Lists of Bests: Nathaniel Rich's list of "San Francisco Noir" movies http://www.listsofbests.com/list/13568 From the book, "San Francisco Noir" by Nathaniel Rich. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:24:04 GMT en-us 0 50 40 0 0 The House Across the Bay (1940) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161043 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Archie Mayo</div> The Maltese Falcon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/49841"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305729328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Huston</div> Nora Prentiss (1947) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1504024 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vincent Sherman</div> Born to Kill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/162517 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/162517"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00097DXY4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114828067_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wise</div> Dark Passage (Snap Case) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87455 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87455"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000B1OGG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Delmer Daves</div> Out of the Past http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59114 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59114"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000244EYW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Tourneur</div> The Lady from Shanghai http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35978 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/35978"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004W229.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Race Street (1948) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161045 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edwin L. Marin</div> Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161046 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gordon Douglas</div> Impact http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/342219 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/342219"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305770395.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Lubin</div> I Married a Communist (The Woman on Pier 13) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161048 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Stevenson</div> Thieves' Highway - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143460 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/143460"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006Z2NDQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jules Dassin</div> The Treasure of Monte Cristo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161049 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert S. Baker & Monty Berman</div> Chinatown at Midnight (1949) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161050 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Seymour Friedman</div> D.O.A. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71542 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71542"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305770328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rudolph Maté</div> Where Danger Lives (1950) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161054 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Farrow</div> Woman on the Run http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161055 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Norman Foster</div> The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161056 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Felix E. Feist</div> The House on Telegraph Hill http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161058 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Wise</div> The Raging Tide (1951) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161059 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Sherman</div> The Sniper http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161060 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Edward Dmytryk</div> City on a Hunt (No Escape) (1953) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161061 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Bennett</div> The Midnight Story (1957) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161062 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Pevney</div> Vertigo http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120744 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/120744"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004RCOE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Lineup (1958) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/802891 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Don Siegel</div> Portrait in Black http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2161063 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Gordon</div> Experiment in Terror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140320 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/140320"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000092T6C.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Blake Edwards</div> Point Blank http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44484 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44484"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00097DY2A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Boorman</div> Bullitt http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61445 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61445"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6304698526.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Yates</div> Dirty Harry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65271 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65271"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005NTNV.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Conversation http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40027 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/40027"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CX9I.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Invasion of the Body Snatchers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44575 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/44575"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792838416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Hammett http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240408 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/240408"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000AOEMYG.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Jagged Edge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/183522 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/183522"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0767821742.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Marquand</div> Pacific Heights http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188016 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/188016"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00002E23C.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056660240_.jpg" /></a></div> Final Analysis http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/171196 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/171196"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305308837.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44089731_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Phil Joanou</div> Basic Instinct http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92333 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/92333"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000JCFPE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Verhoeven</div> Jade http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281437 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/281437"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305278024.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Friedkin</div> The Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46937 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/46937"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000069HZP.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fincher</div> Twisted (Special Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37172 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/37172"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00029RT9E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip Kaufman</div>