Noirvember Challenge (Official, November 2023)

[WalterNeff]

A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir - Who was that dame? Part III

56. Portrait of Alison (1955) A man commissions a portrait of Alison, his dead daughter, who was supposed to be killed in an accident with the painter's brother, but turns up alive, while the brother unravels the mystery.
57. I, Anna (2012) More like Oy, Anna, as a detective falls for the prime suspect in a grisly murder.
58. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) The legend of Billie Jean is about an 80s Texas teen who becomes a modern day Joan of Arc to avenge wrong doing.
59. A Gun for Jennifer (1997) After she is almost raped when arriving in NYC, a female vigilante group gets a gun for Jennifer and inducts her into their gang.

Life is a Bitter Mystery

1. Night World (1932) Love and loss make up the night world at a Prohibition night club.
2. Quick Millions (1931) Gangster Bugs Raymond makes his quick millions by selling insurance against his trucks not rolling.
3. Zoo in Budapest (1933) A lost boy, an escaped orphan and an animal lover wanted by the police have to elude searchers and escaped animals in a zoo in Budapest.
4. Accidental Death (1963) French resistance fighter seeks to kill the man who betrayed him in WW II, but who meets with an accidental death?
5. Who Was Maddox? (1964) A man gets framed for the murder of his wife's rich uncle, but who was Maddox?
6. Dead Man's Chest (1965) Two journalists perpetrate a hoax to show up the established press, but will one of them wind up in a dead man's chest?
7. Hatter's Castle (1942) A prosperous, yet ruthless, hatter in a Scottish town, whose so-called Hatter's Castle home is the envy of all, sees his legacy go up in smoke.
8. Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939) A man drowning in debt stumbles across a dead man, with whom he exchanges identities, only to find out that dead men are dangerous.
9. Night Boat to Dublin (1946) British agents take the night boat to Dublin to prevent atomic secrets falling into the hands of the Nazis.
10. Temptation Harbour (1947) When a railway signalman recovers a valise full of cash from a drowning victim, his indecision as to what to do with the money turns his seaside village into temptation harbour, but there are complications.
11. Poison Pen (1939) On the eve of World War II, a small British village is torn apart by a spate of poison pen letters.
12. Snowbound (1948) A diverse group of people pretending to be not who they appear to be, search for Nazi gold while snowbound in the Alps.
13. I Believe in You (1952) A retired colonial officer becomes a probation officer, whose motto ultimately becomes "I Believe in You."
14. Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) All the maneuvering and dancing around royal succession turns into a saraband for dead lovers.
15. The Gentle Gunman (1952) The I.R.A during WW II is no place for the gentle gunman who is conflicted about his leader's methods.
16. The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) Three former crew mates buy their WW II gunboat and turn it into a smuggling boat, but on its final run she crashes ito the rocks, almost as if it were a ship that died of shame.
17. The Square Ring (1953) An atypical boxing film that follows the dressing room drama more than the action in the square ring.
18. Violent Playground (1958) Police juvenile liaison officer tries to prevent teens from turning Liverpool into a burning, violent playground.
19. Blind Corner (1965) Woman wants to kill her blind composer husband for the insurance, but he, um, er, sees through her plot, backing her into a blind corner.
20. Blind Horizon (2003) Amnesia victim wakes up in a hospital and thinks he might have something to do with the president's assassination, but his memory is just a blind horizon.
21. Blindsided (1993) An ex-cop turned thief who is recovering from temporarily blindness, winds up being blindsided by love.
22. Môjû aka Blind Beast (1969) A blind sculptor (and his mother!) kidnap a young model for his new art genre of touch, but when his mother dies he turns into a blind beast.
23. Night Without Stars (1951) Every night is a night without stars for a partially blind man who falls in love with a former resistance fighter in the south of France, but when he regains his sight the stars finally align.
24. Pouvoir intime aka Blind Trust (1986) A gang places their blind trust in a plan to rob an armored car, but their trust is misplaced as the heist goes wrong.
25. Witness in the Dark (1959) The only witness to a murder is a blind woman - but will this witness in the dark survive the killer's attempts at silencing her?
26. Faces in the Dark (1960) An inventor is blinded in a lab accident - are the faces in the dark that he perceives trying help him, or kill him?
27. Jennifer Eight (1992) A cop investigates a multiple murderer, whose victims the cops dub Jennifer, but his only witness is blind and he doesn't want her to become Jennifer Eight.
28. 11:14 (2003) Rashomon-like version of a car crash that happened at 11:14 PM.
29. ...tick... tick... tick... (1970) The election of a black sheriff in a southern town lights an explosive fuse.
30. 2 Days in the Valley (1996) Seemingly random strangers intersect in a story of mayhem and murder during 2 Days in the Valley.
31. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) A gangster on the lam has won the sweepstakes, with 36 hours to kill on the train on the way to collect it, while pursued by the law and a reporter.
32. 9:06 (2009) A police inspector investigating the mysterious death of a man at 9:06 PM slowly assumes his identity.
33. Murder at 3am (1953) A serial killer only commits murder at 3 A.M. but who would guess it's the detective's sister's boyfriend's half-brother?
34. Midnight Manhunt (1945) The murder of a jewel thief leads to a midnight manhunt for the constantly missing corpse.
35. The Unguarded Hour (1936) Trying to save her husband from a scandal, a woman becomes a witness to a possible murder, in an unguarded hour, but she can't testify lest it harm her husband's career.
36. Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) Frank finds out his girlfriend has been shacking up with another man, so he takes her hostage, but once the police get involved tomorrow never comes.
37. Tomorrow We Live (1942) One night in the desert black marketers The Ghost and Pops get what's coming to them, but at least Pop's daughter and her army boyfriend can say "tomorrow we live!"
38. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) Murder, frame-ups and more are packed into twelve crowded hours.
39. When the Clock Strikes (1961) When the clock strikes 12, an innocent man is hanged, but then we find out we wasn't that innocent.
40. When Tomorrow Comes (1939) When tomorrow comes will Phillipe leave his mentally ill wife for Helen, or are they doomed to suffer?
41. The Night Has Eyes (1942) The night has eyes but not even they can see who the real killers are, or what their motive is.
42. Eight O'clock Walk (1954) A fateful eight O'clock walk to work leads an innocent man to be accused of a child's murder.
43. Home at Seven (1952) A banker arrives home at seven as usual on Tuesday, but can't remember anything from Monday, including the robbery and murder that he's accused of.
44. Midnight Episode (1950) A busker's midnight episode starts when he finds a dead man's wallet, and both the police and the killer set off after him.
45. Night Was Our Friend (1951) Reappearing two years after his plane crashed in the jungle, a man must face the demons that kept him alive all that time, which no longer can sustain him back home.
46. Escape by Night (1953) An Italian mobster who makes his escape by night winds up hiding out with a hard drinking reporter who is after his story.
47. Great Day (1945) It's a great day when Eleanor Roosevelt pays a wartime visit to an English village - or is it?
48. Desperate Moment (1953) As a result of a post World War II desperate moment, a man is accused of killing a British Soldier, but his girlfriend works to find the truth and set him free.
49. Fanny by Gaslight (1944) Victorian soap opera noir about the ups and downs of an illegitimate daughter who finally finds love, by gaslight.
50. Jassy (1947) Jassy gains revenge on the man who caused the death of her father.
51. The Late Edwina Black (1951) Evidently the late Edwina Black had been poisoned, and it's up to Inspector Martin to uncover the murderer.
52. Eva (1962) Jet-setting, gold-digging femme fatale Eva leads a successful writer around by his, um, er, nose, into total humiliation.
53. Lola (1981) Lola, a singer in a brothel, finds herself in a love triangle with an unscrupulous building developer and a highly principled building commissioner.
54. Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) The police have to solve the mystery of Marie Roget, a popular actress who disappeared, reappeared, disappeared again and then was found murdered.
55. My Cousin Rachel (1952) The question Philip must ask himself forever: "My cousin Rachel, were you innocent or guilty?"

[FilmWalrus]

34. I as in Icarus / I... For Icarus (1979), 8.5, #Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy

French twist on a JFK-style political assassination that skitters down paranoid rabbit-holes as a district attorney tries to unravel an elaborate conspiracy. Manages to do a lot with a little. And we get a bit of Ennio Morricone too! Very much my jam.

That completes the bonus challenge for me! Too bad I just missed the update

Double-Crossed and Eliminated

1. The Dark Mirror (1946), 6.5, #Nov28 Involving an impostor
2. Sudden Fear (1952), 7.5, #Nov26 Featuring a female protagonist
3. Desperate (1947), 5.5, #Nov5 On the run
4. Mr. Brooks (2007), 8.0, #Nov23 Featuring a serious detective
5. The Breaking Point (1950), 7.5, # Nov21 An adaptation
6. French Connection (1971), 7.5, #Nov6 Alleyway murder, REWATCH
7. French Connection II (1975), 6.5, #Nov24 An antihero protagonist
8. Sapphire (1959), 6.0, #Nov2 Love gone wrong/betrayal
9. The Tall Target (1951), 8.5, #Nov29 Featuring a vigilante
10. The Bandit (1946), 5.0, #Nov18 - Tragic ending
11. The Facts of Murder (1959), 9.0, #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage
12. Chains (1949), 5.0, #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
13. Decoy (1946), 6.5, #Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
14. Maqbool (2003), 4.5, #Nov17 - Gangsters
15. Sweet Bunch (1983), 4.0, #Nov12 - In a foreign language
16. Leak (2000), 7.5, #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
17. Dementia (1955), 6.0, #Nov20 - Lynchian Noir
18. Hunted / The Stranger in Between (1952), 7.5, #Nov14 - Hitchcockian Noir
19. Basic Instinct 2 (2006), 4.5, #Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
20. The Glass Wall (1953), 4.0, #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
21. Death Wish 2 (1982), 3.0
22. Death Wish 3 (1985), 4.5, #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
23. The Small Back Room (1949), 9.0, #Nov8 - 40's noir
24. Ministry of Fear (1944), 7.0, #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
25. The Other One / La Otra (1945), 8.5
26. The Kneeling Goddess (1947), 5.0
27. In the Palm of Your Hand (1951), 7.0
28. Night Falls (1952), 6.0, #Nov9 - 50's noir
29. Long Arm of the Law (1984), 6.0, #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
30. So Long at the Fair (1950), 7.5, #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
31. The Kill-Off (1989), 5.0, #Nov30 - Directed by a woman
32. M (1951), 6.0, #Nov22 - A remake
33. John Wick Chapter 4 (2023), 4.0, #Nov19 - Memories (flashback)
34. I as in Icarus / I... For Icarus (1979), ??, #Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy

[frbrown]

23. Murder Without Tears (1953) #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes

No trench-coats, but plenty of smoking. The IMDb plot summary for this is a big spoiler.

Spoiler

1. Kill Me Tomorrow (1957) #Nov17 - Gangsters
2. The Green Buddha (1954) #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
3. Green Eyes (1934) #Nov21 - An adaptation
4. Death from a Distance (1935)
5. Rimfire (1949) #Nov8 - 40's noir
6. Pefect Strangers (1984) #Nov6 - Alleyway murder
7. Bande a part (1964) #Nov12 - Not in English
8. 52 Pick-up (1986) #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage
9. Nightcrawler (2014) #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
10. Man in the Dark (1953) #Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.)
11. Backlash (1947) #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
12. Blackmail (1947) #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
13. Hunt the Man Down (1950) #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal
14. Thieves Like Us (1974) #Nov22 - A remake
15. True Confessions (1981) #Nov15 - Story focused on corruption
16. The Falcon Takes Over (1942) #Nov28 - Involving an impostor
17. Training Day (2001) #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
18. San Quentin (1946) #Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
19. Kill or Be Killed (1950) #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
20. The Last Crooked Mile (1946) #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
21. Lonely Heart Bandits (1950) #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
22. Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951) #Nov9 - 50's noir
23. Murder Without Tears (1953) #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes

[monclivie]

5. They Live by Night (1948) - 7,0/10 #Nov5
6. Bob le flambeur (1956) - 8,0/10 #Nov27

Spoiler

1. Red Rock West (1993) - 7,7/10 #Nov11
2. Nightmare Alley (1947) - 8,2/10 #Nov24
3. House of Games (1987) - 8,3/10 #Nov13
4. Shoot the Piano Player (1960) - 7,5/10 #Nov12
5. They Live by Night (1948) - 7,0/10 #Nov5
6. Bob le flambeur (1956) - 8,0/10 #Nov27

[Good_Will_Harding]

18. Se, jie / Lust, Caution (2007)

First saw this back in college about a decade ago and despite really liking it then and generally being a big Ang Lee fan, I haven't gotten around to revisiting it until now - and it still maintains a lot of its power and potency, thanks in large part to the engrossing storyline, but also due to the stellar central turns from the always reliable Tony Leung and an early performance from Taing Wei, who made a very strong impression in last year's Decision to Leave.

