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:[The Racket]?
:[The Killer That Stalked New York]?
:Roadblock?


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:[The Maltese Falcon]?

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:[The Maltese Falcon]?

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:[The Killer That Stalked New York]?

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1951)
:[The Racket]?
:Roadblock?

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:[L.A. Confidential]?
:[Reservoir Dogs]?
:[Lost Highway]?
:[A Simple Plan]?
:[Reservoir Dogs]? (1992)
:[The Last Seduction]? (1994)
:[L.A. Confidential]? (1997)
:[Lost Highway]? (1997)
:[A Simple Plan]? (1998)

Classic examples of the genre include:

1941

[High Sierra]?
[The Maltese Falcon]?
1942
[This Gun for Hire]?
1944
[Double Indemnity]?
Laura
1945
[The House on 92nd Street]?
[Mildred Pierce]?
[The Scarlet Street]?
1946
[The Big Sleep]?
Gilda?
[The Killers]?
[The Postman Always Rings Twice]?
[So Dark the Night]?
1947
[Born to Kill]?
[Brute Force]?
[Kiss of Death]?
[Out of the Past]?
Possessed?
1948
[Cry of the City]?
[The Guilty]?
[The Naked City]?
[The Pitfall]?
1949
[Criss Cross]?
D.O.A.?
[The Reckless Moment]?
[White Heat]?
1950
[The Killer That Stalked New York]?
[Night and the City]?
1951)
[The Racket]?
Roadblock?
1952
[The Captive City]?
1953
[The Blue Gardenia]?
1955
[Kiss Me Deadly]?
1958
[Touch of Evil]?

Crossovers with other genres:

with comedy:

[Monsieur Verdoux]? (1947)
[Unfaithfully Yours]? (1948)

with western:

[Colorado Territory]? (1948)
[The Furies]? (1950)

More recent, modernized examples include:

Blue Velvet
[Point Blank]? (1967)
Klute? (1971)
Chinatown? (1974)
[Night Moves]? (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)
[Body Heat]? (1981) remake of [Double Indemnity]?
Blade Runner (1982)
[Blood Simple]? (1983)
[Reservoir Dogs]? (1992)
[The Last Seduction]? (1994)
[L.A. Confidential]? (1997)
[Lost Highway]? (1997)
[A Simple Plan]? (1998)

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