QUICK EASY RULES:
30 Noir Films

Six Countries
Germany: M (1931)
France: Le Samouraï (1967)
Japan: High and Low (1963)
South Korea: Memories of Murder (2003)
USA: Gilda (1946)
UK: The Third Man (1949)

Eight Decades
2010s: Good Time
2000s: Memories of Murder
1990s: L.A. Confidential
1980s: Batman
1970s: The Long Goodbye, Chinatown
1960s: High and Low, Le Samouraï
1950s: Sunset Boulevard, In a Lonely Place, Strangers on a Train, The Big Heat, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, The Night of the Hunter, A Man Escaped, The Killing, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Sweet Smell of Success, Witness for the Prosecution
1940s: Rebecca, Shadow of a Doubt, Gaslight, Double Indemnity, Scarlet Street, The Killers, Notorious, The Third Man, Gilda
1930s: M

Random letter generator (Letter G): Good Time

Featuring a MacGuffin:Notorious

Featuring "one last job": The Killing

Sci fi noir: Batman

Asian noir: Memories of Murder

Latin noir: Gilda

A noir from a country that isn't yet green on your Letterboxd map: Le Samouraï

Eddie Muller's 25 Noirs That Will Stand the Test of Time: Double Indemnity

Paste Magazine's 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time: The Third Man

50 International Film Noir Classics that Everyone Should See: A Man Escaped

Oscar-nominated noir: Witness for the Prosecution

Oscar-winning noir: Gaslight

Directed by Fritz Lang: M

Directed by Robert Siodmak: The Killers

Starring Robert Mitchum: The Night of the Hunter

Starring Joan Bennett: Scarlet Street

Written by or based on work by Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye

Written by or based on work by Cornell Woolrich: Rear Window

Written by or based on work by a woman: In a Lonely Place

Studio: Warner Bros.: Strangers on a Train

Studio: Paramount: Sunset Boulevard

Studio: Universal International Pictures: Shadow of a Doubt

Costumes by Edith Head: The Man Who Knew Too Much

Cinematography by James Wong Howe: Sweet Smell of Success

With "Big" in the title: The Big Heat

With "Confidential" in the title: L.A. Confidential

With a one-word title: Chinatown

Watch a pre-1960 film in color, or a post-1960 film in black and white: To Catch a Thief

Adapted to radio: Rebecca

Any film noir on your watchlist: High and Low

Pre-Challenge Notes:
- I just got back from Hooptober kinda exhausted I can't lie and then I found out about Noirvember because Letterboxd posted a few under-the-radar Noirvember recommendations
- Did a little digging and I found these set of rules for this year's The Big Noirvember
- Originally, I wasn't too keen on taking up this challenge because I kinda already had my fill of challenges in October and not to mention the need to start the Laxember challenge on 15th November
- But I chanced upon the last rule that mentions "any film noir in watchlist" counting as a category fulfilled and with unlimited entries too so I decided to give this a shot
- Naturally, I abused this little boon in fine print and took the opportunity to cram in as many Hitchcock films as I could, simultaneously aiding me in getting through his filmography
- At the same time though, I did manage to find a bunch of film noirs that genuinely caught my interest and wouldn't mind watching at all
- Just a slight observation but the average rating for my Noirvember list is drastically higher than my Hooptober one so hopefully I have an easier time completing this
- Also, chances of me finishing this before December is closed to none...with sailing and all, my schedule is packed and plus, I already lost 4 days since I only discovered this on 5th November
- To put things into perspective, I had 45 days for Hooptober, and I didn't have to simultaneously do another challenge which isn't the case for this month's dual feat (Noirvember x Laxember)
- So, even though I'm aware the rules specifically said "no cheating wise guy", spare me a little compassion and give me till the end of the year for this, would ya?

Post-Challenge Thoughts:
- I have officially completed the Noirvember 15 challenge as of 05/04/2026
- It only took 521 days! Just a wee-bit overdue.
- Originally, I did not even follow the criteria and spammed Alfred Hitchcock but at least I changed the entries halfway to fit the rules so I deserve some credit for that.
- Hence, in reality I saw more than 31 noirs, some of which were cut out to work around the challenge prompts.
- Also, I think it is worth noting that because this took so long, my rating system changed (i think) 3 times, so the rankings are not entirely accurate. They merely reflect my opinion of the movie at the time of watch, hence, a movie rated higher may not necessarily be better than the other if I were to re-rate them again today.
- (The Killers 1946 is a victim of the harsh new rating system. There are others that deserve to be lower but such is life.)

Unforeseen Banger (4)
- Rear Window
- The Night of the Hunter
- Witness for the Prosecution
- Double Indemnity

Pleasantly Surprised (3)
- Memories of Murder
- Scarlet Street
- M

Expected (13)
- Batman
- Chinatown
- High and Low
- In a Lonely Place
- Good Time
- Strangers on a Train
- To Catch a Thief
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Rebecca
- Shadow of a Doubt
- Gaslight
- Notorious
- Gilda

Slightly Disappointed (9)
- The Long Goodbye
- Le Samouraï
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Big Heat
- A Man Escaped
- The Killing
- The Sweet Smell of Success
- The Killers
- The Third Man

Absolute Bummer (1)
- L.A. Confidential

Overall:
Maybe just very slightly a better time overall when compared to Hooptober
Average Rating = 9.72/15
Average Stars = 3 ⭐