Pre-Noir

Below is a list of the pre-1940 US films termed 'pre-noirs'.

Lists of the foreign pre-1940 films that are though to have influenced the Film Noir Genre are also listed.

Where films are available on DVD links are provided to either the Amazon UK or US site.

On other titles, links are provided to resources where 'collector's copies' may be obtained. Click here  for further details and information.

US Pre-Noir

Underworld (1927)
Racket, The (1928)
Thunderbolt (1929)
Big Gamble, the (1931)
City Streets (1931)
Maltese Falcon, the (1931) aka Dangerous Female  Amazon US
Secret Six, the (1931)
Beast Of The City, The (1932)   WB Archive
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932)  Amazon US  
Payment Deferred (1932)
Scarface (1932)  Amazon US   UK
Two Seconds (1932)
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
Blood Money (1933)
Crime Without Passion (1934)
Midnight (1934)  Amazon US   UK
Bordertown (1935)  WB Archive
Glass Key, The (1935)
Scoundrel, The (1935)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)  Amazon US  
Fury (1936)  Amazon US  
Petrified Forest, the (1936)  Amazon US  
You Only Live Once (1937)  Amazon US   UK
You and Me (1938)
Blind Alley (1939)
Let Us Live (1939)
Rio (1939)

Foreign Pre-Noir

German Expressionists

French Poetic Realists

Chienne, La (1931)
Pepe Le Moko (1936)  Amazon US   UK
Bete Humaine, La (1938)  Amazon US   UK
Quai des Brumes, Le (1938)  Amazon US   UK
Dernier Tournant, Le (1939)
Jour Se Leve, Le (1939)
Pieges (1939)