Film Noir
Confidential

Your Guide To Film Noir:
From heroes to heels, from shadows to speakeasies.

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5 Against The House
5 Steps To Danger
6 Bridges To Cross
711 Ocean Drive
7th Victim, The
99 River Street

A

Abandoned
Accused of Murder
Accused, The
Ace in the Hole
Act of Violence ×
Affair in Havana
Affair in Trinidad
Alias Nick Beal
All My Sons
All The King's Men
Amazing Mr. X, The
Among The Living
Angel Face
Angels with Dirty Faces
Another Man's Poison
Apology For Murder
Appointment With A Shadow
Appointment With Danger
Armored Car Robbery
Arnelo Affair, The
Asphalt Jungle, The
Assigned To Danger
Autumn Leaves

B

Baby Face Nelson
Backfire
Backlash
Bait
Behind Locked Doors
Behind The High Wall
Berlin Express
Betrayed
Between Midnight and Dawn
Beware, My Lovely
Bewitched
Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
Beyond The Forest
Big Bluff, The
Big Caper, The
Big Clock, The
Big Combo, The ×
Big Heat, The ×
Big Knife, The
Big Night, The
Big Sleep, The ×
Big Steal, The
Big Town After Dark
Bigamist, The
Black Angel
Black Book, The
Black Hand
Black Tuesday
Blackmail
Blackout
Blast of Silence
Blind Alley
Blind Spot
Blonde Alibi
Blonde Ice
Blood on the Moon
Blue Dahlia, The
Blue Gardenia, The ×
Bluebeard
Blueprint For Murder, A
Blues in the Night
Body and Soul
Bodyguard
Boomerang
Border Incident
Borderline
Born to Kill
Brasher Doubloon, The
Breakdown
Breaking Point, The
Bribe, The
Brothers Rico, The
Brute Force ×
Bullet For Joey, A
Burglar, The
Bury Me Dead

C

C-Man
Caged
Calcutta
Call Northside 777
Canon City
Captive City, The
Case Against Brooklyn, The
Caught
Cause For Alarm!
Champion
Chase, The
Chicago Confidential
Chicago Deadline
Chicago Syndicate
Chinatown At Midnight
Christmas Holiday
Circumstantial Evidence
City Across The River
City of Fear
City Streets
City That Never Sleeps
Clash By Night
Clay Pigeon, The
Come On, The
Conflict
Congo Crossing
Convicted
Cornered
Count The Hours
Cover Up
Crack-Up
Crashout
Crime Against Joe
Crime of Passion
Crime Wave
Crimson Kimono, The
Crisis
Criss Cross ×
Crooked Way, The
Crooked Web, The
Crossfire ×
Crossroads
Cry Danger
Cry In The Night, A
Cry of the City
Cry Of The Hunted
Cry Vengeance

D

D.O.A. ×
Damned Don't Cry, The
Danger Signal
Dangerous Crossing
Dangerous Intruder
Dangerous Passage
Dangerous Profession, A
Dark
Dark City
Dark Corner, The
Dark Mirror, The
Dark Mountain
Dark Passage ×
Dark Past, The
Dark Waters
Dead Reckoning
Deadline – U.S.A.
Deadline at Dawn
Deception
Decoy
Deported
Desert Fury
Desperate
Desperate Hours, The
Destination Murder
Destiny
Detective Story
Detour ×
Devil Thumbs a Ride, The
Dial 1119
Dillinger
Don't Bother to Knock
Double Indemnity ×
Double Life, A
Down Three Dark Streets
Drive a Crooked Road

E

Edge of Doom
Edge of the City
Enforcer, The
Escape in the Fog

F

F.B.I. Girl
Face Behind the Mask, The
Fall Guy
Fallen Angel
Fallen Sparrow, The
Fear
Fear In The Night
Female Jungle
File on Thelma Jordan, The
Finger Man
Flame, The
Flamingo Road
Flaxy Martin
Flight To Hong Kong
Follow Me Quietly
For You I Die
Force of Evil
Fourteen Hours
Framed
Fury

G

Gambling House
Gangster, The
Garment Jungle, The
Gaslight
Ghost Ship, The
Gilda ×
Girls On The Loose
Glass Alibi, The
Glass Key, The
Glass Wall, The
Glass Web, The
Good Die Young, The
Great Flamarion, The
Green Glove, The
Guest In The House
Guilty, The
Gun Crazy ×

