Noirvember Challenge (Official, November 2023)

[jdidaco]

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.

Prepare yourself to be severely devastated by it, an extraordinary, haunting, beautiful film... which makes me wonder something - I think exactly one year ago we were in a state of a collective blind madness when we thought that pairing Documentaries, War and Iran/Central Asia together was a bright idea, and in December of all months. It promises to be the most depressing film-viewing month ever! Sweet Santa put some war comedies/musicals under my tree!

[AB537]

10. Strange Bargain (Will Price, 1949) 7/10 ... #Nov8 - 40s Noir

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[pitchorneirda]

Spoiler

1. Detour (1945, Edgar G. Ulmer) - 3/10
2. The Big Heat (1953, Fritz Lang) - 4/10
3. Gun Crazy (1950, Joseph H. Lewis) - 5/10
4. The Killer (2023, David Fincher) - 5/10

5. Little Caesar (1931, Melvyn Leroy) - 4/10

6. Force of Evil (1948, Abraham Polonsky) - 5/10

[frbrown]

26. The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)

Mr. Gregory has strange occult powers, and he uses them for evil!

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
26. The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)

[FilmWalrus]

Just for fun I'm going for a second lap on the bonus challenge. Feel free to ignore my tags if that isn't allowed or creates too much extra work.

35. Marked Woman (1937), 7.5, #Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist

A bunch of "women of low character" turn state's evidence against a ruthless kingpin. Bette Davis and her sisterhood are quite good. Bogart as a prim little lawyer is significantly less interesting in contrast.

36. Christmas Holiday (1944), 6.0, #Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer

Singers Gene Kelly and Deanna Durbin rub some dirt in their pristine images starring in a Siodmak noir. They make an attractive doomed couple, but neither is fully convincing, and screenplay has been scrubbed too clean. Partly on me for being unable to shake my preconceptions.

37. Killing Jesus (2017), 7.5, #Nov30 - Directed by a woman

A photography student in Colombia witnesses her father's assassination by a young contract killer. The police are useless, so a few months later when she runs into the killer at a nightclub she decides to get close in order to seek revenge. However their initial emotionally-damaged non-chemistry becomes a quasi-romantic tangle as their time together subconsciously fills a mutual emptiness.

38. Body Double (1984), 8.0, #Nov14 - Hitchcockian Noir

The lukewarm reception so far this challenge set the bar low, but I quite enjoyed this. The first half is over-steeped in Palma's Hitchcock influences, but I enjoyed how the 2nd half complicates, inverts, satirizes, and critiques what came before. The 'Relax' porno music video was an unexpected treat.

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

November 20
65. Underneath (1995) - 5/10

[WalterNeff]

A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir

72. 5 Steps to Danger (1957) After his car breaks down, accepting a lift from a stranger plunges him into the middle of the cold war.
73. A Covenant with Death (1967) Professing his innocence all the way to the gallows, a condemned man accidentally kills the hangman. But when another man confesses to the crime will the first man now be sentenced for the death of the hangman?
74. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) Rural peddler starts on the road to politics through manipulation and demagoguery.
75. Allotment Wives (1945) Ex-reporter/military intelligence tracks down the racket where women marry multiple servicemen for their pay and insurance.
76. Back in Circulation (1937) Did the wife poison her wealthy husband and can reporter Timmy Blake get the scoop and get herself back in circulation?

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.
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!

[FilmWalrus]

Korean Noir

39. Nowhere to Hide (1999), 9.0, #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective

A barrage of stylish experiments hung on a relatively simple genre exercise. For most this will be too much technique in the service of a average cop-obsessed-with-killer story, but I was consistently surprised and impressed at way the visual ideas complimented, contrasted, and generally accentuated the action.

40. Black Hair (1964), 4.5, #Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal

A gangland love triangle between a strict crime boss, his spurned wife, and her good-guy cabbie lover. The woman's face is savagely scarred as punishment for being raped by a blackmailer, which makes it harder for her to make a living as a prostitute. Awful gender politics and increasingly maudlin writing undermine a strong start and crisp BW cinematography.

