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<p>private eyes, reporters and other investigative types </p><p>*not* police procedurals</p>
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*** Unfortunately, due to the new non-VIP member politics (ridiculous 2 lists per user and 100 items per list), this list cannot be updated. Sorry. Track TV isn't the same anymore. :(
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<p>My first 'Noirvember' challenge!</p><p>⏳<b><i>Progress: 43/90</i></b>⌛</p><p>While having a conversation with <a href="https://letterboxd.com/lawrencetalbot/" rel="nofollow">Nick Feldman (@LawrenceTalbot)</a> on the comments' section of one of his lists, I learnt that he was running a <a href="https://letterboxd.com/lawrencetalbot/list/nicks-noirvember-challenge-2026/share/I7RELnBPTxydYOLk/" rel="nofollow">Noirvember challenge for next month</a>; in a bid to see if it'd work for me, I decided to try and compile a list that would help me learn more about noir around the world. As Hooptober has taught me, I love my list-compiling just as much as I love watching the movies at the end of the day, and I hope that my inaugural try with <a href="https://letterboxd.com/lawrencetalbot/list/nicks-noirvember-challenge-2026/share/I7RELnBPTxydYOLk/" rel="nofollow">Nick's Noirvember Challenge</a> is just as memorable and eventful! If you want to join in, go through his list of criteria and his <a href="https://letterboxd.com/search/m:LawrenceTalbot+noir/?adult" rel="nofollow">various lists about noir</a>; you might find lots of resources to help make the list-compilation interesting. </p><p>More recently, I also discovered that <a href="https://letterboxd.com/savagebob/" rel="nofollow">@SavageBob</a> runs a <a href="https://letterboxd.com/savagebob/list/the-big-noirvember-a-film-noir-challenge-3/" rel="nofollow">similar annual challenge</a> with his own categories. Initially feeling that I'd missed out on participating there, I thought what the heck, and I'm adding 30 additional films for his criteria too!</p><p>I've decided to stick with Nick's categories for all of the movies here (symbol=>➡️), add 30 additional categories of my personal choice (symbol=>⏩), and decided to add films satisfying @SavageBob's categories here (symbol=>🔜); the ones I'll rewatch will either be the ones sans a review that I'll update post-rewatch, or ones I've watched previously but never logged on Letterboxd. Some films are subject to change if I am not able to find them. </p><p>I know this is utter insanity, but so be it. Unlike my Hooptober challenge, I will not strictly adhere to watching 2 (in this case, 3) movies a night, and will treat weekends like a cable channel if required (as an example, I watched 5 movies on Oct 24, 2026). All reviews, as one would expect after such a mammoth task, will be brief. </p><p>A very nice Noirvember to those who celebrate!</p><blockquote><p><b>♠️QUICK EASY RULES:♠️</b></p></blockquote><p>🕵️♂️<b>One For Nick's Noirvember Challenge:</b>🕵️♂️</p><p>➡️1. Noir or neo-noir with a black lead: "The Organization" (1971)</p><p>➡️2. Alfred Hitchcock noir: "Rope" (1948) {REWATCH!}</p><p>➡️3. Noir or neo-noir film from a female director: "Point Break" (1991)</p><p>➡️4. Sandalwood (Kannada-language) crime film: Popcorn Monkey Tiger (2020)</p><p>➡️5. Noir or neo-noir in which the male lead is named "Johnny": Johny Mera Naam (1970)</p><p>➡️6. Johnnie To neo-noir: Vengeance (2009)</p><p>➡️7. 1950s UK crime film: The Scapegoat (1959)</p><p>➡️8. Brazilian crime film: The Devil Queen (1974)</p><p>➡️9. Noir with a number in the title: The Seventh Victim (1943)</p><p>➡️10. Mollywood (Malayalam-language) crime film: Season (1989)</p><p>➡️11. Noir/western hybrid: Terror in a Texas Town (1958)</p><p>➡️12. Korean crime film from before the 1990s: The Last Witness (1980)</p><p>➡️13. Korean crime film from after the 1990s: Night in Paradise (2020)</p><p>➡️14. Indonesian crime film: The Siege at Thorn High (2025)</p><p>➡️15. Crime film with a queer protagonist: Love Lies Bleeding (2024)</p><p>➡️16. Noir with an animal in the title: Brass Monkey (1948)</p><p>➡️17. Neo-noir starring Andy Lau: A Moment of Romance (1990)</p><p>➡️18. Noir set at or around Christmas: Lady in the Lake (1946)</p><p>➡️19. Japanese crime film from the 1990s: The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1994)</p><p>➡️20. Noir starring Michèle Morgan: Cat and Mouse (1975)</p><p>➡️21. Noir directed by Fritz Lang: M (1931) {REWATCH!