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Best 1 Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet is a 1944 American noir by Edward Dmytryk, notable for casting Dick Powell as Raymond Chandler's detective Philip Marlowe.

2 The Narrow Margin

The Narrow Margin is a 1952 RKO train noir by Richard Fleischer, notable as a low-budget thriller that earned an Oscar nomination for Best Motion Picture Story.

3 Born to Kill

Born to Kill is a 1947 American noir by Robert Wise, starring Lawrence Tierney as a violent drifter in one of RKO's harsher crime dramas.

4 Cry Danger
Cry Danger

Cry Danger is a 1951 American noir directed by Robert Parrish, notable for Dick Powell's ex-con hero and Joseph Biroc's lean Los Angeles location work.

5 The Stranger on the Third Floor

The Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 RKO crime film often cited as an early film noir, with Peter Lorre and expressionist nightmare imagery.

6 The Locket
The Locket

The Locket is a 1946 American noir melodrama, notable for its nested flashback structure and Laraine Day's role as a psychologically damaged woman.

7 Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet is a 1956 color noir by Allan Dwan, notable for John Alton's Technicolor cinematography and its source in a James M. Cain novel.

8 Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 American noir mystery written by Clifford Odets, following a sailor and a dance-hall girl through one tense night.

9 Journey Into Fear

Journey Into Fear is a 1943 American spy noir based on Eric Ambler's novel, associated with Orson Welles and starring Joseph Cotten.

10 Desperate
Desperate

Desperate is a 1947 American noir by Anthony Mann, using a trucking job, robbery, and pursuit plot to show an ordinary man under pressure.

11 His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman is a 1951 RKO noir starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell, notable for Howard Hughes's costly reshoots and Vincent Price's flamboyant turn.

12 Beware, My Lovely

Beware, My Lovely is a 1952 American noir by Harry Horner, notable for Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan in a confined home-invasion story adapted from Mel Dinelli's play.

13 Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom is a 1950 American RKO film noir by Mark Robson, starring Farley Granger and Dana Andrews in a priest-murder melodrama.

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