H

Hangover Square
Harder They Fall, The
He Ran All The Way
He Walked By Night
Hell on Frisco Bay
Hell's Half Acre
Her Kind Of Man
Hidden Fear
High Sierra
High Tide
High Wall
Highway 301
Highway Dragnet
His Kind of Woman
Hit And Run
Hitch-Hiker, The
Hollow Triumph ×
Hollywood Story
Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum, The
House By The River
House Of Bamboo
House Of Numbers
House Of Strangers
House On 92 Street, The
House On Telegraph Hill, The
Houston Story, The
Human Desire
Human Jungle, The
Hunt The Man Down
Hunted, The

I

I Can Get It for You Wholesale
I Confess
I Died A Thousand Times
I Love Trouble
I Married a Communist
I Wake Up Screaming
I Walk Alone
I Want To Live!
I Was a Communist for the FBI
I Was A Shoplifter
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
I, The Jury
Illegal
Illegal Entry
Impact
In A Lonely Place
Incident
Inferno
Inner Sanctum
Inside Detroit
Inside Job
Inside The Walls Of Folsom Prison
Invisible Wall, The
Iron Curtain, The
Iron Man
Ivy

J

Jail Bait
Jealousy
Jeopardy
Jigsaw
Johnny Allegro
Johnny Angel
Johnny Eager ×
Johnny O'Clock
Johnny One-Eye
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Journey Into Fear
Julie

K

Kansas City Confidential
Key Largo
Key Witness
Killer is Loose, The
Killer That Stalked New York
Killer's Kiss
Killers, The ×
Killing, The ×
Kind Lady
Kiss Before Dying, A
Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss of Death
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Knock On Any Door

L

Ladies In Retirement
Lady Confesses, The
Lady From Shanghai, The
Lady Gambles, The
Lady in the Lake
Lady on a Train
Lady Without Passport, A
Larceny
Las Vegas Story, The
Laura ×
Lawless, The
Leave Her To Heaven
Letter, The ×
Life At Stake, A
Limping Man, The
Lineup, The
Loan Shark
Locket, The
Lodger, The
Long Night, The
Long Wait, The
Loophole
Lost Weekend, The
Love From A Stranger
Lured

M

Macao
Make Haste To Live
Maltese Falcon, The ×
Man I Love, The
Man In The Dark
Man In The Net, The
Man In The Vault
Man Is Armed, The
Man on a Tightrope
Man Who Cheated Himself
Man With A Cloak, The
Man With My Face, The
Manhandled
Mask Of Diijon, The
Mask of Dimitrios, The
Miami Exposé
Miami Story, The
Midnight Story, The
Mildred Pierce ×
Million Dollar Weekend
Ministry of Fear
Missing Juror, The
Mob, The
Models Inc.
Money Madness
Moonrise
Moontide
Moss Rose
Mr. Soft Touch
Murder By Contract
Murder Is My Beat
Murder, My Sweet
My Forbidden Past
My Gun Is Quick
My Name Is Julia Ross
Mysterious Intruder
Mysterious Mr. Valentine, The
Mystery in Mexico
Mystery Street

N

Naked Alibi
Naked City, The
Naked Kiss, The
Naked Street, The
Narrow Margin, The
Never Trust A Gambler
New Orleans Uncensored
New York Confidential
Niagara
Night And The City
Night Editor
Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Night Holds Terror, The
Night of the Hunter, The
Night Runner, The
Night Without Sleep
Nightfall
Nightmare Alley ×
No Escape
No Man of Her Own
No Man's Woman
No Questions Asked
No Way Out
Nobody Lives Forever
Nocturne
Nora Prentiss ×
Notorious

O

Odd Man Out
Odds Against Tomorrow
On Dangerous Ground
Once A Thief
One Way Street
Open Secret
Other Woman, The
Out Of The Fog
Out Of The Past ×
Outside The Law
Outside The Wall
Over-Exposed

