Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3623 Films to Buy & Rent
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…
Brief Encounter (1946)
- Dir. David Lean
Feat. Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Cyril Raymond…
- Controlled rendering of Noel Coward's touching story about a romance that evolves between two happily married strangers. This much loved British…
Canyon Passage (1946)
- Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Feat. Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward…
- Jacques Tourneur's grand western is a sub–plot heavy ode to community. Dana Andrews is a fledgling businessman whose friendship with…
Captive Heart (1946)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister…
- An exciting story of POWs in WWII Germany. Michael Redgrave gives an acclaimed performance as a Czech prisoner masquerading as a British officer.
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Gary Cooper
- Fritz Lang spruces up this WWII spy thriller in which Gaz Cooper takes on the the Nazis.
Cluny Brown (1946)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Charles Boyer, Sir C. Aubrey Smith…
- Jennifer Jones is radiant (and a hoot, to boot) as the makeshift plumber to a leaky high society household. Ernst Lubitch’s splendid…
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…