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[3rdman]

Lady in the Lake is another good example of brilliant, must-see noir. It's a gripping and suspenseful tale told through a smooth and innovative style, with unforgettable characters vividly rendered by the greatest actors of their time.

I've never seen that one...It reminds though of "Dark Passage" with Bacall and Bogart where half the film is done from the actor's point of view...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039302/

 

[J Tourettes]

Tagging for later as I've read some Hammett but never really seen much of the noir genre but always meant to.

 

[HiResDes]

Here's a more complete list of the quality quintessential Film-Noir I've seen:

The Killers
The Killing
Detour (1945)
Gilda
Sweet Smell of Success
Rebecca (Not sure it counts)
Out of the past
The Maltese Falcon
The Thin Man
Touch of Evil
Double Indemnity
The Big Sleep
Third Man
Sunset Boulevard
Gangster at Key Largo
Ace in the Hole
White Heat
Angels with Dirty Faces

 

[swoon]

here's my post from the last time we had this thread

I'd watch something like Maltese Falcon or The Big Sleep first.

then follow it up with

Criss Cross
Detour (my favorite)
D.O.A
The Big Clock
Naked City
Murder My Sweet
This Gun For Hire
Double Indemnity
Out of the Past
In A Lonely Place
Pitfall
The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers
The Big Combo
Kansas City Confidential
Crime Wave
They Walked By Night
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Railroaded
Night And The City
On Dangerous Ground
Brute Force
Raw Deal
Blast of Silence

then watch:

Sunset Blvd
Touch of Evil
Third Man

then watch

Naked Kiss
Chinatown
Body Heat
L.A. Confidential
Blue Velvet

i'm almost done with this list now: http://www.icheckmovies.com/list/250+quintessential+noir+films

and i wouldn't really add any to the essentials above

comsic bus added some more good neo-noir things in his post in that thread as well:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=362806

randomly here is a thread about heist films that has some good neo noir things:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=358605&page=2

 

[HiResDes]

Wow someone that has seen more film-noir than me, I'm in awe. I've got so much more watching to do. Hold on, Detour is your favorite too, WTF? OMG!

 

[swoon]

Wow someone that has seen more film-noir than me, I'm in awe. I've got so much more watching to do. Hold on, Detour is your favorite too, WTF? OMG!

because we are soul-mates i won't point out the difference between a gangster film and a noir

 

[HiResDes]

Oh I know I stretched some like The Killing and Angels with Dirty Faces, they are definitely not film-noir, and there are like three others ones on my list like that...But some of them are close

 

[nitewulf]

Wow someone that has seen more film-noir than me, I'm in awe. I've got so much more watching to do. Hold on, Detour is your favorite too, WTF? OMG!

swoon probably has seen/heard/(anything) more than anyone. pretty much one of the very few posters in GAF who's opinion you could actually count on.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

comsic bus added some more good neo-noir things in his post in that thread as well:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=362806

Oh, nice. I knew there was a similar thread someplace. Definitely still recommend my original additions...

Terence Fisher's BLACKOUT, Fritz Lang's SCARLET STREET, the Paul Newman classics HARPER and THE DROWNING POOL (both based on the aforementioned Ross Macdonald "Archer" series), Otto Preminger's FALLEN ANGEL, Robert Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE, and the outrageous DECOY which makes a great double-feature with DETOUR.

If you care to check out a TV series, the Lee Marvin-starring M SQUAD came out on DVD not too long ago and I've been loving it. Really more police thriller than pure noir, but it definitely has elements of the genre and makes for great viewing when you're after something both gritty and whip-smart in small, easily-digestable bites.

...and I'll also toss in THE KILLERS from '64 and PRIME CUT from '72 because they're great little neo-noir/gangster flicks and goddamn, I love Lee Marvin.

 

[faridmon]

Does the American Counts (George Clooney movie) Count as Film Noir?

 

[Azar]

Does the American Counts (George Clooney movie) Count as Film Noir?

Nah, there's nothing really noir about it. It's just a rather dark movie.

 

[faridmon]

Nah, there's nothing really noir about it. It's just a rather dark movie.

oh, OK. I refrained any talk about it since I didn't know if it was Noir or Not.

anyway, I remember reading a review about it mentioning it was the Noir version of James Bond. Was the reviewer wrong?

Loved the movie by the way.

 

[swoon]

Oh, nice. I knew there was a similar thread someplace. Definitely still recommend my original additions...


...and I'll also toss in THE KILLERS from '64 and PRIME CUT from '72 because they're great little neo-noir/gangster flicks and goddamn, I love Lee Marvin.

Night Moves and Harper would be a good double feature. Prime Cut and Rolling Thunder would play every friday night at my cinema.

I'm reading through Stark's Parker series of novels now (now on the score) and they are worth picking up (also the comic book adaptations) on the book side of neo noir.