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It's not in the Criterion Collection, but there's a film noir film I WISH they would put in there: Out of the Past (1947), with Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, and Jane Geer. It's just a phenomenal movie.

I love all your choices. Film noir is one of my favourite genres. I also enjoy Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep, Night and the City, Touch of Evil, The Maltese Falcon, The Asphalt Jungle, The Killers, Key Largo, Brute Force, Out of the Past, Sunset Boulevard, The Lady from Shanghai, The Third Man, The Killing, Call Northside 777, Laura, Gun Crazy etc...

My 95 year old Mom died recently. We tried to get her to watch these old movies with us, her reply was I seen em all when they were in the theater, I don't need to see em again. My wife and I watched them many times, stopping and going back to catch a phrase, look up a minor character actor, etc. We wrung all we could out of them.

D.O. A. (1950) It was so good it has been remade at least three times. Detour is also a great noir.

My favourite quote from Kiss Me Deadly is: "A double bourbon! Is it 10:00 am already?'"

Who couldn't love Ann Savage and Tom Neal in "DETOUR". The opening scene of the California desert will remain in your memory. An amazing film sadly not known by many people.

Damn, no mention of Double Indemnity! Good list regardless!

DARK PASSAGE with Bogie & Bacall is a good one....Agnes Moorehead is in there, too. Great character actors in the periphery, too. written by David Goodis, if the name means anything to you - I love his stuff.

To me The Asphalt Jungle has a real feeling of greatness when I watch it. Moviemaking does not get much better than that!

The only thing that I would add would be Double Indemnity which I was elated came to the collection. That and Mildred Pierce are in my top 30 favorite films. I have steadily added more Criterion noir to my collection (next will hopefully be Kiss Me Deadly!) and a handful are blind buys. I just picked up Gilda in October and watched it today for the first time and was blown away by Hayworth and Mate's cinematography. Pickup was also a blind buy and I agree that Widmark knocks it out of the park.

Double Indemnity, Nightmare Alley, The Asphalt Jungle, The Killing, Night of the Hunter.

Can't believe you didn't mention my absolute favorite film noir on Criterion...THE ASPHALT JUNGLE, which I've probably watched more times than any of the ones you mentioned, all of which I have in my collection.

Other great noirs: Double Indemnity, Postman Always Rings Twice,The Blue Dahlia, This Gun for Hire, The Glass Key, The Maltese Falcon, The Third Man, Touch of Evil, Kiss of Death, Tension, Odd Man Out, The Killers ( with Burt Lancaster), Night and the City, The Big Heat, The Killing, Laura, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Big Sleep, and the Woman in the Window. These are from the Classic noir period of 1940s and 50s.

Detour is one of the greatest films I've ever seen.

No obnoxious background music, no shouting over the top narration...thank you!

Tough, tough choice! _In A Lonely Place, High & Low, The Killing, Double Indemnity, Detour, Kiss Me Deadly, Blast Of Silence, Stray Dogs, Pickup On South Street, Naked City..._ there are many more I'm forgetting. Criterion is a buffet of incredible film noir! Edit: _Blast Of Silence_ is an *unbelievable* little gem that many more need to see! CC needs to put it out on Blu-Ray. I can't forget _Ace In The Hole,_ either... one of Wilder's best. Absolutely incredible performances. _Down By Law_ should be mentioned, as well - a "neo-beat-noir-comedy" as the director put it lol... my favorite Jarmusch. Pure perfection.

One that I learned about reading a book on noir that I absolutely love, and is available from Criterion, is Ride the Pink Horse. If you haven't seen it, can't recommend it enough.

Kudos for including Fuller's Pickup on South Street. Thelma Ritter was devastating as a police informer who goes around selling neckties to men as though she were offering them nooses to hang themselves. Her death scene is best thing she ever did - from the darkest pits of noir.

My favorite noir movies have a Los Angeles or California setting.

For me it's Thieves' Highway. Long overdue for a blu ray release but a 4K would be a real treat.

Though not Criterion and technically not classic 'film noir" I consider 1981's Body Heat as on of my neo noir faves. I recommend watching it with color turned off and you get that vibe of one of the greats, such as Double Indemnity, to which it's similarly structured.

Ralph Meeker was great in Kiss Me Deadly. I don't get why he didn't become a big star. He had a good career, but mostly as a character actor.

I have to shout out Devil in a Blue Dress. It's an old-school throw back to noirs and it has such charisma and cool to it. I watched it last night and definitely recommend it for Noirvember.

Great black and white movies are tops....I'm a fan.