No R's

1. Obsession (1973)
2. Chinatown (1974)
3. Whiplash (1948)
4. Sunset BLVD (1950)
5. Anatomie d'une chute / Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
6. Outside the Wall (1950)
7. Flicka och hyacinter / Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
8. In a Lonely Place (1950)
9. The Prowler (1951)
10. Vicki (1953)
11. Panic in the Streets (1950)
12. Vertigo (1958)
13. Cop Land (1997)
14. The Long Goodbye (1973)
15. Touch of Evil (1958)
16. The Stranger (1946)
17. L.A. Confidential (1997)

[msainy]

109. The Lawless (1950) Losey's take on mob's mentality.
110. The Night Holds Terror (1955) Cassavetes in his first credited film with the hitman from Murder by Contract and a third dude are petty thieves who try to score big and it get worse for them with every move they make.
111. The Glass Wall (1953) Interesting one, someone said it's ''neorealism made in hollywoord''
112. Nueve reinas (2000) Pretty fun Argentinian film about swindlers and thieves and their methods and tricks.

Noir Revisited:
113. Les vampires (1915)
Irma Vep is easily one of the best and most iconic characters ever. That alone makes Les vampires 7 hours crime epic worth it, but there's also a great plot that can be hard to predict, surprising stunts and action scenes, great framing and camerawork, and arguably the best side kick in history in the character Mazamette.

Log

1. Body Double (1984) [favorite]
2. Street of Chance (1942)
3. Strangers in the Night (1944)
4. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
5. So Dark the Night (1946)
6. The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)
7. The Lady Confesses (1945)
8. Please Murder Me! (1956)
9. Behind Green Lights (1946)
10. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
11. Blonde Ice (1948)
12. Quicksand (1950)
13. Women's Prison (1955)
14. Shield for Murder (1954)
15. Dear Murderer (1947)
16. The October Man (1947)
17. The Small Back Room (1949)
18. Doctor X (1932)
19. The Return of Doctor X (1939)
20. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
21. Brainstorm (1965)
22. Shock (1946)
23. The Web (1947)
24. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
25. The Bribe (1949)
26. The Great Flamarion (1945)
27. Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
28. Strange Impersonation (1946)
29. Bodyguard (1948)
30. Trapped (1949)
31. Follow Me Quietly (1949)
32. The Clay Pigeon (1949)
33. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
34. Hogaraka ni ayume AKA Walk Cheerfully (1930)
35. Hijôsen no onna AKA Dragnet Girl (1933)
36. The Undercover Man (1949)
37. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
38. Cry of the Hunted (1953)
39. Cry Vengeance (1954)
40. Time Table (1956)
41. Angel Heart (1987)
42. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
43. Man in the Attic (1953)
44. Dirty Harry (1971) [rewatch, favorite]
45. Magnum Force (1973)
46. The Enforcer (1976)
47. Sudden Impact (1983)
48. The Dead Pool (1988)
49. All My Sons (1948)
50. The Raging Tide (1951)
51. Abandoned (1949)
52. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
53. Rope of Sand (1949)
54. Ladies in Retirement (1941)
55. Out of the Fog (1941)
56. Moontide (1942) [favorite]
57. Deep Valley (1947)
58. Woman in Hiding (1950)
59. Beware, My Lovely (1952)
60. Jennifer (1953)
61. The Racket (1928)
62. 'G' Men (1935)
63. Bullets or Ballots (1936)
64. Dead End (1937)
65. Marked Woman (1937)
66. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
67. The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
68. Crime Against Joe (1956)
69. The Flame (1947)
70. The Upturned Glass (1947)
71. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
72. The Killer (2023)
73. The Woman on the Beach (1947) [rewatch, favorite]
74. Lust for Gold (1949)
75. The Walking Hills (1949)
76. Rimfire (1949)
77. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) [rewatch]
78. The Turning Point (1952)
79. Le mura di Malapaga (1949)
80. Destiny (1944)
81. Odd Man Out (1947) [rewatch]
82. Guest in the House
82. Two of a Kind (1951)
83. A Double Life (1947)
84. The Stranger Came Home (1954)
85. Borderline (1950)
86. Bakuchi-uchi: socho tobaku AKA Big Time Gambling Boss (1968) [favorite]
87. Harikomi AKA Stakeout (1958)
88. The Conversation (1974) [rewatch, favorite]
89. Port of New York (1949)
90. Gunman in the Streets (1950)
91. Aru kyôhaku AKA Intimidation (1960)
92. Kyônetsu no kisetsu AKA The Warped Ones (1960)
93. The French Connection (1971) [rewatch]
94. Strange Illusion (1945)
95. Gambler and the Lady (1952)
96. The Strange Woman (1946)
97. Five Days (1954)
98. Jigsaw (1949)
99-103. Fantômas (1913) [rewatch, favorite]
104. The Big Night (1951)
105. Blind Date (1959)
106. Fûraibô tantei: Akai tani no sangeki (1961)
107. Fûraibô tantei: Misaki o wataru kuroi kaze (1961)
108. Jingi naki tatakai (1973)
109. The Lawless (1950)
110. The Night Holds Terror (1955)
111. The Glass Wall (1953)
112. Nueve reinas (2000)
113. Les vampires (1915)

[flavo5000]

63. The Kremlin Letter (John Huston, 1970)


64. A Dandy in Aspic (Anthony Mann, Laurence Harvey, 1968)


65. A Climax of Blue Power (Lee Frost, 1975)


66. Woman in the Dark a.k.a. Woman in the Shadows (Phil Rosen, 1934)


67. Lady in the Box (Christian Otjen, 2001)

A Shot Rang Out in the Dark

1. Hold Back Tomorrow (Hugo Haas, 1955)
2. Burning Kiss (Robbie Studsor, 2018)
3. The Hoodlum (Max Nosseck, 1951)
4. Female Jungle (Bruno VeSota, 1955)
5. Blind Alley (Charles Vidor, 1939)
6. A Life at Stake (Paul Guilfoyle, 1955)
7. Night and the City (Irwin Winkler, 1992)
8. The Clouded Yellow (Ralph Thomas, 1950)
9. Target: Harry (Roger Corman, 1969)
10. Un condé a.k.a. The Cop (Yves Boisset, 1970)
11. De prooi a.k.a. Death in the Shadows (Vivian Pieters, 1985)
12. Kitten with a Whip (Douglas Heyes, 1964)
13. Spy Hunt (George Sherman, 1950)
14. The Las Vegas Story (Robert Stevenson, 1952)
15. Step Down to Terror (Harry Keller, 1958)
16. Payroll (Sidney Hayers, 1961)
17. Impulse (Cy Endfield, Charles de Lautour, 1954)
18. Straight Time (Dustin Hoffman, 1978)
19. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (Louis King, 1937)
20. Bulldog Drummond Escapes (James P. Hogan, 1937)
21. Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (Louis King, 1937)
22. Bulldog Drummond's Peril (James P. Hogan, 1938)
23. Bulldog Drummond in Africa (Louis King, 1938)
24. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (James P. Hogan, 1939)
25. The Long Memory (Robert Hamer, 1953)
26. A Woman's Face (George Cuckor, 1941)
27-32. Psycho-Pass S1E1-22 (Naoyoshi Shiotani, 2012)
33. Final Analysis (Phil Joanou, 1992)
34. Circumstantial Evidence (John Larkin, 1945)
35. A Dark Foe (Maria Gabriela Cardenas, 2020)
36. Fatale (Deon Taylor, 2020)
37. American Night (Alessio Della Valle, 2021)
38. Midnight in the Switchgrass (Randall Emmett, 2021)
39. The Wrong Road (James Cruze, 1937)
40. The Lodger a.k.a. The Phantom Fiend (Maurice Elvey, 1932)
41. 711 Ocean Drive (Joseph M. Newman, 1950)
42. Bad Boys (Rick Rosenthal, 1983)
43. Città violenta a.k.a. Violent City (Sergio Sollima, 1970)
44. Undertow (William Castle 1949)
45. Zhì chi a.k.a. Limbo (Soi Cheang, 2021)
46-51. True Detective S2E1-8 (2015)
52. Cry Tough (Paul Stanley, 1959)
53. Come Deadly (Gil Kenston, 1974)
54. Outside the Wall (Crane Wilbur, 1950)
55. Le scandale a.k.a. The Champagne Murders (Claude Chabrol, 1967)
56. The System (Lewis Seiler, 1953)
57. Dead Again (Kenneth Branaugh, 1991)
58. The Rebel Set (Gene Fowler Jr., 1959)
59. The Inner Circle (Philip Ford, 1946)
60a. Studio One: There Was a Crooked Man (Paul Nickell, 1950)
60b. Studio One in Hollywood: Two Sharp Knives (Franklin J. Schaffner, 1949)
61. Die Mörder sind unter uns a.k.a. Murderers Among Us (Wolfgang Staudte, 1946)
62. Color of Night (Richard Rush, 1994)
63. The Kremlin Letter (John Huston, 1970)
64. A Dandy in Aspic (Anthony Mann, Laurence Harvey, 1968)
65. A Climax of Blue Power (Lee Frost, 1975)
66. Woman in the Dark a.k.a. Woman in the Shadows (Phil Rosen, 1934)
67. Lady in the Box (Christian Otjen, 2001)

[ororama]

13. Highway 13 (1948) * 59 min. Nov8 - 40's noir
Cheap B movie with a good lead performance by Robert Lowery but terrible use of miniatures, stock footage and special effects.
14. The Split (1968) * 90 min. Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
Great heist movie with a great cast led by Jim Brown, based on one of Donald E. Westlake's Parker novels.

Spoiler

1. The Mystic (1925) * 73 min.  #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
2. Crack-Up (1946) * 93 min.  Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.)
3. Dangerous Mission (1954) * 75 min.  Nov9 - 50's noir
4. Cairo (1963) * 91 min.  Nov22 - A remake
5. Km 72 (2015) * 99 min. Nov12 - In a foreign language
6. Behind Green Lights (1946) * 64 min. Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption
7. Shed No Tears (1948) * 69 min. Nov30 - (Co)written and/or (co)directed by a woman  (co-screenwriter Virginia M. Cooke)
8. The Shadow Returns (1946) * 61 min.
9. Wicked City/Yôjû toshi (1987) * 82 min. Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
10. Behind the Mask (1946) * 67 min.
11. Apology for Murder (1945) * 65 min. Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
12. The Missing Lady (1946) * 60 min.

*First time viewing

[Simba63]

Noirvember History

1. Cloudburst (1951) - 7/10 #Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
2. Stolen Identity (1953) -7/10 #Nov28 - Involving an impostor
3. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) - 7/10 #Nov30 - Cowritten by a woman
4. Tread Softly Stranger (1958) - 7/10 #Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
5. La nuit des traquées (1980) - 2/10 #Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
6. Make Haste to Live (1954) - 6/10 #Nov21 - An adaptation
7. Footsteps in the Fog (1955) - 7/10 #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
8. The Captive City (1952) - 7/10 #Nov17 - Gangsters
9. Guilty Bystander (1950) - 7/10 #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
10. Die Mörder sind unter uns (1946) - 7/10 #Nov19 - Memories (flashback)
11. Ore wa matteru ze (1957) - 7/10 #Nov12 - In a foreign language
12. Daughter of Darkness (1948) - 7/10 #Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist
13. Whiplash (1948) - 7/10 #Nov8 - 40's noir
14. Green for Danger (1946) - 7/10 #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal
15. The Money Trap (1965) - 6/10 #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
16. Crime in the Streets (1956) - 5/10 #Nov9 - 50's noir
17. Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) - 6/10 #Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption
18. Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) - 7/10 #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
19. Ladies in Retirement (1941) - 7/10 #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
20. The Brothers Rico (1957) - 7/10
21. Contraband (1940) - 7/10
22. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) - 7/10 #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage
23. Storm Warning (1951) - 7/10 #Nov18 - Tragic ending
24. I Love Trouble (1948) - 8/10
25. Wicked as They Come (1956) - 6/10
26. Tiger in the Smoke (1956) - 6/10
27. Blind Date (1959)- 7/10
28. Johnny Handsome (1989) - 6/10 #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
29. Fortune Is a Woman (1957) - 6/10
30. Dédée d'Anvers (1948) - 5/10 #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
31. Zero no shôten (1961) - 7/10
32. Beat the Devil (1953) - 6/10
33. Queen Bee (1955) - 6/10
34. Marlowe (1969) - 6/10
35. Black Widow (1954) - 7/10 #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
36. The Man I Love (1946) - 5/10 #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
37. The Long Memory (1953) - 7/10 #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
38. Cry Terror! (1958) - 7/10
39. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) - 6/10 #Nov22 - A remake
40. Insomnia (1997) - 6/10
41. Kawaita hana (1964) - 7/10
42. I Walk Alone (1947) - 6/10
43. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) - 5/10
44. The Frightened City (1961) - 7/10
45. Tight Spot (1955) - 7/10
46. The Flame (1947) - 7/10
47. Dark City (1950) - 6/10
48. New Jack City (1991) - 5/10
49. No Man of Her Own (1950) - 8/10
50. Affair in Trinidad (1952) - 6/10
51. Hoodlum Empire (1952) - 7/10
52. Der Verlorene (1951) - 6/10 #Nov5 - On the run
53. Cronaca di un amore (1950) - 6/10
54. Whispering City (1947) - 5/10
55. La otra (1946) - 7/10
56. Hell Is a City (1960) - 7/10

November 17
57. Temptation (1946) - 6/10
58. Walk East on Beacon! (1952) - 6/10
59. Sirocco (1951) - 7/10

[gunnar]

45 - Footsteps in the Night (1957) - 6.5/10 - A man is found dead in a hotel room. The chief suspect is another resident of the hotel and has fled the scene, but the detective in charge thinks that another man may be responsible. This is a decent police procedural.

