Top 25 Highest Rated Film Noir of 1953

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 year 1953. Total ratings for the 25 films = 167 (out of 250) an average of 6.68 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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[@Buffaloc]

Great list. I have seen about half of these. I am surprised at how many are available for free on youtube.

[@michaelbradley132]

Just watched the 1953 list of film noir. Fantastic stills. As I was getting to the top 10 still hadn't seen any. Then up came 6 I confess 4 Angel Face 2 Pickup on South Street 1 Big Heat. I noted that 2 of Ida lupinos directorial films were there. Hitch Hiker Bigamist. The Bigamist is in the book 1001 films to see before you die. So I will have to get watching.