Beast of the City
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1936
Fury, Lang
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
Among the Living
High Sierra
The Maltese Falcon
1942
The Glass key
I Wake Up Screaming
Johnny Eager
1943
The Fallen Sparrow
Journey Into Feat
1944
Christmas Holiday
Dark Waters
Double Indemnity
Experiment Perilous
Gilda
Guest in the House
1945
Confidential Agent
Conflict
Cornered
Danger Signal
Detour
Hangover Square
The House on 92nd Street
Johnny Angel
Johnny O’Clock
1946
The Big Sleep
Black Angel
The Blue Dahlia
The Chase
Crack-Up
The Dark Corner
The Dark Mirror
Deadline at Dawn
Decoy
Dragonwyck
Fall Angel
Fear
The Killers
1947
Body and Soul
Boomerang
Born to Kill
The Brasher Doubloon
Broot Force
Calcutta
Crossfire
Dark Passage
Dead Reckoning
Desperate
A Double Life
Fall Guy
Fear in the Night
Framed
The Gangster
The Guilty
The High Wall
Ivy
Kiss of Death
1948
All My Sons
Behind Locked Doors
Berlin Express
The Big Clock
Blood on the Moon
Call Northside 777
Canon City
Cry of the City
The Dark Past
Forces of Evil
Hollow Triumph
I Walk Alone
I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes
Key Largo
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1949
Abandoned
The Accused
Act of Violence
Alias Nick Beal
Beyond the Forest
Border Incident
The Bribe
Caught
Champion
Chicago Deadline
City Across the River
Criss Cross
The Crooked Way
D.O.A.
The Damned Don’t Cry
Flamingo Road
Flaxy Martin
Follow Me Quietly
He Walked By Night
House of Strangers
I Married a Communist
Knock on Any Door
1950
Armored Car Robbery
The Asphalt Jungle
Backfire
Between Midnight and Dawn
The Breaking Point
Caged
Convicted
Dark City
Deadly Is the Female (See Gun Crazy)
Destination Murder
Dial 1119
Edge of Doom
The File on Thelma Jordan
The Furies
Guilty Bystander
Gun Crazy
Highway 301
In a Lonely Place
Kiss Tomorrow’s Goodbye
1951
Ace in the Hole (also known as The Big Carnival)
Appointment with Danger
The Big Knight
Cause for Alarm
Cry Danger
Detective Story
The Enforcer
Fourteen Hours
He Ran All the Way
His Kind of Woman
The House on Telegraph Hill
I Was a Communist for the FBI
The Killer That Stalked New York
1952
Beware My Lovely
The Captive City
Clash By Night
Kansas City Confidential
1953
Angel Face
The Big Heat
The Blue Gardenia
The City That Never Sleeps
The Hitchhiker
I, the Jury
1954
Betrayed
Crime Wave
Drive a Crooked Road
Human Desire
1955
The Big Combo
The Big Knife
The Desperate Hours
Hell’s Island
I Died a Tousand Times
Killer’s Kiss
Kiss me Deadly
1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The Harder They Fall
House of Bamboo
The Killer Is Loose
The Killing
A Kiss Before Dying
1957
Baby Face Nelson
The Brothers Rico
The Burglar
Crime of Passion
The Garment Jungle
1958
1959
The Beat Generation
The Crimson Kimono
1960
1961
Blast of Silence
The Hustler
1962
Cape Fear
Experiment in Terror
1963
1964
1965
Brainstorm
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
The Kremlin Letter
1971
Dirty Harry Revival of genre during Watergate and Nixon
The French Connection
1972
Hickey and Boggs
1973
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Long Goodbye Altman
1974
Chinatown Polanski
1975
Farewell My Lovely Dick Richards
French Connection II
Hustle
Night Moves Arthur Penn
1976
Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese
1977
1978
1979
1980
Body Heat, Lawrence Kasdan
1981
True Confessions Ulu Grosbard
1982
1984
Against All Odds, Taylor Hackford
Confidentially Yours, Truffaut
Mike’s Murder, James Bridges
1985
Blood Simple, Joel and Ethan Cohen
1986
Eight Million Ways to Die, Hal Ashby
1987
Angel Heart, Alan Parker
1990
Bad Influence, Curtis Hanson
The Hot Spot Dennis Hopper
Internal Affairs
Miller’s Crossing
Film Noir: Major Films of the Genre by Year
Film Noir by Year, Title and Director
1931
City Streets
