Screenrant's 15 Best Film Noir Movies of All Time

"The darkest, grittiest, & most memorable movies of Hollywood's Golden Age have come from the film noir genre which produced some of the best movies of all time. Featuring corrupt cops, cunning criminals, darling dames, & frantic femme fatales, film noirs were generally stylistic Hollywood crime dramas with a much darker twist that pushed the boundaries of contemporary filmmaking starting in the 1940s. Led by massive movie stars, the film noir genre was categorized primarily by black & white movies with dynamic cinematography and they all shared a common aesthetic and sense of style. Encompassing a wide range of plot points from private investigators looking into mysterious murders, to law-abiding citizens drawn into complex conspiracies, the best film noirs have left a lasting impact on modern filmmaking. although the genre peaked more than 50 years ago, that did not stop the greatest film noirs from being some of the most important and influential films ever made." - screenrant.com

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Double Indemnity (1944)