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Chinatown

double indemnity
laura
the big sleep
the big heat
kiss me deadly
gun crazy
sweet smell of success
nightmare alley
the night of the hunter
strangers on a train
leave her to heaven
night and the city

that's neo-noir, not film-noir

No Citizen Kane?

that's just a regular drama

What’s the difference before I suggest anything

Black and white filter is a major

the third man & the maltese falcon

film noirs are crime films from the 40s and 50s, while neo noirs are a subversive and updated version of film noirs that came out in the 70s

unless ur thinking of touch of evil, which i would also recommend as being an essential film noir

Thank you

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I'm going to be pretty broad.

M (1931)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Detour (1945)
Brute Force (1947)
The Third Man (1949)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Gun Crazy (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
The Prowler (1951)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (1954)
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
The Killing (1956)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Point Blank (1967)
The Conformist (1970)
Prime Cut (1972)
The Conversation (1974)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Chinatown (1974)
Atlantic City (1980)
Thief (1981)
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Miller's Crossing (1990)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Se7en (1995)
Heat (1995)
Cure (1997)
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Bound (1996)
A Simple Plan (1998)
Sexy Beast (2000)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
Memories of Murder (2003)
A History of Violence (2005)
Brick (2005)
Zodiac (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)

Shutter Island (2010)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Drive (2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Killing Them Softly (2012)

NOTH maybe like 20% noir

i thought it was like, THE noir movie

a touch of evil

There's barely anything noir about it beyond some of the cinematography and themes. One of the most unique Hollywood films ever, really hard to define.

I think Double Indemnity is typically considered THE noir movie. Just given that Chandler helped adapt Cain and it laid out a lot of the criteria. Wilder is from Germany so that expressionist stuff has roots as well.

That, Maltese Falcon, Laura, Touch Of Evil

Paid In Full

I personally began with M

And if you want to see the hottest woman who's ever been in a noir film

The Last Seduction (1994)