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Oscar-nominated Noir

These are film noir movies that were nominated for Academy Awards during the movement's classical period, roughly 1941–1959. I've used an expansive definition of noir, so some of these may not be universally recognized as parts of the movement.

See Oscar-winning Noir for winners only.

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  • The Maltese Falcon
  • Suspicion
  • Ladies in Retirement
  • Johnny Eager
  • The Shanghai Gesture
  • Moontide
  • Shadow of a Doubt
  • The Fallen Sparrow
  • Hangmen Also Die!
  • Double Indemnity
  • Gaslight
  • Laura
  • Address Unknown
  • Christmas Holiday
  • Voice in the Wind
  • The Lost Weekend
  • Mildred Pierce
  • Spellbound
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • Guest in the House
  • The Woman in the Window
  • Lady on a Train
  • Why Girls Leave Home
  • The Killers
  • Notorious
  • The Spiral Staircase
  • The Seventh Veil
  • The Blue Dahlia
  • The Dark Mirror
  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
  • The Stranger
  • Crossfire
  • Body and Soul
  • Possessed
  • Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
  • Ride the Pink Horse
  • Kiss of Death
  • The Paradine Case
  • Boomerang!
  • T-Men
  • Odd Man Out
  • The Snake Pit
  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • Sorry, Wrong Number
  • Key Largo
  • The Naked City
  • Casbah
  • Moonrise
  • The Fallen Idol
  • Champion
  • White Heat
  • Beyond the Forest
  • The Window
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • The Asphalt Jungle
  • The Third Man
  • Caged
  • No Way Out
  • Panic in the Streets
  • Mystery Street
  • Detective Story
  • Ace in the Hole
  • I Was a Communist for the FBI
  • The Strip
  • Fourteen Hours
  • The House on Telegraph Hill
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Kind Lady
  • Sudden Fear
  • The Narrow Margin
  • The Sniper
  • The Thief
  • Affair in Trinidad
  • Pickup on South Street
  • On the Waterfront
  • Rear Window
  • Rogue Cop
  • Bad Day at Black Rock
  • The Man with the Golden Arm
  • Not as a Stranger
  • Julie
  • The Man Who Knew Too Much
  • The Harder They Fall
  • The Three Faces of Eve
  • The Devil Strikes at Night
  • I Want to Live!
  • Vertigo
  • Anatomy of a Murder
  • North by Northwest