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 ...

Spain. 1978. Year of the first democratic elections following the dictatorship, and of the birth cin...
Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound ge...

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

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...

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacob...

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tension...

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious M...

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to ...

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught a...

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and i...