Top 10 Film Noirs

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A good detective never sleeps. In this video, www.WatchMojo.com counts down our picks for the top 10 film noirs. For this list, since experts fail to agree on a standard definition for the genre, we're limiting our choices to gritty, cynical thrillers and crime dramas from the early-'40s to late-'50s that are shot in black-and-white. Special thanks to our users theyakkoman, jkellis, Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Pérez, Vivek Varghese, Max Feldman, Andrew A. Dennison, robozilla94, iSmiTHDawGx, Philip Folta and walkercr3 for submitting the idea on our Suggestions Page at WatchMojo.com/suggest!
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@MGM261 Год назад

Noir shouldn't just be classified as movies from a specific era. Its more of a style. And there should be lots more of it. Love it!

@harrihaffi2713 Год назад

Kinda hard to make more if they are only from a specific era.

@ElSantoLuchador Год назад

David Lynch is a modern master of the form. And certainly there are others, like the Coen brothers. I'm something of an elitist snob so if it's not in black and white to me it's only noir-ish. Light and shadows, not technicolor, is a dominant theme.

@harrihaffi2713 Год назад

@@ElSantoLuchador So does that mean that no Lynch movie is considered noir or that they all are?

@mindlessmeat4055 Год назад

I was thinking the same, this removes Chinatown and Roger Rabbit which I think are great noir films.

@harrihaffi2713 Год назад

@@mindlessmeat4055 but we’ll still have this gun for hire

@MrIke86 8 лет назад

Out of the Past is a quintessential, almost ideal typical, film noir. Shame it didn't break at least the top three.

@jonathaningram7432 4 года назад

I screamed when I saw it in honorable mentions, I was hoping it would be #1

@wilsonstone935 4 года назад

I agree completely, it's a much more definitive noir movie, -notorious Is a phenomenal movie, but not noir, in my opinion, confused list

@DandyLion662a 4 года назад

Very tough competition at that level. My top 2 noirs would be Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity, which were 1 & 3 on this list. And #2 on theirs is The Big Sleep which is a fine noir movie. I like Out Of the past a lot but I think those other three are better.

@ericholland9802 4 года назад

I agree

@mjohnson1741 3 года назад

Yeah, film noir isn't complete without Robert Mitchum.

@TheKersey475 10 лет назад

WatchMojo List (WITHOUT Spoilers) 10. Strangers on a Train 9. In a Lonely Place 8. Kiss Me Deadly 7. Notorious 6. The Third Man 5. Touch of Evil 4. Sunset Boulevard 3. Double Indemnity 2. The Big Sleep 1. The Maltese Falcon There's the list without ANY spoilers.

@daniellack3559 5 лет назад

Double Indemnity for me, not only best film noir, but best all time film period..

@cooperkillen5729 5 лет назад

The Third Man is my favorite because of its style.

@rentazzo 5 лет назад

thanks :)

@Webbgurl2000 5 лет назад

TheKersey475 I’d add a few by Mitchum, too.

@RichardCockerill 5 лет назад

lol silly snowflake lol lol lol

@WatchMojo 10 лет назад

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@flikering5923 8 лет назад

LAURA 1944 (OTTO PREMIGER)

@ByzantineCalvinist 4 года назад

“Laura” has a haunting quality that’s difficult to put into words, but I think it has much to do with David Raksin’s memorable theme music.

@YTfanofclips 4 года назад

I'm sure you closely observed every scene and noticed flaws. But I think you put too much attention to it. Once you analyse ANY movie, you will find flaws. To me, it doesn't matter that much. I've seen the movie 20 times, so I know what I'm talking about. To me, the atmosphere is mesmerizing, of course enhanced by that haunting music.

@tpatrick44 4 года назад

Absolutely!!!

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

@@ByzantineCalvinist Raskin hated the Spike Jones satirical version of his song. He even tried to take him to court. Look it up on YT- it's funny as hell!

@normadesmond6017 4 года назад

Gilda. Woman in the window. And body heat. Lvoed the ending.

@jeremymarshall7319 8 лет назад

Scarface is simply a crime film, not a noir at all.

@drstrangelove6558 8 лет назад

Exectly

@Painkiller_Productions 7 лет назад

The original is very much so one

@calvinmartin508 7 лет назад

ruud gullit

@marcusharton5463 6 лет назад

It's arguably protonoir.

@johnathanclark79 6 лет назад

Noir is actually a new name for crime films of that era.

@TimeandMonotony 8 лет назад

My top 10 film noirs: 1. Shadow of a Doubt 2. Sunset Blvd. 3. Double Indemnity 4. Out of the Past 5. The Night of the Hunter 6. Sweet Smell of Success 7. Strangers on a Train 8. Laura 9. Gilda 10. Pickup on South Street

@alexandercampbell1235 8 лет назад

***** I do have a problem with non-40's film noir, how can a 50's/60's film be a film noir just because it's shot in b&w ? i need to be convinced about that, am i the only one who thinks they 'must' be not only b&w, but made & set in a big US city in the 40's? -check out The Dark Corner, The Fountainhead , Lady in the Lake & The Locket. I'm happy to be convinced otherwise... please. Thanks in advance. ps: I ment to say i do love all the films you mentioned above.

