swordfish
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