[AB537]

11. Experiment Perilous (Jacques Tourneur, 1944) 5/10

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[peeptoad]

3. Out of the Past (1947) 6

Spoiler

1. Kiss of Death (1947) 7
2. Brute Force (1947) 7

[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

25. The Hit List (2011)



A drunk debt-ridden man creates a hit list together with a stranger he met at a bar, only to discover that the stranger was a professional hit-man as the names on his list start turning up murdered in this thriller. While Cole Hauser is merely serviceable in the lead role, Cuba Gooding Jr. absolutely knocks it out of the park as the philosophical hit-man who keeps rationalising what he is doing with a very calm manner of talking. Hauser's initial dilemma is thought-provoking too; he instantly becomes the police's prime suspect while unable to tell them about the hit-man without also implicating himself.

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

[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
25. The Hit List (2011)

26. The Black Bird (1975)



The sequel to The Maltese Falcon you never heard of, this features return performances from Lee Patrick and Elisha Cook Jr., but is pretty much an unofficial follow-up, following around Sam Spade's son. Played out as a comedy, this also feels much more like a spoof and the gags are unfortunately of the hit-and-miss variety. The chief antagonist is also a Nazi with dwarfism in what seems to be a mere excuse for a bunch of poor taste height related gags. George Segal is expectedly solid though and Lionel Stander is hilarious, completely oblivious to how much Segal dislikes him and misinterpreting everything.

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

[frbrown]

27. Trans-Europ-Express (1966)

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
26. The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)
27. Trans-Europ-Express (1966)

[msainy]

131. Un maledetto imbroglio AKA The Facts of Murder(1959) A simple crime opens opens up a can of worms, with a hard boiled detective uncovering all sorts of secrets from those involved in order to solve the mystery. Great stuff.
132. Contraband (1940) Early collaboration of Powell and Pressburger, lots of fun with great characters.
133. The Whistler (1944) Another one of those ''I'm hiring you to kill me'' flicks. Not very memorable.
134. Mang jing AKA Blind Shaft (2003) ''What's a few deaths? One shits after eating, one might die down the shaft [...] China has a shortage of everything but people.'' During the first fifteen minutes of this Chinese noir we see how low a human life can be when the quality of life plummets. And we get introduced to a set of horrific irredeemable psychopaths that are very nonchalant about what they're doing.
135. Escape in the Fog (1945) HAIL JAPAN.
136. Dalkomhan insaeng AKA A Bittersweet Life(2005) Highly stylized Korean action, has its moments, but pretty much stupid. The shady dealers were the best part because it stopped taking itself seriously and leaned on silly.

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)
131. Un maledetto imbroglio AKA The Facts of Murder(1959)
132. Contraband (1940)
133. The Whistler (1944)
134. Mang jing AKA Blind Shaft (2003)
135. Escape in the Fog (1945)
136. Dalkomhan insaeng AKA A Bittersweet Life(2005)

[Good_Will_Harding]

20. Susie Searches (2022)

Pretty energetic and surprising comedic crime "mystery", with shades of Nancy Drew but a bit darker in places and where the central mystery isn't the main focal point, but rather the aftermath and fallout of the case. If this one is on anybody's radar, I'd urge you not to watch the trailer, or if you want a taste, just the first thirty seconds or so, because it gives away just about every major surprise and reveals the central hook and twist of the film. That aside, this was quite enjoyable, and full of solid performances and a nicely balanced tone between the lighthearted and more sinister moments.

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)
19. Pickup on South Street (1953)

[FilmWalrus]

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.

Always very satisfying to hit multiple awards at once! Especially with a movie you enjoy. Congrats!

[frbrown]

28. Wild at Heart (1990) #Nov20 - David Lynch Noir

That was certainly very, very Lynch

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
26. The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)
27. Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
28. Wild at Heart (1990) #Nov20 - David Lynch Noir

[gunnar]

51 - Intruder in the Dust (1949) - 8/10 - In 1940s Mississippi, a black man is found holding a gun and standing over the body of a white man who was just shot. It's up to a lawyer, two teenage boys, and an old woman to prove his innocence and keep him away from the lynch mob.