Great noir recommendations and I've seen and have them all. However, although commendable choices, none are in my personal favourites list. Here is my top 10 (in interchangeable order and with a few 'reserves'): • DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) • SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957) • THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) • LAURA (1944) • CASABLANCA (1942) • ACE IN THE HOLE (1950) • BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH [AKA 'OUT OF THE PAST'] (1947) • THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1946) • I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) • WHITE HEAT (1949) 'Reserve' favourites list: • MURDER, MY SWEET (1944) • THE BIG SLEEP (1946) • SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950) • DETECTIVE STORY (1951)

Detour is tied with Double Indemnity for #1 film noir. I’m so glad you also love Detour - such a classic. Some of my other faves are… The Postman Always Rings Twice The Face Behind the Mask The Mask of Dimitrios Three Strangers Murder, My Sweet

The radio version from SUSPENSE is also a good representative of "In A Lonely Place" and without visuals, you will use your mind as radio was once called "The Theater of the Mind", sadly overlooked these days.

Sunset Boulevard, Laura, Key Largo, The Asphalt Jungle, and He Walked By Night are my favorites.

Dead right to include 'In a Lonely Place' one of the very best films ever made, from any collection!!

Great list. When I saw you had The Naked City on the list, I thought of the great set "Tales From the Urban Jungle: Brute Force & The Naked City" from Arrow. What a great double bill. If the list could go on forever I would add Out of the Past, Double Indemnity, Rififi, Touch of Evil, Key Largo, The Big Sleep, Force of Evil, Sweet Smell of Success, Gun Crazy, Criss Cross, The Set-Up, The Big Heat, The Killers, They Live By Night, Night of the Hunter, The Maltese Falcon and The Third Man.

My favourite is Nightmare Alley starring Tyrone Power, a strange film, I first saw it on Channel 4 in the 1980s late at night, I’ve always remembered it.

Yes people have commented about 2 great classic, probably the best 2 “Out of the Past” and “Criss Cross” that Criterion should do, I personally think one day they will, even though we have excellent blu ray versions

Sunset Boulevard

Detour! Great movie. Thanks for acknowledging it. Another noir movie, unfortunately not in the Criterion Collection, that deserves more respect is "The Chase".

Love the black and white of your video. 😃

You should have been born 80 years ago when most of these films were in Cinemas but always great to see the younger generation appreciate these classic films not like most of the run of the mill tripe they turn out today! Im afraid all the great Directors and Stars are no longer with us but thankfully have been captured on celluloid for future generations like yourself to discover and enjoy, and they will be watching all these films in 100 years time but on a different format im sure! lol - by the way what happened to one of the greatest film noirs of all time - "Double Indemnity" - ONE OF THE BEST EVER! - Enjoy

Every film that you selected is great . I would also add : The Maltese Falcon ( the king of noirs in my opinion ) Out of the Past ( my second favourite noir ) Elevator to the Gallows ( soundtrack by Miles Davis ) And , not a Criterion , but the very underrated : Where Danger Lives . It stars Mitchum and the fabulous Faith Domergue . Thanks !

I agree completely with your choice of film noir! Your comments are right on!!! Criterion needs to get into some of the other film noirs out there. There are so many out there. Another great noir star is Victor Mature.

Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Sweet smell of success and Double indemnity are very good. But the top prize in my view goes to The third man! The movie has a spark of genius and the zither music leitmotif is other worldly!

The cover art of Film Noirs in the Criterion Collection is truly beautiful 😍,really captures the essence of theses films through key moments!

“Detour” inspired a good many filmmakers. Guy Maddin, for instance, had a stroke of genius when he cast Detour’s unforgettable, and unbreakable, Ann Savage in the iconic role of The Mother in his masterpiece “My Winnipeg” (2009).

Detour is a great little brisk noir. I really enjoyed that one. The atmosphere and characters are great. Some of the events in the very end and how that plays out are probably a little silly and contrived but it doesn't really detract and still a fantastic watch and a great example for newbies to be introduced to the film noir genre with IMHO.

For me the best film noir on Criterion is THE BREAKING POINT (1950). It's John Garfield at his absolute best and the ending will gut you every time.

Some of my favourites are: Laura, In A Lonely Place, Where The Sidewalk Ends, Out of the Past, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Black Friday, Fallen Angel - and smaller films like Split Second and Detour.

Out of the Past? Is that film noir? One of my favorite movies ever. Love the cast.

