Good Film Noir Movies?

dazedcola · 11.21.2006, 03:26 PM

Ive started to be fascinated with thise genre after i saw Sin City and Fargo. Yea, i know they aren't exactly film noir movies but they have distinct characteristics of ones. Anyway recommend some good movies of this genre.

I heard Sunset Blvd is supposed to be really good.

!@#$%! · 11.21.2006, 03:27 PM

oooh...

start maybe with "the maltese falcon"?? that's an iconic movie of the genre if there ever was one.

atari 2600 · 11.21.2006, 03:33 PM

Touch of Evil by Orson Welles

Double Indemnity by Billy Wilder

something by Hitchcock...perhaps! you think?!!!

Casablanca is a good film. It's also one of the most overrated.

!@#$%! · 11.21.2006, 03:36 PM

hot damn touch of evil was perhaps the apex of the genre

then there are awesome post-noir movies (?) like "le samourai"

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here is a little primer i just found, looks quite comprehensive & offers many titles.

"enyoy"

http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html

Tokolosh · 11.21.2006, 03:40 PM

The Killers(1946)
Detour(1945)
T-Men(1948)
Crossfire(1947)
White Heat(1949)
and another Bogart The Big Sleep(1947)

!@#$%! · 11.21.2006, 03:41 PM

oh the big sleep was fun and lauren bacall was completely babelicious in it.

Tokolosh · 11.21.2006, 03:53 PM

Let's not forget Cape Fear(1962). Robert Mitchum is brilliant. The 1991 version was a pretty good remake.

lucyrulesok · 11.21.2006, 04:31 PM

Vertigo is GREAT and very creepy.

Dunno if it's strictly film noir but Metropolis is really really good, and also very creepy.

Similarly Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is AMAZING.

But, yeah, I don't know the technical description of film noir, so I don't know if these are or not.

!@#$%! · 11.21.2006, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lucyrulesok

Vertigo is GREAT and very creepy.

Dunno if it's strictly film noir but Metropolis is really really good, and also very creepy.

Similarly Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is AMAZING.

But, yeah, I don't know the technical description of film noir, so I don't know if these are or not.

no, metropolis is certainly not film noir.

neither is sunset boulevard for that matter.

Tokolosh · 11.21.2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by lucyrulesok

I don't know the technical description of film noir

There are many characteristics in Film noir.

Obscure lighting
Obsession with the past (flashbacks)
Femme Fatale
Odd camera angles (often low, high or tilted to one side)
Narration by the main character
The getaway and the chase
Someone is always looking for the truth
The city landscape
... and so on.

Betrayal, love, sex and the perfect murder are all important elements of film noir.

IntoTheGroovey · 11.21.2006, 05:26 PM

Kiss Me Deadly is prett kool.

Danny Himself · 11.21.2006, 05:37 PM

Psycho?

Rob Instigator · 11.21.2006, 05:55 PM

Touch of Evil is my fave

LifeDistortion · 11.21.2006, 06:20 PM

Polanski's "Chinatown"

atari 2600 · 11.21.2006, 06:41 PM

LifeDistortion has schooled me. I swear to you that Chinatown is usually in my top ten or twenty.

Nice ones, Tokolosh.

Detour is one of the best B-movies out there.

White Heat is some choice Cagney.

Cape Fear with Peck and Mitchum is a great one.
Mitchum, who's just about always wonderful, turns in a fabulous twilight performance in The Friends of Eddie Coyle which is like a '70s-noir.

Not film noir, there's crime, but not many dames hehe, but I will also recommend the original In Cold Blood.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.21.2006, 06:48 PM

The Big Sleep is great but really confusing. Definitely requires multiple viewings.

atari 2600 · 11.21.2006, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

Ive started to be fascinated with thise genre after i saw Sin City and Fargo. Yea, i know they aren't exactly film noir movies but they have distinct characteristics of ones. Anyway recommend some good movies of this genre.

I heard Sunset Blvd is supposed to be really good.

You would like Blade Runner if you haven't seen it...it's sci-fi-noir based on PKD's Do Androids Deam of Electric Sheep? Its atmosphere is a bit comparable to Sin City with all the darkness.

lithium · 11.21.2006, 07:26 PM

mmm anything from hitchcock, physco has something about noir film, casablanca it's a good one too, to kill a dead man...
*I hate sin city, I just cant stand the 'hollywood' industry*

!@#$%! · 11.21.2006, 08:19 PM

oh i forgot

NAKED CITY!!!

a singular movie... very fucking cool

LifeDistortion · 11.22.2006, 02:55 AM

And for a great comedy that pokes fun of film noir see Steve Martin's classic "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". Good stuff.

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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,547	hot damn touch of evil was perhaps the apex of the genre then there are awesome post-noir movies (?) like "le samourai" --- post-edit: here is a little primer i just found, looks quite comprehensive & offers many titles. "enyoy" http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html
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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	The Killers(1946) Detour(1945) T-Men(1948) Crossfire(1947) White Heat(1949) and another Bogart The Big Sleep(1947) __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Let's not forget Cape Fear(1962). Robert Mitchum is brilliant. The 1991 version was a pretty good remake. __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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lucyrulesok 100% Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 770	Vertigo is GREAT and very creepy. Dunno if it's strictly film noir but Metropolis is really really good, and also very creepy. Similarly Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is AMAZING. But, yeah, I don't know the technical description of film noir, so I don't know if these are or not.
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	LifeDistortion has schooled me. I swear to you that Chinatown is usually in my top ten or twenty. Nice ones, Tokolosh. Detour is one of the best B-movies out there. White Heat is some choice Cagney. Cape Fear with Peck and Mitchum is a great one. Mitchum, who's just about always wonderful, turns in a fabulous twilight performance in The Friends of Eddie Coyle which is like a '70s-noir. Not film noir, there's crime, but not many dames hehe, but I will also recommend the original In Cold Blood. __________________ Robert Rauschenberg, Canyon, 1959. Combine on canvas 81 3/4 x 70 x 24 inches.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	The Big Sleep is great but really confusing. Definitely requires multiple viewings.
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lithium little trouble girl Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 80	mmm anything from hitchcock, physco has something about noir film, casablanca it's a good one too, to kill a dead man... I hate sin city, I just cant stand the 'hollywood' industry
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,547	oh i forgot NAKED CITY!!! a singular movie... very fucking cool
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LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	And for a great comedy that pokes fun of film noir see Steve Martin's classic "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid". Good stuff.
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