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 Жыл бұрын
Kinda hard to make more if they are only from a specific era.
@ElSantoLuchador Жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
@@ElSantoLuchador So does that mean that no Lynch movie is considered noir or that they all are?
@mindlessmeat4055 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same, this removes Chinatown and Roger Rabbit which I think are great noir films.
@harrihaffi2713 Жыл бұрын
@@mindlessmeat4055 but we’ll still have this gun for hire
@TimeandMonotony9 жыл бұрын
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
@alexandercampbell12359 жыл бұрын
***** 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.
@mikosharp9 жыл бұрын
+TimeandMonotony hands-shaken, 7 of them are my favourites too.
@mikosharp9 жыл бұрын
+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.
@andrewma96827 жыл бұрын
Strangers on a train and Out of the Past are my favorites, and Chinatown
@82easyrider6 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheKersey47510 жыл бұрын
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.
@daniellack35596 жыл бұрын
Double Indemnity for me, not only best film noir, but best all time film period..
@cooperkillen57296 жыл бұрын
The Third Man is my favorite because of its style.
@rentazzo6 жыл бұрын
thanks :)
@Webbgurl20005 жыл бұрын
TheKersey475 I’d add a few by Mitchum, too.
@RichardCockerill5 жыл бұрын
lol silly snowflake lol lol lol
@MrIke869 жыл бұрын
Out of the Past is a quintessential, almost ideal typical, film noir. Shame it didn't break at least the top three.
@jonathaningram74325 жыл бұрын
I screamed when I saw it in honorable mentions, I was hoping it would be #1
@wilsonstone9354 жыл бұрын
I agree completely, it's a much more definitive noir movie, -notorious Is a phenomenal movie, but not noir, in my opinion, confused list
@DandyLion662a4 жыл бұрын
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.
@ericholland98024 жыл бұрын
I agree
@mjohnson17414 жыл бұрын
Yeah, film noir isn't complete without Robert Mitchum.
@jamesdarcy66610 жыл бұрын
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."
@robertwiegman14 жыл бұрын
Great list. And Gilda too!!!
@mjohnson17414 жыл бұрын
God bless you, you're a true Film Noir fan!
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@mjohnson1741 that man has good taste! I've seen them all except for Phantom Lady- I'll find it eventually.
@mjohnson17414 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@mjohnson1741 If the government could tax it, they would.
@jeremymarshall73199 жыл бұрын
Scarface is simply a crime film, not a noir at all.
@drstrangelove65588 жыл бұрын
Exectly
@Painkiller_Productions8 жыл бұрын
The original is very much so one
@calvinmartin5087 жыл бұрын
ruud gullit
@marcusharton54637 жыл бұрын
It's arguably protonoir.
@johnathanclark796 жыл бұрын
Noir is actually a new name for crime films of that era.
@flikering59239 жыл бұрын
LAURA 1944 (OTTO PREMIGER)
@ByzantineCalvinist4 жыл бұрын
“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.
@YTfanofclips4 жыл бұрын
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.
@tpatrick444 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!!!
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@normadesmond60174 жыл бұрын
Gilda. Woman in the window. And body heat. Lvoed the ending.
@mateil22778 жыл бұрын
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
@richardscanlan34198 жыл бұрын
I have copies of 1,2,3,6,8 and 10.You my good friend have great taste.
@mateil22778 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@MrManoMelo8 жыл бұрын
Matei L ff
@DantesAwakening7 жыл бұрын
Came here just to take a list because I know WM lists sucks more often than not. Thank you
@connerspencern10 жыл бұрын
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.
@patrickmcevoy50807 жыл бұрын
"Out of the Past" isn't an honorable mention. It's #1 or #2 on any reasonable list. Period.
@wilsonstone9354 жыл бұрын
Absolutely, that's the 1st one I think of, they're confusing really good movies with noir
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@wilsonstone935 I agree- I own a copy. Anything with Mitchum in it is excellent.
