Noir Film Guide

Rankings and recommendations for classic film noir, neo-noir, and the hidden gems nobody talks about. Curated by someone who has actually seen them.

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Top Rated Neo-Noir

To Live and Die in L.A.
1985 · William Friedkin
★★★★★
The Conversation
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
★★★★★
Pulp Fiction
1994 · Tarantino
★★★★½
Blood Simple
1984 · Coen Brothers
★★★★
Blade Runner
1982 · Ridley Scott
★★★★
No Country for Old Men
2007 · Coen Brothers
★★★★
Mean Streets
1973 · Scorsese
★★★★
The Departed
2006 · Scorsese
★★★★
King of New York
1990 · Abel Ferrara
★★★★
Dead Ringers
1988 · Cronenberg
★★★★

Top Rated Classic Noir

Sunset Boulevard
1950 · Billy Wilder
★★★★★
The Maltese Falcon
1941 · John Huston
★★★★★
Scarlet Street
1945 · Fritz Lang
★★★★½
Out of the Past
1947 · Jacques Tourneur
★★★★
Laura
1944 · Otto Preminger
★★★★
In a Lonely Place
1950 · Nicholas Ray
★★★★
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · Orson Welles
★★★★
White Heat
1949 · Raoul Walsh
★★★★
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · John Huston
★★★★
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Hitchcock
★★★★