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# | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK | POSTER / STAR LARGE SCAN LINKS | AMAZON PURCHASE LINK | OTHER PURCHASE LINK |
99 River Street (1953) UA | COMPARISON | MGM LE Line or Kino Blu-ray | WBShop | |
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Columbia |
COMPARISON | Sony or Kit Parker Blu-ray | WB Archive |
A | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK | POSTER / STAR LARGE SCAN LINKS | AMAZON PURCHASE LINK | OTHER PURCHASE LINK |
Abandoned (1949) Universal | Universal Vault Series | |||
The Accused (1949) Universal | REVIEW | Universal | ||
Ace in the Hole (1951) Paramount | Denmark | |||
Act of Violence (1948) Warner |
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Affair in Trinidad (1952) Columbia | ||||
The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Eagle-Lion Films | ||||
Among the Living (1941) Paramount |
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Angel Face (1952) RKO | COMPARISON | Warner | France | |
Another Man's Poison (1952) UA | COMPARISON |
Image (OOP) or |
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Appointment with Danger (1951) Paramount | COMPARISON | Olive Films or Olive Blu-ray | ||
Armored Car Robbery (1950) MGM | REVIEW | Warner | ||
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Warner |
B | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK | POSTER / STAR LARGE SCAN LINKS | AMAZON PURCHASE LINK | OTHER PURCHASE LINK |
Title / Year / Studio |
Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
POSTER / STAR LARGE SCAN LINKS |
AMAZON PURCHASE LINK |
OTHER PURCHASE LINK |
D | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
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E | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
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Edge of Doom (1950) RKO | Warner Archive | |||
The Enforcer (1951) Republic Pictures |
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Escape in the Fog (1945) Columbia Pictures Corporation |
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Sony or Kino Blu-ray |
F | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
POSTER / STAR LARGE SCAN LINKS |
AMAZON PURCHASE LINK | OTHER PURCHASE LINK |
Fall Guy (1947) Monogram | Warner | WB Archive | ||
Fallen Angel (1945) 20th Century Fox | COMPARISON | Fox or BFI or BFI Box or BFI Blu-ray | ||
The Fallen Sparrow (1943) Warner | REVIEW | Warner | WB Archive | |
Fear (1946) Monogram | REVIEW | Grapevine | ||
Fear in the Night (1947) | REVIEW | |||
The File on Thelma Jordon (1950) | REVIEW | Olive Blu-ray | ||
Flaxy Martin (1949) | REVIEW | Warner | ||
Follow Me Quietly (1949) RKO | COMPARISON | Warner | France or Spain or WB ARCHIVE | |
Force of Evil (1948) | COMPARISON | Lions Gate or Olive Blu-ray or Arrow Blu-ray | France | |
Fourteen Hours (1951) 20th Century Fox | REVIEW | |||
Framed (1947) - Columbia | REVIEW | TCM | TCM Boxset | |
Fury (1936) MGM | REVIEW | Warner |
G | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
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AMAZON PURCHASE LINK | OTHER PURCHASE LINK |
Gambling House (1950) RKO Radio Pictures | Spain | |||
The Gangster (1947) Allied Artists | Warner | WB ARCHIVE | ||
The Garment Jungle (1957) Columbia | REVIEW | Sony | ||
Gaslight (1944) Warner | REVIEW | Warner Archive | Warner Store | |
Gilda (1946) Columbia | COMPARISON | |||
The Glass Key (1942) Universal | COMPARISON | Universal (UK) or Koch Blu-ray or Arrow Blu-ray | ||
The Great Flamarion (1945) Republic Pictures | COMPARISON | |||
Guest in the House (1944) United Artists | REVIEW | |||
The Guilty (1947) Monogram |
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Guilty Bystander (1950) Laurel Films | ||||
Gun Crazy (1949) Warner | COMPARISON | Warner or Warner Box or Wild Side Blu-ray or Warner Blu-ray |
I | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
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I Confess (1953) Warner | COMPARISON | Warner or Warner Box or Warner Blu-ray | ||
I Died a Thousand Times (1955) Warner | REVIEW | Warner | WB Archive | |
I Married a Communist aka The Woman on Pier 13 (1950) Warner | Warner | WB Archive | ||
I, the Jury (1953) UA | ||||
I Wake Up Screaming (1941) 20th Century Fox | COMPARISON | Fox or Kino-Lorber Blu-ray | ||
I Walk Alone (1948) Paramount | REVIEW | Kino-Lorber Blu-ray | ||
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951) Warner | REVIEW | Warner | WB Archive | |
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948) Monogram |
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Illegal (1955) Warner | REVIEW |
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Impact (1949) UA | REVIEW | Image | ||
In a Lonely Place (1950) Columbia | COMPARISON | Columbia US or Columbia UK or Criterion Blu-ray |
J | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
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Jeopardy (1953) MGM | REVIEW | Warner Box | ||
Johnny Angel (1945) RKO | REVIEW | Warner | ||
Johnny Eager (1941) Warner | Warner | WB Archive | ||