@wilsonstone9354 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencelewis8105 luv mitchum -night of the hunter, and cape fear, -dinero. Was acting,, mitchum was just being mitchum
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@wilsonstone935 that is so true. Mitchum made it look easy, the mark of a true pro.
@DandyLion662a4 жыл бұрын
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.
@tsxtina29199 жыл бұрын
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
@JT295018 жыл бұрын
+Christina Venegas No "The Killers" as well, which is at least as good as Siodmak's Criss Cross which is mentioned
@goopah8 жыл бұрын
And one of my favorites, "Angel Face", with its devastating finale.
@ivangomez1238 жыл бұрын
Key Largo, The Lady of Shanghai and Rififi they forgot
@ptery8 жыл бұрын
Blue Dahlia!
@RodericSpode7 жыл бұрын
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.
@angus72782 жыл бұрын
“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 Жыл бұрын
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.
@jeremymarshall73199 жыл бұрын
The Trevor Howard character, Major Callahan, was nothing like Inspector Clousseau, the major was smart, shrewd, and a step ahead of everyone else.
@demongo20074 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Marshall “...CallaWAY...”
@russellcampbell91984 жыл бұрын
She says viillain so perhaps she meant Popescu. Callaway was revealed as being ultra-competent.
@chrishenson44503 жыл бұрын
She also called one of the greatest soundtracks of all time “comical.” Epic fail noir.
@uberbabeINC Жыл бұрын
“Callaway! I’m ENGLISH, not IRISH!”
@Robson1898vascao6 жыл бұрын
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
@audiophileman70474 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Laura is a masterpiece!
@nate_the_mate67155 ай бұрын
Glad Scarlet Street got a mention
@TheFilipinoBoxer10 жыл бұрын
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
@drstrangelove65588 жыл бұрын
+TheFilipinoBoxer agreed:)!
@owensmith86073 жыл бұрын
It’s called neo noir
@RaysDad4 жыл бұрын
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.
@krisscanlon40513 жыл бұрын
Postman always rings twice absolutely
@RaysDad3 жыл бұрын
@mr Han Man Two great movies, but Chinatown is a color film so I've never thought of it as noir.
@angus72782 жыл бұрын
Agreed, “Mildred Pierce” was great.
@blinkzone110 жыл бұрын
"Detour" should've been on the list too!
@ThePiratemachine3 жыл бұрын
blinkzone1 An amazing film. That don't get much more film noir than Ann Savage.
@goopah8 жыл бұрын
"The Night Of The Hunter" certainly belongs here, and should score very high, if not number one. An all-time classic noir.
@marcushaeberlen6 жыл бұрын
Certanliy true!!
@Gos12345676 жыл бұрын
No way is that noir,FFS
@psychicoutlawchanel74305 жыл бұрын
goopah Saw that as a kid, Mitchum was so scary I could never watch it again lol!!
@frankmachin54384 жыл бұрын
Great film but not quite noir
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@frankmachin5438 No, not really a noir but it has elements of noir in it, like Mitchum in the basement.
@Tulipstarful8 жыл бұрын
I just watched The Maltese Falcon today. It was so good! Now I want to watch all these other movies too!!
@drstrangelove65588 жыл бұрын
+Tulip Star watc Sunset Bolluevard and double indemnity!!! I hope you like them!!!:):)
@bekindunderstandhumannatur98744 жыл бұрын
Yes me too. Awesomely made a timeless classic
@audiophileman70474 жыл бұрын
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.
@mikey19415 жыл бұрын
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.
@SgtMjr9 жыл бұрын
The Killing. Stanley Kubrick. How is it not even in the Honourable Mention category?
@MoeGreensRightEye9 жыл бұрын
+Bill Bird great movie
@alext88288 жыл бұрын
Yes
@YOTHISISYO7 жыл бұрын
Well it is a heist film !
