BFI: More Film Noir
A list created by sensoria
Runners-up in BFI’s one great film noir for every year (1940-59).
Movies on BFI: More Film Noir List1 | Johnny Apollo | Henry Hathaway | 1940 |
2 | Letter, The | William Wyler | 1940 |
3 | They Drive by Night | Raoul Walsh | 1940 |
4 | High Sierra | Raoul Walsh | 1941 |
5 | I Wake Up Screaming | H. Bruce Humberstone | 1941 |
6 | Shanghai Gesture, The | Josef von Sternberg | 1941 |
7 | Glass Key, The | Stuart Heisler | 1942 |
8 | Moontide | Archie Mayo | 1942 |
9 | Street of Chance | Jack Hively | 1942 |
10 | Fallen Sparrow, The | Richard Wallace | 1943 |
11 | Journey into Fear | Norman Foster | 1943 |
12 | Seventh Victim, The | Mark Robson | 1943 |
13 | Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | 1944 |
14 | Laura | Otto Preminger | 1944 |
15 | Phantom Lady | Robert Siodmak | 1944 |
16 | Fallen Angel | Otto Preminger | 1945 |
17 | Mildred Pierce | Michael Curtiz | 1945 |
18 | Scarlet Street | Fritz Lang | 1945 |
19 | Big Sleep, The | Howard Hawks | 1946 |
20 | Gilda | Charles Vidor | 1946 |
21 | Killers, The | Robert Siodmak | 1946 |
22 | Brute Force | Jules Dassin | 1947 |
23 | Kiss of Death | Henry Hathaway | 1947 |
24 | Lady from Shanghai, The | Orson Welles | 1947 |
25 | Force of Evil | Abraham Polonsky | 1948 |
26 | Moonrise | Frank Borzage | 1948 |
27 | Secret Beyond the Door... | Fritz Lang | 1947 |
28 | Caught | Max Ophüls | 1949 |
29 | Criss Cross | Robert Siodmak | 1949 |
30 | White Heat | Raoul Walsh | 1949 |
31 | Asphalt Jungle, The | John Huston | 1950 |
32 | Gun Crazy | Joseph H. Lewis | 1950 |
33 | Sunset Boulevard | Billy Wilder | 1950 |
34 | M | Joseph Losey | 1951 |
35 | On Dangerous Ground | Nicholas Ray | 1951 |
36 | Strangers on a Train | Alfred Hitchcock | 1951 |
37 | Clash by Night | Fritz Lang | 1952 |
38 | Kansas City Confidential | Phil Karlson | 1952 |
39 | Sudden Fear | David Miller | 1952 |
40 | Big Heat, The | Fritz Lang | 1953 |
41 | Hitch-Hiker, The | Ida Lupino | 1953 |
42 | Pickup on South Street | Samuel Fuller | 1953 |
43 | Crime Wave | André De Toth | 1953 |
44 | Riot in Cell Block 11 | Don Siegel | 1954 |
45 | Suddenly | Lewis Allen | 1954 |
46 | Big Combo, The | Joseph H. Lewis | 1955 |
47 | Night of the Hunter, The | Charles Laughton | 1955 |
48 | Phenix City Story, The | Phil Karlson | 1955 |
49 | Killing, The | Stanley Kubrick | 1956 |
50 | While the City Sleeps | Fritz Lang | 1956 |
51 | Wrong Man, The | Alfred Hitchcock | 1956 |
52 | Baby Face Nelson | Don Siegel | 1957 |
53 | Garment Jungle, The | Vincent Sherman | 1957 |
54 | Sweet Smell of Success | Alexander Mackendrick | 1957 |
55 | Lineup, The | Don Siegel | 1958 |
56 | Murder by Contract | Irving Lerner | 1958 |
57 | Thunder Road | Arthur Ripley | 1958 |