movies I want to see: film noir & neo-noir
Note: I may change which category I choose for my reviews after I've seen these movies. For now, I'm making my best guesses.
action/adventure /
action comedy /
animated /
anime /
B-movies /
CGI /
classics /
comedy /
coming-of-age /
comix /
crime /
DC /
disaster /
documentaries /
drama /
dystopian /
family /
fantasy /
film noir /
giant monsters /
Halloween /
holiday /
law /
martial arts /
musicals /
mystery /
period /
romantic /
rom-com /
scary /
sci-fi /
Scooby-Doo /
serio-comedy /
short /
spies /
sports /
supernatural /
surf /
teen /
thrillers /
true story /
video games /
war /
weird /
westerns
classic noir
The Asphalt Jungle (Criterion)
The Chase
Crossfire
D.O.A. (Great but Forgotten)
Double Indemnity (Criterion)
Gaslight
Gun Crazy
In a Lonely Place
The Killing
Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion)
Laura
Mildred Pierce
Murder, My Sweet
The Naked City (Criterion)
Niagara
The Night of the Hunter
Notorious (Criterion)
Out of the Past
Phantom Lady
Scarlet Street
The Set-Up
Shadow of a Doubt
Spellbound (Criterion)
Strangers on a Train
Sunset Boulevard
Sweet Smell of Success (Criterion)
The Third Man (Criterion)
Saw this in my college film class, I think.
Touch of Evil
neo-noir
Basic Instinct
The Black Dahlia (Dread Central)
Blood Simple (Criterion)
Blue Velvet (Criterion)
I saw this once, and didn't think much of it. But I might like to give it another chance, sometime.
Body Heat
Bonnie and Clyde
I think I saw this once, but I don't remember it well, and don't think I liked it much. But I should definitely see it again sometime. (I could call it a "period" film or a "crime" film, but a special film noir issue of LIFE magazine includes it in its neo-noir section.)
Brick (A.V. Club)
Dead Again (Great but Forgotten)
Devil in a Blue Dress (Criterion; Great but Forgotten)
Dirty Harry
I'm not sure if I've seen this in its entirety or not. If so, I don't remember anything but the most famous quotes. And I wasn't sure how I'd classify the movie, but LIFE's film noir issue includes it in its neo-noir section.)
Final Analysis
In the Cut
Klute
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Motherless Brooklyn
Mulholland Drive (Criterion)
Mulholland Falls
Night Moves
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Nikita (aka "La Femme Nikita")
Point Blank
Serpico
Taxi Driver
Saw it once. Need to see it again.
Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead
comedy noir
The Driftless Area
The Nice Guys
Under the Silver Lake
film noir index
Note: I may change which category I choose for my reviews after I've seen these movies. For now, I'm making my best guesses.
action/adventure /
action comedy /
animated /
anime /
B-movies /
CGI /
classics /
comedy /
coming-of-age /
comix /
crime /
DC /
disaster /
documentaries /
drama /
dystopian /
family /
fantasy /
film noir /
giant monsters /
Halloween /
holiday /
law /
martial arts /
musicals /
mystery /
period /
romantic /
rom-com /
scary /
sci-fi /
Scooby-Doo /
serio-comedy /
short /
spies /
sports /
supernatural /
surf /
teen /
thrillers /
true story /
video games /
war /
weird /
westerns