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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
For
over a decade, Gregory and I
have maintained, updated and altered the
DVDBeaver complete list of
generically labeled film noir
titles with over 1000 entries (located
HERE.) Over time we watched and
reviewed hundreds, read many books
on the 'dark cinema' and had group
email discussions with our friend
and noir aficionado Irina... plus
many others that we consider experts
who we've encountered
over the years. So while there is no universally accepted
definition of the term 'Film Noir' -
nor the titles that deserve to be
punctuated by that powerful
descriptive classification - we were
able to establish a criteria
consensus of our very own. We
maintain that the cycle is deeply
based in American-made films, from
the 1940s through to the late 50s,
and we don't deviate from that in
our selections (the UK produced The
Third Man may be a notable
exception.) This 'Essential List' is
located
HERE, and has thumbnail links to large
posters and 8X10 star glossies plus purchase and
review links.
Further parsed from that are the Essential Film Noir that are available on Blu-ray listed below in alphabetical order (click review buttons to also see comparisons where applicable): |
Latest Additions
Conflict | Body and Soul | Shack Out on 101 | Short Cut to Hell | Appointment With Danger | 99 River Street | Beware, My Lovely | Dark City | No Man of Her Own | The Unseen | The Long Wait (4K UHD) | The Whistler Series | Secret Beyond the Door |
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Film Noir on Blu-ray (and 4K UHD)
99 River Street | 711 Ocean Drive | Abandoned | The Accused | Ace in the Hole | Affair in Trinidad | Alias Nick Beal | The Amazing Mr. X | Among the Living | Angel Face |
Another Man's Poison | Appointment with a Shadow | Appointment With Danger | Asphalt Jungle | Between Midnight and Dawn | Beware, My Lovely | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | The Big Clock | The Big Combo | The Big Heat |
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The Brothers Rico | Brute Force | The Burglar | Caged | Calcutta | Call Northside 777 | Cape Fear | The Captive City | Caught | Cause For Alarm! | Champion |
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The Chase | Chicago Deadline | City of Fear | City of Shadows | City That Never Sleeps | Clash by Night | Conflict | Convicted | Crashout | Crime of Passion | The Crimson Kimono | Criss Cross |
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The Crooked Way | The Crooked Web | Crossfire | Cry Danger | Cry of the City | Cry Vengeance | The Damned Don't Cry | Dark City | The Dark Mirror | Dark Passage | The Dark Past |
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Dead Reckoning | Desert Fury | The Desperate Hours | Detective Story | Detour |
Double Indemnity (4K UHD) |
Don't Bother to Knock | A Double Life | Drive a Crooked Road | The Enforcer |
Escape in the Fog | Fallen Angel | The File on Thelma Jordan | Finger Man | Flamingo Road | Force of Evil | Framed | Fury | The Garment Jungle | Gaslight (1944) | Gilda |
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The Glass Key | The Guilty | Gun Crazy | Hangover Square | The Harder They Fall | He Ran All the Way | He Walked By Night | Hell's Half Acre | Hell on Frisco Bay | High Sierra | High Tide |
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Highway Dragnet | The Hitch-Hiker | Hollywood Story | Hoodlum Empire | House by the River | House of Bamboo | The House on 92 Street | Human Desire | I Confess |
I, the Jury (4K UHD) |
I Wake Up Screaming | I Walk Alone | I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes | In A Lonely Place | Johnny O'Clock | Johnny Stool Pigeon | Kansas City Confidential | Key Largo | The Killer is Loose | The Killer That Stalked New York |
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The Killers |
Killer's Kiss (4K UHD) |
The Killing (4K UHD) |
A Kiss Before Dying | Kiss Me Deadly | Kiss of Death | Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Knock on Any Door | The Lady From Shanghai | Larceny |
Laura | Leave Her To Heaven | The Letter | A Life at Stake | The Lineup | The Lodger | The Long Wait (4K UHD) | The Lost Weekend | Lured | M (1951) |
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The Maltese Falcon (4K UHD) |
Man in the Dark | The Man Who Cheated Himself | Mildred Pierce (4K UHD) | Ministry of Fear | Moonrise | Mr. Arkadin | Murder by Contract | Murder My Sweet | My Name is Julia Ross |
Naked Alibi | The Naked City | The Naked Kiss | Niagara | Night and the City | Night Has a Thousand Eyes | The Night Holds Terror | The Night of the Hunter (4K UHD) | The Night Runner | Nightfall |
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Nightmare | Nightmare Alley | No Man of Her Own | No Way Out | Notorious | Odds Against Tomorrow | On Dangerous Ground | One Way Street | Out of the Past | Outside the Wall | Panic on the Streets |
Party Girl | Phantom Lady | Pickup on South Street | Pitfall | Plunder Road | Possessed | The Postman Always Rings Twice | The Price of Fear | Private Hell 36 | The Prowler |
Pushover | The Raging Tide | Raw Deal | Repeat Performance | The Reckless Moment | The Red House | Ride the Pink Horse | Road House | Ruthless | The Scandal Sheet |
The Scar | The Scarlet Hour | Scarlet Street | Secret Beyond the Door | The Set-up | Shack Out on 101 | Shadow of a Doubt (4K UHD) | The Shadow on the Window | Shakedown | Shield For Murder | Shockproof |
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Short Cut to Hell | Sleep My Love | The Sleeping City | The Sniper | So Dark the Night | So Evil My Love | Somewhere in the Night | Sorry, Wrong Number | Spellbound |
The Spiral Staircase |
Step Down to Terror |
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Stage Fright | Storm Fear | Storm Warning | The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | The Stranger | Strangers on a Train | Street of Chance | Sudden Fear | Suddenly |
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Sunset Boulevard | The Suspect | Suspicion | Sweet Smell of Success | T-Men | The Tattered Dress | They Live By Night | They Won't Believe Me | Thieves Highway | The Third Man |
This Gun For Hire | Tight Spot | Too Late For Tears | Touch of Evil (4K UHD) | Trapped | Try and Get Me! | The Turning Point | The Undercover Man | Undertow | Underworld U.S.A. |
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Union Station | The Unseen | The Web | Where the Sidewalk Ends | While the City Sleeps | Whirlpool | The Whistler Series | White Heat | The Window | Witness To Murder | Woman in Hiding |
Woman in the Window | Woman on the Run | World For Ransom | The Wrong Man | You Only Live Once |