The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

Last but not least thanks to Thief for volunteering to host the Neo Noir countdown, which is the other half of MoFo's very first duel countdowns, yahoo!

Crime Wave is cool! Too bad it didn't make the 100. Could've /should've put it on my ballot but it was just too crowded on there. Nice to see it at least got a mention, solid classic Film-Noir.

The only one I've seen from the one-pointers is Quicksand. I don't even remember if I was the one that had it at #25 but I'm happy to see it represented. It's a solid little noir with a lot of atmosphere (check out my review here)

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You said a mouthful! Crime Wave was my 1 pointer and I wish I could've voted it higher, but my ballot was too crowded. I love that movie, Sterling Hayden is a blast, and the story works really well. Loved the ending too.

I just checked, not your #1. Funny as I would've thought it was as I remember you suggested it to me. I seen Quicksand with Mickey Rooney who's always likable in his films, well mostly likeable But he was likable and relatable in Quicksand which is a neat little noir about how an everyday guy through a chain of events can end up really screwed!

Out of the one pointers I have seen: Black Widow, I Wake Up Screaming, Quicksand, and They Drive by Night.

The most "meaningless" choice can sink you into *dun dun dun* the quicksand!

I'm going to endeavor to watch every single movie on this countdown, I ain't done watching noir by any means So out of the one pointers I've seen these in bold:


A Woman's Face (1941)
Black Widow (1954)
Anna Lucasta (1958)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
Crime Wave (1953)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Quicksand (1950)
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
The Guilty (1947)
They Drive by Night (1940)

Anna Lucasta was my pick. It's more of a melodrama than a noir overall, but with some noirish elements. Eartha Kitt was great as Anna and had some fun, snappy dialogue. It was interesting to see a film from the 1950s with an all black cast too.

I had too many films vying for those last few spots on my list, so I didn't go with a traditional one-pointer this time around (though I did with my neo-noir list). I briefly considered putting the film I have at #20 there because I didn't think it would get many (if any) other votes, so I guess I'll now have to wait and see if I was right about that haha.

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No one pointer from me in this one. Big thanks to Citizen Rules for running this countdown. Lots of work adding it up manually. CR is old school, like a classic noir.

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I know I've seen a few of those but when it comes to classic noir, I mix them up a lot if they don't stand out to me. This is a countdown which will have me checking my records a lot. Same thing with 50's westerns and Ozu.

No one pointer from my list too.
Looking forward to see #100 and #99.

In the OP is given 175 noirs for Noirvember 2023. I wonder how many are the total movies in these 57 ballots?

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A Woman's Face is my one-pointer. Joan Crawford plays a scarred woman who is also a criminal. Part of what instigates her criminal behavior is her scarred face.

I didn't vote because I could only come up with four Noirs that I'd seen and liked. I Wake Up Screaming was one of those four. Nice to see that someone else appreciates it.

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I'd never heard of until you sent in your ballot. It's a must see for me.

Ha, I am old school! But I would've used the new system that Yoda made only it's for one countdown at the time, so Thief used that and I used a calculator

I can answer that: 57 Ballots with 186 Different Movies. Even the noirs that didn't make the countdown were still good ones.

I seen that long ago when I was first getting into films, I watched a bunch of Joan Crawford's movies and that was a good one. She made a number of noirs and two that I really liked was The Damn Don't Cry (1950) and Possessed (1947).

Looking forward to this list. Good luck hosting!

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