46 - Cape Fear (1962) - 8.5/10 - Max Cady is released from prison after an eight year term for rape. He's out for revenge on attorney Sam Bowden and his family. Bowden was the witness who got him convicted. Cady stalks the Bowden family, but does so in a way that stays within the letter of the law. The remake was good, but I liked this one a little bit more.

47 - The House Across the Lake (1954) - 7/10 - A writer befriends a wealthy man and his wife who live across the lake from him. The wife is a seductress who likes having men fall for her and do her bidding. She becomes worried when she discovers that her husband plans to cut her out of his will.

48 - Hunt the Man Down (1950) - 7.5/10 - A dish washer saves a woman from a thief and gets his picture in the paper. It turns out that he was on trial for murder 12 years earlier, but escaped. He gets a new trial with a public defender to defend him. He claims that he is innocent of the murder and the public defender sets out to prove it.

49 - Inner Sanctum (1948) - 5.5/10 - A woman riding on a train meets an interesting old man who seems to know what is going to happen slightly before it occurs. He entertains her with a story about a man who kills a woman and then hides out in a small town. The film is serviceable enough, but kind of boring.

50 - Inside Job (1946) - 6/10 - An ex-con trying to go straight has a job at a department store. When an old associate shows up and threatens to expose him if he doesn't rob the department store's payroll, he decides to pull the job and keep the money for himself and his wife.

Spoiler

1 - Lady in the Death House (1944) - 6/10
2 - Accomplice (1946) - 5.5/10
3 - Circumstantial Evidence (1935) - 4.5/10
4 - Year of the Dragon (1985) - 6.5/10
5 - The Big Knife (1955) - 6.5/10
6 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) - 7/10
7 - The Whistler (1944) - 7/10
8 - The Mark of the Whistler (1944) - 6/10
9 - The Power of the Whistler (1945) - 7/10
10 - Voice of the Whistler (1945) - 6.5/10
11 - Mysterious Intruder (1946) - 7/10
12 - The Secret of the Whistler (1946) - 6/10
13 - The Thirteenth Hour (1947) - 7/10
14 - The Return of the Whistler (1948) - 7/10
15 - Mr. Arkadin (1955) - 8/10
16 - Bad Lieutenant (1992) - 5/10
17 - Calling Homicide (1956) - 5.5/10
18 - Criminal Court (1946) - 7/10
19 - Strangers in the Night (1944) - 7.5/10
20 - Circumstantial Evidence (1945) - 5.5/10
21 - Story of a Love Affair (1950) - 5.5/10
22 - The Bride Wore Black (1968) - 6.5/10
23 - The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) - 4.5/10
24 - Unmasked (1950) - 5.5/10
25 - Whispering Footsteps (1943) - 7.5/10
26 - Among the Living (1941) - 7/10
27 - Apology for Murder (1945) - 5/10
28 - Armed Car Robbery (1950) - 7.5/10
29 - Backlash (1947) - 6/10
30 - Behind Green Lights (1946) - 7/10
31 - Behind Locked Doors (1948) - 7/10
32 - Bewitched (1945) - 6/10
33 - Blackmail (1947) - 5.5/10
34 - Blind Alley (1939) - 7.5/10
35 - Bodyguard (1948) - 7.5/10
36 - Bury Me Dead (1947) - 6.5/10
37 - Chinatown at Midnight (1949) - 5/10
38 - Dangerous Intruder (1945) - 5/10
39 - Destiny (1944) - 6/10
40 - Escape in the Fog (1945) - 7/10
41 - Fall Guy (1947) - 6/10
42 - Fear (1946) - 6/10
43 - Follow Me Quietly (1949) - 7/10
44 - Following (1998) - 6/10

[WalterNeff]

British Film Noir Guide - Her hair was gold, her eyes were green, her heart was black Part I
60. Black Limelight (1939) Wife stands by her husband who is accused of murdering his mistress.
61. Black Memory (1947) To escape his black memory a man must find out who killed the man his father was accused of.
62. Boys in Brown (1949) Youth offenders join the boys in brown at a Borstal prison.
63. Cage of Gold (1950) The Cage of Gold nightclub seems to be the home base for smuggler, bigamist, blackmailer and all around bad guy Bill Glennon.

Life is a Bitter Mystery

1. Night World (1932) Love and loss make up the night world at a Prohibition night club.
2. Quick Millions (1931) Gangster Bugs Raymond makes his quick millions by selling insurance against his trucks not rolling.
3. Zoo in Budapest (1933) A lost boy, an escaped orphan and an animal lover wanted by the police have to elude searchers and escaped animals in a zoo in Budapest.
4. Accidental Death (1963) French resistance fighter seeks to kill the man who betrayed him in WW II, but who meets with an accidental death?
5. Who Was Maddox? (1964) A man gets framed for the murder of his wife's rich uncle, but who was Maddox?
6. Dead Man's Chest (1965) Two journalists perpetrate a hoax to show up the established press, but will one of them wind up in a dead man's chest?
7. Hatter's Castle (1942) A prosperous, yet ruthless, hatter in a Scottish town, whose so-called Hatter's Castle home is the envy of all, sees his legacy go up in smoke.
8. Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939) A man drowning in debt stumbles across a dead man, with whom he exchanges identities, only to find out that dead men are dangerous.
9. Night Boat to Dublin (1946) British agents take the night boat to Dublin to prevent atomic secrets falling into the hands of the Nazis.
10. Temptation Harbour (1947) When a railway signalman recovers a valise full of cash from a drowning victim, his indecision as to what to do with the money turns his seaside village into temptation harbour, but there are complications.
11. Poison Pen (1939) On the eve of World War II, a small British village is torn apart by a spate of poison pen letters.
12. Snowbound (1948) A diverse group of people pretending to be not who they appear to be, search for Nazi gold while snowbound in the Alps.
13. I Believe in You (1952) A retired colonial officer becomes a probation officer, whose motto ultimately becomes "I Believe in You."
14. Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) All the maneuvering and dancing around royal succession turns into a saraband for dead lovers.
15. The Gentle Gunman (1952) The I.R.A during WW II is no place for the gentle gunman who is conflicted about his leader's methods.
16. The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) Three former crew mates buy their WW II gunboat and turn it into a smuggling boat, but on its final run she crashes ito the rocks, almost as if it were a ship that died of shame.
17. The Square Ring (1953) An atypical boxing film that follows the dressing room drama more than the action in the square ring.
18. Violent Playground (1958) Police juvenile liaison officer tries to prevent teens from turning Liverpool into a burning, violent playground.
19. Blind Corner (1965) Woman wants to kill her blind composer husband for the insurance, but he, um, er, sees through her plot, backing her into a blind corner.
20. Blind Horizon (2003) Amnesia victim wakes up in a hospital and thinks he might have something to do with the president's assassination, but his memory is just a blind horizon.
21. Blindsided (1993) An ex-cop turned thief who is recovering from temporarily blindness, winds up being blindsided by love.
22. Môjû aka Blind Beast (1969) A blind sculptor (and his mother!) kidnap a young model for his new art genre of touch, but when his mother dies he turns into a blind beast.
23. Night Without Stars (1951) Every night is a night without stars for a partially blind man who falls in love with a former resistance fighter in the south of France, but when he regains his sight the stars finally align.
24. Pouvoir intime aka Blind Trust (1986) A gang places their blind trust in a plan to rob an armored car, but their trust is misplaced as the heist goes wrong.
25. Witness in the Dark (1959) The only witness to a murder is a blind woman - but will this witness in the dark survive the killer's attempts at silencing her?
26. Faces in the Dark (1960) An inventor is blinded in a lab accident - are the faces in the dark that he perceives trying help him, or kill him?
27. Jennifer Eight (1992) A cop investigates a multiple murderer, whose victims the cops dub Jennifer, but his only witness is blind and he doesn't want her to become Jennifer Eight.
28. 11:14 (2003) Rashomon-like version of a car crash that happened at 11:14 PM.
29. ...tick... tick... tick... (1970) The election of a black sheriff in a southern town lights an explosive fuse.
30. 2 Days in the Valley (1996) Seemingly random strangers intersect in a story of mayhem and murder during 2 Days in the Valley.
31. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) A gangster on the lam has won the sweepstakes, with 36 hours to kill on the train on the way to collect it, while pursued by the law and a reporter.
32. 9:06 (2009) A police inspector investigating the mysterious death of a man at 9:06 PM slowly assumes his identity.
33. Murder at 3am (1953) A serial killer only commits murder at 3 A.M. but who would guess it's the detective's sister's boyfriend's half-brother?
34. Midnight Manhunt (1945) The murder of a jewel thief leads to a midnight manhunt for the constantly missing corpse.
35. The Unguarded Hour (1936) Trying to save her husband from a scandal, a woman becomes a witness to a possible murder, in an unguarded hour, but she can't testify lest it harm her husband's career.
36. Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) Frank finds out his girlfriend has been shacking up with another man, so he takes her hostage, but once the police get involved tomorrow never comes.
37. Tomorrow We Live (1942) One night in the desert black marketers The Ghost and Pops get what's coming to them, but at least Pop's daughter and her army boyfriend can say "tomorrow we live!"
38. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) Murder, frame-ups and more are packed into twelve crowded hours.
39. When the Clock Strikes (1961) When the clock strikes 12, an innocent man is hanged, but then we find out we wasn't that innocent.
40. When Tomorrow Comes (1939) When tomorrow comes will Phillipe leave his mentally ill wife for Helen, or are they doomed to suffer?
41. The Night Has Eyes (1942) The night has eyes but not even they can see who the real killers are, or what their motive is.
42. Eight O'clock Walk (1954) A fateful eight O'clock walk to work leads an innocent man to be accused of a child's murder.
43. Home at Seven (1952) A banker arrives home at seven as usual on Tuesday, but can't remember anything from Monday, including the robbery and murder that he's accused of.
44. Midnight Episode (1950) A busker's midnight episode starts when he finds a dead man's wallet, and both the police and the killer set off after him.
45. Night Was Our Friend (1951) Reappearing two years after his plane crashed in the jungle, a man must face the demons that kept him alive all that time, which no longer can sustain him back home.
46. Escape by Night (1953) An Italian mobster who makes his escape by night winds up hiding out with a hard drinking reporter who is after his story.
47. Great Day (1945) It's a great day when Eleanor Roosevelt pays a wartime visit to an English village - or is it?
48. Desperate Moment (1953) As a result of a post World War II desperate moment, a man is accused of killing a British Soldier, but his girlfriend works to find the truth and set him free.
49. Fanny by Gaslight (1944) Victorian soap opera noir about the ups and downs of an illegitimate daughter who finally finds love, by gaslight.
50. Jassy (1947) Jassy gains revenge on the man who caused the death of her father.
51. The Late Edwina Black (1951) Evidently the late Edwina Black had been poisoned, and it's up to Inspector Martin to uncover the murderer.
52. Eva (1962) Jet-setting, gold-digging femme fatale Eva leads a successful writer around by his, um, er, nose, into total humiliation.
53. Lola (1981) Lola, a singer in a brothel, finds herself in a love triangle with an unscrupulous building developer and a highly principled building commissioner.
54. Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) The police have to solve the mystery of Marie Roget, a popular actress who disappeared, reappeared, disappeared again and then was found murdered.
55. My Cousin Rachel (1952) The question Philip must ask himself forever: "My cousin Rachel, were you innocent or guilty?"
56. Portrait of Alison (1955) A man commissions a portrait of Alison, his dead daughter, who was supposed to be killed in an accident with the painter's brother, but turns up alive, while the brother unravels the mystery.
57. I, Anna (2012) More like Oy, Anna, as a detective falls for the prime suspect in a grisly murder.
58. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) The legend of Billie Jean is about an 80s Texas teen who becomes a modern day Joan of Arc to avenge wrong doing.
59. A Gun for Jennifer (1997) After she is almost raped when arriving in NYC, a female vigilante group gets a gun for Jennifer and inducts her into their gang.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. This Side of the Law (1950) #Nov28
2. The Good Liar (2019) #Nov19
3. Violated (1953) #Nov9
4. Km. 72 (2015) REVISION #Nov12
5. Suddenly (1954) #Nov13
6. Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993) #Nov27
7. Lady in the Death House (1944) #Nov21
8. Circumstantial Evidence (1935) #Nov15
9. Circumstantial Evidence (1945) #Nov4
10. You Can't Beat the Law (1942) #Nov8
11. The Crime is Mine (2023) #Nov26
12. The Longest Night (2019) #Nov30
13. The Hidden Face (2011) #Nov25
14. Dead Man Down (2013) #Nov24
15. Bad Days (2016)
16. The Hole (2001)
17. Gunmen (1993) #Nov5
18. Accomplice (1946) #Nov3
19. Fair Game (1995)

20. Rear Window (1954) REVISION #Nov14 - Hitch Does Noir



Still a treat to watch five viewings later. Much of the film's power the first time round comes from the ambiguity over whether James Stewart's bored, housebound photographer is genuinely onto something or is just imagining a murder conspiracy. Upon subsequent viewings, the film has a very different power as we are suddenly one step ahead of the uncertain characters. We are also able to do more investigating than what the characters do. In different windows, different events occur, some of which the protagonists note, and others of which we only observe ourselves. Love all the amateur sleuthing too.