@mikosharp 8 лет назад

+TimeandMonotony hands-shaken, 7 of them are my favourites too.

@mikosharp 8 лет назад

+Alexander Campbell Well maybe it doesn't have to be in b&w, Leave Her to Heaven for example. But it doesn't have to be set in a big US city neither. Some call it nonurban noir, like Out of the past, Touch of Evil , they are part of the classic film noir too. And as for decade matter, I do agree 40s noir films are more pure, but 50s somehow presents pretty good ones like The Big Combo, Gun Crazy, Sweet Smell of Success, The Killing, etc. I think it's the visual style of using light&shadows and the cynical story background that define film noir.

@andrewma9682 6 лет назад

Strangers on a train and Out of the Past are my favorites, and Chinatown

@82easyrider 6 лет назад

I strongly recommend The Enforcer (Murder Inc) to any Noir fans here. It is one hell of a movie, terribly underrated but as good as any in this list.

@jamesdarcy666 10 лет назад

Great movies! The big Heat, Angel Face, Born to Kill, Dead Reckoning, Detour, Fallen Angel, Gun Crazy, Human Desire, Laura, Lady in the Lake, Murder, my Sweet, Night and the City, Nightmare Alley, On Dangerous Ground, Phantom Lady, Pickup on South Street, Scandal Sheet, Scarlet Street, Sweet Smell of Success, The Big Combo, The Blue Dahlia, The Blue Gardenia, The Killers, The Killing, The Lady from Shangai, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Woman in the Window, They Live by Night, This Gun for Hire,Too Late for Tears, While the City Sleeps. All good movies!!! "I didn't get the money. And I didn't get the woman."

@robertwiegman1 4 года назад

Great list. And Gilda too!!!

@mjohnson1741 4 года назад

God bless you, you're a true Film Noir fan!

@lawrencelewis8105 3 года назад

@@mjohnson1741 that man has good taste! I've seen them all except for Phantom Lady- I'll find it eventually.

@mjohnson1741 3 года назад

@@lawrencelewis8105 I love how a lot of these film noir films are free on youtube, that's awesome for the film noir fans! The common folk don't understand how much of a gem that is, if they did, it wouldn't be free!

@lawrencelewis8105 3 года назад

@@mjohnson1741 If the government could tax it, they would.

@roberthanson6156 3 года назад

Sunset Boulevard is a masterpiece

@user-sn9ig9vl5p Месяц назад

As lauded as this movie is, I personally find it just--creepy.

@mateil2277 7 лет назад

1.The Maltese Falcon 2.The Third Man 3.Sunset Boulevard 4.Gaslight 5.Spellbound 6.The Killing 7.Notorious 8.Strangers on A Train 9.Double Indemnity 10.The Wrong Man

@richardscanlan3419 7 лет назад

I have copies of 1,2,3,6,8 and 10.You my good friend have great taste.

@mateil2277 7 лет назад

Thanks.

@MrManoMelo 7 лет назад

Matei L ff

@DantesAwakening 6 лет назад

Came here just to take a list because I know WM lists sucks more often than not. Thank you

@tsxtina2919 8 лет назад

No Gilda? No Postman Always Rings Twice? No Laura? not to mention Mildred Pierce, The Blue Dahlia, Leave Her To Heaven, and one of my all-time favorites Nora Prentiss

@JT29501 8 лет назад

+Christina Venegas No "The Killers" as well, which is at least as good as Siodmak's Criss Cross which is mentioned

@goopah 8 лет назад

And one of my favorites, "Angel Face", with its devastating finale.

@ivangomez123 8 лет назад

Key Largo, The Lady of Shanghai and Rififi they forgot

@ptery 7 лет назад

Blue Dahlia!

@RodericSpode 7 лет назад

A few others not mentioned - Gun Crazy and Crossfire starring the Robert's Young, Mitchum and Ryan. Notorious is a great movie, but I never really thought of it as Film Noir. At least they included what is probably the least well known movie on the list, Kiss Me Deadly which is awesome and definitely film noir.

@patrickmcevoy5080 6 лет назад

"Out of the Past" isn't an honorable mention. It's #1 or #2 on any reasonable list. Period.

@wilsonstone935 4 года назад

Absolutely, that's the 1st one I think of, they're confusing really good movies with noir

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

@@wilsonstone935 I agree- I own a copy. Anything with Mitchum in it is excellent.

@wilsonstone935 4 года назад

@@lawrencelewis8105 luv mitchum -night of the hunter, and cape fear, -dinero. Was acting,, mitchum was just being mitchum

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

@@wilsonstone935 that is so true. Mitchum made it look easy, the mark of a true pro.

@DandyLion662a 4 года назад

I like Out Of the Past a lot but I like Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity even more and they're both legit noir movies.

