Below is a provisional master list of what to me are the canonic films noirs, followed by lists of films that are often identified as films noirs but which I think fall into different categories.  You can click on most of the category names for more thoughts on them, and on the underlined film titles for reviews.

THE FILM NOIR CANON

Out Of the Past
The Killers
His Kind Of Woman
The Dark Corner
The Set-Up
Gun Crazy
Fallen Angel
Angel Face
Touch Of Evil
Detour
The Wrong Man
Criss Cross
The Killing
In A Lonely Place
On Dangerous Ground
Crossfire
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Brute Force
The Sweet Smell Of Success
Night and the City
Thieves Highway
The Lady From Shanghai
14 Hours
The Long Night
Nightmare Alley
Odds Against Tomorrow
Act Of Violence
Crime Wave
They Live By Night
Decoy
The Big Steal
Side Street
Where Danger Lives
Tension
Kansas City Confidential
The Big Combo
Gilda
Road House



HARD-BOILED DETECTIVE THRILLERS

Murder, My Sweet
The Lady In the Lake
I Wake Up Screaming
Laura
The Big Sleep
Behind Closed Doors
The Mask Of the Dragon
Vicki



DOMESTIC NOIR

Shadow Of A Doubt
Double Indemnity
Clash By Night
Leave Her To Heaven
Sunset Boulevard
The Night Of the Hunter
Scarlet Street
Blonde Ice
Daisy Kenyon
The Bad and the Beautiful



POLICE/AGENCY PROCEDURALS (DOCU-NOIR)

House On 92nd Street
The Racket
Call Northside 777
Panic In the Streets
Border Incident
The Narrow Margin
Mystery Street
Naked City
Arson, Inc.
Loan Shark
Fingerprints Don't Lie
F. B. I. Girl
Portland Expose
A Bullet For Joey



PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE THRILLERS

Whirlpool
The Big Clock
House On Telegraph Hill
The Blue Gardenia
Shock
Sudden Fear
Shadow Man
The Stranger



LATE-CYCLE CRIME MELODRAMAS

They Drive By Night
High Sierra
The Asphalt Jungle
Key Largo
Railroaded
Shoot To Kill
The Big Heat
Tough Assignment
Force Of Evil



FILMS OF INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE

Contraband
Casablanca
To Have and Have Not
Notorious

Macao
I'll Get You
The Man From Cairo
They Were So Young
Mr. Arkadin (Confidential Report)



SUI GENERIS (NOIRISH BUT NOT LIKE ANY OTHER NOIRS)

Trapped
(Schizo-Noir)
Pitfall
(Anti-Noir)