RESULTS! Blu-ray Community Top 50 FILMS NOIR

[Juels Winnfield]

Results are in for the Blu-ray.com Community Top 50 Films Noir!


Thanks to the 32 members below for your contributions of 317 films to the list.
rodneyfaile
MassiveMovieBuff
The Great Owl
Gerby
Hoke Moseley
jabbercash
djrobchampion
lemonski
chidecki
Juels Winnfield
mrjohnnyb
Trollhunter
SuperFlyHighGuy
Edward J Grug III
dommie
ShirleyFilms
Talleyrand
kaseaver
SSGT BOND
ajburke
Trax-3
qb2333
Al The Strange
deltatauhobbit
Jobla
Vlad Draculi
Se.Vero
Zoop
editor*by*night88
esteban²
rocknblues81
thedude23

I really thought this was a fun list, as it is my favorite movie genre.
Several of you mentioned that it was your favorite as well, and it was great
to compile everyone's favorite noirs. Yes, I counted all lists and films, even
if the list was not 25 or a film isn't necessarily in the noir dictionary.
Your opinion matters!

Again, the point system:
#1 50 points
#2 45 points
#3 40 points
#4 35 points
#5 30 points
#6 25 points
#7 20 points
#8-25 19-2 points
#26 and below 1 point

Any tie breakers are determined by number of votes submitted for the film,
then which ranked highest.

Original Thread here:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=289646

Now to the results!

[Juels Winnfield]

Honorable Mentions:
Body Heat (1981)
Brick (2005)
Criss Cross (1949)
John Wick (2014)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Odd Man Out (1947)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Scarlet Street (1945)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)

[Juels Winnfield]

#50
The Woman in the Window (1944)
58 Points from 6 Votes | Highest Ranking: #7

Directed by Fritz Lang
Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey & Dan Duryea






#49
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
60 Points from 8 Votes l Highest Ranking: #10

Directed by: Robert Montgomery
Starring: Robert Montgomery, Wanda Hendrix, Andrea King, Thomas Gomez & Art Smith



Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor (Thomas Gomez)


#48
The Wages of Fear aka Le salaire de la peur (1953)
62 Points from 2 Votes l Highest Ranking: #2

Directed by: Henri-Georges Clouzet
Starring: Yves Montand & Charles Vanel

[Juels Winnfield]

#47
Key Largo (1948)
65 Points from 8 Votes l Highest Ranking: #6

Directed by: John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson & Lauren Bacallô




Academy Award Win for Best Supporting Actress (Claire Trevor)

[Juels Winnfield]

#46
Detour (1945)
67 Points from 8 Votes | Highest Ranking: #5

Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer
Starring: Tom Neal, Ann Savage & Claudia Drake






#45
Road to Perdition (2002)
68 Points from 4 Votes | Highest Ranking: #5

Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: Tom Hanks, Paul Newman & Jude Law



Academy Award Win for Best Cinematography
Academy Award Nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Paul Newman),
Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, Best Sound Mixing &
Best Sound Editing




#44
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
68 Points from 12 Votes | Highest Ranking: #12

Directed by: Orson Welles
Starring: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane & Glenn Anders

[esteban²]

It's a real shame they never air these oldies over here. So much I still need and want to see. Going to be an interesting list for me to figure out where to start.

[Juels Winnfield]

#43
Sin City (2005)
71 Points from 6 Votes | Highest Ranking: #7

Directed by Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller with Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro & Rosario Dawson

[Juels Winnfield]

#42
Ace in the Hole aka The Big Carnival (1951)
73 Points from 9 Votes | Highest Ranking: #9

Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur & Porter Hall



Academy Award Nomination for Best Screenplay




#41
The Lost Weekend (1945)
74 Points from 4 Votes | Highest Ranking: #2

Directed by: Billy Wilder
Starring: Ray Miland & Jane Wyman



Academy Award Wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Ray Miland) & Best Screenplay
Academy Award Nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Music/Scoring of a Dramatic/Comedy Picture & Best Film Editing

[Juels Winnfield]

Oops! I forgot to leave out the header line from the spreadsheet.
So, there is a new #50, The Woman in the Window!

[Rodney-2187]

I love Sin City. Such great dialogue.

[Al_The_Strange]

Wouldn't have considered Wages of Fear a film noir until I saw it on other peoples' list. I got to admit, the first act of it is very stylish and noir-like, so I did vote on it highly. I remember it's a heck of a film.

Totally forgot about Road to Perdition. Great crime film.

Ace in the Hole is a good film with a very interesting and profound premise.

Sin City is probably the first time I consciously divulged in film noir. I was overseas at the time and I saw one of the bloodiest parts playing on the TV in the PX. It grabbed my attention and I had to rent it. Didn't know what to make of it at first, but I definitely resonated with the noir tropes and cliches it embraced and cranked to overload. I wound up loving the film on repeat viewings, and now consider it essential.

Been wanting to see Key Largo and Lady from Shanghai for a while now.

Lots of good films in the HM list. I did vote highly on John Wick, but I got to admit it's probably better placed as an HM rather than one of the top 50.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by rodneyfaile

I love Sin City. Such great dialogue.

The last line of Sin City is one of the best ever. Great movie.

[Juels Winnfield]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

The last line of Sin City is one of the best ever. Great movie.

This and I also loved the dialogue from when Marv shoots the priest.

[Juels Winnfield]

I have actually never seen two films in the top 50: The Wages of Fear or Ride the Pink Horse. I've been looking for Ride the Pink Horse to come on TCM for several years.

[esteban²]

So far I haven't seen about 2/3 of the movies. That's what's makes it so interesting to follow.

[Juels Winnfield]

#40
Taxi Driver (1976)
76 Points from 7 Votes | Highest Ranking: #4

Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, & Cybill Shepherd



Academy Award Nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Robert De Niro), Best Supporting Actress (Jodie Foster) & Best Original Score




#39
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
78 Points from 11 Votes | Highest Ranking: #6

Directed by: Tay Garnett
Starring: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway,
Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter & Alan Reed






#38
Blood Simple (1984)
78 Points from 11 Votes | Highest Ranking: #5

Directed by Joel Coen
Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams & M. Emmet Walsh

[Juels Winnfield]

#37
Night and the City (1950)
79 Points from 11 Votes | Highest Ranking: #8

Directed by: Jules Dassin
Starring: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers,
Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan & Herbert Lom






#36
Fight Club (1999)
80 Points from 4 Votes | Highest Ranking: #3

Directed by David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton & Helena Bonham Carter



Academy Award Nomination for Best Sound Editing

[rocknblues81]

I have to admit that I've never thought of Taxi Driver or Fight Club as noir's.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by rocknblues81

I have to admit that I've never thought of Taxi Driver or Fight Club as noir's.

nor have I, and then probably the greatest film noir film made from the 80's onward (BODY HEAT) doesn't even crack the top 50!

[esteban²]

Well, Neo-Noir being included, prepare for more (pleasantly) surprises that way.