Good Film Noir Movies? - Page 2

davenotdead · 11.22.2006, 03:23 AM

a lot of great ones have been mentioned...you basically can't go wrong with Bogey, and Bacall is such a babe, she steals every scene...
some newer ones:
LA Confidential - loved it...Guy Pearce is amazing...
Dark City - Sci-Fi-Noirish, what the Matrix borrowed from, only with better acting, and darker and less polished/geeky than the Matrix...

...and don't see the Black Dahlia-such a disappointment...though Hilary Swank was actually pretty good...

jon boy · 11.22.2006, 05:28 AM

i liked the maltese falcon.

is sin city a film noir?

Tokolosh · 11.22.2006, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by jon boy

is sin city a film noir?

Yes.

Shadow of a Doubt(1943) and Spellbound(1945) are Hitchcock noir films.
The original The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946) is also very good.

jon boy · 11.22.2006, 05:39 AM

but its also an action movie as well. i didnt think i would like it but it was actually quite good.

Tokolosh · 11.22.2006, 05:48 AM

It's a neo-noir/post-toon-noir film. Very much like the Batman trilogy and even Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Some of the David Lynch films are considered psycho-noir,
as is Fight Club.

cryptowonderdruginvogue · 11.22.2006, 11:29 AM

BRICK

modern noir heh

pokkeherrie · 11.22.2006, 12:55 PM

strangers on a train is another hitchcock one.

also, the third man is a really great movie... maybe not film noir in the strictest definition but definitely noir-ish.

lucyrulesok · 11.22.2006, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Tokolosh

post-toon-noir

best genre description EVAH

LifeDistortion · 11.22.2006, 02:25 PM

Just thought of another really good movie Stanley Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss".

strictlycommercial · 11.22.2006, 03:43 PM

The Third Man has always been a favourite of mine.

Most of the ones based on The Hammet/Chandler/Caine books and stories are a safe bet. Farewell My Lovely (The 40s version and the later Robert Mitchum version both good), To Have and to Have not, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity etc.

The Sweet Smell of Success is incredible, one of my favourite films in any genre.

Nice call on Touch of Evil, they don't come much better than that. And I used to love Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid when I was a kid, "Carlotta was the kind of town where they spell trouble T-R-U-B-I-L, and if you tried to correct them, they kill you." Funny stuff.

11.22.2006, 05:32 PM

Joseph H. Lewis is a good reference... Gun crazy, The Big Combo, So Dark the Night...

Bertrand · 11.23.2006, 10:52 AM

Detour
Gun Crazy
Kiss Me Deadly

These are really good ones

More recently, Larry Clark's Another Day in Paradise.

Oh, and, yes, Sweet Smell of Success is quite quite good. Alexander Mackendrick knew how to use the black & the white, and his actors were perfect.

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davenotdead invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 7,784	a lot of great ones have been mentioned...you basically can't go wrong with Bogey, and Bacall is such a babe, she steals every scene... some newer ones: LA Confidential - loved it...Guy Pearce is amazing... Dark City - Sci-Fi-Noirish, what the Matrix borrowed from, only with better acting, and darker and less polished/geeky than the Matrix... ...and don't see the Black Dahlia-such a disappointment...though Hilary Swank was actually pretty good...
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jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	but its also an action movie as well. i didnt think i would like it but it was actually quite good. __________________ Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing \|@ <------- Euphoric brain cell just moments before expiration V _ \ / _ PING <-------- moments later / \ http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljhxq...isruo1_500.gif
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Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	It's a neo-noir/post-toon-noir film. Very much like the Batman trilogy and even Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Some of the David Lynch films are considered psycho-noir, as is Fight Club. __________________ Anything you can /imagine is real
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cryptowonderdruginvogue invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the party Posts: 10,281	BRICK modern noir heh
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pokkeherrie invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,289	strangers on a train is another hitchcock one. also, the third man is a really great movie... maybe not film noir in the strictest definition but definitely noir-ish.
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LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Just thought of another really good movie Stanley Kubrick's "Killer's Kiss".
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11.22.2006, 03:43 PM	#30
strictlycommercial bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 176	The Third Man has always been a favourite of mine. Most of the ones based on The Hammet/Chandler/Caine books and stories are a safe bet. Farewell My Lovely (The 40s version and the later Robert Mitchum version both good), To Have and to Have not, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity etc. The Sweet Smell of Success is incredible, one of my favourite films in any genre. Nice call on Touch of Evil, they don't come much better than that. And I used to love Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid when I was a kid, "Carlotta was the kind of town where they spell trouble T-R-U-B-I-L, and if you tried to correct them, they kill you." Funny stuff.
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11.22.2006, 05:32 PM	#31
Jico Posts: n/a	Joseph H. Lewis is a good reference... Gun crazy, The Big Combo, So Dark the Night...
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11.23.2006, 10:52 AM	#32
Bertrand expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Rennes, France Posts: 1,255	Detour Gun Crazy Kiss Me Deadly These are really good ones More recently, Larry Clark's Another Day in Paradise. Oh, and, yes, Sweet Smell of Success is quite quite good. Alexander Mackendrick knew how to use the black & the white, and his actors were perfect.
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