Classic Film Noir - Top 40 Highest Rated
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- A countdown to the highest rated film noir 1941 to 1958.
Ratings Average sources include IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Radio Times Film Guide, Halliwell, Maltin and occasionally my own score will be thrown into the mix too.
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Great list. 'Mildred Pierce' is a major noir and should've been included in my opinion. I also miss 'Force of Evil', 'Detour' and 'Leave her to heaven' (a rare noir in colour).
Thanks. I'm considering updating this video. Might even try multiple videos yearly charts.
I agree. They’ve should’ve included a movie by Betty Davis as well. She has several excellent film -noirs
My top 3 would be: Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Sunset Boulevard.
The lighting, staging and makeup people really knew how to setup the actors for noir !
Great video !
I’ve watched every single one of these movies Free online and they were all excellent. Celebrating 🥳
Laura was the first film noir movie I had ever seen and I've been a big fan of that genre ever since.
It's definitely one of the best. Thanks for commenting!
Not to forget Sterling Hayden, who should have won more Oscars than anyone out there. He should have gotten 10+ just for Dr. Strangelove, 5+ for The Killing, and just watch Johnny Guitar, if you are not convinced!
Thanks for the recommendation. Just watched Johnny Guitar - which was amazing, Sterling Hayden Ernest Borgnine and Joan Crawford were amazing- bravo!
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To me, there is no one close to the tension Sterlimg Hayden could create. Joan Crawford and Ernest Borgnine are the perfect match for him.
Johhny Guitar is an incomparable masterpiece of celluloid art.
@@alanladdseinekatze859 By the way. I watched again the Killers a week ago. such a pleasure. Elisha Cook Jr. Strling Heiden and Marie Windsor, Vince Edwards and all the cast were amazing. The fight of the russian was great every scene was great!
one of my favorite actors: Sterling Hayden
AND T H E L O N G G O O D B Y E . . .
Glad to see 'In a Lonely Place' amongst this lot. It's always been my favourite! It does prompt a question though 'When is a Film Noir not a Film Noir'? I have always found a definition to be somewhat blurred!
I would say a femme fatale is an essential ingredient of a good noir but practially every moody shadowy B/W movie of the 40s and 50s has been labeled 'film noir'. I've seen Citizen Kane listed as film noir.
I believe that it was the way it was photographed stark B/W use of shadows for suspense etc
I see that two of my favourite Fritz Lang films (The Big Heat and Woman in the Window) made it on the list - a bit surprised that Scarlet Street didn't make it too.
How about doing a Top 20 of Fritz Lang's films? He's one my favourites, in all of his different phases and genres (I've got 38 films on DVD that he directed - just missing the first two lost films and the two French-language ones).
Fritz Lang is a good choice for a video Top 20, I'm a big fan of Metropolis, wrote an article about it a few years ago at Hubpages. 38 Fritz Lang films on DVD is impressive. I too have a sizable collection of films on DVD and Blu-ray, over 3000 in 20 years of collecting. But that includes modern as well as classic cinema. Scarlet Street had a score of 7.17 and should be included on my Edward G Robinson top 50 video.
Yeah, and that's a bit of what I find unusual about the Fritz Lang revival - he is being remembered for Metropolis - but he made only two science fiction films, and the second one Frau im Mond was much more Lang-ian. He made three Westerns, and his real accomplishments for me are his Films Noirs - Fury, You Only Live Once, Ministry of Fear, Woman in the Window, Scarlet Street, Rancho Notorious (a Western Noir), The Big Heat, While the City Sleeps, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt.....
good on you jonny vassvåg. Will you invite me over for a movie night? :-p
Very good list with cool music but three of my faves were not included...The Sniper in 1952 starring Arthur Franz, He Walked by Night in 1948 starring Richard Basehart and Too Late For Tears in 1949 starring Lizabeth Scott.
Thanks for posting. Sorry I didn't include three of your favorites. What noir would you place in the top 3?
@@Top10Charts3978 Thanks. As I have not watched all of your top 40 movies I hesitate to say much about my top 3 although your number one is good but not sure Sunset Boulevard is really a film noir. I do really like Too Late For Tears so maybe one of my top 3. I also might have placed The Killing in my top 3 but your efforts are much appreciated.
They got number 1 right in my opinion!
That was a very good list.
Thanks!
did you include Vertigo. a true noir. It is one of the 3 greatest ever.
Mine is out of the past great performances by all
Funny how the top 5 are some of favorites of all tine
Hi Zen, the top 5 were pretty much equal in stature and I've seen each of them top the lists at various film noir sites I went to.
