The MoFo Top Film Noir Countdown - Preliminary Thread

Just started watching Criss Cros to kickstart my #Noirvember.

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Rotten Tomatoes put out this list...

100 Best Film Noir Movies ranked by Tomatometer

Good list.
But…..All the Kings Men? That’s considered noir? Didn’t seem like it to
me.

Yeah, I watched it last year for the first time and then saw it labeled as such on several places. I'd say it's not your typical noir, but I can see elements of it on it. There's fate weighing on the characters, there's betrayal, a sorta femme fatale, bleak and dark ending.

Yeah, was just reading more of it and I guess it could be…felt more like a drama to me. But if Sweet Smell of Success of noir then I guess AtKM is as well

Didn't think of Noirvember as a thing until I read this. Makes me glad I've watched at least one noir movie a day since this started.

On top of this, I'm super happy about this today because I'm finishing up one of the most brilliant things I've ever seen in about 25 minutes. If it keeps up at this pace, then it'll definitely secure a spot in my top 50 movies, but I ain't revealing it.

Yeah, I’m not sure how or when it started, but I first noticed Noirvember about 3 year ago I think?

When I get home, I’ll also list what Tubi has for their Noirvember slate. I know Odd Man Out was among them.

Odd Man Out was one of the very first. I forget if it was the first or second, but I needed it so I could get some more Carol Reed in my log.

Here's a link to an old podcast, called Out of the Past:Investigating Film Noir...https://outofthepast.libsyn.com/

I listened to all the episodes a number of years ago and I found it good. The two guys come across as a bit pretentious at times, but they do offer some really good insight and discussions.

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Just looked through the eligible titles and I have seen... 25. List should be a piece of cake.

What about the Hitchcock's North by Northwest?

Generally, the colour movies are not allowed, right?

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"Population don't imitate art, population imitate bad television." W.A.
"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." M.T.

What if all anyone can find is a color link to another movie?

Color noirs are allowed! They just have to be tagged 'film noir' at IMDB or Wiki per the 1st post rules.

However North by Northwest is not a noir and it's not tagged as such so not eligible. Good movie though.

I'm not sure if I follow what you are saying? Can you elaborate?

I'm glad I saw this while I still have plenty of time to get back into watching films on a regular basis! Love noirs, and I'm definitely looking forward to this Countdown!

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Here's some films which will be in contention of making my ballot:

Ace in the Hole (1951)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Bigamist (1953)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Heat (1953)
Crossfire (1947)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Gun Crazy (1950)
The Killers (1946)
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Notorious (1946)
Odd Man Out (1947)
The Phenix City Story (1955)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Rebecca (1940)
The Stranger (1946)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
They Live By Night (1948)
The Third Man (1949)

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IMDb
Letterboxd

I've seen 18 of those. A few of them will likely make my ballot.

Color Film Noirs...I did an advance title search at IMDB for feature length-film noirs-color-1940-1959. I've seen a lot of these as last Noirvember I made it a point to watch color film noirs. Some were pretty darn good.

A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
A Prize of Gold (1955)
A Woman's Devotion (1956)
Accused of Murder (1956)
Bedevilled (1955)
Black Widow (1954)
Congo Crossing (1956) ?
Dangerous Mission (1954)
Desert Fury (1947)
Dragnet (1954)
Gorilla at Large (1954)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Hell's Island (1955)
House of Bamboo (1955)
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
Inferno (1953)
Jamaica Run (1953)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Lisbon (1956)
Niagara (1953)
Party Girl (1958)
Second Chance (1953)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Steel Town (1952)
The Trap (1959)
The Unguarded Moment (1956)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
Violent Saturday (1955)

Over half of those won't make my ballot, but I'll likely have room for some of them. I'll also try to revisit a few films there throughout the preliminary thread.

That's a pretty useful idea so that users to group around common titles they like.

Currently, I consider five movies of this list for my ballot (one of them for the top slots).
There are five other, out of these, I plan for watching in the following months (hope they'll be good enough to vote for them).