@WatchMojo 10 лет назад

Stay tuned for our Top 10 Neo Noir Films coming soon and be sure to check out these other great videos, Top 10 Astronaut Movies Top 10: Mafia Movies Top 10 Rock 'n' Roll Movies Top 10 Movie Spies

@aronstori886 10 лет назад

Please login and vote: www.watchmojo.com/suggest/top+10+crimes+that+shook+humanity www.watchmojo.com/suggest/63402

@jamaalkhan1000 10 лет назад

Do top 10 superheroes turned supervillains and 10 supervillains turned superheroes.

@90sambabam1 10 лет назад

'Top 10 The Simpsons couch gags' please!

@fml94 10 лет назад

ooooohh neo noir can't wait

@Marikioable 10 лет назад

Sam Jabery The "Game Of Thrones" couch gag is by far the best one ever.

@connerspencern 10 лет назад

Stanley Kubrick's The Killing starring a slew of fantastic character actors including Sterling Hayden, Elisha Cook Jr, and Shelley Winers is one if the most entertaining films noir I have ever seen. It's influenced such classics as Reservoir Dogs and The Dark Knight.

@randalllompe3040 9 лет назад

No serious top ten film noir list could omit Out of the Past, The Asphalt Jungle, or The Killing. And you give honorable mention to Scarface, a movie that doesn't even match your own criteria.

@chavruta2000 9 лет назад

Randall Lompe exactly.

@huanero200 9 лет назад

Randall Lompe Scarface is like a fable, that is why De Palma made the remake. It is not Noir

@wilsonstone935 4 года назад

Perfect examples

@stevensica89 2 года назад

She is fooled by the cinematography.

@angus7278 Год назад

“The Sweet Smell of Success” with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis is an unmissable American film noir that everyone interested in the genre should see.

@harrihaffi2713 Год назад

Sounds interesting… not sure how into the genre I am though… Did like this gun for hire a lot, But the blue dahlia was pretty bad.

@blinkzone1 10 лет назад

"Detour" should've been on the list too!

@ThePiratemachine 2 года назад

blinkzone1 An amazing film. That don't get much more film noir than Ann Savage.

@jeremymarshall7319 8 лет назад

The Trevor Howard character, Major Callahan, was nothing like Inspector Clousseau, the major was smart, shrewd, and a step ahead of everyone else.

@demongo2007 4 года назад

Jeremy Marshall “...CallaWAY...”

@russellcampbell9198 4 года назад

She says viillain so perhaps she meant Popescu. Callaway was revealed as being ultra-competent.

@chrishenson4450 2 года назад

She also called one of the greatest soundtracks of all time “comical.” Epic fail noir.

@uberbabeINC Год назад

“Callaway! I’m ENGLISH, not IRISH!”

@SgtMjr 8 лет назад

The Killing. Stanley Kubrick. How is it not even in the Honourable Mention category?

@MoeGreensRightEye 8 лет назад

+Bill Bird great movie

@alext8828 8 лет назад

Yes

@YOTHISISYO 7 лет назад

Well it is a heist film !

@pvtrichter88 5 лет назад

not even an honourable mention !! ~? Watchmojo you gits!! I would also like to add Asphalt jungle and Lady from Shanghai !! now watch as i retreat into the shadows!

@TheSaltydog07 4 года назад

"The Klling" is a mess, case in point -- that laughable ending. And that painful voiceover and that cringe-worthy script. And. . . .

@TheFilipinoBoxer 10 лет назад

I FUCKIN LOVE FILM NOIR! they should bring this genre back to film. not so sure about the sin city sequel but that just shows how much this genre has watered down

@drstrangelove6558 8 лет назад

+TheFilipinoBoxer agreed:)!

@owensmith8607 2 года назад

It’s called neo noir

@goopah 8 лет назад

"The Night Of The Hunter" certainly belongs here, and should score very high, if not number one. An all-time classic noir.

@marcushaeberlen 5 лет назад

Certanliy true!!

@Gos1234567 5 лет назад

No way is that noir,FFS

@psychicoutlawchanel7430 5 лет назад

goopah Saw that as a kid, Mitchum was so scary I could never watch it again lol!!

@frankmachin5438 4 года назад

Great film but not quite noir

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

@@frankmachin5438 No, not really a noir but it has elements of noir in it, like Mitchum in the basement.

@Tulipstarful 8 лет назад

I just watched The Maltese Falcon today. It was so good! Now I want to watch all these other movies too!!

@drstrangelove6558 8 лет назад

+Tulip Star watc Sunset Bolluevard and double indemnity!!! I hope you like them!!!:):)

@bekindunderstandhumannatur9874 4 года назад

Yes me too. Awesomely made a timeless classic

@audiophileman7047 4 года назад

It really isn't a noir, but great none the less! All the movies on the list are great, but the Hitchcock films aren't noirs.

@JadanDuffin127 8 лет назад

When I saw Strangers on A Train, I knew this list missed what noir is about...

