Rough Guide to Film Noir - 50 Classics

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50 essential film noirs from the book: http://www.allconsuming.net/item/asin/1843534746

Alphabetical by title, except for the first 10, which are ranked as The Top Ten in the book (p. 56).

  1. 1.
    Chinatown
    by Roman Polanski
  2. 2.
    Criss Cross (Universal Noir Collection)
    by Robert Siodmak
  3. 3.
    Double Indemnity (Universal Legacy Series)
    by Billy Wilder
  4. 4.
    Touch of Evil
    by Orson Welles
  5. 5.
    Out of the Past

  6. 6.
    L.A. Confidential
    by Curtis Hanson
  7. 7.
    The Big Combo
    by Joseph H. Lewis
  8. 8.
    Kiss Me Deadly
    by Robert Aldrich
  9. 9.
    The Maltese Falcon
    by John Huston
  10. 10.
    The Big Sleep
    by Howard Hawks
  11. 11.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang
  12. 12.
    Blade Runner
    by Ridley Scott
  13. 13.
    Blood Simple
    by Joel Coen
  15. 15.
    Body Heat

  16. 16.
    Cry of the City (1948)
    by Robert Siodmak
  17. 17.
    D.O.A.

  18. 18.
    Detour
    by Edgar G. Ulmer
  19. 19.
    The Element of Crime (The Criterion Collection)
    by Lars von Trier
  20. 20.
    Force of Evil
    by Abraham Polonsky
  21. 21.
    Gilda

  22. 22.
    The Grifters
    by Stephen Frears
  23. 23.
    Gun Crazy
    by Joseph H. Lewis
  24. 24.
    In a Lonely Place
    by Nicholas Ray
  25. 25.
  26. 26.
    The Killing

  28. 28.
    Kiss of Death (Fox Film Noir)
    by Henry Hathaway
  29. 29.
    Klute
    by Alan J. Pakula
  30. 30.
    The Lady from Shanghai
    by Orson Welles
  31. 31.
    The Last Seduction

  32. 32.
    The Late Show
    by Robert Benton
  33. 33.
    Laura (Fox Film Noir)
    by Otto Preminger
  34. 34.
    Leave Her to Heaven
    by John M. Stahl
  35. 35.
    The Long Goodbye
    by Robert Altman
  36. 36.
    Mildred Pierce (Snap case)
    by Michael Curtiz
  37. 37.
    Murder, My Sweet
    by Edward Dmytryk
  38. 38.
    Naked City - Criterion Collection

  39. 39.
    Night Moves

  40. 40.
    Night and the City (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jules Dassin
  41. 41.
    On Dangerous Ground
    by Ida Lupino
  43. 43.
    Pitfall [VHS]
    by André De Toth
  44. 44.
    Raw Deal

  45. 45.
    Le Samourai (The Criterion Collection)
    by Jean-Pierre Melville
  46. 46.
    Scarlet Street
    by Fritz Lang
  47. 47.
    Se7en
    by David Fincher
  48. 48.
  49. 49.
    T-Men [VHS]

  50. 50.
    The Woman in the Window (MGM Film Noir)
    by Fritz Lang
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Created by Kremo on Sep 06, 2007.
 

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wmrandth

Cry of the City — 4 years ago

is still not available on an R1 DVD, but there are three — count’em – three DVD versions on R2.

DVDBeaver review here

I also updated a few other titles, including pointing Night and the City to the Jules Dassin classic, not the later De Niro film.

Dec 25, 02:48PM | 0 comments | Reply to this



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