Copyright 1980 – 1992 Alain Silver & Elizabeth Ward

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Film Noir: An encyclopic reference to the American Style contains lengthy annotations of important films of Film Noir (Pre, Classic & Post periods). Also included are numerous excellent stills from the films and lengthy critiques from various writers edited by Alain Silver & Elizabeth Ward.

A secondary list of additional films over-looked in the first edition is provided together with a lengthy study of the Post-Noir films and Neo-Noirs in the 90s. These lists are reproduced below the main lists.

Not reproduced here and one of the many reasons this is an indispensable guide are the lists of Noirs by directors, actors & writers.

Underworld – 1927

Racket, the – 1928

Thunderbolt – 1929

City Streets – 1931

Beast of the City – 1932

I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang – 1932

Scoundrel, the – 1935

Fury – 1936

You Only Live Once – 1937

Abandoned – 1949

Accused, the – 1948

Ace In The Hole – 1951

Act of Violence – 1949

Among the Living – 1941

Angel Face – 1952

Appointment With Danger - 1951

Armored Car Robbery – 1950

Asphalt Jungle, the – 1950

Baby Face Nelson – 1957

Beat Generation, the – 1959

Behind Locked Doors – 1948

Berlin Express – 1948

Between Midnight and Dawn – 1950

Beware, My Lovely – 1952

Beyond A Reasonable Doubt – 1956

Beyond the Forest – 1949

Big Clock, the – 1948

Big Combo, the – 1955

Big Heat, the – 1953

Big Knife, the – 1955

Big Night, the – 1951

Big Sleep, the – 1946

Black Angel – 1946

Blue Dahlia, the – 1946

Blue Gardenia, the - 1953

Body and Soul – 1947

Border Incident – 1949

Born To Kill – 1947

Brasher Doubloon, the – 1947

Breaking Point, the – 1950

Bribe, the – 1949

Brothers Rico, the – 1957

Brute Force – 1947

Burglar, the – 1957

Caged – 1950

Calcutta – 1947

Call Northside 777 – 1948

Canon City – 1948

Captive City, the – 1952

Caught – 1949

Cause For Alarm – 1951

Chase, the – 1946

Chicago Deadline – 1949

Christmas Holiday – 1944

City That Never Sleeps – 1953

Clash By Night – 1952

Conflict – 1945

Convicted – 1950

Cornered – 1945

Crack-Up – 1946

Crime of Passion – 1957

Crime Wave – 1954

Crimson Kimono, the – 1959

Criss Cross – 1949

Crooked Way, the – 1949

Crossfire – 1947

Cry Danger – 1957

Cry Of the City – 1948

D.O.A – 1950

Damned Don’t Cry, the – 1950

Danger Signal – 1945

Dark City – 1950

Dark Corner, the – 1946

Dark Mirror, the – 1946

Dark Passage – 1947

Dark Past, the – 1948

Dead Reckoning – 1947

Deadline At Dawn – 1946

Deadly Is The Female – 1950

Decoy – 1946

Desperate – 1947

Destination Murder – 1950

Detective Story – 1951

Detour – 1945

Double Indemnity – 1944

Double Life, A – 1947

Drive A Crooked Road – 1954

Edge Of Doom – 1950

Enforcer, the – 1951

Fall Guy – 1947

Fallen Angel – 1945

Fear – 1946

Fear In The Night – 1947

File On Thelma Jordan, the – 1950

Follow Me Quietly – 1949

Force Of Evil – 1948

Framed – 1947

Gangster, the – 1947

Garment Jungle, the – 1957

Gilda – 1946

Glass Key, the – 1942

Guilty Bystander – 1950

Guilty, the – 1947

Harder They Fall, the – 1956

He Ran All The Way – 1951

He Walked by Night – 1948

Hell's Island – 1955

High Sierra – 1941