@44excalibur 8 лет назад

+Jadan Duffin No, Strangers On A Train is considered film noir, along with other Hitchcock classics like Notorious, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, and even Psycho, to an extent.

@toyaadams8167 7 лет назад

+44excalibur yeah, I was wondering why psycho wasn't on the list...I always thought with out a doubt that was a noir....and why don't they consider Hitchcock's films noirs?

@44excalibur 7 лет назад

toya adams I guess because many feel that over time Hitchcock transcended the noir genre and became his own separate category, which is why they refer to any film that resembles his style of filmmaking "Hitchcockian." But Hitchcock was clearly one of the great early noir filmmakers along with Billy Wilder, John Houston, and Robert Sidomak.

@randywhite3947 3 года назад

@@44excalibur Psycho is far from from noir as it gets

@44excalibur 3 года назад

@@randywhite3947 Really? It starts off pretty noir at the beginning as it follows a doomed woman who steals money from her employer in order to run off with her divorced boyfriend while trying to evade the police. The moment that Psycho stops being noir is the moment she arrives at the Bates Motel, which is when the film goes full-on modern gothic horror.

@mikey1941 5 лет назад

Some great films included here, but so many equally great omissions - The Killers (1946 version), The Spiral Staircase, D.O.A., The Glass Key, Laura, and I could go on and on - the list could easily be expanded to 50 or even 100.

@Robson1898vascao 5 лет назад

My list... 10 - Kiss me Deadly 9 - Touch of Evil 8 - Scarlet Street 7 - In a Lonely Place 6 - Laura 5 - Out of the Past 4 - Double Indemnity 3 - The Big Sleep 2 - The Third Man 1 - The Maltese Falcon HM: Woman in the Window, The Killing, Strangers on a train, Gilda, The Big Heat

@audiophileman7047 4 года назад

You're missing a lot of great film noirs with that list. The Maltese Falcon is great, but it's not a film noir. It's a detective story. How about the other three Bogie & Bacall films?

@VONOBER 6 месяцев назад

Laura is a masterpiece!

@RaysDad 4 года назад

Although "Double Indemnity" certainly belongs on the list, I like two other movies based on James M Kane novels even more. "The Postman Always Rings Twice" was unique because the violence seems an inevitable outcome of the incredibly steamy and adulterous romance between a pennyless drifter (John Garfield) and the glamorous but low-born wife (Lana Turner) of a roadside cafe owner. "Postman" was really hot! "Mildred Pierce" was unusual because the title character was a woman (Joan Crawford) with no illusions . The character of Mildred was ground-breaking because she was a divorcee who was tough and self-sufficient. The competition between Mildred and her self-absorbed and cruel daughter Veda (Ann Blyth) for the affections of a worthless, high-society playboy named Monte (Zachary Scott) was both disturbing and fascinating. I rank "Mildred Pierce" as my #1.

@krisscanlon4051 2 года назад

Postman always rings twice absolutely

@RaysDad 2 года назад

@mr Han Man Two great movies, but Chinatown is a color film so I've never thought of it as noir.

@angus7278 Год назад

Agreed, “Mildred Pierce” was great.

@toony826 10 лет назад

Out of the Past should have made the list. I think another top 10 is called for.

@orzelgryf 10 лет назад

I think this is gonna be my favourite list especially that you put my two beloved movies on first and second place. And I LOVE the fact, that you ignore suggestions on your side, and go only with true period noirs, not with neo-noirs (which are good too, but this is the topic for another list).

@MrChuckbass92 10 лет назад

The poolscene intro of sunset boulevard is just so damn brilliant..

@opapergunner 10 лет назад

WHERE IS "Mildred Pierce"???

@dobypilgrim6160 8 лет назад

Bogart rules.

@btetschner 4 года назад

Agreed.

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

@@btetschner Bogart could wear a hat. Mitchum wore it better. Widmark wore it best.

@btetschner 4 года назад

@@lawrencelewis8105 Ever see Night of the Hunter?

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

@@btetschner Yes, about 3 months ago in a movie theatre- it was amazing! Not knocking Bogie here, you understand but Mitchum and Widmark work hats like they were born in them, like how Astaire wore a tuxedo.

@btetschner 4 года назад

@@lawrencelewis8105 I will have to check out Widmark.

@ssesf 10 лет назад

One of the good things about the WatchMojo Top 10 videos is that it helps me get a better idea of what the many concepts/genres in movies mean like film-noir and breaking the fourth wall. "The Third Man" is the only of these movies that I have on DVD. I bought it because I'd read the book and a week before I'd seen the ferris wheel from the movie in Wien/Vienna.

@Whippets 4 года назад

The Third Man is one of the greatest films ever made, not just in the film noir genre ... you've seriously underrated it.

@audiophileman7047 4 года назад

Yes, must agree! I'd put it at the top, slightly beating Double Indemnity.

@guileniam 2 года назад

It's considered the greatest British film ever made.

