Imdb Top Ten Film Noirs
Top ten film noir movies as voted by users of Imdb.
Most Popular Film-Noir Feature Films
1.
* * 8.3/10 *
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A psychotic socialite confronts a pro tennis star with a theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder...a theory that he plans to implement.
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Farley Granger, Robert Walker
Crime*|*Film-Noir*|*Mystery*|*Romance*|*Thriller 101 mins.
2.
* * 8.7/10 *
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Dir: Billy Wilder With: William Holden, Gloria Swanson
Drama*|*Film-Noir United States-PASSED 110 mins.
3.
* * 8.5/10 *
The Third Man (1949)
Arriving in Vienna, Holly Martins learns that his friend Harry Lime, who has invited him, recently died in a car accident.
Dir: Carol Reed With: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
Film-Noir*|*Mystery*|*Thriller United States-APPROVED 104 mins.
4.
* * 8.4/10 *
Touch of Evil (1958)
Stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in Mexican border town.
Dir: Orson Welles With: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh
Crime*|*Film-Noir*|*Thriller 95 mins.
5.
* * 8.6/10 *
Double Indemnity (1944)
An insurance rep lets himself be talked into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses an insurance investigator's suspicions.
Dir: Billy Wilder With: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Crime*|*Film-Noir*|*Thriller 107 mins.
6.
* * 8.4/10 *
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Dir: John Huston With: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor
Crime*|*Film-Noir*|*Mystery United States-APPROVED 101 mins.
7.
* * 8.3/10 *
Notorious (1946)
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock With: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Film-Noir*|*Romance*|*Thriller United States-APPROVED 101 mins.
8.
* * 8.3/10 *
The Big Sleep (1946)
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
Dir: Howard Hawks With: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Crime*|*Film-Noir*|*Mystery*|*Thriller United States-APPROVED 114 mins.
9.
* * 8.2/10 *
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Dir: Charles Laughton With: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters
Drama*|*Film-Noir*|*Thriller United States-APPROVED 92 mins.
10.
* * 7.7/10 *
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A writer meets a young socialite on board a train. The two fall in love and are married soon after, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of both them and everyone else around them.
Dir: John M. Stahl With: Gene Tierney,
Drama*|*Film-Noir*|*Thriller United States-APPROVED 110 mins.
Not a bad list by any means, what do you lot think? Some glaring omissions though to say the least!
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