Лучшие нуары своего года (1940-1959) по версии BFI:

1940: Stranger on the Third Floor, Director: Boris Ingster
1941: The Maltese Falcon, Director: John Huston
1942: This Gun for Hire, Director: Frank Tuttle
1943: Shadow of a Doubt, Director: Alfred Hitchcock
1944: The Woman in the Window, Director: Fritz Lang
1945: Detour, Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
1946: The Postman Always Rings Twice, Director: Tay Garnett
1947: Out of the Past, Director: Jacques Tourneur
1948: Cry of the City, Director: Robert Siodmak
1949: The Reckless Moment, Director: Max Ophuls
1950: In a Lonely Place, Director: Nicholas Ray
1951: The Prowler, Director: Joseph Losey
1952: The Narrow Margin, Director: Richard Fleischer
1953: Angel Face, Director: Otto Preminger
1954: Human Desire, Director: Fritz Lang
1955: Kiss Me Deadly, Director: Robert Aldrich
1956: Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, Director: Fritz Lang
1957: Nightfall, Director: Jacques Tourneur
1958: Touch of Evil, Director: Orson Welles
1959: Odds against Tomorrow, Director: Robert Wise