1. Double Indemnity (1944) – Dir. Billy Wilder
2. The Maltese Falcon (1941) – Dir. John Huston
3. Sunset Boulevard (1950) – Dir. Billy Wilder
4. The Big Sleep (1946) – Dir. Howard Hawks
5. Touch of Evil (1958) – Dir. Orson Welles
6. The Third Man (1949) – Dir. Carol Reed
7. Out of the Past (1947) – Dir. Jacques Tourneur
8. Chinatown (1974) – Dir. Roman Polanski
9. The Killers (1946) – Dir. Robert Siodmak
10. Laura (1944) – Dir. Otto Preminger
11. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) – Dir. Tay Garnett
12. In a Lonely Place (1950) – Dir. Nicholas Ray
13. The Big Heat (1953) – Dir. Fritz Lang
14. Gilda (1946) – Dir. Charles Vidor
15. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) – Dir. John Huston

These films exemplify the hallmarks of film noir: shadowy cinematography, morally ambiguous characters, femme fatales, and intricate plots often involving crime and betrayal.