}</p><p>➡️22. Bollywood (Hindi-language) noir or neo-noir: Baby Do Die Do (2026)</p><p>➡️23. UK crime film from the 1940s: They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)</p><p>➡️24. Melodrama that doubles as a noir/crime film: Lured (1947)</p><p>➡️25. Crime film directed by Claire Denis: Bastards (2013)</p><p>➡️26. Crime film directed by Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, or Brillante Ma Mendoza: Jaguar (1979)</p><p>➡️27. Noir produced by Nikkatsu: Cloud (2024)</p><p>➡️28. Noir in which the leading lady is a nightclub singer or similar: Road House (1948)</p><p>➡️29. Crime film from a country you've never seen a noir from before: Racketeer (2007) {Kazakhstan}</p><p>➡️30. Erotic thriller: Basic Instinct (1991) {REWATCH!}</p><p>🕵️♂️<b>One For Me:</b>🕵️♂️</p><p>⏩31. Silent Proto-Noir: Underworld (1927) {REWATCH!}</p><p>⏩32. Sci-Fi Noir: Renaissance (2006)</p><p>⏩33. Weimar-Republic Proto-Noir ('29-'33): The Blue Angel (1930)</p><p>⏩34. French Proto-Noir ('29-'33): The Lovers of Midnight (1931)</p><p>⏩35. A remake of a noir you love: Narrow Margin (1990)</p><p>⏩36. Italian Neorealist-Noir: The Bandit (1946)</p><p>⏩37. Horror-noir with a detective lead: Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)</p><p>⏩38. French New-Wave noir: Alphaville (1965)</p><p>⏩39. Mexican Cabaretera noir: Salón México (1949)</p><p>⏩40. Crime film with the word "Big" in the title: The Big Easy (1986)</p><p>⏩41. Italian Poliziotteschi crime film: The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)</p><p>⏩42. Black-and-white neo-noir from the 21st century: Sin City (2005)</p><p>⏩43. Crime film based on real-life gangster: Black Mass (2015) {REWATCH!}</p><p>⏩44. Noir with a terrifying villain: The Night of the Hunter (1955) {REWATCH!}</p><p>⏩45. Crime-comedy film: The Ladykillers (1955)</p><p>⏩46. Noir in which the lead is a reporter: The Night Strangler (1973)</p><p>⏩47. Political crime film: I… for Icarus (1979) {REWATCH!} </p><p>⏩48. Greek crime film: The Ogre of Athens (1956)</p><p>⏩49. Swedish noir: Hidden in the Fog (1953)</p><p>⏩50. Neo-noir from 2026: Crime 101 (2026)</p><p>⏩51. Polish proto-noir: Black Pearl (1934)</p><p>⏩52. Crime film with filmmaking playing in the background: Hollywood Story (1951)</p><p>⏩53. Danish noir: Melody of a Murder (1944)</p><p>⏩54. Soviet crime film: Petrovka Street, Number 38 (1980)</p><p>⏩55. Argentine noir: Hardly a Criminal (1949)</p><p>⏩56. Crime film starring Lee J. Cobb (First Angry Man): The Family Secret (1951)</p><p>⏩57. Crime film starring Jack Warden (Second Angry Man): The Lawbreakers (1961)</p><p>⏩58. The original version of a crime film/neo-noir you love: The Killers (1946) {REWATCH!}</p><p>⏩59. Spy-noir: Berlin Express (1948)</p><p>⏩60. French crime film made during the Occupation: The Last One of the Six (1941)</p><p>🕵️♂️<b>One For SavageBob's Big Noirvember Challenge:</b>🕵️♂️</p><p>🔜61. Random pick from last year (#139): Chinatown at Midnight (1949)</p><p>🔜62. Choose a list from one of last year's participants and watch the noir they ranked the highest: Victims of Sin (1951) {@SavageBob's pick}</p><p>🔜63. A noir about someone investigating a murder of which they have been accused: The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971)</p><p>🔜64. A noir featuring a hitman or assassin: Léon: The Professional (1994) {REWATCH!}</p><p>🔜65. A noir featuring a character whose job no longer exists (cigarette girl): Destination Murder (1950)</p><p>🔜66. Korean noir: Mother (2009) {Hello, Nick!}</p><p>🔜67. A giallo: So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)</p><p>🔜68. Noir in the Solidarity Cinema Archive: Assault on the Pay Train (1962)</p><p>🔜69. A hidden gem (films with fewer than 25K ratings): The Window (1949)</p><p>🔜70. Written or directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Wages of Fear (1953) {REWATCH!}</p><p>🔜71. Directed by John Huston: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) {REWATCH!}</p><p>🔜72. Bogie: The Maltese Falcon (1941) {REWATCH!}</p><p>🔜73. Bacall: The Fan (1981)</p><p>🔜74. Ladd: Appointment with Danger (1950)</p><p>🔜75. Lake: The Blue Dahlia (1946)</p><p>🔜76. Cinematography by Benjamin H. Kline: Shoot to Kill (1947)</p><p>🔜77. Titles by Saul Bass: GoodFellas (1990) {REWATCH!}</p><p>🔜78. Written by Gertrude Walker: Insurance Investigator (1951)</p><p>🔜79. United Artists: Thief (1981)</p><p>🔜80. Columbia Pictures: Gloria (1980)</p><p>🔜81. Allied Artists Pictures: Shock Corridor (1963) {REWATCH!}</p><p>🔜82. Featured on the Cinema Sleuths podcast: V.I. Warshawski (1991)</p><p>🔜83. Featured on Noir Alley: The Killer Is Loose (1956)</p><p>🔜84. A noir with a color in the title: Roses Are Red (1947)</p><p>🔜85. A noir with “woman” in the title (or a similarly gendered word): The Woman on Pier 13 (1949)</p><p>🔜86. A noir with "man" in the title (or a similarly gendered word): The Man Without a Face (1950)</p><p>🔜87. A noir on the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films list: Army of Shadows (1969)</p><p>🔜88. Double Feature (Watch the original): D.O.A. (1949)</p><p>🔜89. Double Feature (Watch the remake): D.O.A. (1988)</p><p>🔜90. Any film noir on your watchlist: The Phantom Broadcast (1933)</p>