Bonus Challenge ticked off: 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

[frbrown]

24. Killing Them Softly (2012)

Very, very talky

Spoiler

1. Kill Me Tomorrow (1957) #Nov17 - Gangsters
2. The Green Buddha (1954) #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
3. Green Eyes (1934) #Nov21 - An adaptation
4. Death from a Distance (1935)
5. Rimfire (1949) #Nov8 - 40's noir
6. Pefect Strangers (1984) #Nov6 - Alleyway murder
7. Bande a part (1964) #Nov12 - Not in English
8. 52 Pick-up (1986) #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage
9. Nightcrawler (2014) #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
10. Man in the Dark (1953) #Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.)
11. Backlash (1947) #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
12. Blackmail (1947) #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
13. Hunt the Man Down (1950) #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal
14. Thieves Like Us (1974) #Nov22 - A remake
15. True Confessions (1981) #Nov15 - Story focused on corruption
16. The Falcon Takes Over (1942) #Nov28 - Involving an impostor
17. Training Day (2001) #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
18. San Quentin (1946) #Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
19. Kill or Be Killed (1950) #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
20. The Last Crooked Mile (1946) #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
21. Lonely Heart Bandits (1950) #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
22. Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951) #Nov9 - 50's noir
23. Murder Without Tears (1953) #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
24. Killing Them Softly (2012)

[msainy]

114. The Unseen (1945) I might be dense, but I thought that Joel McCrea and Herbert Marshall were the same person.
115. Nightmare (1956) I was sure I have seen this before, turned out it's a remake of the same script by the same director. At least it has better cast.
116. Deux hommes dans Manhattan AKA Two Men in Manhattan (1959) Sexy Melville is also the main actor in this jazzy and lusty misadventures of a duo french reporters in Manhattan.



117. New York Confidential (1955) Pretty much the blueprint for The Godfather, except the protagonist is a hired gun not a member of the family. Terrific performance by the always great Broderick Crawford, the sometimes good Richard Conte, and Anne Bancroft

Log

1. Body Double (1984) [favorite]
2. Street of Chance (1942)
3. Strangers in the Night (1944)
4. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
5. So Dark the Night (1946)
6. The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)
7. The Lady Confesses (1945)
8. Please Murder Me! (1956)
9. Behind Green Lights (1946)
10. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
11. Blonde Ice (1948)
12. Quicksand (1950)
13. Women's Prison (1955)
14. Shield for Murder (1954)
15. Dear Murderer (1947)
16. The October Man (1947)
17. The Small Back Room (1949)
18. Doctor X (1932)
19. The Return of Doctor X (1939)
20. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
21. Brainstorm (1965)
22. Shock (1946)
23. The Web (1947)
24. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
25. The Bribe (1949)
26. The Great Flamarion (1945)
27. Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
28. Strange Impersonation (1946)
29. Bodyguard (1948)
30. Trapped (1949)
31. Follow Me Quietly (1949)
32. The Clay Pigeon (1949)
33. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
34. Hogaraka ni ayume AKA Walk Cheerfully (1930)
35. Hijôsen no onna AKA Dragnet Girl (1933)
36. The Undercover Man (1949)
37. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
38. Cry of the Hunted (1953)
39. Cry Vengeance (1954)
40. Time Table (1956)
41. Angel Heart (1987)
42. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
43. Man in the Attic (1953)
44. Dirty Harry (1971) [rewatch, favorite]
45. Magnum Force (1973)
46. The Enforcer (1976)
47. Sudden Impact (1983)
48. The Dead Pool (1988)
49. All My Sons (1948)
50. The Raging Tide (1951)
51. Abandoned (1949)
52. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
53. Rope of Sand (1949)
54. Ladies in Retirement (1941)
55. Out of the Fog (1941)
56. Moontide (1942) [favorite]
57. Deep Valley (1947)
58. Woman in Hiding (1950)
59. Beware, My Lovely (1952)
60. Jennifer (1953)
61. The Racket (1928)
62. 'G' Men (1935)
63. Bullets or Ballots (1936)
64. Dead End (1937)
65. Marked Woman (1937)
66. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
67. The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
68. Crime Against Joe (1956)
69. The Flame (1947)
70. The Upturned Glass (1947)
71. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
72. The Killer (2023)
73. The Woman on the Beach (1947) [rewatch, favorite]
74. Lust for Gold (1949)
75. The Walking Hills (1949)
76. Rimfire (1949)
77. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) [rewatch]
78. The Turning Point (1952)
79. Le mura di Malapaga (1949)
80. Destiny (1944)
81. Odd Man Out (1947) [rewatch]
82. Guest in the House
82. Two of a Kind (1951)
83. A Double Life (1947)
84. The Stranger Came Home (1954)
85. Borderline (1950)
86. Bakuchi-uchi: socho tobaku AKA Big Time Gambling Boss (1968) [favorite]
87. Harikomi AKA Stakeout (1958)
88. The Conversation (1974) [rewatch, favorite]
89. Port of New York (1949)
90. Gunman in the Streets (1950)
91. Aru kyôhaku AKA Intimidation (1960)
92. Kyônetsu no kisetsu AKA The Warped Ones (1960)
93. The French Connection (1971) [rewatch]
94. Strange Illusion (1945)
95. Gambler and the Lady (1952)
96. The Strange Woman (1946)
97. Five Days (1954)
98. Jigsaw (1949)
99-103. Fantômas (1913) [rewatch, favorite]
104. The Big Night (1951)
105. Blind Date (1959)
106. Fûraibô tantei: Akai tani no sangeki (1961)
107. Fûraibô tantei: Misaki o wataru kuroi kaze (1961)
108. Jingi naki tatakai (1973)
109. The Lawless (1950)
110. The Night Holds Terror (1955)
111. The Glass Wall (1953)
112. Nueve reinas (2000)
113. Les vampires (1915)[rewatch, favorite]
114. The Unseen (1945)
115. Nightmare (1956)
116. Deux hommes dans Manhattan AKA Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
117. New York Confidential (1955)

[msainy]

Two Men In Manhattan had a fascinating scene of a song.

[jdidaco]

(Screenshot from 'Retour à la bien-aimée'),

19. Giallo (Mario Camerini, 1934) 7/10
20. L'albergo degli assenti ‎(The Property of the Absent, Raffaello Matarazzo, 1939) 8/10 (Nov25 - Involving a disappearance)
21. Pasaporte a Río (Passport to Rio, Daniel Tinayre, 1948) 8/10 (Nov6 - Alleyway murder)
22. Manos sucias/La morte ha viaggiato con me (Dirty Hands, José Antonio de la Loma & Marcello Baldi, 1957) 9/10
23. A hierro muere (Kill and Be Killed, Manuel Mur Oti, 1962) 8.5/10 (Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist)
24. Las ratas (The Rats, Luis Saslavsky, 1963) 9/10
25. El salario del crimen (The Salary of Crime, Julio Buchs, 1964) 8.5/10 (Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale)
26. Muere una mujer (A Woman Dies, Mario Camus, 1965) 6.5/10 (Nov14 - Alfred Hitchcock Noir)
27. Le Mataf (Serge Leroy, 1973) 8/10 (Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes)
28. Les voraces (The Voracious Ones, Sergio Gobbi, 1973) 5.5/10 (Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective)
29. Retour à la bien-aimée (Return to the Beloved, Jean-François Adam, 1979) 9/10 (Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes)
30. Un assassin qui passe (An Assassin Passes By, Michel Vianey, 1981) 7.5/10 (Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective)
31. Deux minutes de soleil en plus (Two Minutes More of Sunlight, Gérard Vergez, 1988) 7/10
32. Il gèle en enfer (Black Wings Has My Angel, Jean-Pierre Mocky, 1990) 7/10

Spoiler

1. Native Son (Pierre Chenal, 1951) 8/10 (Nov21 - An adaptation)
2. El ídolo (The Idol, Pierre Chenal, 1952) 8/10 (Nov9 - 50's noir)
3. Situation (Slaughter Day, Peter Patzak, 1972) 7.5/10 (Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves)
4. Bel ordure (Lovely Swine, Jean Marboeuf, 1973) 8.5/10 (Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer)
5. La ville des silences (The City of Silences, Jean Marboeuf, 1979) 9/10 (Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption)
6. Killing Blue (Peter Patzak, 1988) 7/10 (Nov30 - (Co)written and/or (co)directed by a woman)
7. Banktresor 713 (Safe Deposit 713, Werner Klingler, 1957) 8/10 (Nov18 - Tragic ending)
8. Ti aspetterò all'inferno (I'll See You in Hell, Piero Regnoli, 1960) 8/10 (Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal)
9. Die schwarze Kobra (The Black Cobra, Rudolf Zehetgruber, 1963) 7/10 (Nov17 - Gangsters)
10. La main noire (The Black Hand, Max Pécas, 1968) 8/10 (Nov13 - Involving manipulation)
11. Le champignon (The Killer Strikes at Dawn, Marc Simenon, 1970) 7.5/10 (Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.))
12. L'insolent (The Insolent, Jean-Claude Roy, 1973) 7/10 (Nov5 - On the run)
13. Rue barbare (Barbarous Street, Gilles Béhat, 1984) 7/10 (Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante)
14. Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell, Francis Girod, 1986) 8/10 (Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage)
15. Killing Cars (Michael Verhoeven, 1986) 6.5/10 (Nov24 - An antihero protagonist)
16. Alibi perfetto (Circle of Fear, Aldo Lado, 1992) 5.5/10 (Nov12 - In a foreign language)
17. Docteur Chance (Doctor Chance, F.J. Ossang, 1997) 8/10 (Nov20 - David Lynch Noir)
18. Dharma Guns (La succession Starkov) (Dharma Guns, F.J. Ossang, 2010) 9/10 (Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir)

[AB537]

9. The File on Thelma Jordon (Robert Siodmak, 1949) 7/10 ... #Nov30 - Co-written by two women

Spoiler

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[Simba63]

Noirvember History

1. Cloudburst (1951) - 7/10 #Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
2. Stolen Identity (1953) -7/10 #Nov28 - Involving an impostor
3. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) - 7/10 #Nov30 - Cowritten by a woman
4. Tread Softly Stranger (1958) - 7/10 #Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
5. La nuit des traquées (1980) - 2/10 #Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
6. Make Haste to Live (1954) - 6/10 #Nov21 - An adaptation
7. Footsteps in the Fog (1955) - 7/10 #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
8. The Captive City (1952) - 7/10 #Nov17 - Gangsters
9. Guilty Bystander (1950) - 7/10 #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
10. Die Mörder sind unter uns (1946) - 7/10 #Nov19 - Memories (flashback)
11. Ore wa matteru ze (1957) - 7/10 #Nov12 - In a foreign language
12. Daughter of Darkness (1948) - 7/10 #Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist
13. Whiplash (1948) - 7/10 #Nov8 - 40's noir
14. Green for Danger (1946) - 7/10 #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal
15. The Money Trap (1965) - 6/10 #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
16. Crime in the Streets (1956) - 5/10 #Nov9 - 50's noir
17. Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) - 6/10 #Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption
18. Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) - 7/10 #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
19. Ladies in Retirement (1941) - 7/10 #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
20. The Brothers Rico (1957) - 7/10
21. Contraband (1940) - 7/10
22. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) - 7/10 #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage
23. Storm Warning (1951) - 7/10 #Nov18 - Tragic ending
24. I Love Trouble (1948) - 8/10
25. Wicked as They Come (1956) - 6/10
26. Tiger in the Smoke (1956) - 6/10
27. Blind Date (1959)- 7/10
28. Johnny Handsome (1989) - 6/10 #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
29. Fortune Is a Woman (1957) - 6/10
30. Dédée d'Anvers (1948) - 5/10 #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
31. Zero no shôten (1961) - 7/10
32. Beat the Devil (1953) - 6/10
33. Queen Bee (1955) - 6/10
34. Marlowe (1969) - 6/10
35. Black Widow (1954) - 7/10 #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
36. The Man I Love (1946) - 5/10 #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
37. The Long Memory (1953) - 7/10 #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
38. Cry Terror! (1958) - 7/10
39. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) - 6/10 #Nov22 - A remake
40. Insomnia (1997) - 6/10
41. Kawaita hana (1964) - 7/10
42. I Walk Alone (1947) - 6/10
43. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) - 5/10
44. The Frightened City (1961) - 7/10
45. Tight Spot (1955) - 7/10
46. The Flame (1947) - 7/10
47. Dark City (1950) - 6/10
48. New Jack City (1991) - 5/10
49. No Man of Her Own (1950) - 8/10
50. Affair in Trinidad (1952) - 6/10
51. Hoodlum Empire (1952) - 7/10
52. Der Verlorene (1951) - 6/10 #Nov5 - On the run
53. Cronaca di un amore (1950) - 6/10
54. Whispering City (1947) - 5/10
55. La otra (1946) - 7/10
56. Hell Is a City (1960) - 7/10
57. Temptation (1946) - 6/10
58. Walk East on Beacon! (1952) - 6/10
59. Sirocco (1951) - 7/10

November 18
60. Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) - 6/10
61. Champion (1949) - 8/10
62. Slightly Scarlet (1956) - 6/10

[WalterNeff]

British Film Noir Guide - Her hair was gold, her eyes were green, her heart was black Part II

64. Golden Salamander (1950) The golden salamander is part of a shipwrecked treasure that gun smugglers are using for cover, and an archeologist has to decide to turn them in or turn a blind eye.
65. Little Red Monkey (1955) Nuclear scientists are being bumped off, and a little red monkey appears to be the assassin.
66. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) A wayward woman uses the unwitting son of the local pharmacist to poison her abusive husband, but the deed isn't neatly done up in pink string and sealing wax.
67. The Blue Parrot (1953) The Blue Parrot nightclub is at the center of the investigation of the murder of a small time hood.

