2. Double Indemnity
1. The Third Man

Honestly, it's fitting that it comes down to these two, because while The Third Man is my favourite film of all time, I have a hard time ranking it above Double Indemnity, which is just about the noiriest noir that ever noired.

6. Sunset Boulevard
5. M
4. Criss Cross
3. The Night Of The Hunter

10. The Asphalt Jungle
9. Night & The City
8. Ace In The Hole
7. The Maltese Falcon

14. Force Of Evil
13. Elevator To The Gallows
12. The Big Sleep
11. Rififi

18. Shadow Of A Doubt
17. Sweet Smell Of Success
16. Raw Deal
15. Odds Against Tomorrow

22. The Big Combo
21. Odd Man Out
20. The Breaking Point
19. Leave Her To Heaven

26. Touch Of Evil
25. The Killers
24. The Lady From Shanghai
23. Kiss Me Deadly

30. Scarlet Street
29. Act Of Violence
28. Detour
27. The Big Heat

34. Out Of The Past
33. The Killing
32. Nightmare Alley
31. Pick Up On South Street

38. The Fallen Idol
37. Gun Crazy
36. The Set Up
35. In A Lonely Place

42. Murder By Contract
41. He Walked By Night
40. Shield For Murder
39. Laura

46. The Woman In The Window
45. The Narrow Margin
44. Woman On The Run
43. The Blue Dahlia

And finally here is the list I mention a few times, from the world expert on film noir, Eddie Muller, on his own favourite film noirs: www.eddiemuller.com/top25noir.html

And here's another one I mention on the podcast about the best heist films - there's a lot of crossover here!

www.slashfilm.com/589099/the-b...

Here is a listicle I wrote about some of my favourite underrated classic noirs - a couple of which make an appearance on the pod! www.slashfilm.com/702437/under...

That being said, my Best Of would look like this:

1. The Ventriloquists Dummy - Dead Of Night
2. The Black Hair - Kwaidan
3. All Through The House - Tales From The Crypt
4. They're Creeping Up On You - Creepshow
5. Box - Three... Extremes (I can't stress how much I loved this story)

I do sometimes wonder what a Best Of portmanteau horror film would look like, but ultimately the best of the subgenre are the ones where the wraparound story is crucial to the film's whole (Dead Of Night, Asylum and Tales From The Hood are the best examples I think) so it would be tricky.

Since I namedrop a couple in the review - here are my top ten portmanteau / anthology horror films:

1. Dead Of Night
2. Kwaidan
3. From Beyond The Grave
4. Three...Extremes
5. Black Sabbath
6. Asylum
7. Trick R Treat
8. Tales From The Crypt
9. Creepshow
10. Tales From The Hood

My very specific train related pet peeve is when people get off a train and stop before deciding which way to go, like they’re the main character in a film, looking round like “so this is London!” M8 there’s about 12 people trying to get past you.