The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

I just realized that I had never posted my list, which was a first for a countdown in that every single nomination was on the Countdown. So, very cool.
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Watched 84 out of 100 (84%)

1. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) (#16)

2. The Maltese Falcon (1941) (#3)

3. The Third Man (1946) (#4)

4. Pickup on South Street (1953) (#21)

5. The Big Sleep (1946) (#8)

6. Laura (1944) (#10)

7. The Big Heat (1953) (#17)

8. Panic In The Streets (1950) (#98)

9. Gilda (1946) (#27)

10. Act of Violence (1948) (#61)

11. Ride The Pink Horse (1947) (#45)

12. Sunset Blvd. (1950) (#2)

13. The Killing (1956) (#11)

14. Odd Man Out (1947) (#47)

15. Touch of Evil (1958) (#5)

16. Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) (#66)

17. The Stranger (1946) (#38)

18. Murder, My Sweet (1944) (#38)

19. Double Indemnity (1944) (#1)

20. Out of the Past (1947) (#7)

21. Key Largo (1946) (#26)

22. Body and Soul (1947) (#94)

23. The Naked City (1948) (#98)

24. Dead Reckoning (1946) (#95)

25. The Killers (1946) (#22)


Rectification List

Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) (#92)

Too Late for Tears (1949) (#81)

Kansas City Confidential (1952) (#53)

Night and the City (1950) (#25)

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) (#40)

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The Noirs are up in the List section of the site.

https://www.movieforums.com/lists/mo...top_noir_films

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For me:

Honourable mentions
Rebecca (1940) surprised this counts?
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Stray Dog (1949)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)

Top 10


10. Bob Le Flambeur (1956)
9. Key Largo (1948)
8. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
7. Touch of Evil (1958)
6. Panique (1946)
5. Port of Shadows (1939)*
4. Out of the Past (1947)
3. High and Low (1961)*
2. Laura (1944)
1. The Third Man (1946)


*to me this is noir as I understand it

All in the OP list, except the 2 I've bolded

Kurosawa's High & Low was eligible for and made the Neo-Noir list (all the way up at #19).