The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
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The Film Noir Countdown...Starts Now! I'm amazed at the positive response the Film Noir countdown has received, it far surpassed my expectations. I love film noir and have wanted to do a noir countdown for years...Thank you all for making these countdowns a reality! Last but not least thanks to Thief for volunteering to host the Neo Noir countdown, which is the other half of MoFo's very first duel countdowns, yahoo!A big thanks to everyone who took the time to watch noirs for the countdown and to those who joined the two Film Noir HoFs...and to those who participated in the Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched where we had 175 noirs watched and rated!...And of course thanks to all who submitted a ballot, we had 57 ballots. I'll be presenting two noirs each day, starting at the bottom of the list and working up to the number 1 noir. This is going to be a blast!!! |
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One Pointers Not a dud in the bunch, but they only got one point, so they end up here. |
Crime Wave is cool! Too bad it didn't make the 100. Could've /should've put it on my ballot but it was just too crowded on there. Nice to see it at least got a mention, solid classic Film-Noir. 👍 |
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The only one I've seen from the one-pointers is Quicksand. I don't even remember if I was the one that had it at #25 :laugh: but I'm happy to see it represented. It's a solid little noir with a lot of atmosphere (check out my review here)
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Originally Posted by John-Connor (Post 2443244)
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Crime Wave is cool! Too bad it didn't make the 100. Could've /should've put it on my ballot but it was just too crowded on there. Nice to see it at least got a mention, solid classic Film-Noir. 👍 |
Originally Posted by Thief (Post 2443246)
The only one I've seen from the one-pointers is Quicksand. I don't even remember if I was the one that had it at #25 :laugh: but I'm happy to see it represented. It's a solid little noir with a lot of atmosphere (check out my review here)
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Out of the one pointers I have seen: Black Widow, I Wake Up Screaming, Quicksand, and They Drive by Night.
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Originally Posted by Citizen Rules (Post 2443252)
I just checked, not your #1. Funny as I would've thought it was as I remember you suggested it to me. I seen Quicksand with Mickey Rooney who's always likable in his films, well mostly likeable:eek: But he was likable and relatable in Quicksand which is a neat little noir about how an everyday guy through a chain of events can end up really screwed!
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I'm going to endeavor to watch every single movie on this countdown, I ain't done watching noir by any means:D So out of the one pointers I've seen these in bold:
A Woman's Face (1941) Black Widow (1954) Anna Lucasta (1958) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) Crime Wave (1953) I Wake Up Screaming (1941) Quicksand (1950) The Crimson Kimono (1959) The Guilty (1947) They Drive by Night (1940) |
Anna Lucasta was my pick. It's more of a melodrama than a noir overall, but with some noirish elements. Eartha Kitt was great as Anna and had some fun, snappy dialogue. It was interesting to see a film from the 1950s with an all black cast too.
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I had too many films vying for those last few spots on my list, so I didn't go with a traditional one-pointer this time around (though I did with my neo-noir list). I briefly considered putting the film I have at #20 there because I didn't think it would get many (if any) other votes, so I guess I'll now have to wait and see if I was right about that haha.
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No one pointer from me in this one. Big thanks to Citizen Rules for running this countdown. Lots of work adding it up manually. CR is old school, like a classic noir.
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I know I've seen a few of those but when it comes to classic noir, I mix them up a lot if they don't stand out to me. This is a countdown which will have me checking my records a lot. Same thing with 50's westerns and Ozu.
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No one pointer from my list too.
Looking forward to see #100 and #99. In the OP is given 175 noirs for Noirvember 2023. I wonder how many are the total movies in these 57 ballots? |
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A Woman's Face is my one-pointer. Joan Crawford plays a scarred woman who is also a criminal. Part of what instigates her criminal behavior is her scarred face.
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I didn't vote because I could only come up with four Noirs that I'd seen and liked. I Wake Up Screaming was one of those four. Nice to see that someone else appreciates it.
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Originally Posted by Thursday Next (Post 2443291)
Anna Lucasta was my pick. It's more of a melodrama than a noir overall, but with some noirish elements. Eartha Kitt was great as Anna and had some fun, snappy dialogue. It was interesting to see a film from the 1950s with an all black cast too.
Originally Posted by Harry Lime (Post 2443321)
No one pointer from me in this one. Big thanks to Citizen Rules for running this countdown. Lots of work adding it up manually. CR is old school, like a classic noir.
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Originally Posted by mrblond (Post 2443331)
No one pointer from my list too.
Looking forward to see #100 and #99. In the OP is given 175 noirs for Noirvember 2023. I wonder how many are the total movies in these 57 ballots?
Originally Posted by beelzebubble (Post 2443335)
A Woman's Face is my one-pointer. Joan Crawford plays a scarred woman who is also a criminal. Part of what instigates her criminal behavior is her scarred face.
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Looking forward to this list. Good luck hosting!
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