High Wall – 1947

His Kind Of Woman – 1951

Hitch-Hiker, the – 1953

Hollow Triumph – 1948

House Of Bamboo – 1955

House Of Strangers – 1949

House On 92nd Street – 1945

House On Telegraph Hill, the – 1951

Human Desire – 1954

I Died A Thousand Times – 1955

I, The Jury – 1953

I Wake Up Screaming – 1941

I Walk Alone – 1947

I Was A Communist For The F.B.I. - 1951

I Wouldn't Be In Your Shoes – 1948

In A Lonely Place – 1950

Johnny Angel – 1945

Johnny Eager – 1942

Johnny O’Clock – 1947

Journey Into Fear – 1943

Kansas City Confidential – 1952

Key Largo – 1948

Killer Is Loose, the – 1956

Killer That Stalked New York, the – 1950

Killer’s Kiss – 1955

Killers, the – 1946

Killing, the – 1956

Kiss Me Deadly – 1955

Kiss Of Death – 1947

Kiss The Blood Off My Hands – 1948

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye – 1950

Knock On Any Door – 1949

Lady From Shanghai, the – 1947

Lady In The Lake – 1947

Lady On A Train – 1945

Lady Without A Passport, A – 1950

Laura – 1944

Leave Her To Heaven – 1945

Letter, the – 1940

Lineup, the – 1958

Loan Shark – 1952

Locket, the – 1946

Long Wait, the – 1954

Loophole – 1954

M – 1951

Macao – 1952

Maltese Falcon, the – 1941

Man Who Cheated Himself, the – 1950

Manhandled – 1949

Mask Of Dimitrios, the – 1944

Mildred Pierce – 1945

Ministry Of Fear – 1944

Mr. Arkadian – 1955

Mob, the – 1951

Moonrise – 1948

Murder Is My Beat – 1955

Murder, My Sweet – 1944

My Name Is Julia Ross – 1945

Mystery Street – 1950

Naked City, the – 1948

Narrow Margin, the – 1952

New York Confidential – 1955

Niagara – 1953

Night And The City – 1950

Night Editor – 1946

Night Has A Thousand Eyes – 1948

Night Holds Terror, the – 1955

Nightfall – 1957

Night Runner, the – 1957

Nightmare – 1956

Nightmare Alley – 1947

99 River Street – 1953

Nobody Lives Forever – 1946

Nocturne – 1946

Nora Prentiss – 1947

Notorious – 1946

Odds Against Tomorrow – 1959

On Dangerous Ground – 1952

Other Woman, the – 1954

Out Of The Past – 1947

Panic In The Streets – 1950

Party Girl – 1958

People Against O’Hara, the – 1951

Phantom Lady – 1944

Pickup On South Street – 1953

Pitfall – 1948

Plunder Road – 1957

Possessed – 1947

Postman Always Rings Twice, the – 1946

Pretender, the – 1947

Private Hell 36 - 1954

Prowler, the - 1951

Pushover – 1954

Racket, the – 1951

Railroaded! – 1947

Raw Deal – 1948

Reckless Moment, the – 1949

Red Light – 1949

Ride The Pink Horse – 1947

Roadblock – 1951

Road House – 1948

Rogue Cop – 1954

Scandal Sheet – 1952

Scarlet Street – 1945

Scene Of The Crime – 1949

Second Woman, the – 1951

Set-Up, the – 1949

711 Ocean Drive – 1950

Shadow Of A Doubt – 1943

Shakedown – 1950

Shanghai Gesture, the – 1941

Shield For Murder - 1954

Side Street – 1950

Sleep, My Love – 1948

Sleeping City, the - 1950

Slightly Scarlet – 1956

Sniper, the – 1952

So Dark The Night – 1946

Somewhere In The Night – 1946

Sorry, Wrong Number – 1948

Sound of Fury – 1950

Southside 1-1000 – 1950

Storm Fear – 1956

Strange Illusion – 1945

Strange Affair Of Uncle Harry, the – 1945

Strange Love Of Martha Ivers, the – 1946

Stranger On The Third Floor – 1940

Stranger, the – 1946

Strangers On A Train – 1951

Street Of Chance – 1942

Street With No Name, the – 1948

