Noirvember: The Best Noir
- List of the Month
- November 2022 (see all)
- Description
- Cynical characters, bleak settings and unhappy endings... Our List of the Month this November is devoted to the Best Noir. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
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9,190 members
280 reviews
3.9
Score 63.29
Added 2022-11-07, 04:02 PM
- 18 Members
- rosalita, cpg, wolfepack, abbottthomas, Cecrow, murfman, cbl_tn, sturlington, elkiedee, peterveen, gypsysmom, noveltea, Michael.Rimmer, blueberry, acousticmoose, ManWithAnAgenda, darsaster, saramazzi
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- 15 Members
- jeffrushton, cpg, Euryale, wolfepack, abbottthomas, murfman, stephenis, sturlington, elkiedee, peterveen, Michael.Rimmer, blueberry, acousticmoose, darsaster, slimikin
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5,250 members
114 reviews
4.2
Score 43.53
Added 2022-11-08, 10:29 AM
- 14 Members
- janoorani24, cpg, pitjrw, wolfepack, jazznoir, abbottthomas, murfman, elkiedee, peterveen, miller.max, Michael.Rimmer, blueberry, acousticmoose, ManWithAnAgenda
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6,277 members
358 reviews
4
Score 29.89
Added 2022-11-07, 11:10 AM
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6,236 members
199 reviews
3.9
Score 27.42
Added 2022-11-08, 11:00 AM
- 9 Members
- rosalita, abbottthomas, elenchus, sturlington, peterveen, miller.max, blueberry, acousticmoose, darsaster
- Explanations
- elenchus: For me, the epitome of an anti-hero.
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43,313 members
1,751 reviews
4
Score 23.89
Added 2022-11-09, 03:27 PM
- 8 Members
- janoorani24, lahochstetler, murfman, gypsysmom, blueberry, darsaster, HH_Library, DoomLuz
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10,417 members
423 reviews
3.8
Score 22.42
Added 2022-11-07, 11:09 AM
- 7 Members
- anglemark, EerierIdyllMeme, abbottthomas, jayacarl, bilabialboxing, acousticmoose, HH_Library
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4,526 members
103 reviews
4.1
Score 22.18
Added 2022-11-08, 07:23 PM
- 8 Members
- cpg, Euryale, wolfepack, abbottthomas, peterveen, Michael.Rimmer, blueberry, acousticmoose
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19,393 members
476 reviews
4
Score 20.65
Added 2022-11-07, 06:52 PM
- 7 Members
- Aquila, murfman, elenchus, Michael.Rimmer, acousticmoose, darsaster, DoomLuz
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3,479 members
133 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 19.03
Added 2022-11-07, 04:02 PM
- 7 Members
- rosalita, cpg, wolfepack, abbottthomas, sturlington, RBeffa, ManWithAnAgenda
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2,582 members
87 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 18.52
Added 2022-11-07, 04:08 PM
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- 6 Members
- jeffrushton, cpg, wolfepack, noveltea, miller.max, Michael.Rimmer
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- 6 Members
- janoorani24, cpg, pitjrw, elenchus, Michael.Rimmer, slimikin
- Explanations
- elenchus: Very different from the film, and an interesting departure for Hammett.
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- 5 Members
- cpg, abbottthomas, noveltea, blueberry, darsaster
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762 members
65 reviews
3.9
Score 12.87
Added 2022-11-07, 04:01 PM
- 4 Members
- rosalita, janoorani24, elkiedee, 18cran
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- 4 Members
- librookian, elenchus, peterveen, miller.max
- Explanations
- elenchus: 40s noir as cover for 60s U.S. conspiracy, with a guest appearance from everyone under the celebrity sun.
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- 3 Members
- pitjrw, sturlington, miller.max
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- 3 Members
- sturlington, darsaster, DoomLuz
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2,331 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 8.04
Added 2022-11-09, 09:39 AM
- 3 Members
- jeffrushton, elenchus, vwinsloe
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- 2 Members
- elenchus, Michael.Rimmer
- Explanations
- elenchus: The basis for the Bogart film, and Goodis brings a distinct voice to noir: jazz inflection, a protagonist who isn't in control and not a shamus. Typically he sets up a wacky premise, and then explores what would happen, realistically, were someone to find themselves in such circumstances.
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825 members
26 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 7.91
Added 2022-11-14, 02:58 PM
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- 3 Members
- jeffrushton, wolfepack, abbottthomas
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- 2 Members
- Yuki-Onna, VictoriaDRobertson
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318 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 7.24
Added 2022-11-09, 03:16 PM
- 3 Members
- blueberry, ManWithAnAgenda, Yuki-Onna
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- 3 Members
- rosalita, sturlington, miller.max
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by Maj Sjöwall
1,848 members
66 reviews
3.9
Score 6.68
Added 2022-11-09, 03:20 PM
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- 2 Members
- janoorani24, pitjrw
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- 2 Members
- pitjrw, crabbyabbe
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- 2 Members
- elkiedee, AbigailAdams26
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- 2 Members
- EerierIdyllMeme, peterveen
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- 2 Members
- paradoxosalpha, vwinsloe
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- 2 Members
- librookian, VictoriaDRobertson
- Explanations
- VictoriaDRobertson: I addict
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- 2 Members
- janoorani24, swhite58,
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- 2 Members
- jazznoir, Michael.Rimmer
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by Darwyn Cooke
560 members
30 reviews
4
Score 5.67
Added 2022-11-07, 05:46 PM
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- 2 Members
- janoorani24, blueberry
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368 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 5.42
Added 2022-11-08, 10:52 AM
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- 2 Members
- sturlington, vwinsloe
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- 2 Members
- librookian, elenchus
- Explanations
- elenchus: Noir pastiche, great fun.
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- laruebk
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- paradoxosalpha
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- ManWithAnAgenda
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- HH_Library
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- yoyogod
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- lottpoet
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- paradoxosalpha
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- vwinsloe
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- rosalita
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- HH_Library
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- Member
- elenchus
- Explanations
- elenchus: Following established Lew Archer procedure, TGC starts with a missing person and soon branches to encompass other crimes, including the mob. It's a complex web and more than once Archer thinks he's figured it out but knows better than to stop until he hits bottom. Along the way he's diverted by a squares / hipsters scene commentary and class tensions. Ross Macdonald at the top of his game.
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- AbigailAdams26
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- 2 Members
- janoorani24, gypsysmom,
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- HH_Library
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- gypsysmom
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- igorken
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- Yuki-Onna
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- ManWithAnAgenda
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- AbigailAdams26
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- janoorani24
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- HH_Library
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- Yuki-Onna
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- Euryale
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- HH_Library
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- librookian
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- noveltea
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- librookian
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- librookian
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- librookian
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- librookian
88
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- slimikin
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- librookian
90
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- HH_Library
91
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- miller.max
92
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- pitjrw
93
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- slimikin
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- pitjrw
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- slimikin
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- pitjrw
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- HH_Library