Noir (noun): crime fiction featuring hard-boiled cynical characters and bleak sleazy settings


Noir is my absolute favorite genre of film and literature (writing my own right now). Here are a couple of films that I recommend anyone who likes the genre to see.
Feel free to add your own as well.



Angel Heart -1987- Mickey Rourke

Payback -1999- Mel Gibson (also was a film by the name of The Grifters)

Dark Passage- 1947- Humphrey Bogart

The Usual Suspects -1995- Gabriel Byrne

Seven -1995- Brad Pitt

Those are just a couple that come to mind at the moment, enjoy!

Payback was a brilliant film. It was Gibson's last great leading role (IMO).

LA Confidential- I would put this movie in this class too. Execellent cast with Spacey, Crowe and an underrated Guy Pearce.

i love film noir. one of my faves.. the letter..

the big sleep.

i'll stop there.

;p

and at first i thought this thread was about the anime Noir. :p also fantastic LOL

The anime Noir wasn't too bad either

ha, i knew we had the same taste in movies!
i have no idea how i forgot to mention L.A. Confidential, i've seen it at least 20 times. love it.

here's a couple more good ones:

Croupier- a british film starring Clive Owen, who plays a croupier (card dealer) as he tries to get enough inspiration for a novel he is writing.

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead- another british Clive Owen film where he plays an ex gangster who returns to his life of crime after his little brother's death.

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Suicide Kings

Reservior Dogs (obviously)

Pulp Fiction (again, an obvious choice)

Blast of Silence

Notorious
Vertigo
Strangers on a Train
Double Indemnity
M
Sweet Smell of Success

All among my favorites...

2 Days in the Valley

The Black Dahlia
North By Northwest
The Thin Man
Johnny Eager
Public Enemy