Johnny O'Clock (1947) Columbia | REVIEW | Sony | ||
Journey Into Fear (1942) RKO | REVIEW | Warner | France or Spain |
K | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
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Kansas City Confidential (1952) MGM | COMPARISON |
MGM or Image or Alpha or TreeLine or Blu-ray |
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Key Largo (1948) Warner | COMPARISON | Warner or Warner Archive Blu-ray | ||
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) Columbia | Sony Box or Kino Blu-ray | |||
Killer's Kiss (1955) MGM | COMPARISON | MGM vs. Criterion Blu-ray | ||
The Killer Is Loose (1956) United Artists | COMPARISON | MGM s. ClassicFlix Blu-ray | ||
The Killers (1946) Universal | COMPARISON | Carlotta Blu-ray or Criterion Blu-ray or Arrow Blu-ray | ||
The Killing (1956) MGM | COMPARISON | MGM or Criterion Blu-ray or Arrow Blu-ray | ||
A Kiss Before Dying (1956) MGM | COMPARISON | MGM or Kino-Lorber Blu-ray | ||
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) MGM | REVIEW | |||
Kiss of Death (1947) 20th Century Fox | COMPARISON |
or BFI (UK) OOP or Signal One Blu-ray |
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948) Universal | REVIEW | Universal | ||
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) Republic | COMPARISON | Artisan(OOP)or Olive Blu-ray | ||
Knock on Any Door (1949) Columbia | COMPARISON | Japan Box or Germany |
L | Title / Year / Studio | Review / DVD Comparison LINK |
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The Lady from Shanghai (1948) Columbia | Columbia or TCM Blu-ray or Mill Creek Blu-ray | |||
Lady in the Lake (1947) Warner US | REVIEW | Warner Box | ||
A Lady Without Passport (1950) MGM | REVIEW | Warner | WB Archive | |
The Las Vegas Story (1952) RKO Radio Pictures | REVIEW | Warner | ||
Laura (1944) 20th Century Fox US | COMPARISON | Fox Blu-ray or MoC Blu-ray | ||
The Lawless (1950) Paramount | REVIEW | |||
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) 20th Century Fox | COMPARISON | |||
The Letter (1940) Warner | REVIEW | Warner | ||
The Lineup (1958) Columbia | REVIEW | Sony Box | ||
Loan Shark (1952) Lippert | REVIEW | VCI | ||
The Locket (1946) RKO | REVIEW |
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WB Archive | |
The Lodger (1944) 20th Century Fox | Fox Box or Fox Blu-ray | |||
The Long Night (1947) RKO | REVIEW |
Kino or |
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The Long Wait (1954) UA | ||||
Loophole (1954) - Allied Artists | REVIEW | Warner | WB Archive | |
The Lost Weekend (1945) Universal | REVIEW | Universal or MoC Blu-ray | ||
Lured (1947) UA | COMPARISON | Kino or Cohen Blu-ray |
For almost a decade, Gregory and I
have maintained, updated and altered the
DVDBeaver complete list of
generically labeled film noir
titles (now 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.)
The term itself is literally translated as "Black Cinema (or film)" and so defined by French critics post WW2 to describe the increasing trend of American crime dramas shot with murky, shadowy grays often with anti-hero protagonists. The description evolved to center around mid-to-lower economic-class characters that were enticed, often by circumstance, to do something illegal... in pursuit of love and/or money. Wilder's Double Indemnity and Edgar Ulmer's Detour would be prime mid-1940s examples. The nebulous Noir moniker expanded to include films with plot devices of amnesia, recent ex-convict characters, flash-back (remembered) narratives, femme fatales, tragic conflict between individual and society, shared guilt, pathos, classic nemesis and occasional obtuse camera angles. These became the mainstay recognizable stylistic norms building the distinguishing keys of 'Film-Noir'. Most often the plots were derived from the hard-boiled pulp fiction crime novels of the era. More of a theme or mood than to be pigeon-holed as a 'genre' - perhaps the beauty of 'Film-Noir' is its lack of limitation, and its corresponding problematic nature of strict classification.
We have taken care to parse down the pre-existing list(s) while occasionally adding our own titles (agreed upon by committee). We decided that our below listing - always in state of flux, with possible insertions or deletions potentially forthcoming - finally be made public. We still maintain that there should be no rigid definition to unnecessarily inhibit the style and we don't rate our list as either comprehensive nor definitive. Please find a list of films that are deserved of the term 'Film-Noir'... we feel these are 'essential' to the term's core understanding.
Gary Tooze (and Gregory Meshman )
NOTE: Titles in bold are, or have been at one time, available on DVD. Images are linked to, frequently very large, scans for both posters and star photos (not necessarily glossies from that corresponding film). More will be added over time - please continue to re-visit and comment HERE on titles you may feel have enough merit to considered for addition to the list. Your opinion matters greatly to us. We developed this page for you.
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