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Film Noir

89 films to study. The case studies come first, richest first, then every other film noir film in the archive, each with its own page.

89 films to study

Film Noir films

Psycho — 1960 · 8.5 · 794k votes
Memento — 2000 · 8.4 · 1.5M votes
The Game — 1997 · 7.7 · 478k votes
Stray Dog — 1949 · 7.8 · 21k votes
Following — 1998 · 7.4 · 114k votes
The Killer — 2023 · 6.7 · 228k votes
High and Low — 1963 · 8.4 · 74k votes
Taxi Driver — 1976 · 8.2 · 1.0M votes
Blade Runner — 1982 · 8.1 · 891k votes
Sin City — 2005 · 8.0 · 824k votes
Strangers on a Train — 1951 · 7.9 · 149k votes
Notorious — 1946 · 7.9 · 114k votes
The Bad Sleep Well — 1960 · 7.9 · 16k votes
Shadow of a Doubt — 1943 · 7.7 · 76k votes
Spellbound — 1945 · 7.5 · 56k votes
The Man Who Knew Too Much — 1956 · 7.4 · 77k votes
The Wrong Man — 1956 · 7.4 · 35k votes
I Confess — 1953 · 7.2 · 26k votes
Drunken Angel — 1948 · 7.6 · 15k votes
Foreign Correspondent — 1940 · 7.4 · 26k votes
Hard Eight — 1996 · 7.1 · 61k votes
Stage Fright — 1950 · 7.0 · 18k votes
The Big Lebowski — 1998 · 8.1 · 925k votes
Fargo — 1996 · 8.1 · 797k votes
Touch of Evil — 1958 · 7.9 · 116k votes
Miller's Crossing — 1990 · 7.7 · 149k votes
Lost Highway — 1997 · 7.6 · 173k votes
The Man Who Wasn't There — 2001 · 7.5 · 121k votes
The Lady from Shanghai — 1947 · 7.5 · 37k votes
Thief — 1981 · 7.4 · 52k votes
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead — 2007 · 7.3 · 124k votes
Highest 2 Lowest — 2025 · 5.5 · 36k votes
Honey Don't! — 2025 · 5.3 · 30k votes
Ace in the Hole — 1951 · 8.0 · 43k votes
The Lost Weekend — 1945 · 7.8 · 44k votes
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum — 2019 · 7.4 · 488k votes
Blood Simple — 1984 · 7.5 · 115k votes
Nightmare Alley — 2021 · 7.0 · 185k votes
You Were Never Really Here — 2018 · 6.7 · 137k votes
Cruising — 1980 · 6.5 · 31k votes
Killer's Kiss — 1955 · 6.5 · 29k votes
The Paradine Case — 1947 · 6.5 · 14k votes
Sunset Boulevard — 1950 · 8.4 · 264k votes
Double Indemnity — 1944 · 8.3 · 183k votes
A Simple Plan — 1998 · 7.5 · 85k votes
The Stranger — 1946 · 7.3 · 31k votes
The Man Who Knew Too Much — 1934 · 6.7 · 24k votes
The Sugarland Express — 1974 · 6.7 · 23k votes
Journey into Fear — 1943 · 6.5 · 5k votes

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