NOTE: There is a new and improved version of this list currently being compiled. It is recommended to switch to that version!

.

aka The Big List of Noir Films and/or Films with Noir Elements

I decided to make a more comprehensive list of "noir films" based on TSPDT which seems to be popular on Letterboxd. Basically in addition to the 250 Quintessential Noir Films list TSPDT also compiled a list of an additional 500 films that they found cited as noirs. They divided these 500 films into three categories: A, B, and C. They also released a list of Non-American Noir Films, a Noir Precursors list, and a Neo-Noir / Modern Noir list.

Descriptions from the website:

The 250 Quintessential Noir Films are the 250 most cited films noir in film history. These noir films aren't necessarily the best (although they would be very close to it).

Category A are films that are often cited as noir. These films weren't far away from being included on the 250 Quintessential listing, and most of them contain many - if not all - of the classic noir ingredients.

Category B are films that are quite often cited as noir, but not to the same degree as those listed in Category A. It must be considered that in most cases these films contain strong film noir elements.

Category C are films that are not often cited as noir. These films include certain film noir characteristics, even though - in many cases - they belong in other clear-cut genres, e.g. Westerns. However, it should also be acknowledged that many of these films are without doubt 'fully-blown' noirs (of the very neglected variety).

Non-American Noir Films are Non-American films (mainly British) from 'the golden period' that are either fully-fledged noir or have strong noir elements.

Noir-Precursors are films that shaped the look of noir before the style came into its own during the 1940s.

Neo-Noir are films made after the 'golden age' of film noir. These films have borrowed from the artistic glories of the past, but also have embellished the film noir landscape with their contrasting modern aesthetics (particularly with the use of colour).

Most of these lists are already on Letterboxd (except for the 500 Additional Noir Films list) but I decided to make one big list with all of them together. In total this list contains every film mentioned on TSPDT's noir site as a film noir or a film with noir elements.

www.theyshootpictures.com/noir.htm

NOTES
#1-10 are the 10 most cited noir films.
#11-250 are the rest of the 250 Quintessential Noir Films.
#251-358 are Category A films (often cited).
#359-513 are Category B films (quite often cited).
#514-736 are Category C films (not often cited).
#751-825 are British produced films.
#826-837 are French produced films.
#838-843 are other foreign produced films.
#844-870 are the Noir Precursors.
#871-885 are the 1960s Neo-Noir films.
#886-905 are the 1970s Neo-Noir films.
#906-928 are the 1980s Neo-Noir films.
#929-955 are the 1990s Neo-Noir films.
#956 onwards are the 2000s Neo-Noir films.