@Whippets 2 года назад

@@guileniam I wouldn't call anything flawless, but it's pretty damn close to being so. Everything about it screams excellence, from the acting, writing and direction, to the sets and cinematography. Plus it has the greatest line about Switzerland in Cinema history. lol

@BarryPennock Год назад

My favourite film of all. There is romance, love, friendship, intrigue, betrayal and the actors are out of this world.

@Whippets Год назад

@@BarryPennock Sounds a lot like Casablanca - when everything in a film just comes together. I vacillate between the two as to which is my favorite, kind of depends on which one I've seen last. lol

@PurpleCloud619 7 лет назад

10 other great film noir's not mentioned: 1.The Killing 2. White Heat 3. Key Largo 4. To Have & Have Not 5. Sweet Smell of Success 6. Angels With Dirty Faces 7. Gaslight 8. Scarlet Street 9. Woman in the Window 10. Lady From Shanghai

@larrylanggard2609 4 месяца назад

I would add “The Killers” with Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, 1946.

@franko8858 10 лет назад

Wish "Out of the Past" was at least the Top 10 at least. One of the best.

@aguilarandrew95 8 лет назад

Stop with the spoilers please. I'm coming here to decide which one to watch.

@SANTAMU3RTE 8 лет назад

right...

@aguilarandrew95 8 лет назад

+SANTAMU3RTE Someone agrees! haha. Which film did you decide to watch? I myself enjoyed the Maltese falcon. Not so much for the plot and ect but more for the acting and great cinematic shots/costimes that were done throughout the film

@dennistheconstitutionalpea6174 7 лет назад

Mute it and then scroll through the video, to find the names.

@jmd555555 7 лет назад

What about 'Murder My Sweet' - my favourite of them all?

@bodensick 4 года назад

Okay, where in the hell is Robert Mitchum? Out of the Past really defined the genre, and there are at least three more of his that should be on the list.

@normadesmond6017 4 года назад

Night of the hunter. Certainly. Cape fear. The Killers with Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner.

@ThePiratemachine 2 года назад

@@normadesmond6017 The Killers is fantastic. The remake was quite good also but the Ava one - yes.

@normadesmond6017 2 года назад

@@ThePiratemachine for sure!

@AnnaMaria-oy1fp 8 лет назад

The Postman always rings twice?

@GeneBurnett 10 лет назад

I love "In A Lonely Place". Really worth watching. Bogie in his darkest role.

@jenniferhansen3622 Год назад

Yes, I like it too.

@uberbabeINC Год назад

Bogart had great chemistry with Director Nicholas Ray’s soon to be ex wife Gloria Grahame. All of them provided superb, sublime work.

@stevenlupanko2983 Год назад

I didn't like it. Not a patch on key largo.

@FirstPlace97 7 лет назад

THIRD MAN IS 6th? WTF

@philleotardo8038 7 лет назад

I know I was very upset about it myself.

@FirstPlace97 7 лет назад

But Third Man is probably a better film overall than those

@danielfebrizio9033 7 лет назад

Not as noir as those? I disagree. The Third Man is a pure film noir just like Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity and The Maltese Falcon. I actually think that there is a better argument to be had that Touch of Evil and The Big Sleep are not pure film noirs (primarily because of their endings). But, then again, everyone has a different interpretation of what a film noir actually is.

@jacobvarney23 7 лет назад

Chinatown is a neo-noir film.

@anitasmith4559 5 лет назад

One of the greats.

@bubhub64 8 лет назад

Loved the smokey jazz backround music!

@sclogse1 3 года назад

I simply enjoy the scenes and am reminded of the brilliance. Not worried about the order or what's missing. Just seeing Akim ham it up for us puts a smile on my face and helps me forget my impending doom.

@BluRayKing 9 лет назад

Of these listed, The Third Man is my favorite.

@audiophileman7047 4 года назад

Yes, I give it a slight edge over Double Indemnity.

@stevemcnary4301 4 года назад

Out Of The Past should be on this list. Lady From Shanghai too!

@marccolten9801 4 года назад

Gypsy fortune teller Marlene Dietrich summed up Welles perfectly in Touch of Evil. When he asks about his future she tells him. "You don't have a future. You're all used up. "

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

I just saw that movie last night- what a classic line!

@Rhubba 7 лет назад

I don't recall Trevor Howard playing a Clouseau-like villain in The Third Man. I thought he was the calculating investigating officer manipulating Joseph Cotten into tracking down Harry Lime.

@danielfebrizio9033 7 лет назад

I agree. He also is not even a villain.

@CraftySouthpaw 6 лет назад

He helps kill the bad guy, FFS!

@lehighcountylwv5278 5 лет назад

Trevor Howard took Joseph Cotten to see the kids who were put in the hospital forever, thanks to Harry Lime.

@herranton 7 лет назад

The Killers and Laura should be here. Laura should be in the top 3, if only for how ridiculously hot Gene Tierney is in it...

@SWISStoons 9 лет назад

This is a great list! And I'm happy to see my favorite Bogie movie, In a Lonely Place, included.

