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...

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.
Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.
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.
Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.

Film critics, actors, film historians and other personalities share their experiences and curious st...

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

Journalistic chronicle made by Ocelote from the Colima zoo “Ecoparc” that reconstructs the mysteriou...
Jump into the world of Film Noir and look at how the technology and economic factors gave birth to a...

In-Ja, the madam of a cabaret is a mistress of the boss of espionage agent. She gathers information ...

An oniric trip into the mind of a detective, in which we witness a story fabricated to cover up a he...

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

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

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 y...

Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that d...