noir films I want to see

classic noir

The Asphalt Jungle (Criterion)

The Big Sleep (I saw it, but my review has been lost)

The Chase

Crossfire

D.O.A. (Great but Forgotten)

Double Indemnity (Criterion)

Gaslight

Gun Crazy

In a Lonely Place

The Killing

Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion)

Laura

The Maltese Falcon (1941; my review has been lost)

Mildred Pierce

Murder, My Sweet

The Naked City (Criterion)

Niagara

The Night of the Hunter

Notorious (Criterion)

Phantom Lady

The Postman Always Rings Twice (my review was lost)

Scarlet Street

The Set-Up

Shadow of a Doubt

Spellbound (Criterion)

Strangers on a Train

Sunset Boulevard

Sweet Smell of Success (Criterion)

Touch of Evil

White Heat (my review was lost)


neo-noir

Basic Instinct

The Black Dahlia (Dread Central)

Blood Simple (Criterion)

Blue Velvet (Criterion)
I saw this once, and didn't think much of it. But I might like to give it another chance, sometime.

Body Heat

Bonnie and Clyde
I think I saw this once, but I don't remember it well, and don't think I liked it much. But I should definitely see it again sometime. (I could call it a "period" film or a "crime" film, but a special film noir issue of LIFE magazine includes it in its neo-noir section.)

Brick

Dark City
Not sure if I'd put my review under "neo noir" or "science fiction" or "weird", or what. I think I've seen it before, but I don't remember anything about it.

Dead Again (Great but Forgotten)

Devil in a Blue Dress (Criterion; Great but Forgotten)

Dirty Harry
I'm not sure if I've seen this in its entirety or not. If so, I don't remember anything but the most famous quotes. And I wasn't sure how I'd classify the movie, but LIFE's film noir issue includes it in its neo-noir section.)

Final Analysis

The Good German (I've seen it, but my review has been lost)

The Ice Harvest (my review has been lost)

In the Cut

Klute

The Long Kiss Goodnight

Motherless Brooklyn

Mulholland Drive (Criterion)

Mulholland Falls

Night Moves

Nightmare Alley (2021)

Nikita (aka "La Femme Nikita")

Point Blank

Serpico

Taxi Driver
Saw it once. Need to see it again.

Things to Do in Denver when You're Dead


comedy noir

Assassination of a High School President (my review was lost)

The Driftless Area

The Nice Guys

Under the Silver Lake


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