Favorite Film Noir Movie

[Jig Saw 123]

-Bladerunner
-12 Monkeys
-Dark City
-The Departed
-Sin City
-Batman Begins
-No Country for Old Men
-Hard Candy

[redorblue01]

Chinatown

[terrestrial]

Interesting list, when called film noir. There are a few titles on it, I would get 'killed' here for adding them. Hubbie raises his eyebrows, when I add my favourite on a 'film noir' list. (I think that is a cultural thingy)

Touch of Evil (1958)

Not because it is the best one (what it is not), it is was the first film noir movie and also the one that infected me with the movie bug... aehm addiction. Because of this and some other reasons it is still my favourite movie.

I think that was ~ 1967 +/- 1 year. :rolleyes:

[Antonio141]

Jacques Tourneur's OUT OF THE PAST with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas

[bigred760]

-Bladerunner
-12 Monkeys
-Dark City
-The Departed
-Sin City
-Batman Begins
-No Country for Old Men
-Hard Candy

Wow. I don't think I'd consider any of those film noir. Maybe Sin City.

I'd go with Memento as my favorite.
Chinatown's up there too.

[Le_Big_Mac]

1. Chinatown

Blade Runner
Memento
The Third Man
Double Indemnity
Odd Man Out
Blood Simple
The Last Seduction

Sunset Blvd. would actually be #1, but I'm not sure enough that it's a film noir to bother including it.

[Buck Turgidson]

Jacques Tourneur's OUT OF THE PAST with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk DouglasThat's my answer, too.

I've accidentally wandered into some bruising debates with Noir snobs on other boards. Suffice it to say that they can be quite exacting about what does and doesn't constitute an entry into the genre.

One thing I will agree with them about and pass along: most anything filmed after about 1960 is more properly considered "Neo-Noir". Chinatown is probably the best example of that genre, although some modern films like Red Rock West are in the ballpark, as well.

[Hannibal21]

Hard Candy a film noir??????? :confused:

My pick is Double Indemnity, always and forever.

[athf1980]

Chinatown

[jaw2929]

Mulholland Drive (I think?)

[adamjohnson]

Hard Candy a film noir??????? :confused:

My pick is Double Indemnity, always and forever.

Yeah, I always comeback to that one too.

If Blade Runner is a film noir (and not just a neo noir) then I'll have to pick that one.

[Jerk Shapiro]

Just wanted to add the Coen Bros. The Man Who Wasn't There to all this. Really a great one that got past a lot of people.

[Cold Pizza]

My absolute favorite is Double Indemnity.

Followed by (not including those classify as neo-noir):
In a Lonely Place
The Third Man
Pickup on South Street
Out of the Past
The Set-Up
Touch of Evil
Murder, My Sweet
Sunset Boulevard

[PreySlayDisplay]

Would Who Framed Roger Rabbit count? :D

[darknite125]

Maltese Falcon
Sunset Boulevard
Double Indemnity
Touch of Evil
White Heat
Memento (probably the only film noir besides Chinatown that worked in color)

[bigred760]

Memento (probably the only film noir besides Chinatown that worked in color)

One of the reasons I love it is because of how it uses B&W and color to tell the story. Works well with both.

[Gordon]

I've got a little film school trivia for you guys, as it's pretty God damned interesting. For satisfying my own curiosity, tell me if any of you cared to read this...

Film noir was started because a production had so little cash they couldn't buy any back lighting, and could afford very little character lighting. They then, also, watered down the streets so that the moonlight would reflect and add a little more light to the scenes. That's when they realized after it came out that it actually looked really fucking good.

[Le_Big_Mac]

I read it! If it's true, that's pretty interesting.