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Aug 12, 2023 · Straddling the thin line between pulp and melodrama, which the best noir films can do, The Asphalt Jungle is a cold, economical crime caper set in the streets of the Midwest. With a seedy and...
2 days ago · To put together this rogues gallery, we kept it lean and hard-boiled: American-made movies from the 1940s and 1950s, with each rated after at least 10 reviews. And to get the know-all on noir,...
1. Sunset Boulevard. 1950 1h 50m Approved. 8.4 (237K) Rate. 94 Metascore. A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. Director Billy Wilder Stars William Holden Gloria Swanson Erich von Stroheim. 2. Vertigo.
- The Lady from Shanghai (1948) Orson Welles was given the chance to direct again after his falling out at RKO and he produced The Stranger (1946), a solid film noir that starred Edward G. Robinson and Loretta Young.
- Laura (1944) Of all the women of film noir, Gene Tierney was perhaps the most alluring, and the 1944 film Laura, directed by Otto Preminger, is a great vehicle for her talents.
- Mildred Pierce (1945) Warner Brothers, with its emphasis on crime and social problem films, was one of the earliest and most successful studios to make noir films.
- The Woman in the Window (1944) Many characters in film noir based their actions on deeply seeded psychological motivations, and nowhere is this more evident than in The Woman in the Window, directed by German emigre Fritz Lang, who made a number of classic films in Germany (such as Metropolis and M) before fleeing Hitler.
Film noir is a style or genre of films made in Hollywood in the '40s and '50s that have stylistic and thematic similarities. Specifically, tales of crime and moral ambiguity shot in black & white with high contrast lighting (bright lights and deep black shadows).
1. Touch of Evil. 1958 1h 35m PG-13. 8.0 (110K) Rate. 99 Metascore. A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping and police corruption in a Mexican border town. Director Orson Welles Stars Charlton Heston Orson Welles Janet Leigh. 10/10. 2. The Bad Sleep Well. 1960 2h 31m Not Rated. 8.0 (14K) Rate.
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- The Night of the Hunter (1955) One of the most interesting films of the decade, The Night of the Hunter is notable as the only film directed by the great English actor Charles Laughton.
- Gun Crazy (1950) A precursor to Bonnie and Clyde, Gun Crazy is the story of Bart Tare (John Dall) a troubled young man who is good with a gun who meets sharpshooter Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins) when they work together at a carnival.
- The Hitchhiker (1953) For years, film directing was a totally male dominated profession, and The Hitchhiker is rare in that it was directed by a woman, actress Ida Lupino.
- In a Lonely Place (1950) The difference between 1940’s and 1950’s film noir is never more evident than in In a Lonely Place, starring Humphrey Bogart as ‘Dix’ Steele, a down on his luck screenwriter.
