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Films by genre

Movies (and U.S. TV series) often described as film noir are listed below. No claim is made that any listed movie "is," in some objectively testable way, a film noir. Especially outside of the 1940s and 1950s, inclusion on the list does not necessarily mean there is even a critical consensus on a given film's noir status. Important movies from the classic era on which there is a substantial difference of opinion include Casablanca and the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca, Suspicion, and Spellbound. The term psycho-noir, though in increasingy wide use, is still relatively new and the designation of films to that category in particular is nondefinitive.

All movies listed are U.S. productions, except as noted in exceptional cases and in the foreign categories. Multinational productions are identified only by the lead country, determined first by the primary language of the film, next by the nationality of the director. The original titles are given for French-, German-, Spanish-, and Italian-language films; for such films that are well known in the United States under a translated or alternative title, that is given as well. Films in other languages are listed under their English titles exclusively.

Proto-noir/1900s–1920s

Proto-noir/1930s

Classic film noir/1940s

Classic film noir/1950s

Classic era noir-comedy crossovers

Classic era noir-Western crossovers

Classic era noir-SF crossovers

Classic era miscellaneous crossovers

  • The Black Book (aka Reign of Terror) (1949)—French Revolution noir
  • The Tall Target (1951)—Civil War noir
  • The Band Wagon (1953)—noir musical
  • Men in War (1957)—Korean War noir

Post-classic noir/1960s

Post-classic noir/1970s

Post-classic noir/1980s

Post-classic noir/1990s

Post-classic noir/2000s

Psycho-noir/1980s–2000s

Post-classic noir-comedy crossovers

Post-classic noir-Western crossovers

Post-classic noir-SF crossovers

Post-classic miscellaneous crossovers

Post-classic noir TV series

Proto-noir/foreign

  • La Chienne (1931) (France)
  • M (1931) (Germany)
  • Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht (1931) (Germany)
  • Voruntersuchung (1931) (Germany)
  • La nuit du carrefour (Night at the Crossroads) (1932) (France)
  • Quick (1932) (Germany)
  • Stürme der Leidenschaft (1932) (Germany)
  • Brennedes Gehiminis (The Burning Secret) (1933) (Germany)
  • Cargaison blanche (Traffic in Souls) (1937) (France)
  • Mollenard (1937) (France)
  • La Serpiente roja (1937) (Cuba)
  • Pépé le Moko (1937) (France)
  • La Bête humaine (1938) (France)
  • Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) (1938) (France)
  • Le Dernier tournant (1939) (France)
  • Le Jour se lève (1939) (France)
  • Pièges (Snares) (1939) (France)

Classic film noir/foreign

Post-classic noir/foreign

Psycho-noir/foreign

Post-classic crossovers/foreign

Post-classic noir TV/foreign

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