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<p>Ongoing ranking of all the '70s horrors that I've seen. Partial to giallo and exploitation. <br />My 2nd favorite decade after <a href="http://letterboxd.com/billthethrill/list/80s-horror/" rel="nofollow">the '80s</a></p>
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<p>Episode titles, dialogue references, scenes parallels, etc etc, so it's going to be long. <br />Check notes for details about the episode where the reference was made, the exact quote and stuff like that. <br />They are arranged chronologically, meaning the references from 1.01 are first. <br />If the movie has been referred to in different episodes, I put it when it first was mentioned and then I add the other mentions.<br />Credit: SupernaturalWiki . <a href="http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki" rel="nofollow">supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki</a><br />DISCLAIMER: It has come to my understanding that the social present of this Wiki is supportive of Bibros/Wincest and does not support Destiel users. Their section of References has been very useful to me and I appreaciate that, but I obviosuly do not agree with their views in a fundamental way. For a more neutral/Destiel friendly option I would direct you to the Supernatural Fandom Wiki <a href="https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki" rel="nofollow">supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Supernatural_Wiki</a> <br />-Ongoing project.</p><p>Edit: 22/03/19 Jensen, Misha and Jared just announced that season 15 would be the last season of Supernatural. I feel... absolutely heartbroken. I knew this moment would come but I was never the slightest bit prepared for it. I can't stop shaking, and I haven't stop crying for hours. This stupid show means so damn much to me, I just can't believe it's going to end. I feel like I'm mourning, like someone I love immensely just die. Fuck. <br />I hope all the boys get their happy endings, and all of them get to live long, peaceful lives with their families. Honestly that's all I could ask for. Please, I love them all so so so much. <br />Jesus... I'm a mess and I know this is not the place, but I just wanted to say how grateful I am, for this show. For the stories. I just wanted to say how much impact they have made in my life and in so many others, and how much I love them. There is always going to be a place in my heart for them. God.</p><p>Edit: 05/11/2020 CASTIEL FINALLY CONFESED HIS LOVE TO DEAN. FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY. Now it's Dean's turn and I'm so ready. It's going to hurt like a bitch, but I'm ready. Only two episodes left.</p>
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<p>The occult detective developed in the 19th and early 20th century as a kind of marginal figure within detective and mystery fiction. There were a few early characters of note such as Harry Escott and Thomas Carnacki, but the occult was usually presented as a red herring or something marginal to be acknowledged from afar like the giant rat of Sumatra that Sherlock Holmes offhandedly mentions in The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.</p><p>Things began to change as the gentlemen consulting detective shifted to the hardboiled detectives of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler and Mickey Spillane. These works were foundational for the development of film noir and the supernatural detective eventually came along for the ride. This is especially true of neo-noir films.</p><p>This list presents 45 films featuring occult detectives. They are ranked by the degree to which they conform to the idea of horror noir while containing an occult detective. I am including films featuring amateur detectives who begin exploring some occult area. I try to consider these characters through the film noir architypes that frequently deal with people suddenly pulled into strange or inexplicable circumstance. I also try to consider the visual aspects of classical film noir in the ranking.</p>