Classic examples of the film noir genre include:

• 1936
  • The Petrified Forest
• 1940
  • Rebecca
  • Stranger on the Third Floor
• 1941
  • High Sierra
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Suspicion
• 1942
  • The Falcon Takes Over
  • The Glass Key
  • This Gun for Hire
• 1943
  • Shadow of a Doubt
• 1944
  • Double Indemnity
  • Laura
  • Phantom Lady
  • To Have and To Have Not
• 1945
  • Cornered
  • Detour
  • The House on 92nd Street
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Murder, My Sweet
  • Scarlet Street
  • Spellbound
• 1946
  • The Big Sleep
  • The Black Angel
  • The Blue Dahlia
  • The Dark Corner
  • Gilda
  • The Killers
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • Notorious
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • So Dark the Night
  • Somewhere in the Night
  • The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers
  • The Stranger
• 1947
  • Born to Kill
  • Brute Force
  • Crossfire
  • Dead Reckoning
  • A Double Life
  • Kiss of Death
  • Out of the Past
  • Possessed
  • Red House
  • Ride the Pink Horse
• 1948
  • The Big Clock
  • Call Northside 777
  • Cry of the City
  • Force of Evil
  • The Guilty
  • Key Largo
  • The Lady From Shanghai
  • The Naked City
  • The Pitfall
  • Sorry, Wrong Number
• 1949
  • Criss Cross
  • D.O.A.
  • The Reckless Moment
  • The Set-Up
  • The Third Man
  • White Heat
• 1950
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • Dark City
  • In A Lonely Place
  • The Killer That Stalked New York
  • Night and the City
  • Sunset Boulevard
• 1951
  • The Racket
  • Roadblock
  • Strangers on a Train
• 1952
  • The Captive City
  • Niagra
• 1953
  • The Blue Gardenia
• 1954
  • Human Desire
  • Naked Alibi
  • Suddenly
• 1955
  • Kiss Me Deadly
• 1956
  • The Wrong Man
• 1958
  • Touch of Evil
  • Vertigo

Crossovers with comedy:

• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

Crossovers with western:

• Colorado Territory (1948)
• The Furies (1950)

More recent, modernized examples, many in color, include:

• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid -- a parody pastiche by Steve Martin using footage from old films, black and white.
• Play It Again, Sam -- a parody tribute by Woody Allen.
• Blue Velvet
• Point Blank (1967)
• Klute (1971)
• The Long Goodbye (1973) -- Altman's post-noir take.
• Chinatown (1974)
• Night Moves (1975)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Body Heat (1981) -- remake of Double Indemnity
• Blade Runner (1982) -- science fiction noir
• Blood Simple (1983)
• To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
• Black Widow (1986)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)--billed as a "toon-noir"
• The Grifters (1990)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• Romeo is Bleeding (1993)
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Strange Days (1995)
• L.A. Confidential (1997)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• A Simple Plan (1998)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• The Cooler (2003)
• Max Payne (2001) -- Video game noir
• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) -- Video game noir