zzzippper
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I want to get back into Film Noir. What are your favorites? Bear in mind, I am not a Cagney or EG Robinson fan.
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DWalt
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A list of the 100 Best Film Noir (and neo-Film Noir) Movies:
100 Greatest Film Noir Movies
100 Greatest Film Noir Movies
Bogart's got a few.
Anything with Bogart.
The Big Sleep is a favorite
Maltese Falcon
Key Largo
The Big Sleep is a favorite
Maltese Falcon
Key Largo
THE PILGRIM
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I do like China Town.
And Blue Velvet, Omg!
And Blue Velvet, Omg!
Dragonwyc with (Vincent Price)
Cabin in the Sky with (Ethel Waters)
On the Waterfront with (Marlin Brando)
The Walking Dead with (Boris Karloff) not to be confused with the TV show.
Cabin in the Sky could be considered a bit Racist as it is a all Black Comedy made to 1943 standards but is still a very good movie.
Cabin in the Sky with (Ethel Waters)
On the Waterfront with (Marlin Brando)
The Walking Dead with (Boris Karloff) not to be confused with the TV show.
Cabin in the Sky could be considered a bit Racist as it is a all Black Comedy made to 1943 standards but is still a very good movie.
jag312
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The Third Man
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The Maltese Falcon ( both the original with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade and the later Humphrey Bogart version).
The Third Man
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The Maltese Falcon ( both the original with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade and the later Humphrey Bogart version).
Dennis The B
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A bit late in the genre, but one of my favorites is "Kiss Me Deadly", starring Ralph Meeker.
"Touch of Evil", with Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, and Janet Leigh.
"Touch of Evil", with Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, and Janet Leigh.
THE PILGRIM
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Another I really like is Flesh and Bone. Its 1993 neo noir film drama written and directed by Steve Kloves that stars Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid and James Caan. Gwyneth Paltrow is featured in an early role.
Gwyneth is fantastic!
It's just kind of a very strange movie. If you like Blue Velvet you will probably like this one.
Gwyneth is fantastic!
It's just kind of a very strange movie. If you like Blue Velvet you will probably like this one.
shouldazagged
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"The Third Man".
Edmund O'Brien in "DOA"--good flick, though perhaps not a perfect fit in the noir category. Same with "Gaslight"--a genuinely scary psychological thriller with wonderfully dark, moody lighting and cinematography.
Several with Richard Widmark.
But if I had to pick just one it would be "The Maltese Falcon".
Edmund O'Brien in "DOA"--good flick, though perhaps not a perfect fit in the noir category. Same with "Gaslight"--a genuinely scary psychological thriller with wonderfully dark, moody lighting and cinematography.
Several with Richard Widmark.
But if I had to pick just one it would be "The Maltese Falcon".
finesse_r
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Anyone have any idea why the Robert Mitchum movies are so outrageously expensive compared to others. I really like his old movies, but I just am not willing to pay out 20 dollars or more for a single movie, that was made so long ago.
DWalt
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In the neo-Noir genre, tough to beat Body Heat. Kathleen Turner was quite a hot number back in her younger days, but she didn't age too well.
jeffsmith
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The Big Sleep
The Big Heat
Mystery Street
The Naked City
Pickup on South Street
The Big Heat
Mystery Street
The Naked City
Pickup on South Street
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DWalt
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Back when I was a kid in the 1950s, my dad would always take me with him on his bowling night. He would park me in a movie house across the street from the bowling alley (I think the admission was about 15 cents back then). They seemed to always have a double feature of Film Noirs, and I am sure I have seen everything on the list at least twice.
policerevolvercollector
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Some of my favorites are on this list.I've seen probably 2/3 of them (Thanks TCM!)
Add:
The Hitch-Hiker (1953) - IMDb
and another one I just saw last weekend for the 1st time:
Shadow on the Wall (1950) - IMDb
You'd never get a modern leading man to play a real jerk like Robert Taylor did in this one:
Johnny Eager (1941) - IMDb
Too many more to mention.........
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Although they are more recent and fall short of the aforementioned films, I really enjoyed Mulholland Falls and L.A. Confidential.
Everything mentioned so far is good stuff.
Everything mentioned so far is good stuff.
DWalt
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"I really enjoyed Mulholland Falls and L.A. Confidential."
They needed to have a huge ammunition budget for that one, especially the scene at the end.
Not a Film Noir (or even a neo-Noir), but I watched "Hollywoodland" again last week, about the life and death of George "Superman" Reeves. It has the 1950s "Noir" feel to it - Shady loose women, adultery, a sleazy drunken private detective (Adrian Brodie), unexplained death, an evil movie studio head who exterminates his enemies, etc. Not a bad flick.
They needed to have a huge ammunition budget for that one, especially the scene at the end.
Not a Film Noir (or even a neo-Noir), but I watched "Hollywoodland" again last week, about the life and death of George "Superman" Reeves. It has the 1950s "Noir" feel to it - Shady loose women, adultery, a sleazy drunken private detective (Adrian Brodie), unexplained death, an evil movie studio head who exterminates his enemies, etc. Not a bad flick.
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From 1947, "Out of the Past" with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. Moves from New York to Mexico, ... Frisco, to the backside of the Sierras (Bridgeport, CA), and Tahoe. The black & white camera work represents the pinnacle of the genre, ... and you have to pay attention to the somewhat twisted plot.
Jerry
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