No room for neo noirs, this is all classics baby. Obviously, there's hundreds of these that I haven't seen (which is why this list may end up looking a bit basic), but it's one of my favorite sub genres and this was really fun to pull together.
Wish I had more spots for some smaller stuff like "My Name is Julia Ross," "Detour," or "Murder by Contract," but sometimes the big ones leave the biggest impact. At least that's the case with me.
Last note: my hardest cuts were "Out of the Past" and "They Live by Night," consider those honorable mentions.