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The 20 Most Visually Stunning American Noir Films Ever

"Film Noir as appointed by many sources is a film sub-genre that first developed in the United States as a fruit of many influences, first and foremost, German Expressionism and its filmmakers that fled Germany (amidst the rise of Nazism) to come to America, filmmakers such as Fritz Lang.
However, French poetic realism was also a major inspiration to the noir movement, whose roots also remount to the dark foggy works of Josef Von Sternberg, being 1927's Underworld and 1928's The Docks of New York, examples of such.
This list contemplates two goals:
1. It puts an emphasis on the film's visual elements, the various 'chiaroscuro techniques' applied by cinematographers, regardless of the plot and performances.
2. To include only classic American noir films and to some extent it tries to include examples of noir films and noir influenced films from other genres".
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The Letter (1940)
The Letter (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
3
This Gun for Hire (1942)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
4
Double Indemnity (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
5
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
6
Out of the Past (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
7
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   57%
8
T-Men (1947)
T-Men (1947)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Raw Deal (1948)
Raw Deal (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
11
The Set-Up (1949)
The Set-Up (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
12
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
13
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
14
Night and the City (1950)
Night and the City (1950)
Rotten Tomatoes®   81%
15
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
16
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
19
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
20
Touch of Evil (1958)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
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