that it can be difficult to decide where to begin exploring the genre. Some films have been cemented in time as quintessential examples of the genre while others have been the subject of decades-long debates concerning their validity as film noir. When I wrote the predecessor to this list, the Top Ten Classic Era Film Noir, I tried to compose a list containing films that best represented the popular conceptions of the genre: hard boiled detectives, morally ambiguous gangsters, and wily femme fatales. But the universe of film noir is so much more diverse than those stereotypes would lead you to believe. Some are bizarre character portraits, taut thrillers, police procedurals, and tales of doomed romances. So with this list I have compiled ten more classics in chronological order that are a bit
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