Top 20 Highest Rated Film Noir of 1958 to 1959

This is the last video in the series on 'Film Noir'. 440 films dating from 1940 to 1959, listed in 16 videos which has included genuine classic noir, borderline noir, would-be noir, questionable noir and films with elements of noir. The noir year with the best ratings average is 1946.

Film noir, noted for its dark visual style, takes place primarily, but not exclusively, within the generic complex of the American crime film of the forties and fifties. The term was first introduced by French cineaste Nino Frank in 1946. Here is a selection of some of the best film noir released in the years 1958 to 1959. Total ratings for the 20 films = 133.3 (out of 200) an average of 6.66 out of 10.

Three books were useful when selecting films for this video series - "Dark City - Film Noir" by Spencer Selby, "Film Noir Guide" by Michael F. Keaney, and "Film Noir - An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style" by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward.

Ratings Average sources include IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Radio Times, FilmAffinity, Letterboxd, TMDB, Videohound, Maltin's Movie Guide and Halliwell's Film Guide.

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