52 - Jeopardy (1953) - 7.5/10 - A family is on vacation in Mexico when an accident leaves the husband trapped under a timber on a deserted beach with the tide coming in. The wife (Barbara Stanwyck) goes for help, but runs into problems along the way.

53- Journey Into Fear (1943) - 5/10 - An American working in Turkey is informed that Nazi agents are after him. He is quickly ushered onto a ship that is supposed to take him out of danger, but may actually put him in more danger thanks to the other passengers on the trip. The film is a bit of a mess, though that is likely intentional in some ways to get you to feel the confusion felt by the protagonist. I didn't really enjoy the film that much.

54 - Key Witness (1947) - 7/10 - The plot of this film is kind of ridiculous, but is still entertaining. Much of the story is told in flashback after a hobo is in an accident and ends up in the hospital. Milton Higby is an amateur inventor who is stuck in an office job where he is picked on by the boss and hasn't had a raise in years. He is something of a milquetoast at home as well. His whole demeanor changes when he hits it big at the races one day and this sets off a chain of event that sees him hit the road.

55 - Marilyn / Roadhouse Girl (1953) - 5.5/10 - A garage owner is pretty controlling with his younger wife and with his business. His wife wants nice things, but finds it hard to get out from his domineering presence. When the newly hired mechanic steps in to protect her from her husband, everything changes.

56 - My Name is Julia Ross (1945) - 7/10 - A woman applies for a job as a secretary for an elderly woman and wakes up to find that she has been drugged and transported far from London. She is kept prisoner in a mansion and they try to convince her that she is the wife of the elderly woman's son and has had a nervous breakdown. She works to escape or get word out for help.

57 - Night Editor (1946) - 7.5/10 - A group of men are playing poker and one of the men relates a story about a police detective who witnesses a murder, but doesn't come forward about it since he was cheating on his wife with another woman at the time. This leads to further complications along the way. It's a pretty good film.

58 - No Man's Woman (1955) - 7.5/10 - A woman refuses to give her husband a divorce unless she pays him a huge settlement which would necessitate his selling off part of his business. She has at least one man on the side that she is using for her own purposes and intentionally tries to seduce her assistant's fiancé. She seems to enjoy making trouble for everyone. When she is murdered one night, there is a long list of suspects. Very entertaining.

59 - Open Secret (1948) - 7.5/10 - A landlady checks on a photographer who lives in her building, but he seems to be on edge. He gets a call from an old army buddy who is on his honeymoon and wants to crash at the photographer's apartment and visit as well. Then he gets a second call which isn't as pleasant. When the army buddy shows up at the apartment, his friend is nowhere to be found. Another good noir.

60 - Panique (1946) - 8/10 - Monsieur Hire is a middle aged loner who has lived in the local hotel several years. He isn't particularly sociable or well liked. When a woman is found strangled in a lot on the day the carnival arrives, suspicion eventually falls on Monsieur Hire with mob mentality setting in, fanned along by the real killer. This is a very nice French noir.

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
45 - Footsteps in the Night (1957) - 6.5/10
46 - Cape Fear (1962) - 8.5/10
47 - The House Across the Lake (1954) - 7/10
48 - Hunt the Man Down (1950) - 7.5/10
49 - Inner Sanctum (1948) - 5.5/10
50 - Inside Job (1946) - 6/10

[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
63. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) - 7/10
64. Ivy (1947) - 6/10
65. Underneath (1995) - 5/10

November 21
66. Yield to the Night (1956) - 6/10
67. The Killer Inside Me (1976) - 5/10
68. The Lady Gambles (1949) - 7/10

[AB537]

12. The Suspect (Robert Siodmak, 1944) 8/10 ... #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective

Spoiler

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[WalterNeff]

A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir

77. Bullets for O'Hara (1941) Thief promises bullets for O'Hara, but O'Hara captures thief as well as thief's ex-wife.
78. Crime & Punishment, USA (1959) Murderer matches wits with wily detective. Based on the Dostoevsky classic.
79. Deadly Nightshade (1953) Escaped prisoner assumes the identity of a lookalike, but would have been better off as himself.
80. Dilemma (1962) What a dilemma - on the eve of his wedding anniversary a schoolteacher comes home to find a dead man in his house and his wife missing.
81. Flareup (1969) Go-go dancer has to get gone-gone before a psycho who blames her for the breakup of his marriage has a flareup and kills her.

