1. The Maltese Falcon (Warner Bros., October 3, 1941; John Huston, dir.)
2. This Gun for Hire (Paramount, May 13, 1942; Frank Tuttle, dir.)
3. Double Indemnity (Paramount, September 6, 1944; Billy Wilder, dir.)
4. Laura (20th Century FOX, October 11, 1944; Otto Preminger, dir.)
5. Murder, My Sweet (RKO Radio Pictures, December 18, 1944); Edward Dmytryk, dir.)
6. Detour (P.R.C., September 30, 1945; Edgar G. Ulmer, dir.)
7. Leave Her to Heaven (20th Century FOX, December 19, 1945; John M. Stahl, dir.)
8. Scarlet Street (Universal, December 28, 1945; Fritz Lang, dir.)
9. Gilda (Columbia, February 14, 1946; Charles Vidor, dir.)
10. The Postman Always Rings Twice (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, May 2, 1946; Tay Garnett, dir.)
11. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (Paramount, July 24, 1946; Lewis Milestone, dir.)
12. The Big Sleep (Warner Bros., August 23, 1946; Howard Hawks, dir.)
13. The Killers (Universal, August 30, 1946; Robert Siodmak, dir.)
14. Decoy (Monogram, September 14, 1946; Jack Bernhard, dir.)
15. Dead Reckoning (Columbia, January 2, 1947; John Cromwell, dir.)
16. The Devil Thumbs a Ride (RKO Radio Pictures, February 20, 1947; Felix E. Feist, dir.)
17. Nora Prentiss (Warner Bros., February 21, 1947; Vincent Sherman, dir.)
18. Born to Kill (RKO Radio Pictures, May 3, 1947; Robert Wise, dir.)
19. Brute Force (Universal, June 20, 1947; Jules Dassin, dir.)
20. They Won’t Believe Me (RKO Radio Pictures, July 16, 1947; Irving Pichel, dir.)
21. Crossfire (RKO Radio Pictures, July 22, 1947; Edward Dmytryk, dir.)
22. Body and Soul (United Artists, August 22, 1947; Robert Rossen, dir.)
23. Kiss of Death (20th Century FOX, August 27, 1947; Henry Hathaway, dir.)
24. Dark Passage (Warner Bros., September 5, 1947; Delmer Daves, dir.)
25. Ride the Pink Horse (Universal, October 8, 1947; Robert Montgomery, dir.)
26. Nightmare Alley (20th Century FOX, October 9, 1947; Edmund Goulding, dir.)
27. Out of the Past (RKO Radio Pictures, November 13, 1947; Jacques Tourneur, dir.)
28. The High Wall (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, December 17, 1947; Curtis Bernhardt, dir.)
29. The Lady from Shanghai (Columbia, December 24, 1947; Orson Welles, dir.)
30. The Naked City (Universal, March 4, 1948; Jules Dassin, dir.)
31. Blonde Ice (Film Classics, May 20, 1948; Jack Bernhard, dir.)
32. Raw Deal (Eagle-Lion, May 26, 1948; Anthony Mann, dir.)
33. Key Largo (Warner Bros., June 16, 1948; John Huston, dir.)
34. Hollow Triumph (Eagle-Lion, August 18, 1948; Steve Sekely, dir.)
35. Pitfall (United Artists, August 24, 1948; André De Toth, dir.)
36. Road House (20th Century FOX, September 22, 1948; Jean Negulesco, dir.)
37. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (Universal, October 30, 1948; Norman Foster, dir.)
