Film noir recommendations - The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Discussion

[–] Buffy5X5 20 years ago

Chinatown and Gaslight.

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[–] j-pudwill 20 years ago

IMHO

THE 13 QUINTESSENTIALS:
Double Indemnity
Big Sleep (Original Version)
Maltese Falcon
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Original Version)
Mildred Pierce
Out Of The Past
Detour
Third Man
Touch Of Evil
Murder, My Sweet
Night And The City (Original Version)
Chinatown
Blood Simple

NOT CITED BY PREVIOUS POSTERS:

CLASSIC 1940's-1950's FILM NOIR:
Mildred Pierce
Kiss Of Death
Pick-Up On South Street
Night And The City (Original Version)
Rififi
Thieves' Highway
Cape Fear (Original Version)
Born To Kill
The Big Carnival (AKA Ace In The Hole)
Champion
Body And Soul
The Set-Up
Raw Deal
T-Men
On Dangerous Ground

MODERN NOIR AND "NEAR NOIR":
The Usual Suspects
Charley Varrick
Bullitt
The Getaway (Original Version)
Dirty Harry
The Long Goodbye
Taxi Driver
Pulp Fiction
Bound
Miami Blues
Thief
House of Games
Blue Velvet
Manchurian Candidate (Original version)
Seconds
Strangers On A Train
North By Northwest
Marathon Man
Three Days Of The Condor

"He's the type of guy who'd knock your teeth out, then kick you in the head for mumbling." – The Big Sleep

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[–] naked-city 20 years ago

Tee hee, I don't think anyone mentioned me, Naked City !!
There is a huge slew of great noir, beginning with I think This Gun for Hire, perhaps the first filming of an introverted troubled hood type as opposed to the very extraverted Little Caesar type. My personal favorite is Out of the Past, finally available on DVD. But I would also mention Double Indemnity, Humoresque, The Letter, Sudden Fear, In a Lonely Place (a brilliant, brilliant film), Force of Evil, Gilda, the Lady from Shanghai, Laura, Sunset Blvd, Gun Crazy, Body and Soul, the Champion, I Confess, Criss Cross, Brute Force, the Killers, Sweet Smell of Success, Touch of Evil, Ride the Pink Horse, the Big Sleep, Cape Fear, Night of the Hunter, Notorious, Pickup on South Street, the Big Heat (famous coffee flinging sequence), OMG, the list goes on and on. I am not such a big fan of neo-noir because I love the B/W style of the 50's films and I appreciate the understated violence of that era. The best book I have seen on noir, not a scholarly tome, but one that approaches the style as a film goer might, is Dark City by Muller.

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[–] dvg77 19 years ago

I would also recommnend M., directed by Fritz Lang. It's an early German talkie, and it's very cool and very dark and creepy. I've heard it argued before that American film noir is actually an offshoot of German expressionism, of which Lang is a main director, and I believe Lang eventually migrated to America and directed some more conventional noirs here.

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[–] rogerjillings 19 years ago

I can recommend the following,LADY IN THE LAKE,THE BIG HEAT, and of course DOUBLE INDEMNITY to name a few, i also agree with your comment,read my imdb review.

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[–] kathyselden 19 years ago

My absolute all-time favourites (next to this one) are The Big Sleep and Gilda. Brilliant, absorbing films. You'll be hooked once you watch these films.

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[–] duchamp-1 16 years ago

Scarlet Street, often overlooked Fritz Lang Noir masterpiece starring Edward G. Robinson

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[–] Ironman54 15 years ago

Orson Welles made and /or acted in several also. Can't remember the name of them now to save my life but maybe some one with better recall abilities will toss them up here quick like. The one where he deals in black market penicillin and the other about crooked law - Mexico border.. damn...I hate when this happens !!
I know 'Cape Fear' and 'OOTP' has been mentioned but theres also the other Mitchum film in which he plays a boot legger/driver...can't remember this name either...and the Bogie one where hes an escaped convict (Frank...? holed up at a road side diner with a cast of characters/patrons (maybe this was mentioned already) and the one with the girl that needs an operation on her leg...still nothin' registering here LOL !! I can't take it !!!!!!!!!!

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[–] Dr_Anton_Phibes 16 years ago

Try the complete IMdB "film noir" films list (469 movies...)

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DARN remakes!

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[–] quondamvia 15 years ago

I can't believe no one has recommended the 1955 b&w noir classic "Les Diaboliques." IMHO this is the noir that trumps all others in the genre, even "The Maltese Falcon." "Les Diaboliques" is hauntingly riveting, percolating and suspenseful, unpredictable, twisted, sinister, and yes, credible -- in a word, "diabolical." With each viewing, my heart stops several times on the edge of catching my next breath.

Don't miss the Criterion digital remaster: B&W in all its sumptuous glory.

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