Your favorite crime film.

[The Parkus Empire]

This is of course a fucking tricky one. You got The Godfather, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Scarface, Rififi, Reservoir Dogs, The Killing, Ocean's Eleven...so many choices....

Imma go with City of God. I think what I most enjoy about it is the artistic, yet completely un-glamorous, portrayal of organized crime.

[The Romulan Republic]

Does The Dark Knight count as a crime film?

[The Parkus Empire]

Does The Dark Knight count as a crime film?

I suppose, since cop movies are a kind of crime film.

[L Ron Cupboard]

I like:
Get Carter (the Michael Caine original)
Charley Varrick
Jackie Brown
That Sinking Feeling
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
City of God
City of Men
Se7en
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Chinatown
The Big Sleep
The Maltese Falcon
The Leopard Man
Heat
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Infernal Affairs
Lady Vengeance
In Bruges
The Prophet
Catch Me If You Can
The Ladykillers (the original Ealing version)
Bad Day at Black Rock
The Lavender Hill Mob
Down by Law
Zodiac
The Usual Suspects
No Country for Old Men
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Ghost Dog
Mesrine
Point Blank
Point Break
How to Steal a Million
Only When I Larf

Probably too many, but they are all damn good films (with the possible exception of Only When I Larf).

[Thurask]

It's tough to pick just one, but I'd probably say Goodfellas.

[Castille de Italia]

Reservoir Dogs

[Conoga]

Godard's Breathless is really great.

[The Parkus Empire]

*snip.

Have you seen The Long Goodbye?

[Corsinia]

Payback

[Breadknife]

The Italian Job (original version)
Or perhaps The Lavender Hill Mob or Kind Hearts and Coronets or The Ladykillers (ditto)

(Hang on, I see a connection between the last three.)

[L Ron Cupboard]

*snip.

Have you seen The Long Goodbye?

Yes, I quite like it as a film, but I would like to see a film of it set in the original time period. It was just a cooler time than the early seventies.

[Ratateague]

The French Connection, Chinatown
(and would Angel Heart or Z count?)

[United Paradisia]

Snatch

[Afalia]

Discarding television series-my favourite crime film of all time...

I love 12 Angry Men, but that's a courtroom drama-more of a jury room drama I suppose. I also adore Psycho but that's a horror. So I'm going to have to go for a triple tie between:

The French Connection
Vertigo
The Killer

But I love crime drama, I could go on and on, but I won't.

[Dwartzur]

I'd say either The Godfather or Pulp Fiction.

[The Parkus Empire]

Have you seen The Long Goodbye?

Yes, I quite like it as a film, but I would like to see a film of it set in the original time period. It was just a cooler time than the early seventies.

What about The Man Who Wasn't There? It's more James M. Cain than Raymond Chandler, of course, but a pretty purist neo-noir.

[L Ron Cupboard]

Yes, I quite like it as a film, but I would like to see a film of it set in the original time period. It was just a cooler time than the early seventies.

What about The Man Who Wasn't There? It's more James M. Cain than Raymond Chandler, of course, but a pretty purist neo-noir.

Not seen that yet, would you recommend it? I forgot to add The Brick to my list which is a nice neo-noir.

[The Parkus Empire]

What about The Man Who Wasn't There? It's more James M. Cain than Raymond Chandler, of course, but a pretty purist neo-noir.

Not seen that yet, would you recommend it? I forgot to add The Brick to my list which is a nice neo-noir.

If you like works of James M. Cain. Not only does the film pay homage to the films of his books, but it directly pays homage to the books as well (for instance, the name "Nirdlinger", which you would only know as "Dietrichson" if you've only seen the movie Double Indemnity). In the vein of Cain noir, the narrator is a sympathetic murderer who cannot escape his fate.

Oh yes , Brick is quite nice. Convinced me that Joseph Gordon-Levitt could play a live action version of Spike Spiegel rather well.

If you like neo-noir I also strongly recommend Bound

[L Ron Cupboard]

Not seen that yet, would you recommend it? I forgot to add The Brick to my list which is a nice neo-noir.

If you like works of James M. Cain. Not only does the film pay homage to the films of his books, but it directly pays homage to the books as well (for instance, the name "Nirdlinger", which you would only know as "Dietrichson" if you've only seen the movie Double Indemnity). In the vein of Cain noir, the narrator is a sympathetic murderer who cannot escape his fate.

Oh yes , Brick is quite nice. Convinced me that Joseph Gordon-Levitt could play a live action version of Spike Spiegel rather well.

If you like neo-noir I also strongly recommend Bound

I wasn't too keen on Bound, though it was a long time ago that I saw it and I think I was pretty drunk.

Hadn't thought of Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Spike Spiegel, but I can see him playing the role. Adrien Brody would be another possible choice for me.

[The Parkus Empire]

If you like works of James M. Cain. Not only does the film pay homage to the films of his books, but it directly pays homage to the books as well (for instance, the name "Nirdlinger", which you would only know as "Dietrichson" if you've only seen the movie Double Indemnity). In the vein of Cain noir, the narrator is a sympathetic murderer who cannot escape his fate.

Oh yes , Brick is quite nice. Convinced me that Joseph Gordon-Levitt could play a live action version of Spike Spiegel rather well.

If you like neo-noir I also strongly recommend Bound

I wasn't too keen on Bound, though it was a long time ago that I saw it and I think I was pretty drunk.

Hadn't thought of Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Spike Spiegel, but I can see him playing the role. Adrien Brody would be another possible choice for me.

Ah. I'm guessing you're more of a detective noir guy?

[L Ron Cupboard]

Ah. I'm guessing you're more of a detective noir guy?

That hadn't occurred to me, but I think you are right. I find it psychologically satisfying.

[The Parkus Empire]

Ah. I'm guessing you're more of a detective noir guy?

That hadn't occurred to me, but I think you are right. I find it psychologically satisfying.

You don't see a whole lot of neo-noir private detective films these days. Closest are probably cops movies, with Training Day and L.A. Confidential coming most readily to mind.

[Orcoa]

It would either be Brick, D.O.A, or Blade Runner

I love Film Noir a lot

[L Ron Cupboard]

I have never seen Rififi, but it is on my list of must see films.

[Starkiller101]

scarface