Criminal Chiaroscuro

Film noir, noir precursors, neo-noir, and films with a strong noir bent that I’ve watched so far. List is not in any strict order.

This list was previously named “Shades of Noir,” but I changed the name on 1/4/2010 when I found out there was a book of the same name.

I also maintain a film gris/soleil list here:
https://mubi.com/lists/gray

I’ve wondered about including Shock Corridor: It might fall under noir, noir influences (though Fuller has directed fims such as Pickup on South Street), or just the “Samuel Fuller” genre. However, I think it hits many noir marks: obsession,...