Maltese Falcon 1941 Double Indemnity 1944 Laura 1944 Murder, My Sweet 1944 Detour 1945 Mildred Pierce 1945 Big Sleep 1946 Gilda 1946 Out of the Past 1947 Third Man 1949 Sunset Blvd 1950 In a Lonely Place 1950 The Big Heat 1953 Kiss me Deadly 1955 COLOR Leave her to heaven 1945 Desert Fury 1947
One that comes to mind in the color category I would recommend, "Chinatown" Faye Dunaway and Jack Nickelson auntie cleanse the palate from all the heavy themes and dark characters "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" Rachael Ward, Carl Reiner and Steve Martin. Who could forget classic lines like "Mizs mal-mam-ma-hey...Hey! Let's go dancing! You put on your black dress, I'll shave my tongue!" Or "Aha! That will give me four hours to wash and press your pajamas"
Oh yes, CHINATOWN. I was just sticking to the 1940s and 1950s. After that, Film Noir is only a now and then occurrence. I haven't seen DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID in a long time--I should revisit that one.
This may be controversial but I include The Thin Man as actually film noire "light" with Hammett-based characters and plot. Murder. Detective hero. While other female roles fit the femme fatale trope, so does Nora in many ways (she definitely isn't a "good girl"! That role is filled by Dorothy). The urban setting, witty dialogue, some disorienting camera angles... You get the idea. Many of my favorites are on your list. Citizen Kane, Maltese Falcon (Bogart version - the earlier 1931 version is nowhere as good), Laura, Gilda. Sunset Boulevard, Third Man. Double indemnity. One thing about them is you can watch them over and over again and always discover something new.
one actress admitted she had no idea what film noir was. "I thought we were just doing murder mysteries with bad lighting".
Interesting, I’ll have to watch it again to write down all the titles.
Maltese Falcon 1941
Double Indemnity 1944
Laura 1944
Murder, My Sweet 1944
Detour 1945
Mildred Pierce 1945
Big Sleep 1946
Gilda 1946
Out of the Past 1947
Third Man 1949
Sunset Blvd 1950
In a Lonely Place 1950
The Big Heat 1953
Kiss me Deadly 1955
COLOR
Leave her to heaven 1945
Desert Fury 1947
Thanks!
One that comes to mind in the color category I would recommend, "Chinatown" Faye Dunaway and Jack Nickelson auntie cleanse the palate from all the heavy themes and dark characters "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" Rachael Ward, Carl Reiner and Steve Martin. Who could forget classic lines like "Mizs mal-mam-ma-hey...Hey! Let's go dancing! You put on your black dress, I'll shave my tongue!" Or "Aha! That will give me four hours to wash and press your pajamas"
Oh yes, CHINATOWN. I was just sticking to the 1940s and 1950s. After that, Film Noir is only a now and then occurrence. I haven't seen DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID in a long time--I should revisit that one.
This may be controversial but I include The Thin Man as actually film noire "light" with Hammett-based characters and plot. Murder. Detective hero. While other female roles fit the femme fatale trope, so does Nora in many ways (she definitely isn't a "good girl"! That role is filled by Dorothy). The urban setting, witty dialogue, some disorienting camera angles... You get the idea.
Many of my favorites are on your list. Citizen Kane, Maltese Falcon (Bogart version - the earlier 1931 version is nowhere as good), Laura, Gilda. Sunset Boulevard, Third Man. Double indemnity. One thing about them is you can watch them over and over again and always discover something new.
Rita was ridiculously beautiful in Gilda
Philip Marlowe is a Raymond Chandler character, not Dash Hammett.
Oops. Didn't even realize I did that.