ICM Forum's Favorite Film Noirs, 2nd Edition; Results

Lonewolf2003 · #1

iCM Forum's Favorite Film Noirs
2nd Edition

Results

Film noir, or noir for short, was originally a moniker retroactively giving to a certain type of American movies from the 40s and 50s by French critics. It's therefor a unusual "genre", cause it probably wasn't until the rise of neo-noirs in the 60s-70s that a filmmaker actively set out to make a noir (like one would with other genres). Since the term first been coined, the definition been debated, its characteristics discussed and the movies being considered broadened. It's debatable if it actually is a genre, or a style, cycle, phenomenon, mood or series. Like film historian Mark Bould said film noir remains an "elusive phenomenon ... always just out of reach". Or like Kim Newman said noirs are like porn, they're hard to define but one knows one when one sees it. While film noir will be subject to endless debates, it is is defined "not by a fundamental attribute, but by a general disposition and a group of elements, some—but rarely and perhaps never all—of which are found in each of the genre's films."
So without any further ado, here are our 250 favorite Noirs....

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Voters (43)

Perception de Ambiguity
klaus78 (unranked)
Caracortada
frbrown
zzzorf
mighysparks
TraverseTown
3eyes (unranked)
Mysterious Dude
1SO
Fergenaprido
blocho (unranked)
prodigalgodson
nimimerkillinen
filmbantha
jeff_v
beasterne
rnilsson19
sol
joachimt
AB537 (unranked125)
tommy_leazaq
Melvelet (unranked35)
VincentPrice (unranked)
insomnius (unranked)
OldAle1 (unranked65)
lineuphere
Jimi Antiloop
Good_Will_Harding (unranked20)
murnaunosferatu
Rufus-T
Lammetje (unranked8)
jonas2k
Panunzio
Gordon_Gekko
DudeLanez (unranked)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
Leopardi
ororama
Silga
Mifune
Opio
Lonewolf2003 (unranked70)

Lonewolf2003 · #2

Links to lists:

Top 250

Complete List

Lonewolf2003 · #3

But first the #1s not in the top list, or sol will turn my life into a tragic noir story.

Lonewolf2003 · #4

Of which there are only four.

Jimi Antiloop's #1:
#421 (NEW) Kafka (Steven Soderbergh, 1991) 100 points
655 checks, official lists: 0

1 voters

Jimi Antiloop (#1)

sols own #1:
#351 (NEW) Cash on Demand (Quentin Lawrence, 1961) 128.23 points
172 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

OldAle1 (unranked>65)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
sol (#1)

Perception de Ambiguity's #1:

#310 (▼-37 #273) This World, Then the Fireworks (Michael Oblowitz, 1997) 151.39 points
77 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

insomnius (unranked)
Perception de Ambiguity (#1)

TraverseTown's #1
#270 (▲135 #405) New Rose Hotel (Abel Ferrara, 1998) 181.23 points
580 checks, official lists: 3

2 voters

Perception de Ambiguity (#16)
TraverseTown (#1)

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Lonewolf2003 · #5

#250 (▲179 #429) Le procès [The Trial] (Orson Welles, 1962) 192.84 points
3110 checks, official lists: 9

4 voters

AB537 (#42)
frbrown (#151)
Jimi Antiloop (#29)
TraverseTown (#43)

Lonewolf2003 · #6

#249 (▼-59 #190) Cape Fear (J. Lee Thompson, 1962) 193.45 points
6205 checks, official lists: 6

7 voters

1SO (#12)
frbrown (#157)
jeff_v (#177)
lineuphere (#104)
murnaunosferatu (#77)
Perception de Ambiguity (#160)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

Lonewolf2003 · #7

#248 (▲108 #356) The File on Thelma Jordon (Robert Siodmak, 1949) 193.92 points
466 checks, official lists: 2

5 voters

blocho (unranked)
Gordon_Gekko (#125)
Leopardi (#58)
Mifune (#30)
Perception de Ambiguity (#401)

beasterne · #8

Results!

Lonewolf2003 · #9

#247 (▲131 #378) The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates, 1973) 195.39 points
1522 checks, official lists: 4

7 voters

Good_Will_Harding (unranked>20)
jeff_v (#112)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
ororama (#43)
Panunzio (#82)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
Silga (#159)

Lonewolf2003 · #10

#246 (▲13 #259) The Driver (Walter Hill, 1978) 197.28 points
2015 checks, official lists: 5

5 voters

AB537 (#106)
Gordon_Gekko (#143)
murnaunosferatu (#42)
Perception de Ambiguity (#12)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

Lonewolf2003 · #11

#245 (▼-119 #126) The Fallen Idol (Carol Reed, 1948) 198.05 points
1756 checks, official lists: 10

6 voters

AB537 (#74)
frbrown (#167)
jeff_v (#104)
joachimt (#26)
Lonewolf2003 (#68)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

Lonewolf2003 · #12

#244 (▲383 #627) Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971) 198.33 points
6283 checks, official lists: 11