@pvtrichter886 жыл бұрын
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!
@TheSaltydog074 жыл бұрын
"The Klling" is a mess, case in point -- that laughable ending. And that painful voiceover and that cringe-worthy script. And. . . .
@PurpleCloud6197 жыл бұрын
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
@larrylanggard260911 ай бұрын
I would add “The Killers” with Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, 1946.
@Whippets4 жыл бұрын
The Third Man is one of the greatest films ever made, not just in the film noir genre ... you've seriously underrated it.
@audiophileman70474 жыл бұрын
Yes, must agree! I'd put it at the top, slightly beating Double Indemnity.
@guileniam2 жыл бұрын
It's considered the greatest British film ever made.
@Whippets2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@BarryPennock2 жыл бұрын
My favourite film of all. There is romance, love, friendship, intrigue, betrayal and the actors are out of this world.
@Whippets2 жыл бұрын
@@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
@JadanDuffin1278 жыл бұрын
When I saw Strangers on A Train, I knew this list missed what noir is about...
@44excalibur8 жыл бұрын
+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.
@toyaadams81678 жыл бұрын
+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?
@44excalibur8 жыл бұрын
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.
@44excalibur4 жыл бұрын
@Randy White 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.
@ThePiratemachine3 жыл бұрын
@@44excalibur Anything with Vera Miles in it transcends all categories for me.
@markmerzweiler9094 жыл бұрын
The policeman in The Third Man was not like Clouseau at all. He had a dry wit and was quite competent.
@poetcomic14 жыл бұрын
"My name is Calloway not Callahan - I'm English not Irish."
@markmerzweiler9094 жыл бұрын
@@poetcomic1 Quite so old boy.
@russellcampbell91984 жыл бұрын
I think she says villian not policeman. Perhaps the clip mistakenly showed the inspector.
@markmerzweiler9094 жыл бұрын
@@russellcampbell9198 You are correct...she does say villain...but I don't think that works either.
@28joshg4 жыл бұрын
@@markmerzweiler909 Maybe they meant Poirot, not Clouseu
@toony82610 жыл бұрын
Out of the Past should have made the list. I think another top 10 is called for.
@roberthanson61563 жыл бұрын
Sunset Boulevard is a masterpiece
@StevenBishop-c9r7 ай бұрын
As lauded as this movie is, I personally find it just--creepy.
@franko885810 жыл бұрын
Wish "Out of the Past" was at least the Top 10 at least. One of the best.
@marccolten98014 жыл бұрын
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. "
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
I just saw that movie last night- what a classic line!
@GeneBurnett10 жыл бұрын
I love "In A Lonely Place". Really worth watching. Bogie in his darkest role.
@jenniferhansen3622 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I like it too.
@uberbabeINC Жыл бұрын
Bogart had great chemistry with Director Nicholas Ray’s soon to be ex wife Gloria Grahame. All of them provided superb, sublime work.
@stevenlupanko2983 Жыл бұрын
I didn't like it. Not a patch on key largo.
@WatchMojo10 жыл бұрын
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
@aronstori88610 жыл бұрын
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@jamaalkhan100010 жыл бұрын
Do top 10 superheroes turned supervillains and 10 supervillains turned superheroes.
@90sambabam110 жыл бұрын
'Top 10 The Simpsons couch gags' please!
@fml9410 жыл бұрын
ooooohh neo noir can't wait
@Marikioable10 жыл бұрын
Sam Jabery The "Game Of Thrones" couch gag is by far the best one ever.
@herranton8 жыл бұрын
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...
@FirstPlace978 жыл бұрын
THIRD MAN IS 6th? WTF
@philleotardo80388 жыл бұрын
I know I was very upset about it myself.
@FirstPlace978 жыл бұрын
But Third Man is probably a better film overall than those
@danielfebrizio90337 жыл бұрын
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.