Life is a Bitter Mystery

1. Night World (1932) Love and loss make up the night world at a Prohibition night club.
2. Quick Millions (1931) Gangster Bugs Raymond makes his quick millions by selling insurance against his trucks not rolling.
3. Zoo in Budapest (1933) A lost boy, an escaped orphan and an animal lover wanted by the police have to elude searchers and escaped animals in a zoo in Budapest.
4. Accidental Death (1963) French resistance fighter seeks to kill the man who betrayed him in WW II, but who meets with an accidental death?
5. Who Was Maddox? (1964) A man gets framed for the murder of his wife's rich uncle, but who was Maddox?
6. Dead Man's Chest (1965) Two journalists perpetrate a hoax to show up the established press, but will one of them wind up in a dead man's chest?
7. Hatter's Castle (1942) A prosperous, yet ruthless, hatter in a Scottish town, whose so-called Hatter's Castle home is the envy of all, sees his legacy go up in smoke.
8. Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939) A man drowning in debt stumbles across a dead man, with whom he exchanges identities, only to find out that dead men are dangerous.
9. Night Boat to Dublin (1946) British agents take the night boat to Dublin to prevent atomic secrets falling into the hands of the Nazis.
10. Temptation Harbour (1947) When a railway signalman recovers a valise full of cash from a drowning victim, his indecision as to what to do with the money turns his seaside village into temptation harbour, but there are complications.
11. Poison Pen (1939) On the eve of World War II, a small British village is torn apart by a spate of poison pen letters.
12. Snowbound (1948) A diverse group of people pretending to be not who they appear to be, search for Nazi gold while snowbound in the Alps.
13. I Believe in You (1952) A retired colonial officer becomes a probation officer, whose motto ultimately becomes "I Believe in You."
14. Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) All the maneuvering and dancing around royal succession turns into a saraband for dead lovers.
15. The Gentle Gunman (1952) The I.R.A during WW II is no place for the gentle gunman who is conflicted about his leader's methods.
16. The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) Three former crew mates buy their WW II gunboat and turn it into a smuggling boat, but on its final run she crashes ito the rocks, almost as if it were a ship that died of shame.
17. The Square Ring (1953) An atypical boxing film that follows the dressing room drama more than the action in the square ring.
18. Violent Playground (1958) Police juvenile liaison officer tries to prevent teens from turning Liverpool into a burning, violent playground.
19. Blind Corner (1965) Woman wants to kill her blind composer husband for the insurance, but he, um, er, sees through her plot, backing her into a blind corner.
20. Blind Horizon (2003) Amnesia victim wakes up in a hospital and thinks he might have something to do with the president's assassination, but his memory is just a blind horizon.
21. Blindsided (1993) An ex-cop turned thief who is recovering from temporarily blindness, winds up being blindsided by love.
22. Môjû aka Blind Beast (1969) A blind sculptor (and his mother!) kidnap a young model for his new art genre of touch, but when his mother dies he turns into a blind beast.
23. Night Without Stars (1951) Every night is a night without stars for a partially blind man who falls in love with a former resistance fighter in the south of France, but when he regains his sight the stars finally align.
24. Pouvoir intime aka Blind Trust (1986) A gang places their blind trust in a plan to rob an armored car, but their trust is misplaced as the heist goes wrong.
25. Witness in the Dark (1959) The only witness to a murder is a blind woman - but will this witness in the dark survive the killer's attempts at silencing her?
26. Faces in the Dark (1960) An inventor is blinded in a lab accident - are the faces in the dark that he perceives trying help him, or kill him?
27. Jennifer Eight (1992) A cop investigates a multiple murderer, whose victims the cops dub Jennifer, but his only witness is blind and he doesn't want her to become Jennifer Eight.
28. 11:14 (2003) Rashomon-like version of a car crash that happened at 11:14 PM.
29. ...tick... tick... tick... (1970) The election of a black sheriff in a southern town lights an explosive fuse.
30. 2 Days in the Valley (1996) Seemingly random strangers intersect in a story of mayhem and murder during 2 Days in the Valley.
31. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) A gangster on the lam has won the sweepstakes, with 36 hours to kill on the train on the way to collect it, while pursued by the law and a reporter.
32. 9:06 (2009) A police inspector investigating the mysterious death of a man at 9:06 PM slowly assumes his identity.
33. Murder at 3am (1953) A serial killer only commits murder at 3 A.M. but who would guess it's the detective's sister's boyfriend's half-brother?
34. Midnight Manhunt (1945) The murder of a jewel thief leads to a midnight manhunt for the constantly missing corpse.
35. The Unguarded Hour (1936) Trying to save her husband from a scandal, a woman becomes a witness to a possible murder, in an unguarded hour, but she can't testify lest it harm her husband's career.
36. Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) Frank finds out his girlfriend has been shacking up with another man, so he takes her hostage, but once the police get involved tomorrow never comes.
37. Tomorrow We Live (1942) One night in the desert black marketers The Ghost and Pops get what's coming to them, but at least Pop's daughter and her army boyfriend can say "tomorrow we live!"
38. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) Murder, frame-ups and more are packed into twelve crowded hours.
39. When the Clock Strikes (1961) When the clock strikes 12, an innocent man is hanged, but then we find out we wasn't that innocent.
40. When Tomorrow Comes (1939) When tomorrow comes will Phillipe leave his mentally ill wife for Helen, or are they doomed to suffer?
41. The Night Has Eyes (1942) The night has eyes but not even they can see who the real killers are, or what their motive is.
42. Eight O'clock Walk (1954) A fateful eight O'clock walk to work leads an innocent man to be accused of a child's murder.
43. Home at Seven (1952) A banker arrives home at seven as usual on Tuesday, but can't remember anything from Monday, including the robbery and murder that he's accused of.
44. Midnight Episode (1950) A busker's midnight episode starts when he finds a dead man's wallet, and both the police and the killer set off after him.
45. Night Was Our Friend (1951) Reappearing two years after his plane crashed in the jungle, a man must face the demons that kept him alive all that time, which no longer can sustain him back home.
46. Escape by Night (1953) An Italian mobster who makes his escape by night winds up hiding out with a hard drinking reporter who is after his story.
47. Great Day (1945) It's a great day when Eleanor Roosevelt pays a wartime visit to an English village - or is it?
48. Desperate Moment (1953) As a result of a post World War II desperate moment, a man is accused of killing a British Soldier, but his girlfriend works to find the truth and set him free.
49. Fanny by Gaslight (1944) Victorian soap opera noir about the ups and downs of an illegitimate daughter who finally finds love, by gaslight.
50. Jassy (1947) Jassy gains revenge on the man who caused the death of her father.
51. The Late Edwina Black (1951) Evidently the late Edwina Black had been poisoned, and it's up to Inspector Martin to uncover the murderer.
52. Eva (1962) Jet-setting, gold-digging femme fatale Eva leads a successful writer around by his, um, er, nose, into total humiliation.
53. Lola (1981) Lola, a singer in a brothel, finds herself in a love triangle with an unscrupulous building developer and a highly principled building commissioner.
54. Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) The police have to solve the mystery of Marie Roget, a popular actress who disappeared, reappeared, disappeared again and then was found murdered.
55. My Cousin Rachel (1952) The question Philip must ask himself forever: "My cousin Rachel, were you innocent or guilty?"
56. Portrait of Alison (1955) A man commissions a portrait of Alison, his dead daughter, who was supposed to be killed in an accident with the painter's brother, but turns up alive, while the brother unravels the mystery.
57. I, Anna (2012) More like Oy, Anna, as a detective falls for the prime suspect in a grisly murder.
58. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) The legend of Billie Jean is about an 80s Texas teen who becomes a modern day Joan of Arc to avenge wrong doing.
59. A Gun for Jennifer (1997) After she is almost raped when arriving in NYC, a female vigilante group gets a gun for Jennifer and inducts her into their gang.
60. Black Limelight (1939) Wife stands by her husband who is accused of murdering his mistress.
61. Black Memory (1947) To escape his black memory a man must find out who killed the man his father was accused of.
62. Boys in Brown (1949) Youth offenders join the boys in brown at a Borstal prison.
63. Cage of Gold (1950) The Cage of Gold nightclub seems to be the home base for smuggler, bigamist, blackmailer and all around bad guy Bill Glennon.

[sol]

Spoiler

1. This Side of the Law (1950) #Nov28
2. The Good Liar (2019) #Nov19
3. Violated (1953) #Nov9
4. Km. 72 (2015) REVISION #Nov12
5. Suddenly (1954) #Nov13
6. Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993) #Nov27
7. Lady in the Death House (1944) #Nov21
8. Circumstantial Evidence (1935) #Nov15
9. Circumstantial Evidence (1945) #Nov4
10. You Can't Beat the Law (1942) #Nov8
11. The Crime is Mine (2023) #Nov26
12. The Longest Night (2019) #Nov30
13. The Hidden Face (2011) #Nov25
14. Dead Man Down (2013) #Nov24
15. Bad Days (2016)
16. The Hole (2001)
17. Gunmen (1993) #Nov5
18. Accomplice (1946) #Nov3
19. Fair Game (1995)
20. Rear Window (1954) REVISION #Nov14

21. Saltburn (2023) #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal



I wasn't sure if I would be able to claim this one for a challenge point at first, but it has neo-noir written all over it. In the opening narration, Barry Koeghan talks about how much he loved (or maybe was "in love") with a popular male student (hence why I'm claiming Nov2), then we get the rest of the film play out in on/off narrated flashbacks in which he meets some eccentric wealthy people including a femme fatale who likes parading at night outside his window. There is also a lot of lying, scheming and manipulation in the mix, most of which is best left unspoiled. Many striking visuals throughout too.

For anyone wondering, the neo-noir that this reminded me most of was...

Spoiler

The Usual Suspects

...which I don't mean as a positive. I much preferred Fennell's storytelling approach in Promising Young Woman, but this was still pretty neat.

Bonus Challenge ticked off: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

[Good_Will_Harding]

19. Pickup On South Street (1953)

Managed to nab the Criterion edition of this over the summer at a used book/music/dvd/blu ray store. I'm sure I've watched this for past challenges, since it's an easy watch and a favorite from the golden era of the genre for me.

No R's

1. Obsession (1973)
2. Chinatown (1974)
3. Whiplash (1948)
4. Sunset BLVD (1950)
5. Anatomie d'une chute / Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
6. Outside the Wall (1950)
7. Flicka och hyacinter / Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
8. In a Lonely Place (1950)
9. The Prowler (1951)
10. Vicki (1953)
11. Panic in the Streets (1950)
12. Vertigo (1958)
13. Cop Land (1997)
14. The Long Goodbye (1973)
15. Touch of Evil (1958)
16. The Stranger (1946)
17. L.A. Confidential (1997)
18. Se, jie / Lust, Caution (2007)

[Rufus-T]

16. The Wrong Man (1956) #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes, One of my Hitchcock first watch. A man mistakened for a serial robbery. One thing leads to another to his life's ruin. Excellent suspense like Hitchcock can.

17. I Confess (1953) #Nov14 - Alfred Hitchcock Noir, A priest is accused of a murder he didn't do. Another excellent Hitchcock first watch.

18. I Want to Live! (1958) #Nov18 - Tragic ending, A woman with a shady past hooked up with a gang that committed a murder and got charged along. Powerful.

19. Kiss of Death (1947) #Nov17 - Gangsters, A man caught in his jewel robbery. Willing to do anything to get out. Richard Widmark was awesome as one of the gangster. One of the best.

