Film noirs are one of my 3 favorite movie genres along with Westerns and war films. I never get tired watching the old great classics. So I decided to do a thoughtful list of 50 that I consider the greatest of all-time. I picked mainly from true classical era film noir that is basically 1940 through 1959. No neo-noir on this list.
This list was extremely difficult to compile. I started this a month ago and have finally come up with an order I think does the genre justice and ones I highly recommend to everyone if you're a fan of the style.
I also realize that the term "film noir" is very broad for some people and the definition is different from one person to the next. So these selections are just those that I consider film noirs from the classical era. I'm sure there's some films that I don't consider film noirs but you do that I would include in my top 50 if I considered it as one. At the end of the list I will list about 50 honorable mentions.
Hope you enjoy.
This list was extremely difficult to compile. I started this a month ago and have finally come up with an order I think does the genre justice and ones I highly recommend to everyone if you're a fan of the style.
I also realize that the term "film noir" is very broad for some people and the definition is different from one person to the next. So these selections are just those that I consider film noirs from the classical era. I'm sure there's some films that I don't consider film noirs but you do that I would include in my top 50 if I considered it as one. At the end of the list I will list about 50 honorable mentions.
Hope you enjoy.
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"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never really care for anything else thereafter." - Ernest Hemingway
"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never really care for anything else thereafter." - Ernest Hemingway
Last edited by Gunny; 06-26-11 at 03:18 AM.