To celebrate Noirvember and the return to cinemas of THE BIG HEAT and IN A LONELY PLACE, BFI selected one essential film from each of the peak years of classic American noir.
sensoria has logged 12 out of 20 movies in BFI: One Great Film Noir For Every Year (1940-59). Back to Lists Overview.
Title | Director(s) | Year Released | Watched | Viewed On |
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Odds Against Tomorrow | Robert Wise | 1959 | Yes | 06/05/2012 |
Out of the Past | Jacques Tourneur | 1947 | Yes | 05/02/2011 |
Stranger on the Third Floor | Boris Ingster | 1940 | No | N/A |
Cry of the City | Robert Siodmak | 1948 | No | N/A |
Prowler, The | Joseph Losey | 1951 | No | N/A |
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Fritz Lang | 1956 | No | N/A |
Human Desire | Fritz Lang | 1954 | No | N/A |
In a Lonely Place | Nicholas Ray | 1950 | No | N/A |
Woman in the Window, The | Fritz Lang | 1944 | No | N/A |
Detour | Edgar G. Ulmer | 1945 | No | N/A |