Spoiler

Bonus Challenge found: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28

1. The Woman in the Window (1944) #Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.), Edward G Robinson was great in an excellent suspense.
2. To Have and Have Not (1944) #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer, Slow build up in the beginning, but gotten very interesting 2nd half. Humphrey Bogart played a similar guy as in Casablanca. Lauren Bacall's film debut.
3. Out of the Past (1947) #Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale, Excellent movie with a complicated story of betrayal. Just about an hour and half, but a lot went on.
4. Scarlet Street (1945), #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marraige, another Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett collaboration like The Woman in the Window. I like this one evne more.
5. Edge of Doom (1950), #Nov5 - On the run, An impulsive and impoverished young man wanted a big funeral for his mom. Problems resulted. Interesting story, but the the young man gets a bit of annoying. Some miscasts, like Dana Andrews playing a pastor.
6. Woman on the Run (1950), #Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist - Ann Sheridan played the wife of a witness to a murder, who is disappeared. Very much Hitchcock like.
7. Dangerous Passage (1944) #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes - A guy traveled on a ship to collect his inheritance, but ran into questionable people. Interesting story, but cheap quality.
8. Suddenly (1954) #Nov28 - Involving an impostor - Assasination attempt on the President in a small town named Suddenly. LIke a play, but very intense. Hard to go wrong with this one when starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden.
9. He Walked by Night (1948) #Nov8 - 40's noir - Following the cop procedure in capturing a cop killer. Narrated like a documentary, which took away some impact of the story.
10. Kansas City Confidential (1952) #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves - A guy got mistaken for a bank robbery and decided to search for the real robbers. I did not care for it that much the first time. I don't remember why. Must be because of lots of question decision among the characters. I enjoyed much more this time around.
11. The Big Caper (1957) #Nov13 - Involving manipulation - Planning a heist, the big boss' girlfriend falls for a guy falls as they pretended to be married couple during the planning. I liked it a lot.
12. Behind Green Lights (1946) - #Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption - A whodunit, while a politician tried to frame the daughter of the opposition during an election. Short, but effective.
13. 99 River Street (1953) #Nov9 - 50's noir, Boxer turned cab driver got framed for a murder. Quite good cat and mouse story.
14. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) #Nov21 - An adaptation, William Powell played a detective in figuring out a murder of a wealthy collector. Typical good mystery and good performances.
15. Dark Mountain (1944) #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal, A forest ranger protecting his former girlfriend who is married to a criminal. Very short. Low quality. Some good moments. Not one of the best.

[Obgeoff]

6. Diva (1981, Beineix) 8 #Nov15 Focused on corruption / conspiracy

[monclivie]

7. New Jack City (1991) - 6,8/10 #Nov17
8. Daybreak (1939) - 8,4/10 #Nov12

Spoiler

1. Red Rock West (1993) - 7,7/10 #Nov11
2. Nightmare Alley (1947) - 8,2/10 #Nov24
3. House of Games (1987) - 8,3/10 #Nov13
4. Shoot the Piano Player (1960) - 7,5/10 #Nov18
5. They Live by Night (1948) - 7,0/10 #Nov5
6. Bob le flambeur (1956) - 8,0/10 #Nov27
7. New Jack City (1991) - 6,8/10 #Nov17
8. Daybreak (1939) - 8,4/10 #Nov12

[magnusbernhardsen]

11. Hangmen Also Die! (Lang, 1943) Nov13 - Involving manipulation
A film about the fallout of the assasination of the Nazi boss in occupied Czechoslovakia, Reinhard Heydrich. A Lang, Brecht and Eisler collaboration.

12. The Dark Knight (Nolan, 2008) #Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
Watched this on a 4K Blu-ray. I still enjoy it.

13. Following (Nolan, 1998) #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
More like an experiment in how to make a film the cheapest way possible, Not very intereting, I think.

14. Le Samouraï (Melville, 1967) #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
World cup winner in the "trench-coat and cigarettes"-category. An incredibly cool film. Has there been a more influential film about hired killers?

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[sol]

Spoiler

1. This Side of the Law (1950) #Nov28
2. The Good Liar (2019) #Nov19
3. Violated (1953) #Nov9
4. Km. 72 (2015) #Nov12 REVISION
5. Suddenly (1954) #Nov13
6. Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993) #Nov27
7. Lady in the Death House (1944) #Nov21
8. Circumstantial Evidence (1935) #Nov15
9. Circumstantial Evidence (1945) #Nov4
10. You Can't Beat the Law (1942) #Nov8
11. The Crime is Mine (2023) #Nov26
12. The Longest Night (2019) #Nov30
13. The Hidden Face (2011) #Nov25
14. Dead Man Down (2013) #Nov24
15. Bad Days (2016)
16. The Hole (2001)
17. Gunmen (1993) #Nov5
18. Accomplice (1946) #Nov3
19. Fair Game (1995)
20. Rear Window (1954) #Nov14 REVISION
21. Saltburn (2023) #Nov2

22. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) #Nov1- unhappy marriage



After discovering her husband's injured dead body under the window of their multi-story house, a writer finds herself accused of murder when all evidence indicates that he could not have simply fallen in this gripping French drama. Sandra Hüller is well cast in the lead role and the bind that she finds herself is really quite something; informed by her lawyer that nobody will believe that he just fell based on forensic information, the only defense that she can use is that it was suicide, but was he suicidal? A film that keeps everything deliciously unclear and forces us as viewers to come to our own conclusions.

Bonus Challenge ticked off: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

[sol]

Spoiler

1. This Side of the Law (1950) #Nov28
2. The Good Liar (2019) #Nov19
3. Violated (1953) #Nov9
4. Km. 72 (2015) #Nov12 REVISION
5. Suddenly (1954) #Nov13
6. Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993) #Nov27
7. Lady in the Death House (1944) #Nov21
8. Circumstantial Evidence (1935) #Nov15
9. Circumstantial Evidence (1945) #Nov4
10. You Can't Beat the Law (1942) #Nov8
11. The Crime is Mine (2023) #Nov26
12. The Longest Night (2019) #Nov30
13. The Hidden Face (2011) #Nov25
14. Dead Man Down (2013) #Nov24
15. Bad Days (2016)
16. The Hole (2001)
17. Gunmen (1993) #Nov5
18. Accomplice (1946) #Nov3
19. Fair Game (1995)
20. Rear Window (1954) #Nov14 REVISION
21. Saltburn (2023) #Nov2
22. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) #Nov1

23. The Kid Detective (2020) #Nov23 - serious detective



A depressed private detective finds new purpose in life when hired to solve a local murder in this neo-noir with a comedy edge. The title comes from the fact that the protagonist was a local celebrity as a teenager, solving small mysteries at school and the film's very best scenes are actually its earliest ones as we see him as a teen sleuth, correctly predicting movie conclusions and operating out of a tree house. While the melodrama sometimes gets in the way of the laughs, there are some great moments as an adult too as he gets trapped in the closet of a young girl and as he gets overconfident after doing drugs.

Bonus Challenge ticked off: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

[frbrown]

25. Thelma & Louise (1991) #Nov18 - Tragic ending

Spoiler

1. Kill Me Tomorrow (1957) #Nov17 - Gangsters
2. The Green Buddha (1954) #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
3. Green Eyes (1934) #Nov21 - An adaptation
4. Death from a Distance (1935)
5. Rimfire (1949) #Nov8 - 40's noir
6. Pefect Strangers (1984) #Nov6 - Alleyway murder
7. Bande a part (1964) #Nov12 - Not in English
8. 52 Pick-up (1986) #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage
9. Nightcrawler (2014) #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
10. Man in the Dark (1953) #Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.)
11. Backlash (1947) #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
12. Blackmail (1947) #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
13. Hunt the Man Down (1950) #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal
14. Thieves Like Us (1974) #Nov22 - A remake
15. True Confessions (1981) #Nov15 - Story focused on corruption
16. The Falcon Takes Over (1942) #Nov28 - Involving an impostor
17. Training Day (2001) #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
18. San Quentin (1946) #Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
19. Kill or Be Killed (1950) #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
20. The Last Crooked Mile (1946) #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
21. Lonely Heart Bandits (1950) #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
22. Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951) #Nov9 - 50's noir
23. Murder Without Tears (1953) #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
24. Killing Them Softly (2012)
25. Thelma & Louise (1991) #Nov18 - Tragic ending

[Lammetje]

5. The Set-Up (1949): 8/10

By watching this boxing noir, I gained a Bronze Award on TSPDT's 100 Essential Noir Films, Bronze on iCheckMovies's 1940s Top 100 and Silver on IMDb's Film-Noir Top 50! I loved the shots of the various spectators.

Seen

1. Appointment with Danger (1950)
2. The Desperate Hours (1955)
3. The Maltese Falcon (1941) (rewatch)
4. Shock (1946)
5. The Set-Up (1949)

[msainy]

Three by Joseph Losey:
118. The Sleeping Tiger (1954) Young Borgarde is confused and wants to kill and steal because he has daddy and mommy issues that can be magically solved by psychoanalysis. I kept waiting for a twist end that never came.
119. The Intimate Stranger (1956) A woman claims to be a lover of a married man who doesn't know her, the man is not sure if she's blackmailing him or if he's crazy. Pretty good stuff.
120. Time Without Pity (1957) Another good one, the cinematography is especially great here.

Non-English Noirs:
121. Aru koroshi ya (1967) Another fun "Hired Hand Gone Mad" this time in Japanese.
122. Minagoroshi no reika (1968) A highly stylized serial killer revenge story, I quickly lost interest in the story but it's so good aesthetically that kept it good throughout.
123. Un flic (1972) Not a Red Circle but still a solid Melville, with a 20 minutes silent heist utilizing a giant magnet to open locks.
124. El aura (2005) This is like "Being There" but it's a criminal.

Log

1. Body Double (1984) [favorite]
2. Street of Chance (1942)
3. Strangers in the Night (1944)
4. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
5. So Dark the Night (1946)
6. The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)
7. The Lady Confesses (1945)
8. Please Murder Me! (1956)
9. Behind Green Lights (1946)
10. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
11. Blonde Ice (1948)
12. Quicksand (1950)
13. Women's Prison (1955)
14. Shield for Murder (1954)
15. Dear Murderer (1947)
16. The October Man (1947)
17. The Small Back Room (1949)
18. Doctor X (1932)
19. The Return of Doctor X (1939)
20. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
21. Brainstorm (1965)
22. Shock (1946)
23. The Web (1947)
24. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
25. The Bribe (1949)
26. The Great Flamarion (1945)
27. Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
28. Strange Impersonation (1946)
29. Bodyguard (1948)
30. Trapped (1949)
31. Follow Me Quietly (1949)
32. The Clay Pigeon (1949)
33. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
34. Hogaraka ni ayume AKA Walk Cheerfully (1930)
35. Hijôsen no onna AKA Dragnet Girl (1933)
36. The Undercover Man (1949)
37. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
38. Cry of the Hunted (1953)
39. Cry Vengeance (1954)
40. Time Table (1956)
41. Angel Heart (1987)
42. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
43. Man in the Attic (1953)
44. Dirty Harry (1971) [rewatch, favorite]
45. Magnum Force (1973)
46. The Enforcer (1976)
47. Sudden Impact (1983)
48. The Dead Pool (1988)
49. All My Sons (1948)
50. The Raging Tide (1951)
51. Abandoned (1949)
52. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
53. Rope of Sand (1949)
54. Ladies in Retirement (1941)
55. Out of the Fog (1941)
56. Moontide (1942) [favorite]
57. Deep Valley (1947)
58. Woman in Hiding (1950)
59. Beware, My Lovely (1952)
60. Jennifer (1953)
61. The Racket (1928)
62. 'G' Men (1935)
63. Bullets or Ballots (1936)
64. Dead End (1937)
65. Marked Woman (1937)
66. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
67. The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
68. Crime Against Joe (1956)
69. The Flame (1947)
70. The Upturned Glass (1947)
71. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
72. The Killer (2023)
73. The Woman on the Beach (1947) [rewatch, favorite]
74. Lust for Gold (1949)
75. The Walking Hills (1949)
76. Rimfire (1949)
77. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) [rewatch]
78. The Turning Point (1952)
79. Le mura di Malapaga (1949)
80. Destiny (1944)
81. Odd Man Out (1947) [rewatch]
82. Guest in the House
82. Two of a Kind (1951)
83. A Double Life (1947)
84. The Stranger Came Home (1954)
85. Borderline (1950)
86. Bakuchi-uchi: socho tobaku AKA Big Time Gambling Boss (1968) [favorite]
87. Harikomi AKA Stakeout (1958)
88. The Conversation (1974) [rewatch, favorite]
89. Port of New York (1949)
90. Gunman in the Streets (1950)
91. Aru kyôhaku AKA Intimidation (1960)
92. Kyônetsu no kisetsu AKA The Warped Ones (1960)
93. The French Connection (1971) [rewatch]
94. Strange Illusion (1945)
95. Gambler and the Lady (1952)
96. The Strange Woman (1946)
97. Five Days (1954)
98. Jigsaw (1949)
99-103. Fantômas (1913) [rewatch, favorite]
104. The Big Night (1951)
105. Blind Date (1959)
106. Fûraibô tantei: Akai tani no sangeki (1961)
107. Fûraibô tantei: Misaki o wataru kuroi kaze (1961)
108. Jingi naki tatakai (1973)
109. The Lawless (1950)
110. The Night Holds Terror (1955)
111. The Glass Wall (1953)
112. Nueve reinas (2000)
113. Les vampires (1915) [rewatch, favorite]
114. The Unseen (1945)
115. Nightmare (1956)
116. Deux hommes dans Manhattan AKA Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
117. New York Confidential (1955)
118. The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
119. The Intimate Stranger (1956)
120. Time Without Pity (1957)
121. Aru koroshi ya (1967)
122. Minagoroshi no reika (1968)
123. Un flic (1972)
124. El aura (2005)

[blocho]

28. Night Falls (1952), 6.0, #Nov9 - 50's noir

A tale of betrayal and revenge set against the rarely-featured backdrop of professional jai alai.