P

Panic in the Streets
Paradine Case, The
Parole, Inc.
Party Girl
Patterns
Pawnbroker, The
People Against O'Hara, The
Phantom Lady
Phenix City Story, The
Pickup
Pickup on South Street ×
Pitfall
Playgirl
Please Murder Me
Plunder Road
Port Of New York
Portland Exposé
Possessed ×
Postman Always Rings Twice
Price Of Fear, The
Private Hell 36
Prowler, The
Pushover

Q

Quicksand

R

Race Street
Racket, The
Rage In Heaven
Raging Tide, The
Railroaded!
Raw Deal ×
Reckless Moment, The
Red House, The
Red Light
Red Menace, The
Requiem For A Heavyweight
Repeat Performance
Revolt In The Big House
Ride the Pink Horse
Riot In Cell Block 11
Road House
Roadblock
Rogue Cop
Rope Of Sand
Ruthless

S

Scandal Sheet
Scar, The
Scarf, The
Scarlet Street
Scene of the Crime
Screaming Mimi
Sealed Lips
Second Woman, The
Secret Beyond the Door
Secret Fury, The
Sellout, The
Set-Up, The ×
Shack Out On 101
Shadow Of A Doubt
Shadow Of A Woman
Shadow On The Wall
Shadow On The Window, The
Shakedown
Shanghai Gesture, The
She Played With Fire
Shed No Tears
Shield For Murder
Shock
Shockproof
Shoot To Kill
Short Cut To Hell
Side Street
Sign Of The Ram, The
Singapore
Sirocco
Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
Sleep, My Love
Sleeping City, The
Sniper, The
So Dark the Night
So Evil My Love
Somewhere in the Night
Sorry, Wrong Number
Sound of Fury, The
Southside 1-1000
Specter Of The Rose
Spellbound
Spider, The
Spiral Staircase, The
Split Second
Steel Jungle, The
Steel Trap, The
Step Down To Terror
Storm Fear
Storm Warning
Story Of Molly X, The
Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Strange Bargain
Strange Fascination
Strange Illusion
Strange Impersonation
Strange Intruder
Strange Love of Martha Ivers ×
Strange Triangle
Strange Woman, The
Stranger On The Third Floor
Stranger, The
Strangers In The Night
Strangers On A Train
Street Of Chance
Street With No Name, The
Strip, The
Sudden Danger
Sudden Fear
Suddenly
Sun Sets At Dawn, The
Sunset Boulevard ×
Suspect, The
Suspense
Suspicion
Sweet Smell of Success ×
System, The

T

T-Men
Take One False Step
Talk About A Stranger
Tall Target, The
Tattered Dress, The
Tattooed Stranger, The
Teenage Doll
Temptation
Tension
Terror At Midnight
They Drive By Night
They Live By Night
They Made Me A Killer
They Won't Believe Me
Thief, The
Thieves' Highway
Third Man, The
Thirteenth Hour, The
This Gun For Hire
This Side Of The Law
This Woman Is Dangerous
Threat, The
Three Steps North
Three Strangers
Thunder On The Hill
Tight Spot
Time Table
To The Ends Of The Earth
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Too Late For Tears
Touch of Evil
Trapped
Treasure Of Monte Cristo
Try and Get Me!
Twist Of Fate
Two O'Clock Courage
Two Of A Kind
Two-Dollar Bettor

U

Under The Gun
Undercover Girl
Undercover Man, The
Undercurrent
Undertow
Underworld Story, The
Underworld U.S.A.
Unfaithful, The
Union Station
Unseen, The
Unsuspected, The ×

V

Velvet Touch, The
Verdict, The
Vice Squad
Vicki
Violence
Voice In The Wind

W

Walk a Crooked Mile
Walk East On Beacon!
Walk Softly, Stranger
Web, The ×
Where Danger Lives
Where the Sidewalk Ends
While The City Sleeps
Whiplash
Whirlpool
Whispering City
Whispering Footsteps
Whistle Stop
White Heat
Wicked Woman
Window, The
Without Honor
Without Warning!
Witness To Murder
Woman in Hiding
Woman In The Window, The
Woman On Pier 13, The
Woman On The Beach, The
Woman On The Run
Woman's Secret, A
Woman's Vengeance, A
Women's Prison
World For Ransom
Wrong Man, The

X

X Marks The Spot

Y

You Only Live Once
Young Man with a Horn