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.
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!
72. 5 Steps to Danger (1957) After his car breaks down, accepting a lift from a stranger plunges him into the middle of the cold war.
73. A Covenant with Death (1967) Professing his innocence all the way to the gallows, a condemned man accidentally kills the hangman. But when another man confesses to the crime will the first man now be sentenced for the death of the hangman?
74. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) Rural peddler starts on the road to politics through manipulation and demagoguery.
75. Allotment Wives (1945) Ex-reporter/military intelligence tracks down the racket where women marry multiple servicemen for their pay and insurance.
76. Back in Circulation (1937) Did the wife poison her wealthy husband and can reporter Timmy Blake get the scoop and get herself back in circulation?

[msainy]

137. Lung foo fung wan AKA City on Fire (1987)



Undercover cop drama in colorful neon Hong Kong, mostly enjoyable with a sloppy heist and a funny side romance. Plus featuring the famous Reservoir Dogs shootout which is the strongest point of the film.



However it overdoses on stupid and cliches to the point of almost being unbearable, biggest culprit being the petty competition between the old and new investigators

Summary of stupid with spoilers

-Old Invs: you are tailing my informant!
-New Invs: I don't believe he's an informant.
New invs arrests and tortures the informant.
Boss intervenes and stops him (no repercussions)
New invs suggests using informant in a new raid.
Raid is successful but informant gets killed.
New invs is smug with boss.
Old invs hits him on the head with a brick in front of everyone.
JUSTIFIED.
end credits rolls.

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)
131. Un maledetto imbroglio AKA The Facts of Murder(1959)
132. Contraband (1940)
133. The Whistler (1944)
134. Mang jing AKA Blind Shaft (2003)
135. Escape in the Fog (1945)
136. Dalkomhan insaeng AKA A Bittersweet Life(2005)
137. Lung foo fung wan AKA City on Fire (1987)

[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
25. The Hit List (2011)
26. The Black Bird (1975)

27. The Seventh Juror (1962) #Nov7 - fog



Bernard Blier is fantastic as the generally sullen protagonist here and his courtroom arguing scenes mark the only part of the film where he truly seems alive, excited to have the opportunity to help the innocent man escape charges, something that Blier clearly sees as a way of atoning for his sins. But he did of course still sin, and all of the scenes of him talking to himself and trying to rationalise how he should not be eternally judged for a single thoughtless decision really resonate. Where the film gets especially interesting though is in the aftermath of the court trial in ways best left unspoiled. A masterpiece.

Bonus Challenge ticked off: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

[ororama]

17. Strange Bargain (1949) * 68 min.
A well meaning office worker becomes involved in crime against his will. He remains more or less morally innocent, but his guilt and nervousness lead to stupid mistakes that increase his peril and raise his profile as a suspect for worse crimes than he is actually guilty of. A nice jittery performance by Jeffrey Lynn, and Harry Morgan plays a smart police detective instead of a cowboy or dumb crook for a change, with a limp from the war and a low key method of pushing the suspects into conflict to see what happens, like Robert Young in Crossfire.

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
15. The Hidden Face/La cara oculta (2011) * 96 min. Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
16. Hardcore (1979) * 108 min. Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective

*First time viewing

[frbrown]

29. Chain of Evidence (1957) #Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale

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
26. The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)
27. Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
28. Wild at Heart (1990) #Nov20 - David Lynch Noir
29. Chain of Evidence (1957) #Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale

[msainy]

138. Moss Rose (1947) Peggy Cummins is very charming as a village girl who wants to be a lady. It plays like a comedy but it's very much a noir.
139. The Criminal (1960) Another great noir from Losey with great performances all around and the usual pretty cinematography you'd expect from his work.
140. L'assassin habite... au 21 (1942) An early Clouzot, sexy, smart, funny, and might be the greatest whodunit I've ever seen, with several red herrings and misdirections to keep you guessing until the reveal. It also reminded me of Balzac work, maybe because of the different wacky characters lumped up together in a lodging house.
141. Mirage (1965) High class stuff! Starts out like a Twilight Zone episode or David Lynch weirdness, gets extremely better with the great Walter Matthau playing a detective, but the (arguably) weak reveal keeps it from shining. Still a very unique experience.
142. Sinsegye AKA New World (2013) Another mediocrity from the bullshit land of undercover cop trope. This time with Romance of the Three Kingdoms level of melodramatic twists, politics, and betrayals. I suspect that the film isn't actually that bad and it's just me being tired of exposing myself to this overused trope in short period.

