The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
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Bruce Willis
(The Player, Pulp Fiction, Sin City)
Bill Paxton
(A Simple Plan, One False Move, Nightcrawler)
Billy Bob Thornton
(A Simple Plan, One False Move, The Man Who Wasn’t There)
Gene Hackman
(The French Connection, Night Moves, The Conversation)
Mark Ruffalo
(Shutter Island, Collateral, Zodiac)
Robert Downey Jr.
(Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys, Zodiac)
Val Kilmer
(Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, True Romance, Heat)
William Fichtner
(The Dark Knight, Strange Days, Heat)
Tom Sizemore
(Strange Days, True Romance, Heat)
Stephen Tobolowsky
(The Grifters, Thelma & Louise, Basic Instinct)
Michael Caine
(Mona Lisa, The Dark Knight, Get Carter)
Dennis Hopper
(The American Friend, Red Rock West, True Romance)
Mickey Rourke
(Angel Heart, Sin City, Body Heat)
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Chinatown
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
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Chinatown
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
Le samourai
Bad Lieutenant
Drive
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"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
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Chinatown
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
Blow Out
High and Low
Le Samourai
Jackie Brown
Drive
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L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
Blow Out
High and Low
Le Samourai
Jackie Brown
Drive
Updated list
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Chinatown
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
Blow Out
High and Low
Le Samourai
Jackie Brown
Drive
Updated list
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
Blow Out
High and Low
Le Samourai
Jackie Brown
Drive
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The "whatever you see as Neo Noir is good enough" aspect has made this a countdown you can't reliably predict. My best guess for the Top Twenty is...
Blade Runner
Blood Simple
Blow Out
Blue Velvet
Chinatown
Drive
Fargo
High & Low
Jackie Brown
L.A. Confidential
Le Samouraï
Léon: The Professional
The Long Goodbye
Memento
Mulholland Drive
Miller's Crossing
Reservoir Dogs
SE7EN
Taxi Driver
The Usual Suspects
But as this list has shown, just about anything could be coming. Lots of no-doubt Neo Noir canon is going to be left off of the MoFo List.
Blade Runner
Blood Simple
Blow Out
Blue Velvet
Chinatown
Drive
Fargo
High & Low
Jackie Brown
L.A. Confidential
Le Samouraï
Léon: The Professional
The Long Goodbye
Memento
Mulholland Drive
Miller's Crossing
Reservoir Dogs
SE7EN
Taxi Driver
The Usual Suspects
But as this list has shown, just about anything could be coming. Lots of no-doubt Neo Noir canon is going to be left off of the MoFo List.
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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
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Favorite Movies
Chinatown
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
Blow Out
High and Low
Le Samourai
Jackie Brown
Drive
Updated list
L.A. Confidential
Memento
No Country for Old Men
Fargo
Mulholland Dr.
Blade Runner
Taxi Driver
Seven
Blood Simple
The Long Goodbye
Blue Velvet
The Usual Suspects
Blow Out
High and Low
Le Samourai
Jackie Brown
Drive
Updated list
Body Heat and Nightcrawler are both movies that are very good, but don't need to be in my particularly canon.
Sometimes it's an elusive thing trying to figure out why some movies speak so strongly to me, and others, while obviously just as good, I just enjoy and appreciate but never think about again.
Sometimes it's an elusive thing trying to figure out why some movies speak so strongly to me, and others, while obviously just as good, I just enjoy and appreciate but never think about again.
Sounds about where I landed. There's certain prompts that can cause them jump up to mind as particular examples of something, with Body Heat being a bit more prevalent just because I watched it last year.
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Was out all morning, but will post reveals in the next minutes.
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Bryan Singer, 1995
Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak
12lists156points
The Usual Suspects
Director
Bryan Singer, 1995
Starring
Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak
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Akira Kurosawa, 1963
Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
12lists164points
High and Low
Director
Akira Kurosawa, 1963
Starring
Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyōko Kagawa, Tatsuya Mihashi