Watched all of them. The substantial misses, I think, are Pickup on South Street, Scarlet Street, Detour and Witness for the Prosecution, if we consider the last one noir. Also too bad Out of the Past is out of the top 10, but "Baby, I don't care" :) Anyway, respectful top 40, the rest is a matter of opinion. And something about femme fatales from Farewell, my lovely. Probably the best description of their allure. “I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin.”
P. S. It'll be nice to make a chart for the best neo noirs.
Hi there, Out of the Past not in the top 10? ooh... I can't remember what I put on there but I think Double Indemnity was no.1. Film Noir lists abound on the internet, some of them include Citizen Kane and Vertigo.
Neo-noir eh interesting, does Blade Runner 1 & 2, count as neo-noir? I did upload a video on erotic thrillers years ago, some of them were neo-noirish. Thanks for posting.
@@Top10Charts3978 Well, Out of the past is at the threshold - No. 11. You're right, film noir is such a vague territory, open for variety of interpretations. Even though Taschen listed Psycho as a noir entry in their Top 50 noir movies; Vertigo is also there.
Blade runner 1 & 2? As far as I know more noir specialists consider the first part neo noir or at least a sci fi or tech noir. Vague territory :)
I'll check your erotic thrillers video, sounds interesting.
Good list, but I'm sorely missing Detour!
I'm guessing it dropped down due to its low budget, lack of screen stars, and (since it was a "B" film) no record of box-office performance. But I think I'm not alone in considering Detour one of the best ever Films Noirs.
Hi there, not sure what happened to Detour, according to my files it had an average score of 7.47 so it would have been at the bottom of that top 40. I supposed when it came time to cut the video down to size that movie didn't make it. Like you say the lack of stars may have been a factor, good film poster though. I don't think I've seen it. I know the director Edgar G. Ulmer best from The Black Cat, one of my favorite horror classics of the 30s.
Hey, Top 10: Detour is in the public domain so there are plenty of copies online. WATCH IT! You won't regret it.
Gloria Grahame and Dana Andrews are just the most underrated actors of their time. A shame...
#19 Kubrick's first great movie. #16 Kiss Me Deadly probably has the strangest ending of all of these movies. #15 In A Lonely Place...I know it is supposed to be great...but I was not too impressed. #12 Shadow of the Doubt is the Hitchcock movie for this list....interesting choice. Foul Foul Foul Out of the Past not in the Top 10? Confusing. #10 and #9 are classics without a doubt. #7 Laura is classic...not surprised you found a Price picture...lol. Top 6 is very solid....glad to see Double Indemnity get the top spot. Great video.....voting up....sharing this video on my Film Noir Facebook pages I belong too. Don't be surprised when they attack you for Out of the Past not being in the Top 10. Keep up the good work. Overall I have seen 29 of these movies.
Out of the Past is one of the essential noir, arguably the best of them all but ratings-wise and historically it wasn't a match for the films in the top 10 which get top marks from buffs and critics right across the board, films that are considered cinema masterpieces. Nearly all of Hitchcocks black and white American output has noirish elements, I decided to pick one and Shadow of a Doubt won the draw. I think Double Indemnity's position at no.1 is the only ranking in common with your top 100. A lot of other sites rate it very highly too. Sunset Boulevard and The Third Man were first at some sites too. Creating this video has got me in the mood to watch some noir this week, I think I'll start with Out of the Past. :) Thanks for the comments and the share Bruce, much appreciated amigo.
Surprised White Heat (1949) was not on here.
Fans of film noir might want to check out Cogerson's Film Noir page, which includes facts and stats on 100 movies. I found it a valuable resource when compiling this video.
www.ultimatemovierankings.com/top-100-film-noir-movies-statistically-speaking/
Thanks for sharing my link. Greatly appreciated.
Robert Siodmak (The Killers, Criss Cross) and Jacques Tourneur (Out of the Past) are also favourites that made it on your list, but I don't know as many of their films as Lang, Welles, or Hitchcock - trying to collect more though. (Siodmak - I'd have to also mention The Suspect, The Spiral Staircase, and The Dark Mirror; Tourneur, more for his horror films though - Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, and Night of the Demon, but then Out of the Past alone gives him a place in the Film Noir hall of fame).
I'm more of a sci-fi and horror fan than a noir fan but creating that video gave me a new perspective on the genre, I remember the top 5 gave me a problem, any one of them could have been no.1 on the list. The scores were so close. Double Indemnity won the toss. It seems to have been the right choice there is only one dislike for the video. But it's a fraction of a point between them, a five way tie. Tourneur I knew best from his horror output, the Val Lewton classics and my favorite - Night of the Demon. Thanks for checking these out always good to hear from a fellow film buff.