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)
131. Un maledetto imbroglio AKA The Facts of Murder (1959)
132. Contraband (1940)
133. The Whistler (1944)
134. Mang jing AKA Blind Shaft (2003)
135. Escape in the Fog (1945)
136. Dalkomhan insaeng AKA A Bittersweet Life (2005)
137. Lung foo fung wan AKA City on Fire (1987)
138. Moss Rose (1947)
139. The Criminal (1960)
140. L'assassin habite... au 21 (1942)
141. Mirage (1965)
142. Sinsegye AKA New World (2013)

[flavo5000]

68-76. The Wire Season 4 E1-13 (2006)

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)
68-76. The Wire Season 4 E1-13 (2006)

[Good_Will_Harding]

21. Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

One of the last Ridley Scott blindspots I have to fill in, and I figure right as his latest historical epic is releasing in theaters, now is as good a time as any. As is common for Sir Ridley's works, it looks great and starts with a pretty spectacular series of overhead shots of New York City over the main titles. The cast is also fairly solid here, with Lorraine Bracco being one of the highlights. It's not one of Scott's top tier efforts, but it's engaging enough and moves along at a solid enough pace that I wasn't ever bored.

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)
19. Pickup on South Street (1953)
20. Susie Searchers (2022)

[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
63. They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) - 7/10
64. Ivy (1947) - 6/10
65. Underneath (1995) - 5/10
66. Yield to the Night (1956) - 6/10
67. The Killer Inside Me (1976) - 5/10
68. The Lady Gambles (1949) - 7/10

November 22
69. Knock on Any Door (1949) - 8/10 #Nov6 - Alleyway murder

[DudeLanez]

7. The Mob (1951, Robert Parrish) 6,5/10
8. Night Falls (1952, Roberto Gavaldón) 5/10 - Nov2 - Love gone wrong
9. Guncrazy (1992, Tamra Davis) 6/10 - Nov30 - directed by a woman

Spoiler

1. No Highway (1951, Henry Koster) 6,5/10 - Nov9 - 50's noir
2. Two Men in Manhattan (1959, Jean-Pierre Melville) 6,5/10 - Nov12 - In a foreign language
3. Moonrise (1948, Frank Borzage) 5,5/10 - Nov5 - On the run
4. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958, Nathan Juran) 4/10 - Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
5. Take Aim at the Police Van (1960, Seijun Suzuki) 6/10 - Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
6. Romeo Is Bleeding (1993, Peter Medak) 5,5/10 - Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
7. The Mob (1951, Robert Parrish) 6,5/10
8. Night Falls (1952, Roberto Gavaldón) 5/10 - Nov2 - Love gone wrong
9. Guncrazy (1992, Tamra Davis) 6/10 - Nov30 - directed by a woman

Bonus Challenge: 30 Days of Noir
Nov1 - Stuck in an unhappy marraige
Nov2 - Love gone wrong/betrayal
Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective
Nov4 - Featuring trench-coats/cigarettes
Nov5 - On the run
Nov6 - Alleyway murder
Nov7 - Featuring foggy scenes
Nov8 - 40's noir
Nov9 - 50's noir
Nov10 - Sci-Fi noir
Nov11 - Featuring a Femme Fatale
Nov12 - In a foreign language
Nov13 - Involving manipulation
Nov14 - Alfred Hitchcock Noir
Nov15 - Story focused on conspiracy/corruption
Nov16 - Set in a bar/Featuring a singer
Nov17 - Gangsters
Nov18 - Tragic ending
Nov19 - Memories (flashback/amnesia/false memory etc.)
Nov20 - David Lynch Noir
Nov21 - An adaptation
Nov22 - A remake
Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective
Nov24 - An antihero protagonist
Nov25 - Involving a disappearance
Nov26 - Featuring a female protagonist
Nov27 - A heist story/involving thieves
Nov28 - Involving an impostor
Nov29 - Featuring a vigilante
Nov30 - (Co)written and/or (co)directed by a woman

