Dark, depressing noir recommendations on blu ray

[bsend]

Looking for some noir titles on blu ray that have a more depressing, dark or down tone or ending. Trying out Breaking point from Criterion.

[drb124]

Great thread. Blast of Silence is pretty downbeat.

To be clear I was referring to the Noir thread referenced above. It is great source for information.

[StephenFS]

In A Lonely Place - can't go wrong with Bogart/Criterion, and the ending is depressing, all right.

[tallrichard]

Ox Bow Incident has a dark ending...

[RodChester]

Weekend at Bernie’s 2.

[kingdoxie]

Unfortunately not on BR, but Angel Face with Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons fits the bill perfectly.

Mildred Pierce on Criterion is bleak as well.

[The Great Owl]

[demonknight]

If you want a more recent example, try The Man Who Wasn’t There. The Coen Bros flick.

[Eagles612]

Can't believe none of these were mentioned yet. I haven't seen them in some time, but if I remember correctly they all have darker endings. And I also highly recommend In A Lonely Place.

[HD Goofnut]

Dark City

[Vilya]

Love noir films..some good suggestions, some that I haven't seen and some that I should see again.

[Akijama]

Detour ('45) is the darkest and the most cynical of them all....bu it's not on BD :/

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Akijama

Detour ('45) is the darkest and the most cynical of them all....bu it's not on BD :/

It is streamable on Amazon Prime or there are two inexpensive DVD editions for $6 and $8. Very short at just 67 minutes; looking forward to seeing it.

[javi92]

Seconding. One of the best.

Originally Posted by kingdoxie

Unfortunately not on BR, but Angel Face with Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons fits the bill perfectly.

[Al_The_Strange]

This one is a must--some might argue that it's not a depressing ending per se, but it's definitely a f**ked up movie with a real bang of an ending.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

This one is a must--some might argue that it's not a depressing ending per se, but it's definitely a f**ked up movie with a real bang of an ending.

I would argue that it isn't a noir.

[Se.Vero]

noir:


dark:

[Jobla]

Two great films with incredibly downbeat endings:

KISS ME DEADLY (Criterion)
THE PAWNBROKER (Olive Films)

A low-budget wonder:

PRIVATE PROPERTY (Cinelicious Pics)

A noir-ish docudrama, one of the best "night films" ever:

THE EXILES (Milestone Film & Video)

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by demonknight

I would argue that it isn't a noir.

I would argue it's neo-noir--I've seen it listed as such. I figure it would be fair game since somebody mentioned Se7en up above.

Sorry to say, I need to catch up on the classics yet.

[trustno1]