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Great Film Noir Movies

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  • Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)

    1. Double Indemnity

    19441h 47mApproved95Metascore
    8.3 (176K)
    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. Robinson
  • Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    2. The Maltese Falcon

    19411h 40mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (172K)
    San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys George
  • Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946)

    3. Gilda

    19461h 50mApproved
    7.6 (38K)
    A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
    DirectorCharles VidorStarsRita HayworthGlenn FordGeorge Macready
  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)

    4. The Killing

    19561h 24mApproved91Metascore
    7.9 (103K)
    Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince Edwards
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    5. The Asphalt Jungle

    19501h 52mApproved85Metascore
    7.8 (32K)
    A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsSterling HaydenLouis CalhernJean Hagen
  • Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, William Conrad, and Charles McGraw in The Killers (1946)

    6. The Killers

    19461h 43mApproved
    7.7 (25K)
    Hit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'Brien
  • Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)

    7. The Stranger

    19461h 35mApproved76Metascore
    7.3 (30K)
    An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesEdward G. RobinsonLoretta Young
  • Jane Russell and Victor Mature in The Las Vegas Story (1952)

    8. The Las Vegas Story

    19521h 28mApproved
    6.3 (1.7K)
    The arrival in Las Vegas of a businessman and his glamorous wife creates a complex web of murder and deceit.
    DirectorRobert StevensonStarsJane RussellVictor MatureVincent Price
  • James Cagney in White Heat (1949)

    9. White Heat

    19491h 54mApproved89Metascore
    8.1 (37K)
    A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyVirginia MayoEdmond O'Brien
  • 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)

    10. 13 Rue Madeleine

    19471h 35mApproved
    6.9 (3.2K)
    When spy chief Bob Sharkey finds out one of his agents-in-training is actually a Nazi double agent, his strategic decision not to arrest him results in tragedy.
    DirectorHenry HathawayStarsJames CagneyAnnabellaRichard Conte
  • Humphrey Bogart, Pat O'Brien, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Bernard Punsly, and The Dead End Kids in Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

    11. Angels with Dirty Faces

    19381h 37mApproved
    7.9 (24K)
    A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJames CagneyPat O'BrienHumphrey Bogart
  • Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Priscilla Lane in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

    12. The Roaring Twenties

    19391h 46mApproved80Metascore
    7.9 (17K)
    Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartPriscilla Lane
  • Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

    13. The Postman Always Rings Twice

    19461h 53mApproved84Metascore
    7.4 (24K)
    A married woman and a drifter fall in love and plot to murder her husband.
    DirectorTay GarnettStarsLana TurnerJohn GarfieldCecil Kellaway
  • Brian Keith, Linda Brent, and Beverly Garland in Chicago Confidential (1957)

    14. Chicago Confidential

    19571h 15mApproved
    6.1 (677)
    In Chicago, a crime syndicate tries to take over a labor union by killing its whistle blower treasurer and framing the honest union boss for the murder.
    DirectorSidney SalkowStarsBrian KeithBeverly GarlandDick Foran
  • David Wayne in M (1951)

    15. M

    19511h 28mNot Rated
    6.7 (2.5K)
    In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
    DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsDavid WayneHoward Da SilvaMartin Gabel
  • Grace Kelly and Anthony Dawson in Dial M for Murder (1954)

    16. Dial M for Murder

    19541h 45mPG75Metascore
    8.2 (200K)
    A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful Wife.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRay MillandGrace KellyRobert Cummings
  • Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, and Ann Savage in Detour (1945)

    17. Detour

    19451h 6mApproved
    7.3 (21K)
    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia Drake
  • The Prowler (1951)

    18. The Prowler

    19511h 32mApproved
    7.1 (4.9K)
    After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house, police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.
    DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsVan HeflinEvelyn KeyesJohn Maxwell
  • Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

    19. The Lady from Shanghai

    19471h 27mApproved
    7.5 (36K)
    Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsRita HayworthOrson WellesEverett Sloane
  • Vicki (1953)

    20. Vicki

    19531h 25mApproved
    6.5 (1.5K)
    The untimely murder of a New York glamour girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally-driven detective at the helm.
    DirectorHarry HornerStarsJeanne CrainJean PetersElliott Reid
  • Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, and Alexis Smith in The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)

    21. The Two Mrs. Carrolls

    19471h 39mApproved
    6.8 (5.3K)
    An artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country. As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern.
    DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsHumphrey BogartBarbara StanwyckAlexis Smith
  • Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons in Angel Face (1952)

    22. Angel Face

    19521h 31mApproved
    7.2 (9.7K)
    Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRobert MitchumJean SimmonsMona Freeman
  • Beware, My Lovely (1952)

    23. Beware, My Lovely

    19521h 17mApproved
    6.6 (2.5K)
    A mentally disturbed handyman on the run, for reasons even he doesn't understand, takes a job at the house of a lonely war widow in 1918.
    DirectorHarry HornerStarsIda LupinoRobert RyanTaylor Holmes
  • Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, and Alexis Smith in Conflict (1945)

    24. Conflict

    19451h 26mApproved
    7.1 (5.1K)
    An engineer kills his first Wife, then woos her sister.
    DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsHumphrey BogartAlexis SmithSydney Greenstreet
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in Dark Passage (1947)

    25. Dark Passage

    19471h 46mApproved68Metascore
    7.5 (23K)
    A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.
    DirectorDelmer DavesStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallBruce Bennett

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