@jacobvarney237 жыл бұрын
Chinatown is a neo-noir film.
@anitasmith45595 жыл бұрын
One of the greats.
@MrChuckbass9210 жыл бұрын
The poolscene intro of sunset boulevard is just so damn brilliant..
@3ndgame778810 жыл бұрын
What about "M" by Fritz Lang?
@adrianoreis636810 жыл бұрын
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
@opapergunner10 жыл бұрын
WHERE IS "Mildred Pierce"???
@BluesImprov5 жыл бұрын
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!
@bodensick4 жыл бұрын
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.
@normadesmond60174 жыл бұрын
Night of the hunter. Certainly. Cape fear. The Killers with Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner.
@ThePiratemachine3 жыл бұрын
@@normadesmond6017 The Killers is fantastic. The remake was quite good also but the Ava one - yes.
@normadesmond60173 жыл бұрын
@@ThePiratemachine for sure!
@sclogse14 жыл бұрын
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.
@dobypilgrim61608 жыл бұрын
Bogart rules.
@btetschner4 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@btetschner Bogart could wear a hat. Mitchum wore it better. Widmark wore it best.
@btetschner4 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencelewis8105 Ever see Night of the Hunter?
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@btetschner4 жыл бұрын
@@lawrencelewis8105 I will have to check out Widmark.
@Jerrrbear8 ай бұрын
What's the film at 0:20 with Lauren Bacall(I don't think it's The Big Sleep, but I suppose it could be; no Humphrey Bogart in the picture)?
@BluRayKing10 жыл бұрын
Of these listed, The Third Man is my favorite.
@audiophileman70474 жыл бұрын
Yes, I give it a slight edge over Double Indemnity.
@kylefunderburk419410 жыл бұрын
This is the first list I actually agree with. I watched the Maltese Falcon in my film history class, I loved that movie.
@CrookedRosePOD3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I bought it on blue ray and it was amazing
@strangerinwhite10 жыл бұрын
What isn't The Postman Always Ring Twice on here?
@huanero2009 жыл бұрын
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.
@strangerinwhite9 жыл бұрын
miguel oquendo I see you like the Film Noir genre as well.
@huanero2009 жыл бұрын
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.
@strangerinwhite9 жыл бұрын
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.roberto18989 жыл бұрын
+Jerome Allshouse Don't forget gun crazy, 1950.
@Blogrich5510 жыл бұрын
1. Dark Passage 2.Nightmare Alley 3. Rear Window 4. Whatever happened to Baby Jane 5. The Phantom Lady 6. The Postman always rings twice 7. China Town etc... Although noir is french for black and works best in black and white, it is primarily a feel of gritty realism based on pulp fiction and hardboiled novels. Many good noir films have been made in color. Perry Mason was noir as was the Naked City.
@stevemcnary43014 жыл бұрын
Out Of The Past should be on this list. Lady From Shanghai too!
@archer19499 жыл бұрын
If you are including prototypes like The Maltese Falcon and Scarface, you should include Fritz Lang's M.
@chavruta20009 жыл бұрын
***** they're including everything that is almost noir, because they've never seen a real noir film.
@drstrangelove65588 жыл бұрын
+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!:)
@bobhansen98747 жыл бұрын
yes !
@theodoremcgee3346 жыл бұрын
Actually Fritz's "You Only Live Once" with Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney. I consider it the first real film of Film Noir genre.
@betunia984 жыл бұрын
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
@AnnaMaria-oy1fp9 жыл бұрын
The Postman always rings twice?
@atollc74269 жыл бұрын
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.
@dizbang30739 жыл бұрын
+Atoll C boom - 10 thumbs up - so many great lines in that flick
@elgreco508 жыл бұрын
+Atoll C Absolutely. Out of the Past is the quintessential noir.....not Maltese Falcon.
@beamorillo45527 жыл бұрын
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@patrickmcevoy50807 жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct - it's not even debatable.
