Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Film Noir: 145 Films to Buy & Rent
Quai Des Orfevres (1947)
- Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Louis Jouvet, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair…
- Romantically bleak French noir about an ambitious starlet and her protective husband who find themselves implicated in the murder of a lecherous…
Big Sleep, The (1946)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- This adaptation of Raymond Chandler's mystery novel has perhaps become the greatest film noir of all time. Humphrey Bogart as detective Marlowe falls…
Blue Dahlia, The (1946)
- Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix
- Riveting Raymond Chandler noir teams Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in their third on–screen pairing as an ex–bomber pilot accused of…
Crime Wave (w/ Decoy) (1946-1954)
- Dir. Andre De Toth, Jack Bernhard
Feat. Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk…
- Sterling Hayden burns a hole through the screen in this hard–boiled, viciously paced noir about a botched robbery and the ensuing manhunt.…
Dark Corner (1946)
- Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, Mark Stevens…
- Expert film noir concerns a private detective (Stevens) living under the shadow of a murder frame–up concocted by villain Clifton Webb (LAURA).…
Dark Mirror, The (1946)
- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres
- Playing twin sisters with obvious relish, Olivia de Havilland is the chiefsuspect in a murder investigation who confounds the prosecution with a pair…
Dragonwyck (1946)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston
- 1940s gothic thriller. Gene Tierney gets married to the local lord of the manor, before discovering the skeletons in the closet of his big spooky…
Gilda (1946)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
- Rita Hayworth defines the femme fatale for Hollywood in this sassy love–triangle musical set in Latin America. Glenn Ford and George Macready…
Killers, The (1946)
- Dir. Robert Siodmak
Feat. Edmond O'Brien, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner
- Textbook film noir has insurance investigator Edmund O'Brien auditing the curious death of prize–fighter Burt Lancaster, in a series of…
Leave Her to Heaven (1946)
- Dir. John M. Stahl
Feat. Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde
- Beware the beautiful woman! Gene Tierney makes a gorgeous yet domesticated vamp whose suffocating personality mutates into murderous frustration.…