8 voters

AB537 (#103)
frbrown (#234)
jeff_v (#167)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
Panunzio (#93)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
Rufus-T (#13)
Silga (#120)

Lonewolf2003 · #13

#243 (NEW) Chase a Crooked Shadow (Michael Anderson, 1958) 198.62 points
116 checks, official lists: 0

2 voters

sol (#2)
zzzorf (#1)

Lonewolf2003 · #14

#242 (▼-182 #60) Touchez pas au grisbi [Hands Off the Loot] (Jacques Becker, 1954) 199.12 points
1544 checks, official lists: 6

5 voters

AB537 (unranked>125)
murnaunosferatu (#36)
rnilsson19 (#69)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
tommy_leazaq (#24)

Lonewolf2003 · #15

#241 (▼-26 #215) Cry Danger (Robert Parrish, Dick Powell, 1951) 199.42 points
342 checks, official lists: 1

6 voters

blocho (unranked)
jeff_v (#176)
Leopardi (#153)
Mifune (#38)
Perception de Ambiguity (#298)
prodigalgodson (#46)

Lonewolf2003 · #16

#240 (▼-33 #207) Reign of Terror [The Black Book] (Anthony Mann, 1949) 199.56 points
268 checks, official lists: 1

4 voters

3eyes (unranked)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
Perception de Ambiguity (#21)
prodigalgodson (#68)

Lonewolf2003 · #17

#239 (▼-3 #236) The Killer Is Loose (Budd Boetticher, 1956) 199.71 points
391 checks, official lists: 2

5 voters

1SO (#40)
frbrown (#39)
jeff_v (#222)
Leopardi (#247)
VincentPrice (unranked)

Lonewolf2003 · #18

#238 (▼-70 #168) The Enforcer [Murder, Inc.] (Raoul Walsh, Bretaigne Windust, 1951) 200.48 points
627 checks, official lists: 3

6 voters

blocho (unranked)
Gordon_Gekko (#67)
Leopardi (#29)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
Perception de Ambiguity (#331)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

Lonewolf2003 · #19

#237 (▲94 #331) The Sound of Fury (Cy Endfield, 1950) 202.74 points
344 checks, official lists: 2

5 voters

Good_Will_Harding (unranked>20)
Leopardi (#109)
lineuphere (#83)
OldAle1 (#13)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

Lonewolf2003 · #20

#236 (▲68 #304) Champion (Mark Robson, 1949) 203.02 points
577 checks, official lists: 2

6 voters

Gordon_Gekko (#123)
jeff_v (#209)
Leopardi (#97)
OldAle1 (#40)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
Silga (#20)

Lonewolf2003 · #21

#235 (▲511 #746) Dead End (William Wyler, 1937) 204.32 points
969 checks, official lists: 5

6 voters

Caracortada (#58)
frbrown (#224)
Good_Will_Harding (unranked>20)
Leopardi (#43)
Lonewolf2003 (unranked>70)
Rufus-T (#118)

Rufus-T · #22

Lonewolf2003 wrote: ↑January 8th, 2023, 6:45 pm
#244 (▲383 #627) Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971) 198.33 points
6283 checks, official lists: 11
8 voters
AB537 (#103)
frbrown (#234)
jeff_v (#167)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
Panunzio (#93)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
Rufus-T (#13)
Silga (#120)

Great jump. Still need to be much higher.

Lonewolf2003 · #23

#234 (▲176 #410) Klute (Alan J. Pakula, 1971) 204.92 points
3541 checks, official lists: 10

6 voters

frbrown (#235)
Gordon_Gekko (#103)
lineuphere (#51)
ororama (#68)
Perception de Ambiguity (#239)
Silga (#14)

OldAle1 · #24

In the early running, looks like post-1959 stuff is generally on the rise, with only 1 out of 6 titles so far losing ground, while pre-1960 is running weaker. Will be interesting to see if this trend continues.

Lonewolf2003 · #25

#233 (▼-49 #184) Rawhide (Henry Hathaway, 1951) 205.34 points
245 checks, official lists: 0

3 voters

Fergenaprido (#30)
insomnius (unranked)
sol (#11)

Lonewolf2003 · #26

#232 (▼-87 #145) Deadline - U.S.A. (Richard Brooks, 1952) 207.09 points
310 checks, official lists: 1

5 voters

1SO (#17)
frbrown (#122)
Gordon_Gekko (#124)
klaus78 (unranked)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

blocho · #27

Cape Fear and Chase a Crooked Shadow both should have been on my list. I just forgot them. My bad.

Lonewolf2003 · #28

#231 (▼-79 #152) The Woman on the Beach (Jean Renoir, 1947) 207.18 points
503 checks, official lists: 3

6 voters

AB537 (unranked>125)
frbrown (#33)
Leopardi (#110)
Perception de Ambiguity (#394)
rnilsson19 (#5)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

Perception de Ambiguity · #29

Lonewolf2003 wrote: ↑January 8th, 2023, 5:05 pm Of which there are only four.

