Friday, 26 August 2016

Top US grossing Film Noirs

1. Dillinger (1945)
70 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
6.6
                     
John Dillinger begins his life of crime as a petty thief, meets his future gang in prison and eventually masterminds a series of daring robberies.
Director: Max Nosseck | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Edmund Lowe, Anne Jeffreys, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $4.00M

2. Touch of Evil (1958)

12 | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
8.1
                   
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 73,859 | Gross: $2.24M

3. The Third Man (1949)

A | 104 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
8.3
                   
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Votes: 115,209 | Gross: $0.45M

4. Brighton Rock (1947)

A | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
7.4
                   
Pinkie Brown is a small-town hoodlum whose gang runs a protection racket based at Brighton race course. When Pinkie orders the murder of a rival, Fred, the police believe it to be suicide. ... See full summary »
Director: John Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Harcourt Williams
Votes: 3,996 | Gross: $0.22M

5. The Fallen Idol (1948)

A | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
7.8
                               
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey
Votes: 5,631 | Gross: $0.06M

6. Dial M for Murder (1954)

PG | 105 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
8.2
                     
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Votes: 108,205 | Gross: $0.01M

7. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

A | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
7.7
                     
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
Director: Orson Welles | Stars: Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders
Votes: 19,454 | Gross: $0.01M

8. It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

A | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
7.4
                     
An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house but she has since married and is far from keen on the idea.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Googie Withers, Jack Warner, John McCallum, Edward Chapman
Votes: 826 | Gross: $0.01M

9. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

A | 106 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
7.7
                   
A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit."
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 14,164 | Gross: $0.00M

10. Sunset Boulevard (1950)

PG | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
8.5
                   
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent-film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 141,426

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