Essential Hardboiled/Film Noir List

[Todd Tjersland]

Here's my "essential" hardboiled/film noir viewing list, including neo-noir and TV. Those marked with an asterisk are the best.

* THE ASPHALT JUNGLE
BEHIND LOCKED DOORS
* THE BIG HEAT
THE BIG SLEEP
CALL NORTHSIDE 777
CROSSFIRE
* D.O.A.
* DOUBLE INDEMNITY
* FALLEN ANGEL
* GILDA
GUN CRAZY
* HOUSE OF STRANGERS
THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL
THE HOODLUM
* I WAKE UP SCREAMING
* KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL
* KILLER BAIT (aka TOO LATE FOR TEARS)
* THE KILLERS (1950s version)
THE KILLING
* KISS ME DEADLY
* KISS OF DEATH
* LAURA
* THE MALTESE FALCON
* MURDER, MY SWEET
THE NARROW MARGIN
* NIGHT AND THE CITY
* OUT OF THE PAST
* THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
QUICKSAND
RAW DEAL
* SCARLET STREET
THE SET-UP
*THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS
T-MEN
* THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE
* THIS GUN FOR HIRE
* TOUCH OF EVIL


NEO-NOIR
* BODY HEAT
* CHINATOWN
* THE GRIFTERS
* THE ICE HARVEST
* L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
* MORE THAN MURDER
* MURDER ME, MURDER YOU
* THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE


TV SERIES/MINISERIES
* MICKEY SPILLANE'S MIKE HAMMER (1983)
PHILIP MARLOWE, PRIVATE EYE (* 1983 UK; 1986 HBO)
THE SINGING DETECTIVE