I will make a Sunday Suggestion for Noir Movies but it's not just one movie!!
Top-10 of my favorite noirs from the three periods of the genre.
The first list concerns the classic period of the genre, namely the American cinema of the 40s-50s, the second the revival of the noir style in the 60s to the 90s, and the third concerns the 21st century and its own versions of noir revival.
I limited myself to one film per director on each list, otherwise the first one would have pretty much just Billy Wilder and Nicholas Ray, while the next ones would probably have more Michael Mann and the Coen brothers.
That's it, lists, and if you're baking, make your own in the comments:
40s-50s CLASSIC NOIR:
- White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949)
- The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)
- The Letter (William Wyler, 1940)
- Asphalt Jungle (John Huston, 1950)
- Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957)
- Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948)
- Laura (Otto Preminger, 1944)
- Pickup on South Street (Samuel Fuller, 1953)
- Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950)
- In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)
60s-90s NEO-NOIR:
- Night Moves (Arthur Penn, 1975)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (William Friedkin, 1985)
- Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)
- The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1976)
- Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara, 1992)
- The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
- Thief (Michael Mann, 1981)
- Shock Corridor (Samuel Fuller, 1963)
- Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
- Miller's Crossing (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1990)
21ST CENTURY NEO-NOIR:
- Black Coal, Thin Ice (Diao Yinan, 2014)
- Phoenix (Christian Petzold, 2014)
Mother (Bong Joon-ho, 2009)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oBwQHWeYxo
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000)
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog, 2009)
- Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004)
- Uncut Gems (Josh & Benny Safdie, 2019)
- Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (Bi Gan, 2018)
- Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
Enjoy and drop your own favourite!!