@user-sn9ig9vl5p Месяц назад

'The Big Combo' and ' Pickup on South Street' are two of my favorites..especially when Richard Widmark plants one on Jean Peters...OMG. And what Noir wouldn't be complete without Lisbeth Scott or Gloria Grahame...

@RamZar50 2 месяца назад

*Touch of Evil* (1958) is outstanding with expert direction by Orson Welles and great acting by Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Akim Tamiroff and Marlene Dietrich. Great opening scene and cinematography. Gets better and better with each viewing. Another not included in your list (because it’s in the wrong era and in color) is *Body Heat* (1981) written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. It was inspired by Double Indemnity (1944).

@hughhemington9559 10 лет назад

"Laura" should be near the top!

@atollc7426 8 лет назад

I was waiting for Out of the Past to be #1, honestly, but when it was included in the honorable mentions instead...well, it throws the whole list into question. Not that you have to agree with me to be correct, but OOTP has everything on the checklist of Noir...more than does even The Maltese Falcon I'd reckon - without actually doing the work of checking off things on a checklist because I'm lazy.

@dizbang3073 8 лет назад

+Atoll C boom - 10 thumbs up - so many great lines in that flick

@elgreco50 8 лет назад

+Atoll C Absolutely. Out of the Past is the quintessential noir.....not Maltese Falcon.

@beamorillo4552 6 лет назад

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@patrickmcevoy5080 6 лет назад

Absolutely correct - it's not even debatable.

@mercedyzmarieguion292 5 лет назад

Out of the Past is a helluva movie. It has some of the snappiest dialogue ever delivered, period. Cathy "I wish he was dead" Jeff "Give him time." Kirk Douglas, who usually hams it up a bit, is wonderful as Whit, the slimy antagonist who is behind one of the best double crosses and setups in cinematic history. His character, Whit, states "Think of a number, Joe" to show how dumb Joe is. Kirk was great here. Watch how he intimidates Jane Greer towards the end when he tells her how he'll "break her" before he kills her if she doesn't do as she's told. He holds his own with Big Bob Mitchum. He didn't overact as he sometimes does, he was perfect. Mitchum is the Man though with his patented 'I don't give a damn' attitude. Great movie.

@pagano60 7 лет назад

Nice list. I appreciate you limiting your roll-call to films from the 1940s and '50s and in black & white. But I think that "Out of the Past" deserved a place on it. I hope that this video gets newcomers to look more closely at film noir.

@BackSeatHump 7 лет назад

Normally I don't like your "top 10" lists. But this one is really good! I'll have to see what else you've done that's good! :)

@archer1949 9 лет назад

If you are including prototypes like The Maltese Falcon and Scarface, you should include Fritz Lang's M.

@chavruta2000 9 лет назад

***** they're including everything that is almost noir, because they've never seen a real noir film.

@drstrangelove6558 8 лет назад

+Lew Archer 1949 m came out Before thew film noir Genre Begin, So It is not exactly a FN, But Scarface was not etheir a film Noir, but the maltese Falcon was a Noir!:)

@bobhansen9874 7 лет назад

yes !

@theodoremcgee334 6 лет назад

Actually Fritz's "You Only Live Once" with Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney. I consider it the first real film of Film Noir genre.

@betunia98 4 года назад

I recently watched the original 1930’s German version of M fantastic even if you watches today by current standards I’ll be watching the 1950’s American version shortly

@kylefunderburk4194 10 лет назад

This is the first list I actually agree with. I watched the Maltese Falcon in my film history class, I loved that movie.

@CrookedRosePOD 2 года назад

Yeah I bought it on blue ray and it was amazing

@montage2726 10 лет назад

Thank you for posting. Liked the list. Might have included Key Largo and Gilda.

@tommysmith4117 3 года назад

My top 10 favorite film noirs: 10. Elevator to the Gallows 9. Laura 8. The Big Sleep 7. The Maltese Falcon 6. Sunset Boulevard 5. Out of the Past 4. The Third Man 3. Strangers on a Train 2. The Night of the Hunter 1. Double Indemnity

@camyoung6159 10 лет назад

Disappointed to see that 1946's The Killers got overlooked.

@audiophileman7047 4 года назад

Yes, one of the best.

@lawrencelewis8105 3 года назад

@@audiophileman7047 The dialogue in the diner is Hemingway, verbatim. It's one of the few pictures that he liked that was made from his stories. The other was The Breaking Point with John Garfield which is based on To Have and Have Not. I've always thought that Garfield was a more realistic Hemingway character than Bogart, but I sure am not knocking Bogie, and Lauren Bacall? Woo, what a babe!

@DIANAROSS4EVER 7 лет назад

What about Laura?

@omarsalkamusic 7 лет назад

Laura is excellent

@postsuburban 5 месяцев назад

You are the best love. Keep up the great work. Love the content. My first go to for old movies.

@thomasgelke6586 5 лет назад

i love the zither playing in The 3rd Man. so catchy.