Jai alai noir! A subgenre that deserves more development. I'm still looking for another example.

[ororama]

15. The Hidden Face/La cara oculta (2011) * 96 min. Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
An orchestra conductor's girlfriend disappears and the police investigation turns up nothing. Then it gets darker.
16. Hardcore (1979) * 108 min. Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
Great performances by George C. Scott and Peter Boyle, but Season Hubley beats them both. The journey that VanDorn has to make from his Calvinist beliefs in order to search for his daughter is more interesting than the sleazy world that he has to endure in his search, and his TULIP explanation of Calvinist theology makes Niki's Venusian theology (and everything else in the movie) seem sane. Boyle's Mast is a perfectly cynical detective, nonchalantly playing all sides.

Spoiler

1. The Mystic (1925) * 73 min.  #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
2. Crack-Up (1946) * 93 min.  Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.)
3. Dangerous Mission (1954) * 75 min.  Nov9 - 50's noir
4. Cairo (1963) * 91 min.  Nov22 - A remake
5. Km 72 (2015) * 99 min. Nov12 - In a foreign language
6. Behind Green Lights (1946) * 64 min. Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption
7. Shed No Tears (1948) * 69 min. Nov30 - (Co)written and/or (co)directed by a woman  (co-screenwriter Virginia M. Cooke)
8. The Shadow Returns (1946) * 61 min.
9. Wicked City/Yôjû toshi (1987) * 82 min. Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
10. Behind the Mask (1946) * 67 min.
11. Apology for Murder (1945) * 65 min. Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
12. The Missing Lady (1946) * 60 min.
13. Highway 13 (1948) * 59 min. Nov8 - 40's noir
14. The Split (1968) * 90 min. Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves

*First time viewing

[maxwelldeux]

Once you go noir...

1. Klute (1971) #333 #Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist
2. Miller's Crossing (1990) #382 #Nov17 - Gangsters
3. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) #967 #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
4. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) #999 #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
5. Suture (1993) #692 #Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.)
6. The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) #979 #Nov5 - On the run

7. Criminal Court (1946) #843 #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
A fun enough classic noir that's all about lawyers lawyering. Also kinda fun to see how different laws/procedures you get away with on TV/Film change over the years.

8. Kiss of Death (1995) #822 #Nov22 - A remake
Remake of the 1947 film of the same name. Solid neo noir. Nick Cage was good as an unhinged villain with feelings.

9. Prisoners (2013) #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
One of my favorite films, and a masterpiece at that, so I thought it was due for a rewatch. Jackman is unbelievable in this, and the direction is amazing.

[Simba63]

Noirvember History

1. Cloudburst (1951) - 7/10 #Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
2. Stolen Identity (1953) -7/10 #Nov28 - Involving an impostor
3. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) - 7/10 #Nov30 - Cowritten by a woman
4. Tread Softly Stranger (1958) - 7/10 #Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
5. La nuit des traquées (1980) - 2/10 #Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
6. Make Haste to Live (1954) - 6/10 #Nov21 - An adaptation
7. Footsteps in the Fog (1955) - 7/10 #Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
8. The Captive City (1952) - 7/10 #Nov17 - Gangsters
9. Guilty Bystander (1950) - 7/10 #Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
10. Die Mörder sind unter uns (1946) - 7/10 #Nov19 - Memories (flashback)
11. Ore wa matteru ze (1957) - 7/10 #Nov12 - In a foreign language
12. Daughter of Darkness (1948) - 7/10 #Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist
13. Whiplash (1948) - 7/10 #Nov8 - 40's noir
14. Green for Danger (1946) - 7/10 #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal
15. The Money Trap (1965) - 6/10 #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
16. Crime in the Streets (1956) - 5/10 #Nov9 - 50's noir
17. Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) - 6/10 #Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption
18. Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) - 7/10 #Nov13 - Involving manipulation
19. Ladies in Retirement (1941) - 7/10 #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
20. The Brothers Rico (1957) - 7/10
21. Contraband (1940) - 7/10
22. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) - 7/10 #Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marriage
23. Storm Warning (1951) - 7/10 #Nov18 - Tragic ending
24. I Love Trouble (1948) - 8/10
25. Wicked as They Come (1956) - 6/10
26. Tiger in the Smoke (1956) - 6/10
27. Blind Date (1959)- 7/10
28. Johnny Handsome (1989) - 6/10 #Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
29. Fortune Is a Woman (1957) - 6/10
30. Dédée d'Anvers (1948) - 5/10 #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
31. Zero no shôten (1961) - 7/10
32. Beat the Devil (1953) - 6/10
33. Queen Bee (1955) - 6/10
34. Marlowe (1969) - 6/10
35. Black Widow (1954) - 7/10 #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
36. The Man I Love (1946) - 5/10 #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
37. The Long Memory (1953) - 7/10 #Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
38. Cry Terror! (1958) - 7/10
39. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) - 6/10 #Nov22 - A remake
40. Insomnia (1997) - 6/10
41. Kawaita hana (1964) - 7/10
42. I Walk Alone (1947) - 6/10
43. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003) - 5/10
44. The Frightened City (1961) - 7/10
45. Tight Spot (1955) - 7/10
46. The Flame (1947) - 7/10
47. Dark City (1950) - 6/10
48. New Jack City (1991) - 5/10
49. No Man of Her Own (1950) - 8/10
50. Affair in Trinidad (1952) - 6/10
51. Hoodlum Empire (1952) - 7/10
52. Der Verlorene (1951) - 6/10 #Nov5 - On the run
53. Cronaca di un amore (1950) - 6/10
54. Whispering City (1947) - 5/10
55. La otra (1946) - 7/10
56. Hell Is a City (1960) - 7/10
57. Temptation (1946) - 6/10
58. Walk East on Beacon! (1952) - 6/10
59. Sirocco (1951) - 7/10
60. Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) - 6/10
61. Champion (1949) - 8/10
62. Slightly Scarlet (1956) - 6/10

November 19
63. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) - 7/10
64. Ivy (1947) - 6/10

[WalterNeff]

British Film Noir Guide - Her hair was gold, her eyes were green, her heart was black Part III

68. The Green Scarf (1954) The green scarf is a vital clue in the murder trial of a blind, deaf and mute man.
69. The Yellow Balloon (1953) Feeling responsible for the death of his friend, a young boy gets suckered into crime by an older grifter. If only the boy's father had given him 6p for a yellow balloon.
70. Yellow Canary (1943) WW II intrigue in which a double agent tries to prevent the Nazis from blowing up the port of Halifax.
71. The Painted Smile (1962) While celebrating his engagement a man gets mixed up with a bar hostess - and murder!

Life is a Bitter Mystery

1. Night World (1932) Love and loss make up the night world at a Prohibition night club.
2. Quick Millions (1931) Gangster Bugs Raymond makes his quick millions by selling insurance against his trucks not rolling.
3. Zoo in Budapest (1933) A lost boy, an escaped orphan and an animal lover wanted by the police have to elude searchers and escaped animals in a zoo in Budapest.
4. Accidental Death (1963) French resistance fighter seeks to kill the man who betrayed him in WW II, but who meets with an accidental death?
5. Who Was Maddox? (1964) A man gets framed for the murder of his wife's rich uncle, but who was Maddox?
6. Dead Man's Chest (1965) Two journalists perpetrate a hoax to show up the established press, but will one of them wind up in a dead man's chest?
7. Hatter's Castle (1942) A prosperous, yet ruthless, hatter in a Scottish town, whose so-called Hatter's Castle home is the envy of all, sees his legacy go up in smoke.
8. Dead Men Are Dangerous (1939) A man drowning in debt stumbles across a dead man, with whom he exchanges identities, only to find out that dead men are dangerous.
9. Night Boat to Dublin (1946) British agents take the night boat to Dublin to prevent atomic secrets falling into the hands of the Nazis.
10. Temptation Harbour (1947) When a railway signalman recovers a valise full of cash from a drowning victim, his indecision as to what to do with the money turns his seaside village into temptation harbour, but there are complications.
11. Poison Pen (1939) On the eve of World War II, a small British village is torn apart by a spate of poison pen letters.
12. Snowbound (1948) A diverse group of people pretending to be not who they appear to be, search for Nazi gold while snowbound in the Alps.
13. I Believe in You (1952) A retired colonial officer becomes a probation officer, whose motto ultimately becomes "I Believe in You."
14. Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) All the maneuvering and dancing around royal succession turns into a saraband for dead lovers.
15. The Gentle Gunman (1952) The I.R.A during WW II is no place for the gentle gunman who is conflicted about his leader's methods.
16. The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) Three former crew mates buy their WW II gunboat and turn it into a smuggling boat, but on its final run she crashes ito the rocks, almost as if it were a ship that died of shame.
17. The Square Ring (1953) An atypical boxing film that follows the dressing room drama more than the action in the square ring.
18. Violent Playground (1958) Police juvenile liaison officer tries to prevent teens from turning Liverpool into a burning, violent playground.
19. Blind Corner (1965) Woman wants to kill her blind composer husband for the insurance, but he, um, er, sees through her plot, backing her into a blind corner.
20. Blind Horizon (2003) Amnesia victim wakes up in a hospital and thinks he might have something to do with the president's assassination, but his memory is just a blind horizon.
21. Blindsided (1993) An ex-cop turned thief who is recovering from temporarily blindness, winds up being blindsided by love.
22. Môjû aka Blind Beast (1969) A blind sculptor (and his mother!) kidnap a young model for his new art genre of touch, but when his mother dies he turns into a blind beast.
23. Night Without Stars (1951) Every night is a night without stars for a partially blind man who falls in love with a former resistance fighter in the south of France, but when he regains his sight the stars finally align.
24. Pouvoir intime aka Blind Trust (1986) A gang places their blind trust in a plan to rob an armored car, but their trust is misplaced as the heist goes wrong.
25. Witness in the Dark (1959) The only witness to a murder is a blind woman - but will this witness in the dark survive the killer's attempts at silencing her?
26. Faces in the Dark (1960) An inventor is blinded in a lab accident - are the faces in the dark that he perceives trying help him, or kill him?
27. Jennifer Eight (1992) A cop investigates a multiple murderer, whose victims the cops dub Jennifer, but his only witness is blind and he doesn't want her to become Jennifer Eight.
28. 11:14 (2003) Rashomon-like version of a car crash that happened at 11:14 PM.
29. ...tick... tick... tick... (1970) The election of a black sheriff in a southern town lights an explosive fuse.
30. 2 Days in the Valley (1996) Seemingly random strangers intersect in a story of mayhem and murder during 2 Days in the Valley.
31. 36 Hours to Kill (1936) A gangster on the lam has won the sweepstakes, with 36 hours to kill on the train on the way to collect it, while pursued by the law and a reporter.
32. 9:06 (2009) A police inspector investigating the mysterious death of a man at 9:06 PM slowly assumes his identity.
33. Murder at 3am (1953) A serial killer only commits murder at 3 A.M. but who would guess it's the detective's sister's boyfriend's half-brother?
34. Midnight Manhunt (1945) The murder of a jewel thief leads to a midnight manhunt for the constantly missing corpse.
35. The Unguarded Hour (1936) Trying to save her husband from a scandal, a woman becomes a witness to a possible murder, in an unguarded hour, but she can't testify lest it harm her husband's career.
36. Tomorrow Never Comes (1978) Frank finds out his girlfriend has been shacking up with another man, so he takes her hostage, but once the police get involved tomorrow never comes.
37. Tomorrow We Live (1942) One night in the desert black marketers The Ghost and Pops get what's coming to them, but at least Pop's daughter and her army boyfriend can say "tomorrow we live!"
38. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939) Murder, frame-ups and more are packed into twelve crowded hours.
39. When the Clock Strikes (1961) When the clock strikes 12, an innocent man is hanged, but then we find out we wasn't that innocent.
40. When Tomorrow Comes (1939) When tomorrow comes will Phillipe leave his mentally ill wife for Helen, or are they doomed to suffer?
41. The Night Has Eyes (1942) The night has eyes but not even they can see who the real killers are, or what their motive is.
42. Eight O'clock Walk (1954) A fateful eight O'clock walk to work leads an innocent man to be accused of a child's murder.
43. Home at Seven (1952) A banker arrives home at seven as usual on Tuesday, but can't remember anything from Monday, including the robbery and murder that he's accused of.
44. Midnight Episode (1950) A busker's midnight episode starts when he finds a dead man's wallet, and both the police and the killer set off after him.
45. Night Was Our Friend (1951) Reappearing two years after his plane crashed in the jungle, a man must face the demons that kept him alive all that time, which no longer can sustain him back home.
46. Escape by Night (1953) An Italian mobster who makes his escape by night winds up hiding out with a hard drinking reporter who is after his story.
47. Great Day (1945) It's a great day when Eleanor Roosevelt pays a wartime visit to an English village - or is it?
48. Desperate Moment (1953) As a result of a post World War II desperate moment, a man is accused of killing a British Soldier, but his girlfriend works to find the truth and set him free.
49. Fanny by Gaslight (1944) Victorian soap opera noir about the ups and downs of an illegitimate daughter who finally finds love, by gaslight.
50. Jassy (1947) Jassy gains revenge on the man who caused the death of her father.
51. The Late Edwina Black (1951) Evidently the late Edwina Black had been poisoned, and it's up to Inspector Martin to uncover the murderer.
52. Eva (1962) Jet-setting, gold-digging femme fatale Eva leads a successful writer around by his, um, er, nose, into total humiliation.
53. Lola (1981) Lola, a singer in a brothel, finds herself in a love triangle with an unscrupulous building developer and a highly principled building commissioner.
54. Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) The police have to solve the mystery of Marie Roget, a popular actress who disappeared, reappeared, disappeared again and then was found murdered.
55. My Cousin Rachel (1952) The question Philip must ask himself forever: "My cousin Rachel, were you innocent or guilty?"
56. Portrait of Alison (1955) A man commissions a portrait of Alison, his dead daughter, who was supposed to be killed in an accident with the painter's brother, but turns up alive, while the brother unravels the mystery.
57. I, Anna (2012) More like Oy, Anna, as a detective falls for the prime suspect in a grisly murder.
58. The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) The legend of Billie Jean is about an 80s Texas teen who becomes a modern day Joan of Arc to avenge wrong doing.
59. A Gun for Jennifer (1997) After she is almost raped when arriving in NYC, a female vigilante group gets a gun for Jennifer and inducts her into their gang.
60. Black Limelight (1939) Wife stands by her husband who is accused of murdering his mistress.
61. Black Memory (1947) To escape his black memory a man must find out who killed the man his father was accused of.
62. Boys in Brown (1949) Youth offenders join the boys in brown at a Borstal prison.
63. Cage of Gold (1950) The Cage of Gold nightclub seems to be the home base for smuggler, bigamist, blackmailer and all around bad guy Bill Glennon.
64. Golden Salamander (1950) The golden salamander is part of a shipwrecked treasure that gun smugglers are using for cover, and an archeologist has to decide to turn them in or turn a blind eye.
65. Little Red Monkey (1955) Nuclear scientists are being bumped off, and a little red monkey appears to be the assassin.
66. Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945) A wayward woman uses the unwitting son of the local pharmacist to poison her abusive husband, but the deed isn't neatly done up in pink string and sealing wax.
67. The Blue Parrot (1953) The Blue Parrot nightclub is at the center of the investigation of the murder of a small time hood.