Strip, the – 1951

Sudden Fear – 1952

Suddenly – 1954

Sunset Blvd – 1950

Suspense – 1946

Sweet Smell Of Success – 1957

T-Men – 1947

Talk About A Stranger – 1952

Tattered Dress, the – 1957

Tattooed Stranger, the – 1950

Tension – 1950

They Live By Night – 1948

They Won’t Believe Me – 1947

Thief, the – 1952

Thieves’ Highway – 1949

Thirteenth Letter, the – 1951

This Gun For Hire – 1942

Too Late For Tears – 1949

Touch Of Evil – 1958

Turning Point, the – 1952

Undercover Man, the – 1949

Undercurrent – 1946

Union Station – 1950

Unknown Man, the – 1951

Unsuspected, the – 1947

Vicki – 1953

When Strangers Marry – 1944

Where Danger Lives – 1950

Where the Sidewalk Ends – 1950

While The City Sleeps – 1956

White Heat – 1949

Window, the – 1949

Witness To Murder – 1954

Woman In The Window, the – 1944

World For Ransom – 1954

Wrong Man, the – 1956

Blast of Silence - 1961

Brainstorm - 1965

Cape Fear - 1962

Chinatown - 1974

Dirty Harry - 1971

Experiment In Terror - 1962

Farewell, My Lovely - 1975

French Connection - 1971

French Connection II - 1975

Friends of Eddie Coyle, the - 1973

Hickey & Boggs - 1972

Hustle - 1975

Kremlin Letter, the - 1970

Long Goodbye, the - 1973

Madigan - 1968

Manchurian Candidate, the - 1962

Marlowe - 1969

Money Trap, the – 1966

Naked Kiss, the - 1964

Nickle Ride, the - 1975

Night Moves - 1975

Outfit, the - 1974

Point Blank - 1967

Split, the - 1968

Taxi Driver - 1976

Underworld U.S.A. - 1961

Warning Shot - 1967

Affair In Havana – 1957

Affair In Trinidad – 1952

Bewitched – 1945

Black Tuesday – 1954

City For Conquest – 1940

Cry Of The Hunted – 1953

Cry Vengeance – 1954

Dark Waters – 1944

Devil Thumbs A Ride, the – 1947

Fallen Sparrow, the – 1943

Female Jungle – 1954

Guest In The House – 1944

Hit And Run – 1957

House Of Numbers – 1957

Impact – 1954

I Married A Communist – 1949

Johnny Stool Pigeon – 1949

Kiss Before Dying, A – 1956

Las Vegas Story, the – 1952

Long Night, the – 1947

Make Haste To Live – 1954

Man I Love, the – 1947

Man With My Face – 1951

Naked Alibi – 1954

Night Without Sleep – 1952

No Man Of Her Own – 1950

One Way Street – 1950

Pickup – 1951

Place In The Sun, A – 1951

Quicksand – 1950

Raging Tide, the – 1951

Red House, the – 1947

Scarf, the – 1951

Secret Beyond The Door... – 1948

Secret Fury, the – 1950

Shock – 1946

Shockproof – 1949

Spellbound – 1945

Strange Fascination – 1952

Suspicion – 1941

Threat, the – 1949

Tomorrow Is Another Day – 1951

Tomorrow Is Forever – 1946

Trap, the – 1959

Under The Gun – 1951

Walk Softly, Stranger – 1950

Whirlpool – 1949

Without Warning! – 1952

After Dark, My Sweet – 1990

Against All Odds – 1984

Alligator Eyes – 1990

Another 48 Hrs – 1990

At Close Range – 1986

Atlantic City – 1981

Bad Boys – 1983

Bad Influence – 1990

Basic Instinct – 1992

Bedroom Window, the – 1987

Best Seller – 1987

Betrayed – 1988

Big Easy, the – 1987

Big Sleep, the – 1978

Black Eye – 1974

Black Rain – 1989

Black Widow – 1987

Blood Simple – 1984

Blue Desert – 1992

Blue Steel – 1990

Body Chemistry – 1990

Bodyguard, the – 1992

Body Heat – 1981

Border, the – 1982

Breathless – 1983

Cape Fear – 1991

Call Me – 1988

Cat Chaser – 1989

Chandler – 1971

