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Posted on 08/08/2026 2:55:55 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg
I'm looking to introduce my future husband to some film noir, either on DVD, streaming or film (I have a number of projectors to choose from). He didn't watch a lot of classic movies growing up, and we're both late eighties babies, so there wasn't a ton of it on TV to begin with. I didn't really get to indulge this hobby until my dad started restoring projectors.
List me your favorite noir films, popular or obscure. I'd like to see some I haven't heard of before.
Thank you in advance!
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Thunder Road
On the Waterfront
Deadline-USA: Humphrey Bogart, Ethyl Barrymore, Ed Begley
Shadow of a Doubt
Sunset Blvd
Notorious
How about ‘Vertigo’ with Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, or ‘The Rear Window’ with Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr and Jimmy Stewart?
Rear window.
Also Manchurian candidate (original). Though it’s a late year for film noir
Blade Runner
Goodness, thank you! I’ll be doing some searching.
Again, thank you everyone. I didn’t expect such rapid replies. I’ll keep checking back to lengthen my list.
Although Casablanca is technically a Romantic Drama, it does lean heavily into Film Noir territory. Because of that and the fact that it is the greatest movie ever produced, I second you opinion:
Casablanca
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TCM has great movies. I tried to slow down my TV viewing by reducing the channels, TCM was a choice, wonderful movies, awesome stories, don’t need boom boom and exotice special effects when you have substance.
“Kiss Me Deadly”. It has the most scary ending of almost any movie.
Mitchum’s Night of the Hunter was one scary movie, powerful.
The Narrow Margin
Detour
I will second Casablanca and add The African Queen.
I didn’t read all the replies, so there may be some overlap in my list of favorites:
‘Body Heat’
‘The Long Kiss Goodbye’
‘Blood Simple’ (the Cohen Brother’s first film - Stellar!)
‘Laura’
‘Sunset Boulevard’
‘Touch of Evil’
‘Double Indemnity’
‘The Letter’
‘Angel Face’
‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’
‘Notorious’
‘Dark Passage’
‘Leave Her to Heaven’
‘Strangers on a Train’
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