History Main / FilmNoir

* The ''{{Thief}}'' series.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' (''Film/BatmanBegins'' (2005), ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (2008), and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (2012)).

* ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'' (2011) consists of both Film Noir and {{Cyberpunk}} (à la Film/BladeRunner).
* VideoGame/DeusEx (2000) also heavily borrows from the noir aesthetics and narrative structure. Technically, this is a noir game with government agent and conspirators replacing more common private dick and crooks.

* The ''{{Thief}}'' series (1998- ). [[{{Troperrific}} Dear God]], the ''Thief'' series...

For added effect, play [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCGeG1tHQuY this]] while reading the article.

* ''TheStrangeLoveOfMarthaIvers'' (1946). The film opens in the 1920s. The eponymous young girl is the only living relative and heiress of a wealthy, domineering woman. She is miserable while under the control of the aunt, and one night tries to run away with the help of a (male) childhood friend. She fails to escape undetected, struggles with the aunt over a flight of stairs, and accidentally kills her. Worse, there is a witness to her crime. So she is blackmailed into marrying the witness, while someone else is blamed for the "murder" and executed. Her old friend seems to vanish. The plot moves to the 1940s. Martha is fabulously wealthy, and has financed a political career for her husband, who has grown to genuinely love her. They wield "tremendous power" in their community. When her long-missing friend drifts back into their lives, the couple is convinced that he knows all about what happened that long-ago night and aims to blackmail them. They try to silence him in various ways, unaware that he actually had no idea what happened that night. He is simply in town because he took a a [[WrongTurnAtAlbuquerque Wrong Turn]] while driving. The film is one of the better known films noir of Barbara Stanwyck and Lizabeth Scott, who were both major stars in the genre.

* ''Film/ThisGunForHire'' (1942). Based on a Creator/GrahamGreene novel, though with some material reworked for wartime-propaganda reasons. ProfessionalKiller Philip Raven completes an assignment and is then double-crossed by his latest employer. He sets out to get revenge. Meanwhile, [[TheChanteuse Nightclub Singer]] Ellen Graham is recruited by the federal authorities to spy on her current boss, who is suspected to be a fifth columnist. Raven and Graham are unknowingly WorkingTheSameCase and their paths cross. A major hit for the film noir genre, and the film who turned Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake into "reliable box office draws".

* ''Film/StrangerOnTheThirdFloor'' (1940). Often cited as "the first true film noir" due to including many of the relevant tropes and cinematographic techniques. A BMovie and a box office flop at the time of release , it was re-appraised decades later. It is now considered groundbreaking/

* ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' (1941). The third film adaptation of the same Dashiell Hammett, the second leading role for Humphrey Bogart, and the directorial debut of Creator/JohnHuston. An iconic depiction of the HardboiledDetective and a major hit for the film noir genre.

* {{Batman}} - many stories are noir at their core. Gotham City is obviously a very noirish setting.

* The York Shin City Arc of {{HunterXHunter}} has some real noir elements to it that become more pronounced the darker it gets.

* The York Shin City Arc in {{HunterXHunter}}.

** {{Durarara}}, which is written by the same author.

* The York Shin City Arc in HunterxHunter.

* ''Film/ThisGunForHire'' (1942). Based on a Graham Greene novel, though with some material reworked for wartime-propaganda reasons. ProfessionalKiller Philip Raven completes an assignment and is then double-crossed by his latest employer. He sets out to get revenge. Meanwhile, [[TheChanteuse Nightclub Singer]] Ellen Graham is recruited by the federal authorities to spy on her current boss, who is suspected to be a fifth columnist. Raven and Graham are unknowingly WorkingTheSameCase and their paths cross. A major hit for the film noir genre, and the film who turned Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake into "reliable box office draws".

* ''Film/DoubleIndemnity'' (1944). A film notorious for pushing the envelope on the HaysCode restrictions to its limits. Despite an activist campaign "imploring the public to stay away on moral grounds", the film was a major critical and box office hit. It paved the way for further dark, controversial films and directly inspired imitators. Often seen as the TropeCodifier for films noir.

* ''Film/DarkPassage'' (1947). A bleak adaptation of a David Goodis novel. A man wrongly convicted of murdering his own wife escapes prison. He hopes to [[ClearMyName Clear His Name]] but the goal remains out of reach for most of the film. The film was one of the earliest to extensively use subjective camera angles to hide the face of the protagonist. This obscuring technique is used for about 1/3 of its duration. It was also notable for defying HaysCode standards in its finale. [[spoiler: The actual murderer commits suicide. The protagonist never clears his name and remains the main suspect of an additional murder. Instead of a stereotypical "justice prevails" ending, the man will remain a fugitive for life.]] The film originally received mixed reviews, but has [[VindicatedByHistory since gained a pretty good reputation]].

* ''Film/BatmanBegins'' (2005), ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (2008), and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (2012).

* ''Jack Orlando: A Graphic Adventure''

* ''{{Bullitt}}'' (1968)