Criminal Intent – 1992

Criminal Law – 1989

Conversation, the – 1974

Cop – 1988

Dangerously Close – 1986

Dark Wind, the – 1992

Dead Again – 1991

Dead-Bang – 1989

Death Wish – 1974

Deceived – 1991

Deep Cover – 1992

Delusion – 1991

Desperate Hours – 1990

Detective, the – 1968

Diary of a Hitman – 1992

DOA – 1988

Dog Day Afternoon – 1975

Driver, the – 1978

Drowning Pool, the – 1975

Drugstore Cowboy – 1989

Eight Million Ways To Die – 1986

Eyewitness – 1981

Fatal Attraction – 1987

Fear City – 1984

Femme Fatale – 1991

52 Pick-Up – 1986

Final Analysis – 1992

First Deadly Sin, the – 1980

48 Hrs - 1982

Frantic – 1988

Genuine Risk – 1990

Gleaming the Cube – 1989

Grifters, the – 1990

Guncrazy – 1992

Hammett – 1983

Hand that Rocks the Cradle, the – 1992

Hardcore – 1979

Harper – 1966

Hit List – 1989

Homicide – 1991

Horseplayer – 1991

Hot Spot, the – 1990

House of Games – 1987

I, the Jury – 1982

Impulse – 1990

Internal Affairs -1990

Intimate Stranger – 1991

Jagged Edge – 1985

Jezebel's Kiss – 1990

Johnny Handsome – 1989

Kill Me Again – 1990

Kill-Off, the – 1990

Killer Inside Me, the – 1976

Killing of a Chinese Bookie, the – 1976

Killing Time, the – 1987

King of New York – 1990

Kiss Before Dying, A – 1991

Kiss Me A Killer – 1991

Klute – 1971

Lady Beware – 1987

Lady In Cement – 1968

Last Boy Scout, the – 1991

Last Embrace – 1979

Lethal Weapon – 1987

Lethal Weapon II – 1989

Lethal Weapon III – 1992

Liebestraum – 1991

Love Crimes – 1992

Malone – 1987

Manhunter – 1986

Masquerade – 1988

Miami Blues – 1990

Midnight Heat – 1992

Mike's Murder – 1984

Miller's Crossing – 1990

Morning After, the – 1986

Mortal Passions – 1990

Mortal Thoughts – 1991

Ms. 45 – 1981

Murphy's Law – 1986

Nails – 1992

Narrow Margin – 1990

New Jack City – 1991

Night and the City – 1992

Night Visitor – 1989

No Mercy – 1986

No Way Out – 1987

Onion Field, the – 1979

Out of Bounds – 1986

Out of the Dark – 1989

Out of the Rain – 1990

Pacific Heights – 1990

Paint It Black – 1989

Past Midnight – 1992

P.I. Private Investigations – 1987

Point Break – 1991

Positive I.D. - 1987

Postman Always Rings Twice, the – 1981

Presumed Innocent – 1990

Prime Suspect – 1989

Prince of the City – 1981

Q and A – 1990

Rain Killer, the – 1990

Red Rock West – 1992

Relentless – 1989

Rent-A-Cop – 1988

Reservoir Dogs – 1992

Revenge – 1990

Rolling Thunder – 1977

Rosary Murders, the – 1987

Run – 1991

Rush – 1991

Scissors – 1991

Sea of Love – 1989

Serpico – 1973

Shaft – 1971

Sharky's Machine – 1981

Shattered – 1991

Shoot To Kill – 1988

Silence of the Lambs, the – 1991

Slamdance – 1987

Sleeping With the Enemy – 1991

Someone To Watch over Me – 1987

Special Delivery – 1976

Stakeout – 1987

State of Grace – 1990

Still of the Night – 1982

Stripped to Kill – 1987

Sudden Impact – 1983

Suspect – 1987

Tequila Sunrise – 1988

Thelma and Louise – 1991

Thief – 1981

Thieves Like Us – 1974

Thunderheart – 1992

Tightrope – 1984

To Kill For – 1992

To Live and Die in L.A. - 1985

Two Jakes, the – 1990

True Believer – 1989

Union City – 1980

V.I. Warshawski – 1991

White of the Eye – 1988

White Sands – 1992

Who'll Stop the Train – 1978

Witness – 1985

Year of the Dragon – 1985