Top 5 Best Film Noirs?

asphalt jungle
out of the past
touch of evil
the killing
in a lonely place

D.O.A. is definitely in my list.

Not sure how anybody can leave out Sunset Blvd in such a list.

1. Sunset Blvd
2. Touch of Evil
3. The Killing
4. Asphalt jungle
5. Strangers on a train

I enjoy almost all the selections mentioned. I love that genre and my approach to it is broad! The killing for example is a heist film but it plunges into the darkness of the human soul. Double Indemnity would make my top 10.

While Laura is a fine film it will never make my top 5 because 5 minutes into the film I know who the killer is.

All the rest of the films mentioned are good.

Double Indemnity
In A Lonely Place
Gun Crazy
The Big Heat
Out of the Past

Oddball noir:

Sweet Smell of Success

I refuse to be limited to 5! Here is my top 12:

Strangers on a Train (1951)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Laura (1944)
Night and the City (1950)
Born to Kill (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
They Live by Night (1948)
The Killing (1956)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Notorious (1946)