After emerging victorious from the horrors of World War II, the U.S. eagerly pushed into a new era of optimism, hope, and success. But the shadowy and cigarette-stained B-side to the bright, shiny America emerged: the film noir. Made for cheap, these dark tales scratched at a different society, filled with twisted psyches and sinister motives. Filmmaker Tom Thurman teams up with film critic and narrator David Thomson to weave together a hypnotic collage of a dark world that influences our national identity to this day.

When a new murderer in town travels through the phone, Detective Rick finds that all signs point to ...

Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into ...
Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound ge...

Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cin...

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious st...
Documentary on the film noir Side Street with director Oliver Stone and critic Richard Schickel.
Documentary on the film noir Decoy, with Dick Cavett and Molly Haskell.
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.

Journalistic chronicle made by Ocelote from the Colima zoo “Ecoparc” that reconstructs the mysteriou...
Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.
Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a...

Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

Based on the misdeeds of the criminal group headed by Paolo Casaroli, who were dedicated to robbing ...

Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back to ...

A San Francisco private eye finds himself under suspicion while investigating a prizefighter's murde...

A killer called 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actres...

Kelly surprises Nancy late one night when he returns unexpectedly to the cold dark stage of an empty...

Joe O'Hara finds out he has a damaged optic nerve just before a boxing match for the title. He need...