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30 Essential Noir Films That You Need to Watch

"Film noir was a genre (or, some prefer, a cycle of films) that thrived predominantly in Hollywood crime films in the early post World War II years, as men were returning from the military to their lives at home, and these films express the anxiety that many men felt about being displaced as workers, boyfriends, husbands and fathers during wartime. This anxiety is expressed in film noir as a sense of disorientation, confusion and distrust, as well as a sense of entrapment in a nightmare world that has gone out of control.
Here are the 30 essential Film Noir from the original period that you need to watch".
Films are in reverse order.
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While the City Sleeps (1956)
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
2
White Heat (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
3
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
4
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
5
In a Lonely Place (1950)
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Key Largo (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
7
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
8
Gun Crazy (1950)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
9
The Woman in the Window (1944)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
10
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
11
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
12
Laura (1944)
Laura (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
13
Gilda (1946)
Gilda (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
14
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
15
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
16
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
17
The Killing (1956)
The Killing (1956)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
18
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
20
Detour (1945)
Detour (1945)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
21
D.O.A. (1950)
D.O.A. (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
22
The Big Heat (1953)
The Big Heat (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
23
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
24
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
25
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
26
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
27
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
28
The Killers (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
30
Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
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