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.

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...

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

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.

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.

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...

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However...

A murder mystery set in 1936 Budapest, just as Hungary was preparing to align itself with Hitler. A ...

25-year-old Dwayne McLaren, a former athlete turned auto mechanic, dreams of getting out of tiny Cut...

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer...

A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. Th...

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the ...