[count_of_monte_cristo]

ive seen:
double indemnity
the big combo
the big heat
white heat
The Long Goodbye


I NEED ME SOME MORE! lol

[count_of_monte_cristo]

p.s. id prefer more films like The Big Heat/ The Big Combo...more gangster / action oriented but antyhing noir will do!

[Clarence Boddicker]

Out Of The Past
Laura
The Third Man
The Killing
Sunset Blvd.
Shadow Of A Doubt
The Asphalt Jungle
Scarlet Street
Gun Crazy
Notorious
Night Of The Hunter

[Labrazio]

Kiss Me Deadly
Ride the Pink Horse
D.O.A.

[post tenebras lux]

You can't go wrong with Anthony Mann. They have a boxset of his gangster/noir stuff. T-Men, Railroaded!, Raw Deal.

If you want a fast paced one check out Armored Car Robbery. It's a little over an hour and never lets up. Early robbery goes awry type noir.

Those are the ones I like best because they're quick, have snappy dialogue and never go past 80 or so minutes.

[Mr. Macphisto]

The Killers. Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner and that opening scene.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1080205-killers/

[Cunning Linguist]

Detour (1945)
Night and the City (1950)
Criss Cross (1949)

[Nocturna]

Avatar

[uhhuhnads]

I think one of his favorites is Sleeping With The Enemy. I could be wrong though, that is just what I've heard.

[Robert Gall]

I've been watching a load recently (some of which have already been mentioned):

- The Maltese Falcon
- Double Indemnity
- Sunset Blvd.
- Laura
- The Big Sleep
- Murder, My Sweet
- Detour
- Touch of Evil
- The Lady from Shanghai
- Out of the Past
- The Postman Always Rings Twice
- Kiss Me Deadly
- Dark Passage
- The Asphalt Jungle
- The Big Heat
- Ace in the Hole

[Matt the Hat]

Here are some hard hitting gangster noirs:

Touches Pas Au Grisbi
Where the Sidewalks End
Kiss of Death
Le Doulos
Cry of the City
Panic on the Steets
The Narrow Margin
Brighton Rock
Rififi
Force of Evil

[The Reaper]

I've been into Neo Noir lately.

Chinatown
The Long Goodbye
The Big Easy
The Devil in a Blue Dress
LA Confidential

Goos stuff. The same vibe and feel of the oldies ones.

[TheArshMan]

Angel Face (Preminger)......I love this film.

[gilaskan]

Serious question for French speakers out there: Would the plural of film noir be "films noir," rather than "film noirs?"

[Byron]

These are my favorites:

Double Indemnity
Laura
In a Lonely Place
The Killing
The Asphalt Jungle
Kiss Me Deadly
The Killers
Criss Cross
Night and the City
Gun Crazy
Ace in the Hole
Thieves’ Highway
Pickup on South Street
Nightmare Alley

[Penarin]

You can't go wrong with The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon. Murder My Sweet is quite good on its own, but is also shows a different approach to Philip Marlowe.

The Asphalt Jungle is a great noir / heist film.

Out of the Past rocks, and it's interesting to see a noir that takes place in a small town, and later in Acapulco.

Kansas City Confidential is one I've enjoyed for years, though it seems to have flown under the radar.

Detour is a low budget B movie that made Ebert's Great Movies list.

Whistle Stop (1946) is another one I like.

I think those last three are public domain (free).

Gun Crazy is about a man who gets in over his head due to a hot chick, and they wind up going on a crime spree.

For neo noirs, Chinatown and LA Confidential are two of my favorites.

Asphalt Jungle might be the best fit for you to start with though. Nothing but criminals in that one! Kansas City Confidential is full of gangsters as well.

[Mysterious F.]

The Sound of Fury is vastly underseen, but nearly everyone who sees it loves it.

[katie with the helmet]

Sweet Smell of Success
Lady in the Lake
Ride the Pink Horse
The Postman Always Rings Twice
In a Lonely Place
Gun Crazy
Detour
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Don't Bother to Knock
The Third Man
Murder My Sweet
The Maltese Falcon
The Asphalt Jungle
This Gun For Hire
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Scarlet Street

[Janson Jinnistan]

Most of the essentials have been covered. I should shine a light on the American films by Fritz Lang, like Woman By the Window, Clash By Night, You Only Live Once, Blue Gardinia, Secret Beyond the Door, While the City Sleeps and Scarlet Street.

[Rock]

Originally Posted by gilaskan

Serious question for French speakers out there: Would the plural of film noir be "films noir," rather than "film noirs?"

I think it would be films noirs, but I've forgotten most of the French I learned in school.

[Penarin]

Films noir? Could be.

Hah, reminds me of this. Which is correct?

"I will have three Whopper Juniors"

Or

"I will have three Whoppers Junior."

[Mr. Macphisto]

Gilda is a must, too. It is, to quote one reviewer, 'a wonderfully perverse noir classic...'

[RememberTHISguy]

I don't know if it was the first character archetype of it's kind on screen but it's the earliest one that I know of. You may recognize some of the character's it influcnced: Alain Delon in Le Samourai, Forest Whitaker in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and Leon in Leon: The Professional. I'm sure there are more but those are the ones off the top of me head.

[facsm]

I've only seen Sunset Blvd.

[Jyan]

Originally Posted by Rockatansky

I think it would be films noirs, but I've forgotten most of the French I learned in school.

Pretty sure you're right there. Plural adj with a plural noun.

And it's Whoppers Junior, just like the restaurant is Carl's Jr.

[dreiser]

http://corrierino.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=626

[dreiser]

Don't forget The Glass Key and No Man of Her Own.

[Janson Jinnistan]

Considering neo-noirs, I'd also recommend Body Heat, Cutter's Way, Still of the Night, Someone to Watch Over Me, Sea of Love, Miller's Crossing, The Hot Spot, Red Rock West, The Grifters and although it's a satire, Steve Martin's Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is essential for noir fans.

[some j.]

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of the most recent ones...in fact, I can't think of one more recent, unless I'm just completely blanking.

[PaperOkami]

On Dangerous Ground is fantastic.