 | Sunset Boulevard (Special Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $4.93 The ultimate noirish portrait of the movie business.
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 | The Maltese Falcon Three-Disc Special Edition (1941 & 1931 versions / Satan Met a Lady)
Buy new: $25.49 / Used from: $9.75 'The Maltese Falcon' (1941) is considered to be the first film noir and it might as well be the best.
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 | The Killers - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $21.50 A masterpiece of filmmaking and narrative construction. One of the best films ever made. The 1960's remake has a very interesting cast, but it's an inferior work.
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 | Fallen Angel (Fox Film Noir)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.08 A perfect film noir with engrossing filmmaking and acting.
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 | Gilda
Buy new: $14.94 / Used from: $6.13 The most desirable woman there could ever be. Steaming chemistry between the two leads.
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 | Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 1 (The Asphalt Jungle / Gun Crazy / Murder My Sweet / Out of the Past / The Set-Up)
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $23.94 Each of these films is a gem.
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 | The Postman Always Rings Twice
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $8.70 The archetypical film noir plot.
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 | Touch of Evil (Restored to Orson Welles' Vision)
Buy used from: $4.75 Orson Welles is the greatest American expressionist, both as a filmmaker and as an actor.
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 | Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $12.96 Perhaps the most famous film noir. Wickedly enjoyable.
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 | Nightmare Alley (Fox Film Noir)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.23 An incredibly original film.
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 | Bogie and Bacall - The Signature Collection (The Big Sleep / Dark Passage / Key Largo / To Have and Have Not)
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $52.67 Bogart and Bacall: the greatest onscreen chemistry. Particularly, 'Key Largo' is a great thriller with a villain that feels completely real.
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 | The Big Heat
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $6.99 A precursor to the ruthless crime films of the 70's and 80's.
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 | Criss Cross (Universal Noir Collection)
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.45 After making 'The Killers,' Siodmak and Lancaster were able to make another masterpiece.
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 | Ace in the Hole - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $26.49 / Used from: $19.50 A film about relentless media, still relevant and current.
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 | Crime Wave / Decoy (Film Noir Double Feature)
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $8.40 Cinema vérité meets film noir in 'Crime Wave.'
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 | Night and the City - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $35.99 / Used from: $19.97 Set to perfection in London.
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 | In a Lonely Place
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $6.68 Another take on the movie business and risky, but steamy, relationships.
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 | The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $16.50 |
 | Scarlet Street (Remastered Edition)
Buy new: $22.49 / Used from: $15.45 |
 | Angel Face
Buy used from: $13.00 Robert Mitchum falls for another pretty face. Good companion to 'The Postman Always Rings Twice.'
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 | Somewhere in the Night (Fox Film Noir)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $6.19 The archetypical amnesia mystery story.
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 | The Lady from Shanghai
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $5.43 |
 | Niagara
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.99 A Technicolor film noir.
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 | Rififi - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $13.50 This one is in Paris. Has a half-hour long heist sequence with no dialogue or music, just tension.
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 | Pickup on South Street - Criterion Collection
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $17.99 This Noir is also a spy movie.
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 | D.O.A.
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $3.88 The main character investigates his own murder.
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