List with ratings (long)

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Posted by edta on April 9, 2000 at 11:50:24

In Reply to: Does anyone like film noir? posted by edta on April 5, 2000 at 08:42:38:

Might as well beat this to death, huh?

These picks are from Ephraim Katz's "Film Encyclopedia", the ratings come from Halliwell. I'm going to try to view every 4 and 3 star film on here--not promising when. Halliwell is a pretty tough grader judging from his comments on some other films I know.

John Huston: The Maltese Falcon(1941) ++++, Key Largo (1948) +++, The Asphalt Jungle (1950) +++

Howard Hawks: To Have and Have Not (1944) ++, The Big Sleep (1946) +++

Michael Curtiz: Casablanca (1942) ++++, Mildred Pierce 1945 ++

Tay Garnett: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) +

Billy Wilder: Double Indemnity (1944) ++++, The Lost Weekend (1945) ++++, Sunset Boulevard(1950) +++, Ace in the Hole/ Big Carnival (1951) +++

Orson Welles: The Lady from Shanghai (1948) ++

Otto Preminger: Laura 1944 ++++, Fallen Angel (1946) + , Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) NR

Robert Siodmak: Phantom Lady (1944) ++, The Suspect (1945) +, Uncle Harry (1945) NR, The Killers (1946) +++, The Dark Mirror (1946) ++, Cry of the City 1948 ++

Jacques Tourner: Out of the Past (1947) ++

Charles Vidor: Gilda (1946) ++++

George Cukor: Gaslight (1944) ++

Frank Tuttle: This Gun for Hire (1942) +++

Fritz Lang: The Woman in the Window (1944) +++, Scarlet Street (1946) ++, The Big Heat 1953 ++

John Brahm: The Lodger (1944) +, Hanover Square (1945) +

Alfred Hitchcock: Spellbound (1945) +++

Lewis Milestone: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) ++

Edward Dymtryk: Murder My Sweet (1945) +++, Cornered (1945) +

Andre De Toth: Dark Waters (1944) ++, Pitfall (1948) nr

Stuart Heisler: The Glass Key (1942) ++

Jean Negulesco: The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) +++, Three Strangers (1946) +, Nobody Lives Forever (1946) NR, Road House (1948) +

Anthony Mann: T-Men (1948) + , Raw Deal (1948) NR, Side Street (1950) NR

Fred Zinnemann: Act of Violence (1949) ++

Richard Mate: The Dark Past (1948) ++, D.O.A. (1950) ++, Union Station (1950) ++

Henry Hathaway: Kiss of Death (1947) ++, Call Northside 777 (1948) ++

Robert Rossen: Johnny O'Clock (1947) NR , Body and Soul (1947) +

Abraham Polonsky: Force of Evil (1948) +++

John Cromwell: Dead Reckoning (1947) +, The Racket (1951) +

Robert Montgomery: Lady in the Lake (1947) +, Ride the Pink Horse (1947)+

Delmer Dave: Dark Passage (1947) ++

Robert Wise: The Set-Up (1949) +++, The Captive City (1952) ++

Jules Dassin: Brute Force (1947) ++ , The Naked City (1948) ++++, Thieves' Highway (1949) ++, Night and the City (1950) NR

John Farrow: The Big Clock (1948) +, Alias Nick Beal (1949) +++

Elia Kazan: Boomerang (1947) +++, Panic in the Streets (1950) +++

Edward G. Ulmer: Ruthless (1948) +

Joseph H. Lewis: The Undercover Man (1949) + , Gun Crazy (1950) +

Nicholas Ray: They Live By Night (1949) +, In a Lonely Place (1950) +, On Dangerous Ground (1952) NR

Phil Karlson: Scandal Sheet (1952) NR, 99 River Street (1953) +, Tight Spot (1955) NR

Samuel Fuller: Pickup on South Street (1953) +

Robert Aldrich: Kiss Me Deadly (1955) NR "excruciatingly boring"

Some later films:

Orson Welles: Touch of Evil (1958) ++

Don Seigel: Crime in the Streets ( 1956) +, Baby Face Nelson (1957) +, Madigan (1968) +, Dirty Harry (1971) ++

Roger Corman: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) NR

Peter Yates: Bullitt (1968) ++

Robert Altman: The Long Goodbye (1973) NR "ugly, boring travesty.."

