As part of the research into Film Noir I have looked up the top ten most popular films of Film Noir with the aim of watching the openings of all of them in order to gain a better insight into what makes a Film Noir movie:
1. Sunset Boulevard
2. Double Indemnity
3. The Third Man
4. The Maltese Falcon
5. Notorious
6. Strangers on a Train
7. Touch of Evil
8. The Night of the Hunter
9. The Big Sleep
10. The Killing
Although not on the top ten list Out of the Past (1947) features many of the conventions typically associated with Film Noir:
- A cynical private detective, the protagonist
- A femme fatale
- Multiple flashback sequences with voice over narration
- Dramatically shadowed photography
- A fatalistic* mood leavened with provocative banter
* - Fatalism is a philosophical doctrine emphasizing the subjugation of all events or actions to fate.
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