re: Let’s talk some Film Noir

Great call on Dark City.
I will add a couple of superb French Noir films:

Rififi
Elevator to the Gallows

The original Postman Always Rings Twice is THE place to start when getting into noir

And Lana Turner is smokin’ in more ways than one

Good work from everyone. Especially the two that mentioned the often forgotten Rififi and Detour. Great genre.

One that was an homage and spoof that I thought was very underrated - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

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The City of Lost Children
Existenz

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I don't know what this shite is, but it ain't noir

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The Third Man
The Night of the Hunter
Double Indemnity
The Maltese Falcon
To Have and Have Not
Touch of Evil
The Big Sleep
Out of the Past
Shadow of a Doubt
Sweet Smell of Success
The Asphalt Jungle
The Roaring Twenties
The Killers
The Lost Weekend
Ace in the Hole
Night and the City
On Dangerous Ground
Pickup on South Street
The Big Combo
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
House of Strangers
Thieves' Highway
Fury
Sunset Boulevard
The Big Heat
In a Lonely Place
The Killing
Laura
The Lady from Shanghai
Leave Her to Heaven
Mildred Pierce
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Stranger
The Woman in the Window
Angels with Dirty Faces
Scarlet Street
High Sierra
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
D.O.A
Nightmare Alley
Gun Crazy
Too Late for Tears
Criss Cross
Mr. Arkadin
He Walked by Night
Detective Story
The Glass Key
The Set-Up
Hollow Triumph
Force of Evil
While the City Sleeps
Champion
Moonrise

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This has got to be the listiest post of all time

You left out “sledge Hammer” ;-)

I have a strong nostalgic fondness for "Cry Danger" (1951) with Dick Powell and Rhonda Fleming. Saw it on a late-show when I was young. I bought a disc of it, and found I still liked it.

Used to see a lot of these films on the local station's late-shows. Recall seeing "Detour" (1945), "The Big Combo" (1955), and countless others back then. Before the term 'noir' started being bandied around so much. The films used to be just called crime-dramas or melodramas. First became familiar with the 'film noir' moniker via a noir-themed book I bought around 1983 or so.

It was funny when film buffs used to go up to the old actors in these, like Marie Windsor, Evelyn Keyes, etc., and ask them about their 'noir' work, and they didn't know what the hell they were talking about.

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It was funny when film buffs used to go up to the old actors in these, like Marie Windsor, Evelyn Keyes, etc., and ask them about their 'noir' work, and they didn't know what the hell they were talking about

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The term didn't really penetrate the American consciousness until well into the '70s.

At the time, they were simply making thrillers with mood lighting.

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I know Roaring 20's and Dbl Indemnity were on TCM last few nights.

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Yep. I actually just picked up the remastered Roaring Twenties not too long ago, loved it. Should've had it on my list.