38. He Walked By Night (Eagle-Lion, November 24, 1948; Anthony Mann, dir.)
39. Act of Violence (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, December 21, 1948; Fred Zinnemann, dir.)
40. The Dark Past (Columbia, December 22, 1948; Rudolph Maté, dir.)
41. Force of Evil (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, December 25, 1948; Abraham Polonsky, dir.)
42. Criss Cross (Universal, January 12, 1949; Robert Siodmak, dir.)
43. The Set-Up (RKO Radio Pictures, March 29, 1949; Robert Wise, dir.)
44. Follow Me Quietly (RKO Radio Pictures, July 7, 1949; Richard Fleischer, dir.)
45. They Live By Night (RKO Radio Pictures, August 7, 1949; Nicholas Ray, dir.)
46. Too Late for Tears (United Artists, August 13, 1949; Byron Haskin, dir.)
47. White Heat (Warner Bros., September 2, 1949; Raoul Walsh, dir.)
48. Thieves’ Highway (20th Century FOX, October 10, 1949; Jules Dassin, dir.)
49. Border Incident (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, October 28, 1949; Anthony Mann, dir.)
50. Woman in Hiding (Universal, December 27, 1949; Michael Gordon, dir.)
51. Gun Crazy (United Artists, January 20, 1950; Joseph H. Lewis, dir.)
52. Night and the City (20th Century FOX, April 14, 1950; Jules Dassin, dir.)
53. D.O.A. (United Artists, April 30, 1950; Rudolph Maté, dir.)
54. In a Lonely Place (Columbia, May 17, 1950; Nicholas Ray, dir.)
55. Caged (Warner Bros., May 19, 1950; John Cromwell, dir.)
56. The Asphalt Jungle (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, May 23, 1950; John Huston, dir.)
57. Armored Car Robbery (RKO Radio Pictures, June 8, 1950; Richard Fleischer, dir.)
58. Where the Sidewalk Ends (20th Century FOX, June 26, 1950; Otto Preminger, dir.)
59. Where Danger Lives (RKO Radio Pictures, July 14, 1950; John Farrow, dir.)
60. Sunset Blvd. (Paramount, August 4, 1950; Billy Wilder, dir.)
61. No Way Out (20th Century FOX, August 16, 1950; Joseph L. Mankiewicz, dir.)
62. Union Station (Paramount, October 4, 1950; Rudolph Maté, dir.)
63. Dark City (Paramount, October 17, 1950; William Dieterle, dir.)
64. Dial 1119 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, November 3, 1950; Gerald Mayer, dir.)
65. Try and Get Me (United Artists, December 12, 1950; Cy Endfield, dir.)
66. The Man Who Cheated Himself (20th Century FOX, December 26, 1950; Felix E. Feist, dir.)
67. Under the Gun (Universal, January 26, 1951; Ted Tetzlaff, dir.)
68. The Prowler (United Artists, May 25, 1951; Joseph Losey, dir.)
69. Ace in the Hole (Paramount, June 14, 1951; Billy Wilder, dir.)
70. Strangers on a Train (Warner Bros., June 30, 1951; Alfred Hitchcock, dir.)
71. His Kind of Woman (RKO Radio Pictures, August 25, 1951; John Farrow, dir.)
72. On Dangerous Ground (RKO Radio Pictures, December 17, 1951; Nicholas Ray, dir.)
73. Scandal Sheet (Columbia, January 16, 1952; Phil Karlson, dir.)
74. The Narrow Margin (RKO Radio Pictures, May 4, 1952; Richard Fleischer, dir.)
75. The Sniper (Columbia, May 9, 1952; Edward Dmytryk, dir.)
76. Kansas City Confidential (United Artists, November 28, 1952; Phil Karlson, dir.)
77. The Hitch-Hiker (RKO Radio Pictures, March 20, 1953; Ida Lupino, dir.)
78. Pickup on South Street (20th Century FOX, June 17, 1953; Samuel Fuller, dir.)
79. City That Never Sleeps (Republic, August 7, 1953; John H. Auer, dir.)
80. 99 River Street (United Artists, October 2, 1953; Phil Karlson, dir.)
81. The Big Heat (Columbia, October 15, 1953; Fritz Lang, dir.)
82. Crime Wave (Warner Bros., January 12, 1954; André De Toth, dir.)
83. Hell’s Half Acre (Republic, June 1, 1954; John H. Auer, dir.)
84. Private Hell 36 (Filmakers Inc., September 3, 1954; Don Siegel, dir.)
85. Naked Alibi (Universal, October 1, 1954; Jerry Hopper, dir.)
86. Suddenly (United Artists, October 7, 1954; Lewis Allen, dir.)
87. Crashout (Filmakers Inc., February 9, 1955; Lewis R. Foster, dir.)
88. The Big Combo (Allied Artists, March 21, 1955; Joseph H. Lewis, dir.)
89. Kiss Me Deadly (United Artists, May 18, 1955; Robert Aldrich, dir.)
90. The Phenix City Story (Allied Artists, August 14, 1955; Phil Karlson, dir.)
91. The Desperate Hours (Paramount, October 5, 1955; William Wyler, dir.)
92. The Killer is Loose (United Artists, March 2, 1956; Budd Boetticher, dir.)
93. While the City Sleeps (RKO Radio Pictures, May 16, 1956; Fritz Lang, dir.)
94. The Killing (United Artists, May 20, 1956; Stanley Kubrick, dir.)
95. Crime of Passion (United Artists, January 9, 1957; Gerd Oswald, dir.)
96. Nightfall (Columbia, January 23, 1957; Jacques Tourneur, dir.)
97. Sweet Smell of Success (United Artists, June 27, 1957; Alexander Mackendrick, dir.)
98. Touch of Evil (Universal, May 21, 1958; Orson Welles, dir.)
99. Murder By Contract (Columbia, December 22, 1958; Irving Lerner, dir.)
100. Odds Against Tomorrow (United Artists, October 15, 1959; Robert Wise, dir.)