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Film Noir, Neo Noir, Noir-ish

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  • Dennis O'Keefe and Gale Storm in Abandoned (1949)

    1. Abandoned

    19491h 19mApproved
    6.7 (1.2K)
    Newspaperman helps girl find her sister's illegitimate baby, gets mixed up in baby-adoption racket.
    DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsDennis O'KeefeGale StormJeff Chandler
  • Richard Arlen and Veda Ann Borg in Accomplice (1946)

    2. Accomplice

    19461h 8mApproved
    5.2 (216)
    Private Eye Simon Lash is hired by an old flame to find her missing husband.
    DirectorWalter ColmesStarsRichard ArlenVeda Ann BorgTom Dugan
  • Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain, and Cornel Wilde in Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

    3. Leave Her to Heaven

    19451h 50mApproved
    7.6 (16K)
    A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
    DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsGene TierneyCornel WildeJeanne Crain
  • Murder by Contract (1958)

    4. Murder by Contract

    19581h 21mApproved
    7.2 (5K)
    Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
    DirectorIrving LernerStarsVince EdwardsPhillip PineHerschel Bernardi
  • Mystery Street (1950)

    5. Mystery Street

    19501h 33mApproved
    7.2 (3.8K)
    A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.
    DirectorJohn SturgesStarsRicardo MontalbanSally ForrestBruce Bennett
  • David Clarke, Charles McGraw, Peter Virgo, Jacqueline White, and Marie Windsor in The Narrow Margin (1952)

    6. The Narrow Margin

    19521h 11mApproved
    7.6 (9.4K)
    A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
    DirectorsRichard FleischerWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsCharles McGrawMarie WindsorJacqueline White
  • Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, and Robert Ryan in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

    7. Odds Against Tomorrow

    19591h 36mApproved
    7.4 (6K)
    In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsHarry BelafonteRobert RyanGloria Grahame
  • Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Leslie Howard in The Petrified Forest (1936)

    8. The Petrified Forest

    19361h 22mApproved
    7.5 (16K)
    A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
    DirectorArchie MayoStarsLeslie HowardHumphrey BogartBette Davis
  • Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda, Ella Raines, and Franchot Tone in Phantom Lady (1944)

    9. Phantom Lady

    19441h 27mApproved
    7.2 (6.2K)
    A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsFranchot ToneElla RainesAlan Curtis
  • Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Priscilla Lane in The Roaring Twenties (1939)

    10. 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
  • James Craig, Farley Granger, Jean Hagen, and Cathy O'Donnell in Side Street (1949)

    11. Side Street

    19491h 23mApproved
    7.1 (3.7K)
    A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer--with catastrophic consequences.
    DirectorAnthony MannStarsFarley GrangerCathy O'DonnellJames Craig
  • Geraldine Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Arthur Franz, and Marie Windsor in The Sniper (1952)

    12. The Sniper

    19521h 28mApproved
    7.1 (4.2K)
    A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsArthur FranzAdolphe MenjouGerald Mohr
  • Howard Da Silva, Farley Granger, and Cathy O'Donnell in They Live by Night (1948)

    13. They Live by Night

    19481h 35mPassed82Metascore
    7.4 (10K)
    An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsCathy O'DonnellFarley GrangerHoward Da Silva
  • Don't Touch the Loot (1954)

    14. Don't Touch the Loot

    19541h 36mNot Rated85Metascore
    7.7 (9.3K)
    An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.
    DirectorJacques BeckerStarsJean GabinRené DaryDora Doll
  • Orson Welles, Anthony Perkins, Romy Schneider, and Jeanne Moreau in The Trial (1962)

    15. The Trial

    19621h 59mNot Rated
    7.6 (26K)
    An unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsAnthony PerkinsArnoldo FoàJess Hahn
  • Act of Violence (1948)

    16. Act of Violence

    19481h 22mApproved
    7.4 (6.3K)
    An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
    DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsVan HeflinRobert RyanJanet Leigh
  • Burt Lancaster, Edward G. Robinson, and Louisa Horton in All My Sons (1948)

    17. All My Sons

    19481h 34mApproved
    7.3 (2.6K)
    During WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joe's son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
    DirectorIrving ReisStarsEdward G. RobinsonBurt LancasterMady Christians
  • Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant (1992)

    18. Bad Lieutenant

    19921h 36mNC-1770Metascore
    7.0 (51K)
    While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness and redemption.
    DirectorAbel FerraraStarsHarvey KeitelBrian McElroyFrank Acciarito
  • Humphrey Bogart in Black Legion (1937)

    19. Black Legion

    19371h 23mApproved
    7.0 (4.1K)
    A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
    DirectorsArchie MayoMichael CurtizStarsHumphrey BogartAnn SheridanDick Foran
  • Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, and Alexis Smith in Conflict (1945)

    20. Conflict

    19451h 26mApproved
    7.1 (5.1K)
    An engineer kills his first Wife, then woos her sister.
    DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsHumphrey BogartAlexis SmithSydney Greenstreet
  • Cry of the City (1948)

    21. Cry of the City

    19481h 35mApproved
    7.2 (4K)
    Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsVictor MatureRichard ConteFred Clark
  • Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Robert Middleton, and Mary Murphy in The Desperate Hours (1955)

    22. The Desperate Hours

    19551h 52mApproved
    7.4 (11K)
    Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsHumphrey BogartFredric MarchArthur Kennedy
  • Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, and Cathy O'Donnell in The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

    23. The Amazing Mr. X

    19481h 18mApproved
    6.4 (2.5K)
    On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf; then meets a tall dark man Alexis, who seems to know all about such things.
    DirectorBernard VorhausStarsTurhan BeyLynn BariCathy O'Donnell
  • Affair in Havana (1957)

    24. Affair in Havana

    19571h 17mNot Rated
    5.5 (256)
    Songwriter falls in love with a crippled man's wife.
    DirectorLaslo BenedekStarsJohn CassavetesRaymond BurrSara Shane
  • Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer, Harry Carey, and Albert Dekker in Among the Living (1941)

    25. Among the Living

    19411h 7mApproved
    6.4 (903)
    A mentally unstable man who has been kept in isolation for years escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.
    DirectorStuart HeislerStarsAlbert DekkerSusan HaywardFrances Farmer

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