@thomasmetz3 4 года назад

Laura, The Killers, The Stranger, Dark Passage, Dead Reckoning, The List of Adrian Messenger, The Hitchhiker

@BLUEsurf63 4 года назад

And a brilliant noir called "He walked by Night" starring Richard Basehart, i think the film was made in 1948.

@thomasmetz3 4 года назад

Just watched “He Walked By Night” this month, and the original D.O.A. with Edmund O’Brien

@thenostalgiakid1 9 лет назад

#6. Major Calloway isn't a villain.

@mrbissonet 2 года назад

Excellent list overall and a very good video presentation. You are never going to please everyone narrowing a list down to ten films so get over the fact that your favorite may be omitted.

@maggiekoch9348 4 года назад

I love film noir, Double Indemnity should have come in first or second, for the dialogue, the chemistry of Walter with Phyllis, and Keyes, and the bleak, sardonic tone. A little known favorite of mine "Repeat Performance" would have been a nice honorable mention. Beautifully shot, eerily scored, the themes of being trapped by fate and a hellish relationship ending in violence are as noir as good coffee.

@bevtuft3572 4 года назад

any list that leaves out "Out of the Past" is bogus

@strangerinwhite 9 лет назад

What isn't The Postman Always Ring Twice on here?

@huanero200 9 лет назад

Jerome Allshouse Yes it is film noir and one of the great ones indeed. I"m telling you whoever compiled this list, god help em are not qualified. Out of the Past and the Asphalt Jungle honorable mentions????? Ha. Even The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is noir but some would not know that.

@strangerinwhite 9 лет назад

miguel oquendo I see you like the Film Noir genre as well.

@huanero200 9 лет назад

Yes, buddy, and the good thing to account in my case I did a lot of reading which later turned into noir films. Thanks for noticing.

@strangerinwhite 9 лет назад

miguel oquendo I love to read a lot and watch the film. I am right now and writing a story that is film noir,when I am done then I going to look for a publisher.

@mr.roberto1898 8 лет назад

+Jerome Allshouse Don't forget gun crazy, 1950.

@TDH24Live 10 лет назад

Those classic films seem so intriguing

@austingonzales1405 4 года назад

I must say that is a pretty good list. Good work!

@onebrokenegro 10 лет назад

What about "M" by Fritz Lang?

@adrianoreis6368 10 лет назад

Great picture, but not a Noir film... Fritz Lang did many Noir hits, such as Human Desire, The Big Heat, etc, but this one is not a Noir film

@fabioblanco8571 7 лет назад

You missed the Raymond Chandler cameo in Double Indemnity. ;)

@Gregory_McIntosh 3 года назад

Yeah, the guy sitting in the chair in the hallway.

@lawrencelewis8105 3 года назад

@@Gregory_McIntosh He wrote the screenplay.

@BluesImprov 5 лет назад

My only quibble with this list is that it just has to be the "Top 11!" "Out of the Past" is so well done that it absolutely must be on any "Top Noir" list. Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas are just perfect in this film, and Jane Greer really set the standard for the "femme fatale" character. And film noir really can't be boiled down to a "Top 10" list anyway. I'd say to be realistic you'd have to make it a "Top 15" at least! Film Noir films are the only ones I can watch, or listen to while doing something else, over and over again. . .I just love 'em!

@dantheman4838 10 лет назад

Wow, I have only seen 2 films on the entire list, 10 and 1. Not very often Mojo have better cinematic knowledge than I do. Well done Mojo, well done.

@Eziokilla9595 10 лет назад

Sweet Smell of Success - Alexander McKendrick No doubt, it's the best.

@noahtyre2535 5 лет назад

Eziokilla9595 THANK YOU

@ProphetSoul 4 года назад

The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river.

@romanclay1913 4 года назад

@@ProphetSoul "I wouldn't take a bite of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic."

@AngusMilneVids 10 лет назад

touch of evil and maltese falcon r the best

@TheSmokingHat 7 лет назад

So many good movies in that list. Noir is such a great genre, especially the older ones (1940s and early 1950s).

@_Peremalfait 3 года назад

Out of the Past should've been more than an honorable mention, and Detour belonged on the list.

@GameCatcher89 10 лет назад

I think that The naked City should have been on this list, it is a very good Film Noir from the late 40's.

@AlejandroPikoulasPlata 10 месяцев назад

The director is the same of Night and the City, a great director.

@Megz47506 10 лет назад

Thank you for including Notorious on this list! That movie is perfection.

@floridafyme 8 лет назад

Excellent choices. Noir demands at least a top 20 list.

@donvitocorleone6443 8 лет назад

Touch Of Evil is LITERALLY PERFECT

@Tardisius 10 лет назад

"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" is chok full of NOIRS =))

@65tosspowertrapl36 6 лет назад

I love that film, watch it frequently.

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

@Barry Super Indeed- you're the first one to mention it.

@CarlosRiveraFernandez 8 лет назад

If it were up to me, I'd have made an exception to the rules just to put in Chinatown.

@sandmanzcommin08 10 лет назад

Wow thanks for doing this list, great choices too.