[AB537]

13. Dead Man Down (Niels Arden Oplev, 2013) 6.5/10 ... #Nov17 - Gangsters

Spoiler

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[Good_Will_Harding]

22. The Killer (2023)

I know this has been available on Netflix for the last couple of weeks, but I wanted to wait until I had the opportunity to catch it on the big screen, and while I didn't love this like some of David Fincher's other works, I still really enjoyed it. I really admire the stripped down, methodical approach to the storytelling here - no high concepts or murder mystery at the center, just details and repetition - and paired with Fincher's reliably slick editing and a very forward moving pace, this amounts to a pretty compelling if a bit slight entry into the man's filmography.

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)
19. Pickup on South Street (1953)
20. Susie Searchers (2022)
21. Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

[FilmWalrus]

22. The Killer (2023)

I know this has been available on Netflix for the last couple of weeks, but I wanted to wait until I had the opportunity to catch it on the big screen, and while I didn't love this like some of David Fincher's other works, I still really enjoyed it. I really admire the stripped down, methodical approach to the storytelling here - no high concepts or murder mystery at the center, just details and repetition - and paired with Fincher's reliably slick editing and a very forward moving pace, this amounts to a pretty compelling if a bit slight entry into the man's filmography.

I'll probably follow your lead and try to catch it in theaters. I very suspect I will have a similar reaction.

[WalterNeff]

A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir

82. Flesh (1932) Con-woman convinces German wrestler to come to America, where he gets thrown for a loss.
83. Going Home (1971) After a prison sentence for killing his wife, a man returns home on parole, where his estranged son tries to reconnect with him, but there's no going home.
84. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) Henri loses his job, so he hires a contract killer to end his life, but then has a change of heart and tries to call the hit off.
85. I'll Wait for You (1941) Did you hear the one about the gangster on the lam and the farmer's daughter?
86. Interpol (1957) U.S. narcotics agent chases international drug smuggler though scenic Europe.

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.
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!
72. 5 Steps to Danger (1957) After his car breaks down, accepting a lift from a stranger plunges him into the middle of the cold war.
73. A Covenant with Death (1967) Professing his innocence all the way to the gallows, a condemned man accidentally kills the hangman. But when another man confesses to the crime will the first man now be sentenced for the death of the hangman?
74. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953) Rural peddler starts on the road to politics through manipulation and demagoguery.
75. Allotment Wives (1945) Ex-reporter/military intelligence tracks down the racket where women marry multiple servicemen for their pay and insurance.
76. Back in Circulation (1937) Did the wife poison her wealthy husband and can reporter Timmy Blake get the scoop and get herself back in circulation?
77. Bullets for O'Hara (1941) Thief promises bullets for O'Hara, but O'Hara captures thief as well as thief's ex-wife.
78. Crime & Punishment, USA (1959) Murderer matches wits with wily detective. Based on the Dostoevsky classic.
79. Deadly Nightshade (1953) Escaped prisoner assumes the identity of a lookalike, but would have been better off as himself.
80. Dilemma (1962) What a dilemma - on the eve of his wedding anniversary a schoolteacher comes home to find a dead man in his house and his wife missing.
81. Flareup (1969) Go-go dancer has to get gone-gone before a psycho who blames her for the breakup of his marriage has a flareup and kills her.

[Rufus-T]

20. Fallen Angel (1945), I forgotten that I have saw this before. I gave a relatively low rating last time. Now I see why. Just a poorly written movie. I lowered my original rating.

21. Detective Story (1951) #Nov3 - Featuring a cynical detective, Mostly took place in a police precinct, like a play. Focus mostly on a Javert like detective. Started out a bit slow, but gotten into some very captivating moments. Some outstanding performance including Lee Grant's Oscar nominated film debut.

