top 100 noir

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

A soldier runs away to avoid receiving the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate. Romance and death soon follow.

When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.

A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.

A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after the discovery of a human skeleton on a Massachusetts beach.

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable-sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried to the U. S. by unsuspecting overseas travelers.

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction.

A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

After the German administrator of Czechia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.

Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.

The editor of an exploitation newspaper commits a murder and assigns his protégé to investigate hoping to divert attention away from himself.

A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.

A man dreams of revenge when he suspects his wife is unfaithful.

On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.

A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce marketer.

A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.

Virginia Cunningham can't recall how she landed in an asylum. In flashback, her husband Robert relates their courtship, marriage, and her developing symptoms. She remains in misery as Dr. Mark Kik tries to solve her problem.

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.

Londoner Dorian Gray stays young, but his portrait ages.

An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.

An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.