@mercedyzmarieguion2926 жыл бұрын
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.
@Rhubba8 жыл бұрын
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.
@danielfebrizio90337 жыл бұрын
I agree. He also is not even a villain.
@CraftySouthpaw6 жыл бұрын
He helps kill the bad guy, FFS!
@lehighcountylwv52785 жыл бұрын
Trevor Howard took Joseph Cotten to see the kids who were put in the hospital forever, thanks to Harry Lime.
@ssesf10 жыл бұрын
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.
@jmd5555557 жыл бұрын
What about 'Murder My Sweet' - my favourite of them all?
@JMLCK788 жыл бұрын
What about Laura?
@omarsalkamusic8 жыл бұрын
Laura is excellent
@orzelgryf10 жыл бұрын
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).
@SWISStoons9 жыл бұрын
This is a great list! And I'm happy to see my favorite Bogie movie, In a Lonely Place, included.
@RamZar508 ай бұрын
*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).
@aguilarandrew958 жыл бұрын
Stop with the spoilers please. I'm coming here to decide which one to watch.
@SANTAMU3RTE8 жыл бұрын
right...
@aguilarandrew958 жыл бұрын
+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
@dennistheconstitutionalpea61747 жыл бұрын
Mute it and then scroll through the video, to find the names.
@frandm19874 жыл бұрын
Does William Wyler's The Letter count as film noir? In 2018 I went to Vienna's sewers thanks to The Third Man (both Graham Greene's novel and Carol Reed's film). You can do the tour if you travel to Austria's capital, it's in front of Café Museum across the street. There's a The Third Man Museum also in Vienna.
@hughhemington955910 жыл бұрын
"Laura" should be near the top!
@pagano607 жыл бұрын
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.
@thomasmetz34 жыл бұрын
Laura, The Killers, The Stranger, Dark Passage, Dead Reckoning, The List of Adrian Messenger, The Hitchhiker
@BLUEsurf634 жыл бұрын
And a brilliant noir called "He walked by Night" starring Richard Basehart, i think the film was made in 1948.
@thomasmetz34 жыл бұрын
Just watched “He Walked By Night” this month, and the original D.O.A. with Edmund O’Brien
@maggiekoch93484 жыл бұрын
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.
@fabioblanco85718 жыл бұрын
You missed the Raymond Chandler cameo in Double Indemnity. ;)
@Gregory_McIntosh4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the guy sitting in the chair in the hallway.
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@Gregory_McIntosh He wrote the screenplay.
@floridafyme9 жыл бұрын
Excellent choices. Noir demands at least a top 20 list.
@camyoung615910 жыл бұрын
Disappointed to see that 1946's The Killers got overlooked.
@audiophileman70474 жыл бұрын
Yes, one of the best.
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@fincastle864 жыл бұрын
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!
@WatchMojo10 жыл бұрын
In case you were wondering how the Mojoholics voted in our poll, see the votes and entries here: watchmojo.com/suggest/Top%2010%20Film%20Noirs Note, of course, that viewer votes are just one of the hundreds of data points and variables that we consider and look at when we create our lists. Make sure to sign up and participate on future lists at www.WatchMojo.com/suggest
@randalllompe30409 жыл бұрын
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.
@chavruta20009 жыл бұрын
Randall Lompe exactly.
@huanero2009 жыл бұрын
Randall Lompe Scarface is like a fable, that is why De Palma made the remake. It is not Noir
@wilsonstone9354 жыл бұрын
Perfect examples
@stevensica892 жыл бұрын
She is fooled by the cinematography.
@drzarkov394 жыл бұрын
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".
@fritzwalter46604 жыл бұрын
The top color noir films are LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN and NIAGARA.
@Megz4750610 жыл бұрын
Thank you for including Notorious on this list! That movie is perfection.
@BackSeatHump7 жыл бұрын
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! :)
@0Lu.Lu08 жыл бұрын
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.