Roman Polanski: Chinatown (1974) +++

Robert Benton: The Late Show ( 1977) +

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Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - Does anyone like film noir? - edta 08:42:38 04/05/00 (48)

List with ratings (long) - edta 11:50:24 04/09/00 (2)

The final blow(?) two MORE Film Noir film lists - Bob Casner 18:28:22 04/10/00 (1)

Noir reference - edta 20:28:53 04/10/00 (0)

A relatively recent one - Bob Casner 23:01:07 04/08/00 (1)

Bad Influence -- thanks! (nt) - edta 08:56:58 04/09/00 (0)

Forgive me but please explain - Ran 19:27:53 04/08/00 (1)

Re: Forgive me but please explain - edta 21:16:52 04/08/00 (0)

Thank you to everyone. - edta 13:59:45 04/08/00 (0)

The Asphalt Jungle/The Lost Weekend(nt) - YECH 19:03:11 04/07/00 (8)

Re: The Asphalt Jungle/The Lost Weekend(nt) - edta 20:42:53 04/07/00 (7)

Ray Milands Oscar winning performance AND - YECH 04:48:33 04/08/00 (6)

Re: Ray Milands Oscar winning performance AND - edta 11:42:52 04/08/00 (5)

Sterling Hayden.What a great tuff guy. - YECH 15:37:24 04/08/00 (4)

Re: Sterling Hayden.What a great tuff guy. - edta 16:09:54 04/08/00 (3)

I will have to check out The Killing - YECH 16:52:33 04/08/00 (2)

Agreed on AMC! - edta 20:58:42 04/08/00 (1)

No commercials on TMC (nt) - YECH 04:20:56 04/09/00 (0)

listen up, mac, i got a rod pointed right at yer back and... - late 13:55:49 04/05/00 (8)

Re: listen up, mac, i got a rod pointed right at yer back and... - edta 20:55:27 04/06/00 (7)

Skin Tight, Tourist Season, Striptease, Double Whammy, it's hard to pick.. - late 05:29:16 04/08/00 (0)

yup - late 06:28:58 04/07/00 (0)

Re: listen up, mac, i got a rod pointed right at yer back and... - Ears 00:45:22 04/07/00 (4)

Re: listen up, mac, i got a rod pointed right at yer back and... - edta 20:48:05 04/07/00 (2)

Neon Rain - late 05:23:30 04/08/00 (0)

Re: listen up, mac, i got a rod pointed right at yer back and... - Ears 23:47:02 04/07/00 (0)

thanks... - late 06:31:55 04/07/00 (0)

Sunset Blvd., Touch of Evil [nt] - Tim 12:06:46 04/05/00 (3)

Re: Sunset Blvd., Touch of Evil [nt] - edta 20:50:04 04/06/00 (0)

Re: Sunset Blvd., Touch of Evil [nt] - Ears 13:40:58 04/05/00 (1)

Third Man - edta 20:47:56 04/06/00 (0)

you mean aside from Cagney movies? [nt - Mart 09:31:11 04/05/00 (17)

Re: you mean aside from Cagney movies? [nt - edta 20:57:32 04/06/00 (16)

Re: you mean aside from Cagney movies? [nt - edta 20:36:52 04/07/00 (0)

here's a spectrum - Mart 00:39:25 04/07/00 (14)

Re: here's a spectrum - edta 21:23:31 04/08/00 (1)

I'm sure you've seen them both .... - Mart 22:42:08 04/08/00 (0)

dunno if they 'qualify' for the category. - kuma 10:45:58 04/08/00 (11)

adore the 3D edge the shadey characters provide, but ... - Mart 21:12:39 04/08/00 (2)

Re: adore the 3D edge the shadey characters provide, but ... - edta 21:32:30 04/08/00 (1)

don't limit the schlocky to the B movies - Mart 21:52:24 04/08/00 (0)

Re: dunno if they 'qualify' for the category. - edta 16:20:49 04/08/00 (4)

Re: dunno if they 'qualify' for the category. - kuma 22:59:08 04/08/00 (3)

realism vs. art - edta 08:54:37 04/09/00 (2)

it's black allright, but... - kuma 11:15:04 04/09/00 (1)

Re: it's black allright, but... - edta 11:59:22 04/09/00 (0)

Wow! The classic list. Thanks! - edta 11:52:26 04/08/00 (2)

Re: Wow! The classic list. Thanks! - kuma 16:23:01 04/08/00 (1)

Re: Wow! The classic list. Thanks! - edta 21:06:18 04/08/00 (0)

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List with ratings (long) - edta 11:50:24 04/09/00 (2)

The final blow(?) two MORE Film Noir film lists - Bob Casner 18:28:22 04/10/00 (1)

Noir reference - edta 20:28:53 04/10/00 (0)

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