@DL6379R 10 лет назад

wow had to watch the third man for my film studies course last year and boy am i glad i did, the scene in the ferris wheel is one the most unforgettable scenes i have ever viewed in a movie

@danieln6613 10 лет назад

How about doing a top 10 of Neo Noirs (films like Chinatown or Blade Runner)?

@Retroscoop 9 лет назад

Public Eye

@serkansen0190 5 лет назад

Please name some like Chinatown !!

@JoeyPsych 10 лет назад

why isn't this video loading, has it been removed?

@MFGreth 10 лет назад

Beautiful, wonderful list

@ericdew2021 4 года назад

Should include Dark Passage, 1947 Bogart/Bacall film.

@audiophileman7047 4 года назад

Yes, at least as an honorable mention. How about To Have And Have Not and Key Largo? Key Largo should be in the top ten for sure.

@ronniejdio9411 4 года назад

Once again watch mojo doesnt understand their own title. Most of these arent Noir

@sauravmehra4503 4 года назад

profile pic as hela from a cbm,user name as one of the best singer of all time(rdj of dio and black Sabbath)and talking about film noirs...I see this is as peak human evolution!

@ronniejdio9411 4 года назад

@@sauravmehra4503 thanked sia

@wassadhappinau3096 3 года назад

Saurav Mehra dio from black sabbath? what about dio from dio lol

@Cleon29Warrior 10 лет назад

It's kinda interesting and unusual list, but it has some serious flaws. Out of the past should be on the top and you didn't even mention Detour, Laura, The killing, The postman always rings twice, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, Gilda, Lady from Shanghai.............

@ClarqueAllen 7 лет назад

Also no Touch of Evil

@PurpleCloud619 7 лет назад

Cleon29Warrior Exactly right. And what about, The Woman in the Window, To Have & Have Not, Key Largo, Scarlet Street, Gaslight, Angels With Dirty Faces and White Heat.

@michaelcioni8599 6 лет назад

Touch of Evil was included as #5

@mikelipsey8837 6 лет назад

I agree Laura needs to be top 10, maybe Gilda; but, Detour is not even top 30.

@duskinsmoviereviews297 4 года назад

@@mikelipsey8837 I completely disagree. Give me Detour over Laura any day. Yes detour is really cheaply made and doesn't have any big stars but it's at least atmospheric and forbiddening unlike laura which is a snooze fest

@lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад

Bogart was on his boat at Catalina when someone knocked on the hull waking him up. Referring to "The Big Sleep" he asked Bogie, "Who killed the chauffeur?" Bogie replied, "Damned if I know." It seems that even Raymond Chandler didn't know. Funny, that.

@YTfanofclips 4 года назад

Indeed. The plots were going so fast, few people knew what was going on, ha ha.

@drzarkov39 4 года назад

It's hard to take this list seriously when every single movie critic considers "Laura" as one of the greatest film noirs ever made, but is not on this list. Incredible. I agree with "Double Indemnity", "The Big Sleep", and "Touch Of Evil", but I would also include "The Postman Always Rings Twice" 1946 version, "The Killers"1946 version, "Murder, My Sweet"1944 version, "Dark Corner", "Kiss Of Death", and "D.O.A." 1950 version. A color film noir to be considered is "Blue Velvet".

@fritzwalter4660 4 года назад

The top color noir films are LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN and NIAGARA.

@wrybreadspread 5 лет назад

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. The Night of the Hunter.

@Stiffkittens01 10 лет назад

I know it fall outside the timezone you set, but my fave noir films are L.A. Confidential & Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

@GinEric84 6 лет назад

Neither of those are of the genre

@D-FensDogG 4 года назад

Yes, they are. But they are more precisely categorized as "Neo-Noir".

@user-sn9ig9vl5p 2 месяца назад

I am amazed 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' didn't make this list

@fincastle86 4 года назад

A WatchMojo list just would not be same if we agreed with it 100%! I have found that if I disagree with a list....at least, in part.... it personally makes the video a more stimulating experience than if I agree with it, or have no opinion on the topic. Sure, this list leaves out Laura, Postman Always Rings Twice, The Killers, a few others....and yeah Third Man should be higher......but this was actually a very solid selection. Bravo!

@0Lu.Lu0 7 лет назад

Dark Passage and Scarlet Street belong on the list too (maybe of top 14). To me Double Indemnity should be right up there with The Maltese Falcon. Film Noir is a fantastic genre that featured all the glamorous elements of Hollywood's Golden Age with angelic-looking leading ladies and impossibly cool cat daddies and at the same time the storylines that interrupted the fantasy that would completely carry you away into the idyllic, letting you see in greatly detailed grime that all those beautiful, sophisticated people were lesbians and murderers and funds' extortioners--something we wouldn't think just to look at them and bask in the simplicity of their $75-a-week income that was plenty with which to house, transport and eat out.

@guileniam 2 года назад

I thought dark passage sucks? It's never ranked with key largo or big sleep

@0Lu.Lu0 2 года назад

@@guileniam I mean, okay: that's you. Everything's not a competition.