It's Time Foir the Bestavorite Noir

[ChiO]

Nice list, mahlerii -- I wanted to list SOMETHING WILD (Garfein, not the Demme, though I enjoyed that, too). ACE IN THE HOLE and ANGEL FACE and SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS are others narrowly missing my list. Such diversity around here.

Chris -- Should you confirm which THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE is being nominated (1946 vs. 1981)? Or, you could exercise your incredible powers and just count them as being for OSSESSIONE.

[Ann Harding]

Chris -- Should you confirm which THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE is being nominated (1946 vs. 1981)? Or, you could exercise your incredible powers and just count them as being for OSSESSIONE.

Actually, guys, the first EVER version of Postman is a French movie from 1939 called Le Dernier Tournant by Pierre Chenal. A very good picture too with a wonderful noirish atmosphere taking place in the South of France. Visconti's Ossessione is equally impressive.

[charliechaplinfan]

Yes I'm picking the 1941 Maltese Falcon, sorry

I love Ossessione it's great how the same story can be told in two different countries and the resulting films are very different in feeling. One gritty, one glamourous.

This is just a thread for American noirs isn't it?

[cinemalover]

ccfan,
You can list any film you feel is noir, regardless of country of origin.

[inglis]

Laura
Double Indemnity
The Big Sleep
Sunset Blvd
Notorious
Night Of The Hunter
Gilda
The Asphalt Jungle
Strangers On A Train
Union Station
White heat
Angels With Dirty Faces
In A LonelyPlace
Touch Of Evil
The Maltese Falcon

[knitwit45]

I've been hanging back, thinking "I don't really like Noir" - that is, until I read everyone else's lists. What an eye opener for me! Here's my contribution, it is short of 15, but I am accepting bids

Laura
The Big Sleep
Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Naked City
Union Station
Night of the Hunter
Notorious
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Casablanca
Narrow Margin (1950's)
His Kind of Woman
Dark Passage

[jdb1]

This one is difficult, because, as discussed, there can be a very broad interpretation of what exactly makes a noir. However, here are my picks (for now):

The Big Clock
D.O.A.
Les Diaboliques
The Maltese Falcon
Keeper of the Flame
Laura
Panic in the Streets
The Naked City
Dark Corner
Scarlett Street
He Walked By Night
Cornered (with Dick Powell)
The Killing
Lady in the Lake
Pickup on South Street

[cinemalover]

Inglis and Nancy,
Nice lists. I'm glad you decided to participate. the more the merrier.

Everyone else, you have until end of day Friday if you want to add a list or alter one that you've already posted.
Thanks.

[cinemalover]

Tomorrow is the last day to post or alter a list as I'll be tabulating the results over the week-end!

[cinemalover]

Here's some food for thought. this was an internet poll to choose the best Noirs of all time. Pretty standard list, but interesting none the less.

1. Double Indemnity
Directed by Billy Wilder (1944)
Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson

2. The Maltese Falcon
Directed by John Huston (1941)
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet

3. The Big Sleep
Directed by Howard Hawks (1946)
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall

4. Sunset Blvd.
Directed by Billy Wilder (1950)
Starring Gloria Swanson, William Holden

5. Out of the Past
Directed by Jacques Tourneur (1947)
Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas

6. The Killing
Directed by Stanley Kubrick (1956)
Starring Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook Jr., Coleen Gray

7. In a Lonely Place
Directed by Nicholas Ray (1950)
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame

8. Laura
Directed by Otto Preminger (1944)
Starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price

9. The Asphalt Jungle
Directed by John Huston (1950)
Starring Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, Louis Calhern

10. The Postman Always Rings Twice
Directed by Tay Garnett (1946)
Starring Lana Turner, John Garfield

11. The Set-Up
Directed by Robert Wise (1949)
Starring Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter

12. The Killers
Directed by Robert Siodmak (1946)
Starring Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien

13. Crossfire
Directed by Edward Dmytryk (1947)
Starring Robert Ryan, Robert Mitchum, Robert Young

14. The Woman In the Window
Directed by Fritz Lang (1944)
Starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea

15. The Third Man
Directed by Carol Reed (1949)
Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten

16. The Big Steal
Directed by Don Siegel (1949)
Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Ramón Novarro

17. Kiss Me Deadly
Directed by Robert Aldrich (1955)
Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Cloris Leachman

18. Detour
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (1945)
Starring Tom Neal, Ann Savage

19. Mildred Pierce
Directed by Michael Curtiz (1945)
Starring Joan Crawford, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth

20. D.O.A.
Directed by Rudolph Maté (1950)
Starring Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton

21. Pickup On South Street
Directed by Sam Fuller (1953)
Starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter

22. Panic In the Streets
Directed by Elia Kazan (1950)
Starring Richard Widmark, Paul Douglas, Barbara Bel Geddes

23. The Hitch-Hiker
Directed by Ida Lupino (1953)
Starring Edmond O’Brien, Frank Lovejoy

24. Ride the Pink Horse
Directed by Robert Montgomery (1947)
Starring Robert Montgomery, Thomas Gómez, Wanda Hendrix

25. Murder, My Sweet
Directed by Edward Dmytryk (1944)
Starring Dick Powell, Claire Trevor, Anne Shirley

[MissGoddess]

Cool! I see lots of my own favorites on that list.

[charliechaplinfan]

If I can add foreign noirs then Ossessione and Les Diaboliques make my list

[cinemalover]

ccfan,
By all means, feel free to add them to your list in place of some other films.

[Alan K.]

Here are the first ten....in no particular order:

http://alankrode.com/public/index.php?o ... &Itemid=65

And the next five... in no particular order:

Out of the Past
Pitfall
The Breaking Point
The Setup
Night and The City