Post your favorite Film Noir

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November 21, 2018, 07:58 PM

ZSMICHAEL

Post your favorite Film Noir

I have been watching TCM films for some time and really enjoy Film Noir. I think Laura and Angel Face have been the most enjoyable for me. I am interested in seeing what other films forum members would suggest.

November 21, 2018, 09:33 PM

FrankMoses

Not sure if they actually qualify, but 'Chinatown' and 'Blade Runner' are mine

November 21, 2018, 09:37 PM

CharlieSW

"The Maltese Falcon" with Humphrey Bogart.

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November 21, 2018, 09:40 PM

radioman

Taxi Driver. (not sure if it qualifies)

November 21, 2018, 09:48 PM

Orguss

Dark City

"I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes"

November 21, 2018, 09:50 PM

YooperSigs

Double Indemnity
2nd place: The Killers. With a smoking hot young Ava Gardner.

November 21, 2018, 11:34 PM

kkina

The Yakuza.

November 22, 2018, 01:05 AM

Sgt Neutron

1st: Double Indemnity
2nd: Detour
3rd: The Blue Dahlia

November 22, 2018, 01:55 AM

houndawg

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

November 22, 2018, 02:02 AM

LastCubScout

I love seeing films shot in the San Francisco Bay Area. As such, my favorite film noir is probably Dark Passage (1947), but The Sniper (1952) and The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) are right behind.

November 22, 2018, 05:13 AM

BansheeOne

"Brick". Just suspend all disbelief about transplanting classic hard-boiled characters and plot into a high school environment, and get in on the ride.

November 22, 2018, 05:31 AM

The Roaring Twenties (1939) - James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart.

November 22, 2018, 07:30 AM

Jim Shugart

quote:
Originally posted by CharlieSW:
"The Maltese Falcon" with Humphrey Bogart.

My pick also.

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November 22, 2018, 08:32 AM

TMats

Out of the Past, Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep, and Chinatown. Probably in that order. Admittedly, I’m only a sophomore in para’s school of Film Noir.

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November 22, 2018, 09:38 PM

Sigfest

The Crooked Way with John Payne and Percy Helton is excellent. Of course Big Sleep, Double Indemnity, and Laura too are also very good.

November 23, 2018, 12:10 AM

GWbiker

Sunset Boulevard. - Holden.

The Big Heat.- Ford.

In a Lonely Place.- Bogart

White Heat.- Cagney.

Odd Man Out. - Mason.

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November 23, 2018, 10:25 AM

ZSMICHAEL

I faithfully record Noir Alley on TCM. The other thing I enjoy about these films is remembering how things looked when I was a kid. The cars, the slang expressions, the snappy dialogue. Basic human emotions and relationships have not changed.

November 23, 2018, 10:47 AM

GA Gator

Lady from Shanghai

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November 23, 2018, 11:00 AM

akcopnfbks

Vertigo and The Big Sleep. For more recent examples I really like Memento with Guy Pearce, Seven & Fargo (not sure Fargo actually qualifies, but I think it does).

Kinda off-topic, but closely related.....if you like Noir style fiction, check out James Ellroy's stuff.

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November 23, 2018, 09:09 PM

amals

I'm fond of the genre, and like quite a few, but would have to say I have special affection for The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep. Certainly I've seen them the most often.