Popular Tech-Noir Films

A list of 100 essential film noir movies, according to me. The first fifty are more or less in order. Note: I've left out classics like The Night of the Hunter, The Third Man and Notorious, partly because to me, they're not strictly film noir, even if they have noirish elements and are often included on film noir lists. I went back and forth on a couple of Hitchcock movies (Shadow of a Doubt is his only real film noir), but decided Strangers on a Train could stay in. I’ve also not included “colour noirs” like Niagara and Leave Her…

Filmmaking brothers Anthony and Joe Russo, who directed The Gray Man, answer our Letterboxd Life in Film questionnaire. Be sure to check the notes for the questions that these films answer, and read their full interview with Mitchell Beaupre.

xperience the tension and mystery of dark intrigue in these noir films.