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darkstar

(5,676 posts)
Sat Mar 22, 2025, 05:38 PM Mar 22

Can any of you suggest to me some lesser-known film noires to me

and the rest of us loungers who are so inclined? Generally, maybe not those found on top 10 types of lists?

Bonus points if they are available on Prime or Tubi.



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Can any of you suggest to me some lesser-known film noires to me (Original Post) darkstar Mar 22 OP
Laura is good. viva la Mar 22 #1
Bad Day is so weird-- you really have to see it. viva la Mar 22 #2
It really is unique XanaDUer2 Mar 22 #5
Yes, postwar Western, and Tracy is an odd tough guy. viva la Mar 22 #7
I love all those movies XanaDUer2 Mar 22 #3
Out of the past XanaDUer2 Mar 22 #4
First thing I flashed on... buzzycrumbhunger Mar 22 #6
I don't know what your Top 10 is, but Dark Passage and Key Largo can't be beat. catbyte Mar 22 #8
Season 1 of the series The Expanse is space noir. LudwigPastorius Mar 23 #9
Murder My Sweet. sarge1943 Mar 23 #10
Dick Powell's fabulous, surprise portrayal of Phillip Marlowe. Paladin Mar 23 #11
A couple of Sterling Hayden movies. Paladin Mar 23 #12
Nose around in here. Hotler Mar 23 #13
Wow. What a resource! darkstar Mar 23 #14
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread; darkstar Mar 23 #15
In a Lonely Place Morbius Mar 23 #16
Watched the first two hours darkstar Mar 24 #17

viva la

(4,023 posts)
1. Laura is good.
Sat Mar 22, 2025, 05:49 PM
Mar 22

Bad Day at Black Rock is an odd one-- kind of noir, but also a western.

Another interesting kind of mashup is Lured, which is Lucille Ball in postwar London tracking a serial murderer.

In a Dark Place is kind of a classic noir-- set in LA, starring Bogart. There are a lot of intriguing "inside Hollywood" references.

viva la

(4,023 posts)
2. Bad Day is so weird-- you really have to see it.
Sat Mar 22, 2025, 05:51 PM
Mar 22

Spencer Tracy is the "sleuth". He's a stealth tough guy.

viva la

(4,023 posts)
7. Yes, postwar Western, and Tracy is an odd tough guy.
Sat Mar 22, 2025, 07:38 PM
Mar 22

The character has a calm temperament and a war injury (a disabled arm) that would seem to render him pretty harmless-- and yet he does manage to beat up some bad guys.

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,053 posts)
6. First thing I flashed on...
Sat Mar 22, 2025, 06:50 PM
Mar 22

… is Dead Again, with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.

It’s been a long time since I’ve watched it, but I remember it was very complex (lots of old mysteries to solve as Branagh is trying to solve an old murder and Thompson can’t remember what traumatized her) but it was complex and well done.

Paladin

(29,965 posts)
11. Dick Powell's fabulous, surprise portrayal of Phillip Marlowe.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 08:47 AM
Mar 23

Nobody ever saw that one coming---Dick Powell, out-Bogey-ing Bogart with the best Marlowe job, ever.

Paladin

(29,965 posts)
12. A couple of Sterling Hayden movies.
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 08:54 AM
Mar 23

"The Asphalt Jungle" (1950) is flawless, my favorite Noir flick. And "The Killing," (1956) an early Stanley Kubrick effort.

darkstar

(5,676 posts)
14. Wow. What a resource!
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 09:00 PM
Mar 23

I’m actually interested in the lecture series found right there on home page as well. Just read an academic intro to a Foucault book two days ago, so I’m going to check out his series for sure.

Thanks so much!

darkstar

(5,676 posts)
15. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread;
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 09:03 PM
Mar 23

I’ve got several bookmarked for exploration after I watched the trailers for them.

Much appreciated!

Morbius

(379 posts)
16. In a Lonely Place
Sun Mar 23, 2025, 09:41 PM
Mar 23

1949, Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame. It isn't as well known as his other movies, but for my money it is Bogart's best performance. I saw it on Tubi; Tubi tends to rotate movies, so if it isn't there now it probably will be in a few months.

darkstar

(5,676 posts)
17. Watched the first two hours
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 12:41 PM
Mar 24

of Lonely Place last night and am really enjoying it so far.

I tip my hat, Morbius, for the rec!

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