Blu-ray.com Community Top 50 FILMS NOIR

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by ShirleyFilms

For me, Hitchcock is Hitchcock. But I can see why people would group it in with Noir too.

I have the same thoughts.

Vertigo is a true film noir through and through, but I left it off of my own list, simply because I tend to view "Hitchcock movies" as their own stand-alone genre.

Of all of the Hitchcock films, Shadow of a Doubt is the one that I consider to be the most "noir" by nature, because its uncomfortable portrayal of idyllic small town life paved the way for so many subsequent films of that sort. It's the one Hitchcock film that I have on my Top 50 list, just because I cannot imagine a Top 50 films noir list without it.

Strangers on a Train, Notorious, Vertigo, and even Rear Window could be easily classified as films noir, but I tend to place them apart as "Hitchcock films." I should reconsider doing so, I guess.