One movie that never seems to get mentioned or is ever on anybody’s list for conservation (because it seems to be in public domain) is the movie IMPACT 1949. Many plot twists and turns and wonderful shots of San Francisco and Sausalito in the late 40s. A few small things in the plot are a bit much to except as reality but other than that MPACT is very enjoyable. I would love to be able to see it clean, clear print of this movie.

The Big Sleep with Bogart would get my choice, although it has a lot of competition. Almost perfect. Touch of Evil was also outstanding, with and by Orson Wells. Very quirky and sinister that one.

DETOUR is great. It's often cited as the one (in retrospect) that kicks off the whole genre

Melville films are great, e.g. Le Cercle Rouge for a late noir. Rififi, of course, which you mentioned I think, and Bob le Flambert (i..e. Bob the Gambler). A good neo-Noir is Thief with James Caan. Classics include Ace in the Hole (dir. Wilder) with Kurt Douglas, which is most excellent. The Third Man is best ever arguably. Out of the Fog is hilarious and well done. A Colt is My Passport. High Sierra. The 39 Steps. Strangers on a Train. Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

K, you left out some really truly great ones, I own as well the ones you have, They live by night, the killers, The killing, the asphalt jungle, thieves highway, leave her to Heaven, ride the pink horse, you cannot be forgiven of Double indemnity, Night in the city, and my favorite, Nightmare Alley

Dark Passage and Impact are two essentials.

Thanks for this. Long time film fanatic and knew only Mildred Pierce. Want to see the rest! Plan to add most of these to our film viewing sessions.

Pickup on South Street has to be one of the most underrated films ever. Detour is a shocking one-of-a-kind film that should be studied by ANY young film director. Mildred Pierce is noir melodrama at its best. Ray's In a Lonely Place is just terrific. Adore Gloria Grahame. I would put Out of the Past up there with any of these. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. James M. Cain as co-screenwriter The quintessential noir film. It's got everything. The sense of fate and inevitability. Mitchum and Douglas. Tough guys. Good girl, bad girl. The classic tragic ending. Even a touch of homosexual attraction thrown in for fun. Why Criterion doesn't have it is a mystery. One of the best films ever, let alone one of the best noir films. And, of course, Double Indemnity has to be a contender for the "if you're only ever going to see ONE noir film, see this one" award.

Just watched The Hitchhiker (1953) and loved it.

Thank you for your video. I added some to my wish list which I hadn't seen.

Perhaps it isn't available in the UK, but I'm surprised you wouldn't include Double Indemnity!

Favourite Criterion Noir... Detour - Ulmer In a Lonely Place - Ray Killing - Kubrick Kiss Me Deadly (top pick) - Aldrich Night and the City - Dassin Pickup on South Street - Fuller Rififi - Dassin Sweet Smell of Success - MacKendrick Touchez pas au Grisbi - Becker

Great video. But youissed the hest Noir of all time "The Killing" Kubrick's most underated film in my opinion.

I love film Noire !!! Thanks for posting! 🤎🤎🤎

Why isn't anyone mentioning 1947's Nightmare Alley in the comments except for one?

My favorite noir is the one that got me hooked on them. Blast of Silence. It's on Criterion and pretty cheap. It's late noir in 1961. $20,000 Independent movie, shot illegally on the streets of NYC. The writer is also the director and star.

DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID isn't one, but it did include the courtesy of citing all the wonderful films they clipped from. Also, THE KILLERS (both 1946 and 1964 versions) are worthwhile

I own Kiss Me and Mildred . I have seen Detour and Lonely Place. I will have to check out the others. Thank-you Elliot! I appreciate your videos.

I subscribed right away. Eloquently spoken. Will help me with films I seek to watch.

Elliot, I am surprised that you did not mention Night and the City, which is on Criterion. It is one of the great Noirs, with wonderful performances by Richard Widmark and a British cast.

Seen them all. Love theme all. Seen some multiple times. But for those who do not the genre, his recommendations are spot on. Enjoy the experience!

Love your channel, bro. 👍

I'm so glad I was born in Noirvember.

A Genre, I still have to watch a lot. My two favourite Films till now are Out of the Past and Sunset Boulevard. But I also loved Angel Face, for example (one of Godard's Favourite American Films btw. 😉) Thx for all the great Recommendations 😍

Just came across your channel and subscribed immediately!!

Double Indemnity and Third Man are the best ones on the collection. The Breaking Point has become a favorite that seems to get overlooked

It’s probably Citizen Kane, at least that’s my favourite. But more interestingly the best noir not in criterion I think is Chahine’s Cairo Station! Noir is one of my favourite sub genres.

