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20. The Asphalt Jungle
Director – John Huston
Cast – James Whitmore, Sterling Hayden, Jean Hagen, Louis Calhern, John McIntire, Sam Jaffe
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 1 January 1950
Box Office – $1,232,000
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
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19. Ace in the Hole
Director – Billy Wilder
Cast – Kirk Douglas
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 90%
Release Date – 14 June 1951
Box Office – $1.3 million
Genre – Film-Noir, Drama
Awards – None
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18. The Thin Man
Director – W. S. Van Dyke
Cast – Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, William Powell
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 25 May 1934
Box Office – $1,423,000
Genre – Comedy, Crime
Awards – None
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17. Key Largo
Director – John Huston
Cast – Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Lionel Barrymore
IMDB Rating – 7.9
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 16 July 1948
Box Office – $3,250,000
Genre – Action, Drama
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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16. Out of the Past
Director – Jacques Tourneur
Cast – Jane Greer, Robert Mitchum, Rhonda Fleming, Kirk Douglas
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 13 November 1947
Box Office – $1 Million
Genre – Crime, Drama
Awards – None
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15.Sweet Smell of Success
Director – Alexander Mackendrick
Cast – Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster
IMDB Rating – 8.1
Rotten Tomatoes – 98%
Release Date – 27 June 1957
Box Office – $2.25 million
Genre – Drama, Film-Noir
Awards – None
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14. Riffi
Director – Jules Dassin
Cast – Magali Noël, Robert Hossein, Jean Servais, Pierre Grasset, Janine Darcey, Claude Sylvain, Marie Sabouret
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 94%
Release Date – 13 April 1955
Box Office – $200,000
Genre – Crime, Thriller
Awards – None
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13. Laura
Director – Otto Preminger
Cast – Clifton Webb, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, Judith Anderson Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Judith Anderson
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 100
Release Date – 11 October 1944
Box Office – $2 million
Genre – Drama, Mystery
Awards – Won 1 Oscar
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12. White Heat
Director – Raoul Walsh
Cast – Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien, James Cagney, Steve Cochran, Margaret Wycherly
IMDB Rating – 8.2
Rotten Tomatoes – 100%
Release Date – 3 September 1949
Box Office – $3,483,000
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Awards – None
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11. The Big Sleep
Director – Howard Hawks
Cast – Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart
IMDB Rating – 8
Rotten Tomatoes – 97%
Release Date – 23 August 1946
Box Office – $4.9 million
Genre – Crime, Film-Noir
Awards – None
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