22. The Fallen Idol (1948), Seeing through the eyes of a child while his parents were away, he witnessed the conflict between the couple who are his caretakers. Outstanding

23. Born to Kill (1947) #Nov30 - (Co)written and/or (co)directed by a woman, There were some good moment, but some nonsensical part of the story kind of ruined it.

24. The Dark Corner (1946) #Nov23 - Featuring a serious detective, Lucy before I love lucy, playing a secretary tried to help her detective boss who was being framed. Clifton Webb again excellent at playing an cynical villain.

25. The Killer (2023) #Nov24 - An antihero protagonist, Interesting movie about an assassin going about his business while narrating his approach in voice over. Not as much of an action film as one may expect, but mostly a movie about the character. Very well-crafted and stylish looking too.

Spoiler

Bonus Challenge found: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30

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.
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.

[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
25. The Hit List (2011)
26. The Black Bird (1975)
27. The Seventh Juror (1962) #Nov7

28. Johnny Dangerously (1984) #Nov17 - Gangsters REVISION



Michael Keaten is well cast here as a 30s gangster whose world is turned on its head when his naïve and idealistic brother is appointed district attorney. The film is stylistically all over the place and hit-and-miss as a comedy. There are far more hits than misses though, and its hits are very funny, especially Joe Piscopo's "once; once!" repeated line and a parody sexual abstinence propaganda film. It is the climax that works the best though, with much delightfully bonkers comedy as Keaton and his companions keep changing their outfits, plus a gunman in a cinema who points his weapon through the silver screen.

Bonus Challenge ticked off: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30

[RogerTheMovieManiac88]

(Screenshot/poster from 'Brigada criminal' & 'Downfall')



31. Fausse identité / False Identity (1947, André Chotin) - 5.5 or 6/10
32. Brigada criminal / Criminal Squad (1950, Ignacio F. Iquino) - 9/10
33. Woman on the Run (1950, Norman Foster) - 8/10
34. Los amantes / The Lovers (1951, Fernando A. Rivero) - 7.5/10
35. Bait (1954, Hugo Haas) - 6.5 or 7/10
36. Face the Music (1954, Terence Fisher) - 6/10
37. Krayat na patya / At the End of the Road (1961, Petar B. Vasilev) - 6.5 or 7/10
38. Serena (1962, Peter Maxwell) - 7/10
39. Downfall (1964, John Llewellyn Moxey) - 7.5 or 8/10
40. Allagash / Blood and Money (2020, John Barr) - 5.5 or 6/10

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
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

[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
25. The Hit List (2011)
26. The Black Bird (1975)
27. The Seventh Juror (1962) #Nov7
28. Johnny Dangerously (1984) #Nov17 REVISION

29. Ride the Pink Horse (1947)



A disillusioned American war veteran arrives in rural Mexico with a plan to blackmail the crime boss responsible for his friend's death in this noir venture directed by and starring Robert Montgomery. The film benefits from an unusual setting for a noir, excellent Russell Metty cinematography and decent supporting performances. It does not really add up how fast and easily Montgomery finds support and friendship in this foreign land where he cannot even find a hotel room, but the movie gets a lot more interesting towards the end as various misfortunes lead to Montgomery stumbling around sick and injured.

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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
25. The Hit List (2011)
26. The Black Bird (1975)
27. The Seventh Juror (1962) #Nov7
28. Johnny Dangerously (1984) #Nov17 REVISION
29. Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

30. Knock on Any Door (1949) #Nov6 - alleyway murder



Racked with guilt over a client who died in jail after he bungled his case, a passionate lawyer dedicates himself to defending the client's son when the lad is accused of murder in this noirish courtroom drama. Humphrey Bogart as the lawyer has a pretty great character to work, but this is not really a film about Bogart's guilt. His young co-star actually takes up most of the screen time in extended flashbacks, and all of the melodrama in these stretches feels too over-the-top to hit home, as everyone bullies and mistreats the son at every conceivable opportunity. Some nice high camera angles in court though.

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33. Woman on the Run (1950, Norman Foster) - 8/10

Very exciting and vivid noir with the great Ann Sheridan.

40. Allagash / Blood and Money (2020, John Barr) - 5.5 or 6/10

This one was on TV yesterday, so I think I'll catch up with it in the coming days. Tom Berenger is a fine actor.