Out of The Past, no doubt the greatest of all film noirs. Perhaps, one of the greatest movies ever made! Also, Elliot, hold the DVD steady. You move around so much it is distracting. Otherwise, the entire concept of best film noirs is a daunting task, but, no doubt, fun.

Excellent suggestions, love this.

There were so many that picking a top 10 is totally an individual choice.

I have Criterion's Kiss me Deadly and Detour (Detour looks and sounds amazing after it's restoration). I have a regular DVD of Gilda and would love to have Criterion's In a Lonely Place at some point.

Ace in the Hole.

Noir-adjacent? Johnny Apollo, Journey into Fear, Deadline at Dawn, and Mask of Dimitrios.

Le Samourai

I'm a filmmaker myself and my first film was heavily influenced by noir. I've written about noir on noir sites. I'm not going to search the Criterion collection to see what they have but they do do an excellent job with their transfers. My seven favorite noirs in no order are Vertigo (yes, a color noir) Touch of Evil, Kiss Me Deadly, Out of the Past, White Heat, The Lineup .and Shoot the Piano Player.

You've included Mildred Pierce, but I'd give a strong recommendation for Michael Curtiz's The Breaking Point, one of John Garfield's last films, a very different adaptation of Hemingway's To Have and Have Not than the Hawks film.

"Pickup on South Street" is fantastic thrill ride and story. An amazingly acted film.

Gun Crazy, of course. And a little known but worthy one: Split Second, 1952, Dick Powell direction.

Night of the Hunter is one of my absolute favorites, along with In a Lonely Place, which you mentioned.

Great video very solid choices

Richard Fleischer's Violent Saturday 1955 (20th Century Fox) would make A GREAT Criterion COLOR NOIR release.

Yeeeeeessss! Didn’t check ahead to see what would be mentioned and so happy to see Pickup on South Street get some love. Sam Fuller is truly an all-time director!

How about “double indemnity,” “The postman always rings twice,” “murder, my sweet.” “The asphalt jungle” “Laura “ Really Noir is just the best!

Two of my favorites not listed here are “Pale Flower” and “Rififi.”

You can say one more thing about "Gilda": George MacReady. Loved his performance in this movie as well as "Paths of Glory."

Seen nearly all of bogart movies over and over Great haul

One of my favourites that doesn’t get talked about much is This Gun For Hire (1942), the first onscreen pairing of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. Adapted from the book A Gun For Sale by a young up and coming novelist and film critic called Graham Greene, it’s tense, funny and very cynical. It also features a song and dance number by Veronica Lake and her pet monkey (beat that, Billy Wilder). Ladd”s performance, as the world-weary and vengeance-seeking hitman Raven, was so striking that his name was quickly moved from fifth billing to above the title. Includes a sensational turn by the great Laird Cregar as an oily villain. Other faves are Double Indemnity, The Killers, Out of the Past, Sunset Boulevard and several neo-noirs from subsequent decades: Chinatown, The Grifters, Miller’s Crossing and, of course, LA Confidential. Not sure if it counts as a noir but it’s much in the same vein: Odd Man Out, directed by Carol Reed (The Third Man). One of the movies that made a star of James Mason, who plays a wounded IRA man on the run in an unnamed city (probably Belfast, where it was filmed) in the 1940s.

A fine list but as one comment mentioned where is OUT OF THE PAST? Some feel it to be the definitive film noir & I tend to agree even though it has much competition.

"Kiss Me Deadly" started the "light coming form the suitcase when you open it" trope. That trope was used repeatedly by Quentin Tarantino in "Pulp Fiction". If you want to know where "Kiss me Deadly" got the idea from, just search for, "demon core" on KZfaq.

Detour occupies a unique place in the pantheon of Noir: a B movie made for peanuts with unknown actors, using the sparest of scenery and effects - and so well-written and executed that you never notice these handicaps. The All-Time Rankings: 1. The Maltese Falcon; 2. Sunset Boulevard; 3. The Big Sleep; 4 and on - all the others.

Do this with the HMV Collection Elliot!

Bought In ALonely Place through your link. Hope you get a kick back Elliot.

Wow, this vid and the recommendations in the comments have brought back some great viewing memories. I wanted to mention another great noir film, Scandal Sheet with Briaderick Crawford and Donna Reed. Don't know if it's in the Criterion Collection, though. Two more of my personal favorites are Where the Sidewalk Ends and While the City Sleeps with Dana Andrews.

Notorious - Night and the City - The Third Man