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Classic Noir Film Poll! (Patreon)

Published:
2026-06-11 13:00:05
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2026-06
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Classic Noir Film Poll!

  • The Big Combo (1955) 7
  • Double Indemnity (1944) 79
  • Drunken Angel (1948) 6
  • High and Low (1963) 32
  • In a Lonely Place (1950) 15
  • Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 24
  • Laura (1944) 24
  • Pickup on South Street (1953) 4
  • Sunset Boulevard (1950) 94
  • The Third Man (1949) 67
  • This Gun For Hire (1942) 8
  • Touch of Evil (1958) 48
  • 2026-06-01
  • —2026-06-21
  • 408 votes
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Help pick the Noir film we will react to!

Please feel free to suggest other options in the comments for future polls!

NOTE: Polls have a shorter duration! Make sure to vote!

Comments

Jimbob

Ok so for a while I’ve been meaning to watch some films from this genre. Excited to see the results so I can watch along!

Paul Cox

Yessssssssss

Backlog Andy M.

Sunset Boulevard i watched recently. Never seen it before. Some cameos of slient film stars in that one!

Ricardo Alanis

The Maltese Falcon is probably my favorite

Birdie Num Num

Thank you so much for this poll! Folks this may be your best shot to get another Billy Wilder on the channel...

Birdie Num Num

All you Pulp Fiction fans should see Kiss Me Deadly if you haven't.

Birdie Num Num

My pick for the most definitive noir, Out of the Past, isn't on the poll. But that's fine, all of these are worth seeing.

To Wa

Sunset Boulevard is considered film noir?

Jason Chirevas

Yes, but I wouldn’t use it as my gateway into the style. Best movie for that on the list is DOUBLE INDEMNITY.

Paul Cox

Yep, OotP and Double Indemnity are the tentpoles of the genre imo.

Darren Conley

The Apartment 1960 Jack Lemon and Shirley MacLaine Hands down without a thought...

PIG

James Rolfe suggested that one some months ago. “The best film noir” he said, not because it’s the best movie, but because it did all the features of a noir so early.

Backlog Andy M.

Touch Of Evil has a opening shot that was wow for that era!

Paul Cox

That's black & white, but not noir. Hope they'll watch it eventually, tho!

Birdie Num Num

Sunset Blvd came out in 1950, many films did all the features of noir earlier than that(the noir cycle started in 1940).

Birdie Num Num

Veronica Lake, the star of This Gun for Hire, also starred in one of the best screwball comedies (and imo one of the best comedies of all time period) - Sullivan's Travels. It will never win a poll, but just throwing it out there. The Coens got the title Oh Brother Where Art Thou? from this film.

Paul Cox

I need to see both. My Veronica Lake checklist is practically blank.

Birdie Num Num

also might throw Criss Cross and Detour on there.

Birdie Num Num

She also had a somewhat tragic life. Hollywood studio system was kind of brutal.

Chris Bruneau

boy, we in the way, way back machine for this poll!!!! :)

Paul Cox

I was thinking I'd only seen one, but then it was confirmed I was mixing her up with Lana Turner in The Postman Always Rings Twice. Truly the only thing I've seen her in after all is Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, and that's cheating.

Birdie Num Num

Considering there have been 500+ reactions on the channel and only 3 reactions pre 1950(2 of them Xmas movies), I'm pretty cool with this:)

Jen Barnes

Good poll! I suggest The Naked Kiss from Sam Fuller if you ever set up a neo noir poll in the future.

Birdie Num Num

have you seen any Preston Sturges films? There aren't many, all are worth a look.

Paul Cox

I've got 4 in my watchlist, but I haven't hit any of them yet. I went through a Stanwyck mini-binge a while back, but faded before I got to The Lady Eve.

Keith Brown

Soooo many great ones to pick from. Director /Writer Billy Wilder comes up twice with Sunset Boulevard and Double Indemnity. Those two make many top ten lists of greatest movies ever made.

Tyler Foster

While Sunset Boulevard is a great movie, it might be a relief for Dan and Sam if Double Indemnity pulls ahead, as Boulevard is a Paramount movie and Double Indemnity, despite opening with a Paramount logo, has been owned by Universal for many years...

PIG

I’ll be checking it out too! I love Noirs.

Birdie Num Num

I think we need to give this Paramount or not thing a rest. Dan and Sam picked Airplane to react to on their own without even checking to see if its a Paramount title. And they put Dungeons & Dragons on a poll. How come you didn't encourage people to vote for another title then? You think Paramount cares more about Sunset Blvd than Dungeons? I really don't think Dan and Sam care about this issue as much as some on here. I hope Sam chimes in, cause no one should take any of this into consideration when they vote imo. Or they should just stop putting Paramount titles in polls etc, or say we aren't allowed to submit Paramount titles for spin wheel etc.

