I have to go on making a living so I can die.

By: Zach A

A ranking of my personal favorite film noirs. Many left to see…

• 01
  Night and the City
  Jules Dassin
• 02
  In a Lonely Place
  Nicholas Ray
• 03
  Raw Deal
  Anthony Mann
• 04
  Ace in the Hole
  Billy Wilder
• 05
  Pickup on South Street
  Samuel Fuller
• 06
  The Lady from Shanghai
  Orson Welles
• 07
  Detour
  Edgar G. Ulmer
• 08
  Border Incident
  Anthony Mann
• 09
  Brute Force
  Jules Dassin
• 10
  Criss Cross
  Robert Siodmak
• 11
  Panic in the Streets
  Elia Kazan
• 12
  Out of the Past
  Jacques Tourneur
• 13
  Thieves' Highway
  Jules Dassin
• 14
  The Night of the Hunter
  Charles Laughton
• 15
  The Killing
  Stanley Kubrick
• 16
  Rififi
  Jules Dassin
• 17
  Sunset Blvd.
  Billy Wilder
• 18
  The Crimson Kimono
  Samuel Fuller
• 19
  Gun Crazy
  Joseph H. Lewis
• 20
  T-Men
  Anthony Mann
• 21
  On Dangerous Ground
  Nicholas Ray
• 22
  The Asphalt Jungle
  John Huston
• 23
  Double Indemnity
  Billy Wilder
• 24
  The Spiral Staircase
  Robert Siodmak
• 25
  Sweet Smell of Success
  Alexander Mackendrick
• 26
  The Third Man
  Carol Reed
• 27
  Desperate
  Anthony Mann
• 28
  House of Bamboo
  Samuel Fuller
• 29
  They Live by Night
  Nicholas Ray
• 30
  Witness to Murder
  Roy Rowland
• 31
  The Big Combo
  Joseph H. Lewis
• 32
  Clash by Night
  Fritz Lang
• 33
  The Set-Up
  Robert Wise
• 34
  Underworld U.S.A
  Samuel Fuller
• 35
  The Naked City
  Jules Dassin
• 36
  Railroaded!
  Anthony Mann