10 Most Intoxicating Film Noir Movies, Ranked

For several decades, the film noir genre has withstood the hands of time and was initially popularized by classics such as The Maltese Falcon, Out of the Past, and Double Indemnity. By the 1960s, the genre had been revitalized for a modern audience, ushering in the age of neo-noir with an array of hits including Chinatown, Basic Instinct, and L.A. Confidential.