@guileniam2 жыл бұрын
I thought dark passage sucks? It's never ranked with key largo or big sleep
@0Lu.Lu02 жыл бұрын
@@guileniam I mean, okay: that's you. Everything's not a competition.
@The_Irate_Penguin5 жыл бұрын
Lists such as these will always draw criticism, but this one seems a particularly good example of leaving out practically every seminal film noir and concentrating solely on the glossy A-movies with the matching box office numbers. • Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) • This Gun for Hire (1942) • Murder My Sweet (1944) • Laura (1944) • Leave Her to Heaven (1945) • Detour (1945) • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) • The Blue Dahlia (1946) • Notorious (1946) • Gilda (1946) • Out of the Past (1947) • Kiss of Death (1947) • Crossfire (1947) • Force of Evil (1948) • Act of Violence (1948) • Cry of the City (1948) • He Walked by Night (1948) • Criss Cross (1949) • D.O.A. (1949) • Impact (1949) • Night and the City (1950) • Gun Crazy (1950) • On Dangerous Ground (1952) • Pickup on South Street (1953) • Angel Face (1953) • The Big Combo (1955) • The Killing (1957) ... just to mention a few.
@danieln661310 жыл бұрын
How about doing a top 10 of Neo Noirs (films like Chinatown or Blade Runner)?
@Retroscoop10 жыл бұрын
Public Eye
@serkansen01905 жыл бұрын
Please name some like Chinatown !!
@alexkrok251110 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping not to sound stupid, but based on your definition of film noir, wouldn't Dial M for Murder be eligible? If so, I think that would be a great fit somewhere around 7th on this list.
@bevtuft35724 жыл бұрын
any list that leaves out "Out of the Past" is bogus
@TheSmokingHat7 жыл бұрын
So many good movies in that list. Noir is such a great genre, especially the older ones (1940s and early 1950s).
@Eziokilla959510 жыл бұрын
Sweet Smell of Success - Alexander McKendrick No doubt, it's the best.
@noahtyre25355 жыл бұрын
Eziokilla9595 THANK YOU
@ProphetSoul5 жыл бұрын
The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river.
@romanclay19134 жыл бұрын
@@ProphetSoul "I wouldn't take a bite of you. You're a cookie full of arsenic."
@dantheman483810 жыл бұрын
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.
@Cleon29Warrior10 жыл бұрын
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.............
@ClarqueAllen7 жыл бұрын
Also no Touch of Evil
@PurpleCloud6197 жыл бұрын
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.
@michaelcioni85996 жыл бұрын
Touch of Evil was included as #5
@mikelipsey88376 жыл бұрын
I agree Laura needs to be top 10, maybe Gilda; but, Detour is not even top 30.
@duskinsmoviereviews2974 жыл бұрын
@@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
@postsuburban11 ай бұрын
You are the best love. Keep up the great work. Love the content. My first go to for old movies.
@thenostalgiakid110 жыл бұрын
#6. Major Calloway isn't a villain.
@DeadoraEU10 жыл бұрын
Maybe it's because of the fuzzy definition but i feel like "The killing" should've been high up on the list! The best noir film i've ever seen!
@ronniejdio94114 жыл бұрын
Once again watch mojo doesnt understand their own title. Most of these arent Noir
@sauravmehra45034 жыл бұрын
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!
@ronniejdio94114 жыл бұрын
@@sauravmehra4503 thanked sia
@wassadhappinau30964 жыл бұрын
Saurav Mehra dio from black sabbath? what about dio from dio lol
@bubhub648 жыл бұрын
Loved the smokey jazz backround music!
@Stiffkittens0110 жыл бұрын
I know it fall outside the timezone you set, but my fave noir films are L.A. Confidential & Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
@GinEric846 жыл бұрын
Neither of those are of the genre
@D-FensDogG4 жыл бұрын
Yes, they are. But they are more precisely categorized as "Neo-Noir".
