

A friend of mine just asked me for a list of my favorite Noirs. In coming up with the list off the top of my head I thought I might just as well post it. I have mixed Noirs and Neo-Noirs together here. Also, arbitrarily left off SUNSET BLVD, DOUBLE INDEMNITY and TOUCH OF EVIL. Love them all but opted to list others. I'm sure I missed some though, so I'll be adding to the list.


1. THE LONG GOODBYE(1973; Robert Altman)
2. THE MALTESE FALCON(1941; John Huston)
3. OUT OF THE PAST(1947; Jacques Tourneur)
4. THE KILLING(1956; Stanley Kubrick)
5. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER(1955; Charles Laughton)
6. DETOUR(1945; Edgar G. Ulmer)
7. GUN CRAZY(1950; Joseph H. Lewis)
8. LAURA(1944; Otto Preminger)
9. HIS KIND OF WOMAN(1951; John Farrow)
10. RIDE THE PINK HORSE(1947; Robert Montgomery)
11. CRIME WAVE(1954; Andre De Toth)
12. ANGEL FACE(1952; Otto Preminger)
13. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS(1957; Alexander Mackendrick)
14. CHINATOWN(1974; Roman Polanski)
15. THE BIG SLEEP(1946; Howard Hawks)
16. NIGHTMARE ALLEY(1947; Edmund Goulding)
17. IN A LONELY PLACE(1950; Nicholas Ray)
18. PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET(1953; Sam Fuller)
19. THE BIG HEAT(1953; Fritz Lang)
20. THE VERDICT(1946; Don Siegel)
21. KISS ME DEADLY(1955; Robert Aldrich)
22. THEY LIVE BY NIGHT(1949; Nicholas Ray)
23. THIEVES HIGHWAY(1949; Jules Dassin)
24. PHANTOM LADY(1944; Robert Siodmak)
25. HE RAN ALL THE WAY(1951; John Berry)
26. ACE IN THE HOLE(1951; Billy Wilder)
27. THE LINEUP(1958; Don Siegel)
28. WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS(1950; Otto Preminger)
29. THE BIG COMBO(1955; Joseph H. Lewis)
30. KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL(1952; Phil Karlson)
31. NIGHTFALL(1957; Jacques Tourneur)
32. 99 RIVER STREET(1953; Phil Karlson)
33. THE LETTER(1940; William Wyler)
34. ANOTHER MAN'S POISON(1951; Irving Rapper)
35. SCARLET STREET(1945; Fritz Lang)
36. HANGOVER SQUARE(1945; John Brahm)
37. THE BIG CLOCK(1948; John Farrow)
38. FORCE OF EVIL(1948; Abraham Polonsky)
39. MILDRED PIERCE(1945; Michael Curtiz)
40. BODY HEAT(1981; Lawrence Kasdan)
41. PLUNDER ROAD(1957; Hubert Cornfield)
42. TRY AND GET ME(1950; Cy Endfield)
43. THE BRIBE(1949; Robert Z. Leonard)
44. HE WALKED BY NIGHT(1948; Alfred L. Werker)
45. BLOOD SIMPLE(1984; Joel Coen)







