100 Film Noir Movies to Watch
Explore 100 film noir movies, selected for topic accuracy, audience interest, and catalog quality. Browse summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
Rank 1Movie
Casablanca
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Runner-up picks
2Movie
Sunset Boulevard
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
3Movie
High and Low
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
More rankings
4MovieStrangers on a Train
1951★ 7.7
5MovieThe Maltese Falcon
1941★ 7.7
6MovieThe Night of the Hunter
1955★ 7.9
7MovieThe Third Man
1949★ 7.9
8MovieScarface
1932★ 7.4
9MovieRebecca
1940★ 7.9
10MovieDouble Indemnity
1944★ 8.1
11MovieThe Asphalt Jungle
1950★ 7.5
12MovieShadow of a Doubt
1943★ 7.5
13MovieNotorious
1946★ 7.7
14MovieM
1931★ 8.1
15MovieThe Big Sleep
1946★ 7.6
16MovieDick Tracy
1990★ 6.2
17MovieTouch of Evil
1958★ 7.7
18MovieThe Killing
1956★ 7.6
19MovieGilda
1946★ 7.5
20MovieOut of the Past
1947★ 7.7
21MovieCape Fear
1962★ 7.5
22MovieThe Lady from Shanghai
1947★ 7.3
23MovieI Confess
1953★ 7.1
24MovieDead Again
1991★ 6.4
25MovieTo Have and Have Not
1945★ 7.5
26MovieReal
2017★ 5.2
27MovieNight in Paradise
2020★ 6.9
28MovieThe 39 Steps
1935★ 7.3
29MovieSweet Smell of Success
1957★ 7.6
30MovieElevator to the Gallows
1958★ 7.6
31MovieEileen
2023★ 5.8
32MovieAce in the Hole
1951★ 7.8
33MovieBad Day at Black Rock
1955★ 7.3
34MovieCat People
1942★ 6.9
35MovieAlphaville
1965★ 6.9
36MovieBrute Force
1947★ 7.3
37MovieNightmare Alley
1947★ 7.2
38MovieIn a Lonely Place
1950★ 7.6
39MovieLaura
1944★ 7.6
40MovieDark Passage
1947★ 7.3
41MovieMonsieur Verdoux
1947★ 7.7
42MovieMildred Pierce
1945★ 7.6
43MovieFallen Angel
1945★ 6.5
44MovieEyes Without a Face
1960★ 7.6
45MovieThe Big Heat
1953★ 7.7
46MovieThe Lost Weekend
1945★ 7.6
47MovieKiss Me Deadly
1955★ 7.2
48MovieNiagara
1953★ 6.8
49MovieShanghai
2010★ 6.1
50MovieThe Postman Always Rings Twice
1946★ 7.1
51MovieScarlet Street
1945★ 7.6
52MovieLeave Her to Heaven
1945★ 7.5
53MoviePickup on South Street
1953★ 7.4
54MovieThe Killers
1946★ 7.4
55MovieSorry, Wrong Number
1948★ 6.8
56MovieStray Dog
1949★ 7.6
57MovieThis Gun for Hire
1942★ 7.0
58MovieThe Stranger
1946★ 7.2
59MovieThe Woman in the Window
1944★ 7.4
60MovieNight and the City
1950★ 7.5
61MovieThe Desperate Hours
1955★ 7.0
62MovieHigh Sierra
1941★ 7.1
63MovieKey Largo
1948★ 7.5
64MovieKiss of Death
1947★ 7.1
65MovieThe Naked City
1948★ 7.2
66MovieCry of the City
1948★ 6.7
67MovieThe Reckless Moment
1949★ 6.8
68MovieHis Kind of Woman
1951★ 6.8
69MovieHe Walked by Night
1949★ 6.7
70MovieThey Live by Night
1949★ 6.8
71MovieThe Bad Sleep Well
1960★ 7.7
72MovieThe Letter
1940★ 7.3
73MovieThe Killers
1956★ 6.1
74MovieKiller's Kiss
1955★ 6.3
75MovieWhite Heat
1949★ 7.6
76MovieAngels with Dirty Faces
1938★ 7.5
77MovieThe Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946★ 7.1
78MovieThe Blue Gardenia
1953★ 6.5
79MovieCrossfire
1947★ 6.7
80MovieFemme
2023★ 6.9
81MovieWhile the City Sleeps
1956★ 6.9
82MovieThe Paradine Case
1947★ 6.3
83MovieAct of Violence
1949★ 6.9
84MovieDead Reckoning
1946★ 6.8
85MovieThe Big Clock
1948★ 7.3
86MovieThe Narrow Margin
1952★ 7.3
87MovieBody and Soul
1947★ 6.7
88MovieAffair in Trinidad
1952★ 6.4
89MovieThe Set-Up
1949★ 7.3
90MovieBeat the Devil
1953★ 6.1
91MovieA Kiss Before Dying
1956★ 6.3
92MovieWhere the Sidewalk Ends
1950★ 7.2
93MoviePushover
1954★ 6.6
94MovieCut Bank
2014★ 5.8
95MovieThe Blue Dahlia
1946★ 6.7
96MovieDetective Story
1951★ 7.0
97MovieCaught
1949★ 6.6
98MovieThe Big Combo
1955★ 7.0
99MovieGun Crazy
1950★ 7.4
100MovieThe Red House
1947★ 6.3
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Explore 100 film noir movies, selected for topic accuracy, audience interest, and catalog quality. Browse summaries, ratings, trailers, and where to watch.
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