24fps_

Yes it's really impressive... But there is another Oner later in the movie in that House with all the police... That one is way longer and you kinda dont notice it... The blocking is just insane imo..

Arn McConnell

And Repo Man fans too. Alex Cox even introduces the film in its Criterion edition.

Florian Meier

Fantastic Poll !!! The Third Man is my favorite !!! But I'm cool with Sunset or Double Indemnity

24fps_

He is so good... I have to admit: with most really old movies I watch them only once, but with these I had to rewatch them after a while. I dont know how he does it.. His classics still work.. Some Like it Hot for example could've been shot yesterday.. It's like the most modern old movie you can find.

Shehab Dawoud

Yeah, I'm just voting for my favorite movie on here. If it's on, it's just as legitimate or valid as the rest.

Tyler Foster

I mean, they have discussed how many of their videos got taken down thanks to Paramount. I mentioned DI because they were the top two and essentially tied at the time (on the web I can see the votes, the app switches to percentages so I can't see exactly who's in first).

David Martin

I can't believe with a long list like this that "Out of the Past" was left off. Probably the best film noir. Jane Greer was perhaps the best (worst) femme fatale. Story, casting, dialog, direction, cinematography -- all define the genre. This one should be way more popular.

QuiGon_Jim

Awesome! Now after you watch one of these you can watch 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid'. A classic Steve Martin Noir film!

Smooticus

Damn, some really good ones on here. Had to extend my usual 3 choices to 5. BTW, I almost read The Third Man as The Thin Man - which is also a highly recommended watch

Marcus Cato

They have to that at some point. It's on my shortlist for the monthly spin wheel.

Marcus Cato

Excellent choice. Peak Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas. One of my video store co-workers called it the most cigarette-filled film ever made. You could get lung cancer just watching it.

Abel Salas Jr

Have to see what is probably regarded as the gold standard of film noir Double Indemnity.

Tyler Foster

I rephrased my original post slightly in a way that I think might be better.

Tyler Foster

They've actually caught a glimpse of this scene, even though they didn't know it, as a few seconds plays on TV when Brendan Gleeson is awaiting a phone call from Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges!

Tyler Foster

I am surprised to hear anyone question whether or not Sunset Boulevard is film noir, although it is fair to say that the exact parameters of what is and isn't film noir can be very vague, especially if one allows for neo-noir and whatnot. For me, it's generally defined by a desperate, spiraling quality, usually fueled by greed. Certainly fits William Holden's character in the film, who gets himself into a situation because he sees no other options and then can't get out.

Tyler Foster

I also wish some of the others on the poll here had more exposure. The Big Combo, Laura, Drunken Angel, and Pickup on South Street are just as good as the leaders, but I think are performing worse in the poll system than they deserve. The one on here that I wish were doing well that I think is actually not as widely-celebrated even among noir aficionados is In a Lonely Place, maybe my favorite film on the poll.

Tyler Foster

The current leader, Double Indemnity, is to me more fitting of Rolfe's description.

Brad P

The two Kurosawa films are absolute classics, especially High and Low.

Tinker

Sunset Boulevard is required viewing. So many cultural references!! It holds up really well.

Korny

Can we agree there are 2 and maybe three choices?

TBR Schmitt

Thanks so much, all! We appreciate you looking out 😊 while Paramount has been a total pain for us, we’re totally okay with it winning a poll as much as we jest. We don’t want to miss out on some of the best films because of that but we’ll be strategic on the ones we pick on our own if we notice haha -Sam

Paul Cox

Admittedly, I haven't seen half of this list (yet!), but Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, and The Third Man are key films any noir-curious person should see first. Apologies to Kurosawa, who will probably only ever grace the channel once w/o spin wheel assistance, but the deck is stacked against you here.

Keith Brown

Some more noir movies for another poll- Out of the Past(1947) starring maybe the king of noir Robert Mitchum . Need a poll on him , he's done every type of genre . His career goes from the 40's to the 90's. Another classic Murder, My Sweet (1944) from the Raymond Chandler novel Farewell My Lovely.

Tyler Foster

As someone who has seen every movie on this poll, they are all great. Anyone with an interest in noir should watch the entire poll lineup.

Birdie Num Num

Some more great noirs not mentioned: The Asphalt Jungle, The Killing(from Stanley Kubrick), Caged, The Breaking Point, Rififi, Nightmare Alley, Criss Cross, Detour, Black Angel, The Big Clock, White Heat, Scarlet Street, Brute Force, Night and the City, Too Late for Tears, The Killers, Born to Kill, Gun Crazy, Phantom Lady, Thieves' Highway, Raw Deal, Where the Sidewalk Ends

Arn McConnell

Man, I'd LOVE them to do The Lady Eve! That may be my favorite movie of all time.