Urban Film Noir Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 31 films about film noir and set in cities, spanning 1941–1960. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1956
Bob le Flambeur
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1960
Breathless
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard - 1947
Dark Passage
Urbandir. Delmer Daves - 1945
Detour
Urban · Desertdir. Edgar G. Ulmer - 1944
Double Indemnity
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1958
Elevator to the Gallows
Urbandir. Louis Malle - 1946
Gilda
Urbandir. Charles Vidor - 1950
In a Lonely Place
Urbandir. Nicholas Ray - 1955
Kiss Me Deadly
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich - 1944
Laura
Urbandir. Otto Preminger - 1945
Mildred Pierce
Suburban · Urbandir. Michael Curtiz - 1944
Murder, My Sweet
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Edward Dmytryk - 1953
Niagara
Urbandir. Henry Hathaway - 1947
Out of the Past
Rural · Mountain · Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur - 1953
Pickup on South Street
Urbandir. Samuel Fuller - 1960
Purple Noon
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. René Clément - 1945
Scarlet Street
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 1951
Strangers on a Train
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 1957
Sweet Smell of Success
Urbandir. Alexander Mackendrick - 1950
The Asphalt Jungle
Urbandir. John Huston - 1953
The Big Heat
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 1946
The Big Sleep
Urbandir. Howard Hawks - 1946
The Killers
Urbandir. Robert Siodmak - 1956
The Killing
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1947
The Lady from Shanghai
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Orson Welles - 1941
The Maltese Falcon
Urbandir. John Huston - 1949
The Third Man
Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed - 1944
The Woman in the Window
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 1958
Touch of Evil
Urbandir. Orson Welles - 1949
White Heat
Urbandir. Raoul Walsh
Frequently asked
How many movies are about film noir and set in cities?
Kinora's catalogue lists 31 films about film noir and set in cities, spanning 1941–1960.
What are some movies about film noir and set in cities?
Films about film noir and set in cities in our catalogue include Bob le Flambeur (1956), Breathless (1960), Dark Passage (1947), Detour (1945), and Double Indemnity (1944).
What is the oldest movie about film noir and set in cities?
The Maltese Falcon (1941) is the earliest film about film noir and set in cities in our catalogue; the most recent is Purple Noon (1960).