@byronp23114 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite noir's is D.O.A. (the original). It is insanely convoluted to the point that I've never been sure you can actually put all of the pieces together after it's done. But it really doesn't get much more noir than this sucker. Can't believe it is not even an honorable mention.
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
that is a damned good film. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned before.
@antoniomarine15672 жыл бұрын
Good call! Great movie!
@JoeyPsych10 жыл бұрын
why isn't this video loading, has it been removed?
@chrishenson44503 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack to “The Third Man,” written and performed entirely on the zither by Anton Karas, is a work of remarkable genius and absolutely makes the film. To call it “comical” robs this list of any cred noir it may have had.
@blinkzone110 жыл бұрын
Double Indemnity should've been #1. That is the greatest film noir IMO
@audiophileman70474 жыл бұрын
I can really understand why you would say that, but I think that The Third Man beats it by a hair due to Orson Welles' genius as a film maker.
@robertplattner16363 жыл бұрын
@@audiophileman7047 Orson Welles didn’t direct it though, he only acted in it. Carol Reed directed it.
@audiophileman70473 жыл бұрын
@@robertplattner1636 Thanks for clearing that up. It's a great movie either way.
@robertplattner16363 жыл бұрын
@@audiophileman7047 I absolutely agree! It’s one of my favorites! Orson Welles absolutely steals the show!
@audiophileman70473 жыл бұрын
@@robertplattner1636 From The Mercury Theatre War of the Worlds broadcast to Citizen Kane and just about everything else he did, he was truly excellent and a genuine innovator! As you may know, they called him the "boy genius". I consider him to be the greatest and most important media artist of the 20th Century! 👍👍👍👍👍
@dlee64510 жыл бұрын
Three films starring Bogie! Love it! He's my favorite. How about the 10 best Bogie movies?
@Tardisius10 жыл бұрын
"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" is chok full of NOIRS =))
@65tosspowertrapl366 жыл бұрын
I love that film, watch it frequently.
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
@Barry Super Indeed- you're the first one to mention it.
@StevenBishop-c9r7 ай бұрын
'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...
@GameCatcher8910 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
The director is the same of Night and the City, a great director.
@austingonzales14054 жыл бұрын
I must say that is a pretty good list. Good work!
@97mesut10 жыл бұрын
Where is the Killing?
@plokoon81510 жыл бұрын
Right?!? The Killing is probably my favorite film noir.
@scottleft36726 жыл бұрын
The killers is the best.
@MoeGreensRightEye6 жыл бұрын
The Killers is absolutely one of the best
@ΣτεφανοςΚ-θ2υ6 жыл бұрын
Oooh yeah AMAZING movie ..should hit the list at least at the top 3
@rayfinkle9369 Жыл бұрын
Here's a few more that I really love, in no order... 1. Rebecca (Hitchcock) - romance thriller with crazy twist 2. All About Eve (Bette Davis) - aging actress has understudy that is more than she appears 3. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Cagney) - breaks out of prison, brings everyone around him down with him 4. White Heat (Cagney) - Momma's Boy/Gangster doing gangster things. Like Scarface? Watch this. Tip: Sometimes the trailers and comments ruin the whole movie. Watch them at your own risk.
@lt.w.5758 жыл бұрын
#1...SUNSET BLVD.....YES!!, Maltese Falcon....yes! Double Indemnity--Barbara Stanwyck...love her, Strangers on a Train---one of the best. Hitch was the BEST film director in film history. Cary Grant, Ingrid !!!!, All great pics. Great job. Gaslight should be in here. Ingrid Bergman won the oscar.
@lawrencelewis81054 жыл бұрын
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.
@YTfanofclips4 жыл бұрын
Indeed. The plots were going so fast, few people knew what was going on, ha ha.
@wrybreadspread6 жыл бұрын
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers. The Night of the Hunter.