[RogerTheMovieManiac88]

(Screenshots from 'Decoy', 'Taifuken no onna' & 'Taas tyttö kadoksissa!')



21. Decoy (1946, Jack Bernhard) - 10/10
22. Taifuken no onna / A Woman in the Typhoon Area (1948, Hideo Ôba) - 9/10
23. La muerte camina en la lluvia / Death Walks in the Rain (1948, Carlos Hugo Christensen) - 8/10
24. Tokyo Joe (1949, Stuart Heisler) - 6/10
25. Double Confession (1950, Ken Annakin) - 7/10



26. The Gelignite Gang (1956, Francis Searle, Terence Fisher) - 6 or 6.5/10
27. Taas tyttö kadoksissa! / Another Girl Lost (1957, Ville Salminen) - 7.5 or 8/10
28. Nowhere to Go (1958, Seth Holt, Basil Dearden) - 9/10
29. Who Was Maddox? (1964, Geoffrey Nethercott) - 6/10
30. Pendulum (1969, George Schaefer) - 6.5/10

Spoiler

01. Dancing with Crime (1947, John Paddy Carstairs) - 7.5/10
02. Scarlet Thread (1951, Lewis Gilbert) - 6/10
03. Último día / Last Day (1952, Antonio Román) - 7/10
04. Amor, qué malo eres! / Love, How Bad You Are! (1953, José Díaz Morales) - 7.5/10
05. Confession (1955, Ken Hughes) - 7.5 or 8/10
06. Tight Spot (1955, Phil Karlson) - 7.5 or 8/10
07. A Kiss Before Dying (1956, Gerd Oswald) - 8.5/10
08. Sluchaynyy adres / Random Address (1973, Igor Vetrov) - 7.5/10
09. The Poison Rose (2019, Francesco Cinquemani, George Gallo) - 3/10
10. Johnny O'Clock (1947, Robert Rossen) - 8/10
11. Doglibjeon-ya / The Night Before Independence Day (1948, In-kyu Choi) - 6.5 or 7/10
12. Han matado a Tongolele / ‎Tongolele Has Been Killed (1948, Roberto Gavaldón) - 7/10
13. This Was a Woman (1948, Tim Whelan) - 6.5/10
14. Ángeles de arrabal / Angels of the Slums (1949, Raúl de Anda) - 7/10
15. 711 Ocean Drive (1950, Joseph M. Newman) - 7/10
16. The Woman in Question (1950, Anthony Asquith) - 7/10
17. Banktresor 713 / Bank Vault 713 (1957, Werner Klingler) - 8/10
18. Time Without Pity (1957, Joseph Losey) - 8 or 8.5/10
19. The Full Treatment / Stop Me Before I Kill! (1960, Val Guest) - 7/10
20. The Third Alibi (1961, Montgomery Tully) - 7/10

[msainy]

Dark companions of a sleepless night:

125. The Naked Street (1955) Anthony Quinn can buys anything or anyone.
126. Hit and Run (1957) Featuring creepy laughs of an innocent plot twist.
127. Key Witness (1947) Inventors of weird gadgets , like in Gremlins, always make interesting protagonists.
128. Night Editor (1946) Ice cold femme fatale story told through flashbacks.
129. Crossroads (1942) For better or worse, I find it hard to take William Powell seriously, something in demeanor is always silly.
130. Experiment Perilous (1944) I love Tourneur and Lamarr is always wonderful to watch, but this film goes in circles to appear more serious than it's potential.


It looks like he found himself in a noir by mistake.

Log

1. Body Double (1984) [favorite]
2. Street of Chance (1942)
3. Strangers in the Night (1944)
4. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
5. So Dark the Night (1946)
6. The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950)
7. The Lady Confesses (1945)
8. Please Murder Me! (1956)
9. Behind Green Lights (1946)
10. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
11. Blonde Ice (1948)
12. Quicksand (1950)
13. Women's Prison (1955)
14. Shield for Murder (1954)
15. Dear Murderer (1947)
16. The October Man (1947)
17. The Small Back Room (1949)
18. Doctor X (1932)
19. The Return of Doctor X (1939)
20. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
21. Brainstorm (1965)
22. Shock (1946)
23. The Web (1947)
24. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
25. The Bribe (1949)
26. The Great Flamarion (1945)
27. Two O'Clock Courage (1945)
28. Strange Impersonation (1946)
29. Bodyguard (1948)
30. Trapped (1949)
31. Follow Me Quietly (1949)
32. The Clay Pigeon (1949)
33. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
34. Hogaraka ni ayume AKA Walk Cheerfully (1930)
35. Hijôsen no onna AKA Dragnet Girl (1933)
36. The Undercover Man (1949)
37. A Lady Without Passport (1950)
38. Cry of the Hunted (1953)
39. Cry Vengeance (1954)
40. Time Table (1956)
41. Angel Heart (1987)
42. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
43. Man in the Attic (1953)
44. Dirty Harry (1971) [rewatch, favorite]
45. Magnum Force (1973)
46. The Enforcer (1976)
47. Sudden Impact (1983)
48. The Dead Pool (1988)
49. All My Sons (1948)
50. The Raging Tide (1951)
51. Abandoned (1949)
52. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
53. Rope of Sand (1949)
54. Ladies in Retirement (1941)
55. Out of the Fog (1941)
56. Moontide (1942) [favorite]
57. Deep Valley (1947)
58. Woman in Hiding (1950)
59. Beware, My Lovely (1952)
60. Jennifer (1953)
61. The Racket (1928)
62. 'G' Men (1935)
63. Bullets or Ballots (1936)
64. Dead End (1937)
65. Marked Woman (1937)
66. Each Dawn I Die (1939)
67. The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
68. Crime Against Joe (1956)
69. The Flame (1947)
70. The Upturned Glass (1947)
71. Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)
72. The Killer (2023)
73. The Woman on the Beach (1947) [rewatch, favorite]
74. Lust for Gold (1949)
75. The Walking Hills (1949)
76. Rimfire (1949)
77. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) [rewatch]
78. The Turning Point (1952)
79. Le mura di Malapaga (1949)
80. Destiny (1944)
81. Odd Man Out (1947) [rewatch]
82. Guest in the House
82. Two of a Kind (1951)
83. A Double Life (1947)
84. The Stranger Came Home (1954)
85. Borderline (1950)
86. Bakuchi-uchi: socho tobaku AKA Big Time Gambling Boss (1968) [favorite]
87. Harikomi AKA Stakeout (1958)
88. The Conversation (1974) [rewatch, favorite]
89. Port of New York (1949)
90. Gunman in the Streets (1950)
91. Aru kyôhaku AKA Intimidation (1960)
92. Kyônetsu no kisetsu AKA The Warped Ones (1960)
93. The French Connection (1971) [rewatch]
94. Strange Illusion (1945)
95. Gambler and the Lady (1952)
96. The Strange Woman (1946)
97. Five Days (1954)
98. Jigsaw (1949)
99-103. Fantômas (1913) [rewatch, favorite]
104. The Big Night (1951)
105. Blind Date (1959)
106. Fûraibô tantei: Akai tani no sangeki (1961)
107. Fûraibô tantei: Misaki o wataru kuroi kaze (1961)
108. Jingi naki tatakai (1973)
109. The Lawless (1950)
110. The Night Holds Terror (1955)
111. The Glass Wall (1953)
112. Nueve reinas (2000)
113. Les vampires (1915) [rewatch, favorite]
114. The Unseen (1945)
115. Nightmare (1956)
116. Deux hommes dans Manhattan AKA Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
117. New York Confidential (1955)
118. The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
119. The Intimate Stranger (1956)
120. Time Without Pity (1957)
121. Aru koroshi ya (1967)
122. Minagoroshi no reika (1968)
123. Un flic (1972)
124. El aura (2005)
125. The Naked Street (1955)
126. Hit and Run (1957)
127. Key Witness (1947)
128. Night Editor (1946)
129. Crossroads (1942)
130. Experiment Perilous (1944)

[sol]

Spoiler

1. This Side of the Law (1950) #Nov28
2. The Good Liar (2019) #Nov19
3. Violated (1953) #Nov9
4. Km. 72 (2015) #Nov12 REVISION
5. Suddenly (1954) #Nov13
6. Johnny One Hundred Pesos (1993) #Nov27
7. Lady in the Death House (1944) #Nov21
8. Circumstantial Evidence (1935) #Nov15
9. Circumstantial Evidence (1945) #Nov4
10. You Can't Beat the Law (1942) #Nov8
11. The Crime is Mine (2023) #Nov26
12. The Longest Night (2019) #Nov30
13. The Hidden Face (2011) #Nov25
14. Dead Man Down (2013) #Nov24
15. Bad Days (2016)
16. The Hole (2001)
17. Gunmen (1993) #Nov5
18. Accomplice (1946) #Nov3
19. Fair Game (1995)
20. Rear Window (1954) #Nov14 REVISION
21. Saltburn (2023) #Nov2
22. Anatomy of a Fall (2023) #Nov1
23. The Kid Detective (2020) #Nov23

24. The Red Menace (1949) #Nov11 - femme fatale



As one might expect from the title, this an anti-Communism propaganda drama with lots of heavy-handed dialogue regarding the supposed evils of Communism. What one might not expect is that the film also has echoes of a decent paranoia thriller. The opening scene is particularly strong with a seemingly ordinary man and woman on the run from mysterious unnamed persons. We also get some great parts later on involving Shepard Menken as an excommunicated party member. Whether it be looking out of his window at night to notice that he is being watched from cars below, or wandering the streets at night deep in thought, tension absolutely simmers. This is not really Menken's film though, and Robert Rockwell is a bit bland as the main guy.

Bonus Challenge ticked off: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

[monclivie]

9. Black Rain (1989) - 6,9/10 #Nov7*
*I double-checked this, and I think there isn't a single scene in this movie without some form of fog or smoke.
10. Seconds (1966) - 8,3/10 #Nov10

Spoiler

1. Red Rock West (1993) - 7,7/10 #Nov11
2. Nightmare Alley (1947) - 8,2/10 #Nov24
3. House of Games (1987) - 8,3/10 #Nov13
4. Shoot the Piano Player (1960) - 7,5/10 #Nov18
5. They Live by Night (1948) - 7,0/10 #Nov5
6. Bob le flambeur (1956) - 8,0/10 #Nov27
7. New Jack City (1991) - 6,8/10 #Nov17
8. Daybreak (1939) - 8,4/10 #Nov12
9. Black Rain (1989) - 6,9/10 #Nov7
10. Seconds (1966) - 8,3/10 #Nov10

[gunnar]

9. Black Rain (1989) - 6,9/10 #Nov7*
*I double-checked this, and I think there isn't a single scene in this movie without some form of fog or smoke.

I plan to watch Black Rain (1989) for the December War challenge. When I looked for it in my library's computer system, I found your Black Rain (1989) and knew that I had seen it so I got confused for a second. Searching for the director instead led me to the right film.