Post by Doomsday on Sept 25, 2021 14:30:02 GMT -5
I have this book modestly titled 'Film Noir' by Taschen. It's a really neat read, lots of material to pour over ranging from the history of these types of films to common themes that run through them, and has introduced me to a lot of films that range from really good to just so-so but I'm always game for something new to crack. In the middle of the book is a list of Tachen's Top 50 Noir Movies. Some of these might feel like kind of a stretch but I'm trying to work through it, I'm always game for a list that might introduce me to something that I may have never seen otherwise. Anyways, I put the list below to see what you guys think of any of em.
Tachen's Top 50 Noir Movies
Rebecca (1940)
High Sierra (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1942)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Ossessione (1943)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
Laura (1944)
The Woman In The Window (1944)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Hangover Square (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Detour (1945)
Leave Her To Heaven (1945)
Gilda (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
T-Men (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Call Northside 777(1948)
They Live By Night (1948)
Force of Evil (1948)
The Third Man (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Gun Crazy / Deadly Is The Female (1949)
Night and the City (1950)
In A Lonely Place (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Rear Window (1954)
Diabolique / The Fiends (1955)
The Big Combo (1955)
Rififi (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Killing (1955)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Tough of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
It Happened In Broad Daylight (1958)
Murder By Contract (1958)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Shoot The Piano Player (1960)
Tachen's Top 50 Noir Movies
Rebecca (1940)
High Sierra (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1942)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Ossessione (1943)
Phantom Lady (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Gaslight (1944)
Laura (1944)
The Woman In The Window (1944)
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Hangover Square (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Detour (1945)
Leave Her To Heaven (1945)
Gilda (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Nightmare Alley (1947)
Out of the Past (1947)
T-Men (1947)
The Lady From Shanghai (1947)
Call Northside 777(1948)
They Live By Night (1948)
Force of Evil (1948)
The Third Man (1949)
White Heat (1949)
Gun Crazy / Deadly Is The Female (1949)
Night and the City (1950)
In A Lonely Place (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Rear Window (1954)
Diabolique / The Fiends (1955)
The Big Combo (1955)
Rififi (1955)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
The Killing (1955)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Tough of Evil (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
It Happened In Broad Daylight (1958)
Murder By Contract (1958)
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Psycho (1960)
Shoot The Piano Player (1960)