Jimi Antiloop's #1:
#421 (NEW) Kafka (Steven Soderbergh, 1991) 100 points
655 checks, official lists: 0
1 voters
Jimi Antiloop (#1)

I can see that as being a noir, actually. Good call. Franz Kafka's writing translated to film lends itself fairly well to film noir. Props for Welles' 'The Trial' slipping into the list just barely. Can't complain as it did certainly slip under my radar.

Now 'This World, Then the Fireworks' I could complain about. The title alone... I will repeat it: THIS World. THEN! the FiReWoRkS! What could be more darkly poetic? Except maybe "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (incidentally that one is also a film starring Billy Zane).

Lonewolf2003 · #30

#230 (NEW) Dementia (John Parker, Bruno VeSota, 1955) 209.69 points
428 checks, official lists: 1

7 voters

frbrown (#341)
Good_Will_Harding (unranked>20)
insomnius (unranked)
Leopardi (#235)
OldAle1 (#30)
Perception de Ambiguity (#393)
tommy_leazaq (#67)

blocho · #31

Perception de Ambiguity wrote: ↑January 8th, 2023, 10:12 pm Now 'This World, Then the Fireworks' I could complain about. The title alone... I will repeat it: THIS World. THEN! the FiReWoRkS! What could be more darkly poetic? Except maybe "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (incidentally that one is also a film starring Billy Zane).[/color]

Next year, I'm gonna nominate Billy Zane movies as a poll choice.

Lonewolf2003 · #32

#229 (▼-1 #228) Stranger on the Third Floor (Boris Ingster, 1940) 209.79 points
716 checks, official lists: 2

6 voters

frbrown (#4)
Gordon_Gekko (#132)
Leopardi (#73)
Mysterious Dude (#52)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
Perception de Ambiguity (#360)

Lonewolf2003 · #33

#228 (▲15 #243) Hangmen Also Die! (Fritz Lang, 1943) 211.21 points
702 checks, official lists: 2

5 voters

AB537 (#91)
DudeLanez (unranked)
lineuphere (#28)
Lonewolf2003 (unranked>70)
Perception de Ambiguity (#292)

Lonewolf2003 · #34

#227 (▲123 #350) Blow Out (Brian De Palma, 1981) 215.04 points
6355 checks, official lists: 6

8 voters

AB537 (unranked>125)
beasterne (#60)
jeff_v (#165)
Lonewolf2003 (#48)
Melvelet (unranked>35)
Perception de Ambiguity (#197)
Silga (#192)
TraverseTown (#47)

Lonewolf2003 · #35

#226 (▲53 #279) Anatomy of a Murder (Otto Preminger, 1959) 215.77 points
9572 checks, official lists: 13

4 voters

3eyes (unranked)
Fergenaprido (#22)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
Silga (#51)

Lonewolf2003 · #36

#225 (▲444 #669) Night Moves (Arthur Penn, 1975) 217.03 points
2007 checks, official lists: 6

8 voters

Gordon_Gekko (#98)
insomnius (unranked)
jeff_v (#163)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
Perception de Ambiguity (#246)
prodigalgodson (#49)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)
Silga (#57)

Perception de Ambiguity · #37

blocho wrote: ↑January 8th, 2023, 10:32 pm
Perception de Ambiguity wrote: ↑January 8th, 2023, 10:12 pm Now 'This World, Then the Fireworks' I could complain about. The title alone... I will repeat it: THIS World. THEN! the FiReWoRkS! What could be more darkly poetic? Except maybe "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (incidentally that one is also a film starring Billy Zane).[/color]
Next year, I'm gonna nominate Billy Zane movies as a poll choice.

Which will most likely get exactly two votes. Yours and mine.
But hey, the sky is the limit.

Lonewolf2003 · #38

#224 (▲116 #340) Asphalt (Joe May, 1929) 217.86 points
489 checks, official lists: 5

4 voters

3eyes (unranked)
Melvelet (unranked>35)
Perception de Ambiguity (#6)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)

Lonewolf2003 · #39

#223 (▲63 #286) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black, 2005) 218.92 points
27295 checks, official lists: 4

9 voters

AB537 (unranked>125)
Fergenaprido (#85)
frbrown (#238)
jeff_v (#113)
Lonewolf2003 (#35)
Melvelet (unranked>35)
OldAle1 (unranked>65)
Panunzio (#66)
Perception de Ambiguity (#192)

Lonewolf2003 · #40

#222 (▼-47 #175) The Roaring Twenties (Raoul Walsh, 1939) 220.01 points
1964 checks, official lists: 7

7 voters

Good_Will_Harding (unranked>20)
klaus78 (unranked)
Leopardi (#131)
Lonewolf2003 (unranked>70)
Melvelet (unranked>35)
Perception de Ambiguity (#328)
RogerTheMovieManiac88 (unranked)