Dans les dédales du films noirs américains, arrêtons sur deux incontournables : D.O.A et le Carrefour de la Mort.
very good vid, everyone has got different views, there's a few on here I haven't watched yet so I'll be sure to remedy that :)
Thanks. There's a few here I haven't seen either.
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I'd put The Maltese Falcon as #1. Still nice to see Double Indemnity there, as it's a great film noir as well. I'd also rank Key Largo higher. Good list, though.
Thanks. Well there's only a fraction of a point between the top 5 so it's practically a tie for first place.
Where Danger Lives.
This is fabulous! I've seen all but Boomerang.
Thanks for the kind words Flora, I'm glad you liked the video. There are a few here I haven't seen. I will have to seek them out now. Bruce's noir page came in very useful, all I had to do was boot off 60 of the films he listed. :)
And do NOT get me wrong:
I myself put The Third Man right up with Casablanca and Citizen Kane. But it simply is not a Noir. If it is considered as such by few, those other two are even more.
I admit myself being at war inside, but if I allow these three to take part, Casablanca is the only reasonable choice to appear on this list and be called Noir.
Can I stream these movies somewhere?
My top 3 list: 1. The maltese falcon 2. The glass key 3. Double indenment.
The Glass Key is an interesting choice. Is that your favorite Alan Ladd movie? I know a few who prefer The Blue Dahlia.
The Blue Dahlia is a great movie but The glass key is my favorite Ladd movie, yes. I also love the novel. by Dashiel Hammet.
From Dianne Twersky thank you..very interesting site..Found Kiss Me Deadly, must see.
Thanks for the comment Dianne, Kiss Me Deadly is worth a look.
Naked Street was boss. Anthony Quinn master this piece.
Ok, you mean to tell me you couldn't find a slim reason to rate
"White Heat" starring James Cagney? How dare you!?🤦♀
Random comments: I've seen all 40 of these movies, most of them many times. The choice of No. 1 is a no-brainer, but I'd put "Laura" and "The Maltese Falcon" right below it. If you're going to include an Alfred Hitchcock movie ("Shadow of a Doubt"), why not include just about all of his movies? (Personally, I wouldn't call Hitchcock's movies "noirs," but I won't argue about it.) I'm glad the earliest movie was "The Maltese Falcon," which I consider to be the first noir. I wondered why the list omitted "Crossfire" and "Mildred Pierce." Finally, I question whether "Sweet Smell of Success" and "Sunset Boulevard" are noirs, but I realize that there's room for disagreement.
Hi there, when I was compiling this chart a few years ago I looked at other lists and articles on the internet and there seemed to be a lot of confusion about what 'film noir' is, practically every moody black and white film of the 40s and 50s was listed as noir, which was wrong. Citizen Kane was listed as noir on some lists, I didn't include it. The Oxford dictionary describes noir as a "style or genre of cinematographic film marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, and menace." Thanks for posting.
Falcon is NOT the first noir. It was Stranger on the Third Floor in the classic noir timeline of 1940-58. So many people get this wrong.
I agree about 'Mildred Pierce'. 'Crossfire" was included though at #24.
#40 Will make Flora happy...as will #37....and #33...funny I just checked out Night and the City from my library 20 minutes ago. This Gun For Hire seems too low at #32. #31 Nightmare Alley was one of the few Tyrone Powers movies that did not do well at the box office. I love #28 Key Largo. Lee Marvin is excellent in #26 The Big Heat. #25 Did Flora pay you to have so many Richard Widmark movies in the video? So I have seen 12 of the firs 20 movies...for 60%.
This Gun for Hire was even lower in the final count, I gave it a nudge. I thought it deserved a higher spot too. There were a bunch of films at your website I removed from the final countdown, I hope one day you can forgive me. :) I think most of the great noir are present and accounted for. I didn't include any proto-noir from the 30s or neo-noir like Sin City. The 40s and 50s contained the quintessential film noir.
Yes, it looks like I paid him to include Richard Widmark movies. He did, after all, ask me where I rank Widmark and I told him number 2 behind Gregory Peck.
Richard Widmark appeared in quite a few noir, there might be more on your top 100 list Bruce. Robert Mitchum and Alan Ladd had their share of noir too.
Where is Angel Face?
Otto Preminger, how did I miss that one? Honestly I can't remember what films I did include. I hope Out of the Past is in there somewhere. Thanks for viewing.
@@Top10Charts3978 yes Out of the Past is there.
My top 3
out of past
Sunset boulevard
Double indemnity
Others bubbling under
Maltese falcon
postman always rings twice
Leave her to heaven
And not really noir: shadow of doubt(would be no 1 if it was)
And notally
i really thought you were going to list some gems. these are the standards everyone knows. blah.