Frantic 1988

Some obvious ones left out

Source: IMDB
Filter: Votes >= 10000
Order: Votes Descending
Date: 2014-08-23

Great, decent and a very bad (that’s you Marlowe 2023) noir, neo-noir and noir-ish movies and shows.

TSPDT is building a list of 1000 Noir films to expand on its previous 250 Quintessential Noirs. Following the initial collection of 100 noirs, a further 900 noir films (or films with prominent noir elements) will steadily be added (in a fairly random manner). This list will contain the full 1000 films which are the 1,000 most cited noir films (according to TSPDT's research). Please note that this list has not been and will not be ranked.

Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir1000.htm

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Standalone movies I want to watch...

https://letterboxd.com/david_crdza/list/sean-price-williams-legendary-top-1000-films/

Movies with spy plot in any form (dramas, action, adventure, comedies, war, crime, mystery, conspiracy theories, political thrillers, science fiction, e.t.c.).

Definition: A Spy movie shows the espionage activities of government agents seeking to uncover or maintain secrets from each other and for one country or for the benefit of another. Offering a combination of exciting escapism, technological thrills, and exotic locales, and combine the action and science fiction genres. They may also involve elements of political thrillers.

Essential / Must-see / Genre-defying: espionage movies:

North By Northwest (1959)
Notorious (1946)
The Conversation (1974)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Casino Royale (2006)

https://trakt.tv/users/hdlists/lists/mystery-movies-top-rated-from-1980-to-today?sort=released,asc

Film

Rotten Tomatoes - Best of year

Movies of the 80's, Jürgen Müller (ed.) Taschen.

One man's journey to watch 3650 movies of the 80s

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity

Using IMDb advanced search, filtering only by English language.

Notable entries missing include:
Legend (1985)
The Meaning of Life (1983)
Children of the Corn (1984)
Hellraiser (1987)
Scanners (1981)
The Thing (1982)
They Live (1988)
Labyrinth (1986)
Bloodsport (1988)
Brazil (1985)

Todo el mejor cine de la historia