20 must-watch film noir movies for every cinephile 

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"The Third Man", Source - British Lion Film Corporation in the UK, Selznick Releasing Organization in the US ; "Sunset Boulevard", Source - Paramount Pictures ; "Double Indemnity", Source - Paramount Pictures ; "The Maltese Falcon", Source - Warner Bros.
"The Third Man", Source - British Lion Film Corporation in the UK, Selznick Releasing Organization in the US ; "Sunset Boulevard", Source - Paramount Pictures ; "Double Indemnity", Source - Paramount Pictures ; "The Maltese Falcon", Source - Warner Bros.

20) White Heat

"White Heat", Source - Warner Bros.
"White Heat", Source - Warner Bros.

White Heat is about a psychotic gang leader who listens to no one except his mother, who manipulates him into committing crimes. In order to get away from a major crime, he confesses to a small one and gets jailed. But, his mother passes away while he is behind bars, and his second-in-command betrays him. He breaks out of the prison with a plan to avenge what has been taken from him.

Edited by Mudeet Arora
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