Your favorite films in the crime/noir genre

[chefmike]

I'm going to start with three films, the first two are based on the writings of crime novelist Jim Thompson, who was one intense motherfucker.

The Getaway - with Steve McQueen and the beautiful Ali MacGraw. The remake with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger is also damn good, IMO.

The Grifters - with John Cusack and Anjelica Huston, this film never fails to blow me away.

Charley Varrick - with Walter Matthau, a little-known noir classic.

If you are a fan of the genre, then all three of these films are a don't miss...

Your favorites?

[Cat]

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

[MacShreach]

The Big Sleep, Bogart/Bacall

Saw Charlie Varrick again just a couple of months ago

[Balcanoid]

Blade runner, it`s SF but also a noir/crime

[MacShreach]

Blade runner, it`s SF but also a noir/crime

Seconded, bigtime

The Long Good Friday, noir revisited

[chefmike]

Blade runner, it`s SF but also a noir/crime

Seconded, bigtime

The Long Good Friday, noir revisited

It's one of my favorite films, and if you're talking about Brit crime films, Mona Lisa and Layer Cake also come to mind...among many others.
Sexy Beast is also a very good neo-noir film, IMO.

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

Maltese Falcon

[chefmike]

But if you're talking about the femme fatale side of the crime/noir genre, I think that the film 'The Last Seduction' is one of the very best...after 'The Postman Always Rings Twice', of course.

[MacShreach]

after 'The Postman Always Rings Twice', of course.

Brilliant, both versions.

[MacShreach]

f you're talking about Brit crime films, Mona Lisa and Layer Cake also come to mind...among many others.
Sexy Beast is also a very good neo-noir film, IMO.

The homage to Tarantino is over-the-top sometimes, but Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a good recent Brit--

And you have to have Pulp Fiction, from the man himself

It's not well known but The Hill w/Sean Connery-- very gritty and disturbing movie, maybe not conventional noir but worth inclusion I think