1932
Beast of the City
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1936
Fury, Lang
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
Among the Living
High Sierra
The Maltese Falcon
1942
The Glass key
I Wake Up Screaming
Johnny Eager
1943
The Fallen Sparrow
Journey Into Feat
1944
Christmas Holiday
Dark Waters
Double Indemnity
Experiment Perilous
Gilda
Guest in the House
1945
Confidential Agent
Conflict
Cornered
Danger Signal
Detour
Hangover Square
The House on 92nd Street
Johnny Angel
Johnny O’Clock
1946
The Big Sleep
Black Angel
The Blue Dahlia
The Chase
Crack-Up
The Dark Corner
The Dark Mirror
Deadline at Dawn
Decoy
Dragonwyck
Fall Angel
Fear
The Killers
1947
Body and Soul
Boomerang
Born to Kill
The Brasher Doubloon
Broot Force
Calcutta
Crossfire
Dark Passage
Dead Reckoning
Desperate
A Double Life
Fall Guy
Fear in the Night
Framed
The Gangster
The Guilty
The High Wall
Ivy
Kiss of Death
1948
All My Sons
Behind Locked Doors
Berlin Express
The Big Clock
Blood on the Moon
Call Northside 777
Canon City
Cry of the City
The Dark Past
Forces of Evil
Hollow Triumph
I Walk Alone
I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes
Key Largo
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1949
Abandoned
The Accused
Act of Violence
Alias Nick Beal
Beyond the Forest
Border Incident
The Bribe
Caught
Champion
Chicago Deadline
City Across the River
Criss Cross
The Crooked Way
D.O.A.
The Damned Don’t Cry
Flamingo Road
Flaxy Martin
Follow Me Quietly
He Walked By Night
House of Strangers
I Married a Communist
Knock on Any Door
1950
Armored Car Robbery
The Asphalt Jungle
Backfire
Between Midnight and Dawn
The Breaking Point
Caged
Convicted
Dark City
Deadly Is the Female (See Gun Crazy)
Destination Murder
Dial 1119
Edge of Doom
The File on Thelma Jordan
The Furies
Guilty Bystander
Gun Crazy
Highway 301
In a Lonely Place
Kiss Tomorrow’s Goodbye
1951
Ace in the Hole (also known as The Big Carnival)
Appointment with Danger
The Big Knight
Cause for Alarm
Cry Danger
Detective Story
The Enforcer
Fourteen Hours
He Ran All the Way
His Kind of Woman
The House on Telegraph Hill
I Was a Communist for the FBI
The Killer That Stalked New York
1952
Beware My Lovely
The Captive City
Clash By Night
Kansas City Confidential
1953
Angel Face
The Big Heat
The Blue Gardenia
The City That Never Sleeps
The Hitchhiker
I, the Jury
1954
Betrayed
Crime Wave
Drive a Crooked Road
Human Desire
1955
The Big Combo
The Big Knife
The Desperate Hours
Hell’s Island
I Died a Tousand Times
Killer’s Kiss
Kiss me Deadly
1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The Harder They Fall
House of Bamboo
The Killer Is Loose
The Killing
A Kiss Before Dying
1957
Baby Face Nelson
The Brothers Rico
The Burglar
Crime of Passion
The Garment Jungle
1958
1959
The Beat Generation
The Crimson Kimono
1960
1961
Blast of Silence
The Hustler
1962
Cape Fear
Experiment in Terror
1963
1964
1965
Brainstorm
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
The Kremlin Letter
1971
Dirty Harry Revival of genre during Watergate and Nixon
The French Connection
1972
Hickey and Boggs
1973
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Long Goodbye Altman
1974
Chinatown Polanski
1975
Farewell My Lovely Dick Richards
French Connection II
Hustle
Night Moves Arthur Penn
1976
Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese
1977
1978
1979
1980
Body Heat, Lawrence Kasdan
1981
True Confessions Ulu Grosbard
1982
1984
Against All Odds, Taylor Hackford
Confidentially Yours, Truffaut
Mike’s Murder, James Bridges
1985
Blood Simple, Joel and Ethan Cohen
1986
Eight Million Ways to Die, Hal Ashby
1987
Angel Heart, Alan Parker
1990
Bad Influence, Curtis Hanson
The Hot Spot Dennis Hopper
Internal Affairs
Miller’s Crossing
1991
Cape Fear (Remake, Scorsese)
1992
The Public Eye
Night and the City (Remake)
1993
Gun Crazy