1. The
Maltese Falcon (1941) by John Huston.
2. Double
Indemnity (1944) by Billy Wilder.
3. Laura
(1944) by Otto Preminger.
4. Detour
(1945) by Edgar G. Ulmer.
5. The
Big Sleep (1946) by Howard Hawks.
6. Gilda
(1946) by Charles Vidor.
7. Out of
the Past (1947) by Jacques Tourneur.
8. The
Third Man (1949) by Carol Reed.
9. Gun
Crazy (1950) by Joseph H. Lewis.
10. In a
Lonely Place (1950) by Nicholas Ray.
11. The
Big Heat (1953) by Fritz Lang.
12. Kiss
Me Deadly (1955) by Robert Aldrich.
13. The
Killing (1956) by Stanley Kubrick.
14. Sweet
Smell of Success (1957) by Alexander Mackendrick.
15. Touch
of Evil (1958) by Orson Welles.
*By Philippos Filios.