1940s Film Noir

A crime-magazine publisher kills his mistress, then orders his editor to lead a manhunt. Directed by John Farrow. …More

A World War II hero solves his buddy's murder, starting with a singer and a nightclub owner. Directed by John Cromwell. …More

This crackling adaptation of James Cain's shady tale of an insurance man lured into murder was brilliantly cast with the usually nice guy MacMurray as the slick agent in love with calculating Stanwyck. …More

A schizoid Victorian tries to drive his wife mad; a Scotland Yard detective figures out why. Best actress Oscar for Bergman. …More

A Buenos Aires casino owner hires a gambler who once had an affair with his alluring wife. …More

Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams is marked for murder by his wife and her lover. When the plot ends in a fiery disaster, Williams is thought dead. In reality, he finds himself without a clue of who he is or what happened. As his memory returns, his life becomes a roller coaster ride of suspense and excitement.

Melodramatic thrillers based on the Hemingway story about two hit men and their target, who accepts his fate as though he were already dead.

Huston's directorial debut found detective Bogart trying to solve his partner's murder intertwined with recovering the elusive statue of a black bird. His efforts are impeded by a mysterious femme fatale, a corpulent Greenstreet and a cryptic Lorre. …More

A businesswoman's daughter and second husband have an affair. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Best actress Oscar for Crawford. …More

His name is Phillip Marlowe, and for the right price he'll follow an unfaithful husband, find a missing bankroll, or spy on a suspicious neighbor. And when he's drawn into a complex web of murder, blackmail and double-dealing, the result is the quintessential film-noir--the one that set the standard for the genre. …More

Former private detective Jeff Bailey is trying to live a quiet life, but his past comes back to haunt him. He was once hired by a gambler to find his runaway girlfriend, Kathy. Jeff traced her to Mexico and fell in love. She lured him into double-crossing the gambler, but it was really Jeff who got double-crossed. Years later, Jeff's quiet life is once again shattered as his old criminal associates descend on him. Now he's in deep trouble - someone is trying to frame him for murder. …More

Adapted from James M. Cain's story, the film relolves around the destructive relationship of two lovers whose troubles mount after they do away with her husband. …More

An aging boxer leaves his crying wife, then crosses the street for a fixed fight. Directed by Robert Wise. …More

A bedridden heiress phones her husband and overhears two men plotting her murder. Directed by Anatole Litvak. …More

A woman kills her wealthy aunt in a row over the woman's boyfriend; another man protects the woman from prosecution in return for her agreement to marry him; eighteen years later the boyfriend returns and the woman openly renews her romance with him.

A marked hit man flees with a nightclub singer and stops a fifth-column poison-gas plot. …More