Naming My Film - Existing Film Noir Titles

Now I need to decide on the name for my film. To help me choose I will look at twenty-five titles of films from the noir genre, some conventional, some more recent neo-noirs, to give me some inspiration. I will look for recurring ideas and think about these when choosing my own.

'The Maltese Falcon' 

'Brick'

'The Last Seduction'

'The Big Sleep' 

'Detour'

'Double Indemnity' 

'I Died a Thousand Times' 

'Rebecca' 

'Sunset Boulevard'

'The Killers'

'Sin City' 

'Thieves' Highway'

'The Postman Always Rings Twice' 

'This Gun for Hire' 

'The Third Man' 

'Possessed' 

'Notorious' 

'To Have and to Have Not' 

'The Big Heat' 

'The Glass Key' 

'Spellbound' 

'Laura' 

'Gilda' 

'The Lady from Shanghai'

I have noticed some common features about the film titles/names of movies belonging to the film noir genre. Often, the title is the name of a woman (or an allusion to her), indicating the strong presence of a femme fatale figure in the film ('Gilda', 'Laura', 'The Lady From Shanghai'). Often the titles are short, featuring only one or two words ('Spellbound', 'Notorious'). Quite often the titles are mysterious, creating enigm ('Brick', 'The Third Man', 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'), whilst they also often reference a prop that is of significance ('The Glass Key', 'The Maltese Falcon'). Finally, they also often reference crime, reinforcing the dark nature of films from the genre ('The Killers', 'This Gun for Hire').