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Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
Film noir (/ n w ɑːr /; French: [film nwaʁ]) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylized Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American film noir.
Dear Murderer is a 1947 British film noir crime, drama, thriller, directed by Arthur Crabtree for Gainsborough Pictures, and starring Eric Portman and Greta Gynt.. The film has come to be regarded as one of the best movies made under the supervision of Sydney Box at Gainsborough.
List of British films; British horror; 1888–1919; 1920s; ... A list of British films released in 1940. 1940. Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1940: 21 Days: Basil Dean:
So Evil My Love is a 1948 British and American Gothic psychological thriller film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, Ann Todd and Geraldine Fitzgerald. [2]So Evil My Love is a period drama set in the Victorian era, and shot in film noir style in the late-1940s subgenre often referred to as "Gaslight noir". [3]
In 2006, film critic Emanuel Levy discussed the film noir aspects of the film: A thriller soaked in paranoia, Gaslight is a period films noir that, like Hitchcock's The Lodger and Hangover Square, is set in the Edwardian age. It's interesting to speculate about the prominence of a film cycle in the 1940s that can be described as 'Don't Trust ...
Brighton Rock (US: Young Scarface) is a 1948 British gangster film noir directed by John Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough as violent gang leader Pinkie Brown (reprising his West End role of three years earlier), [5] Rose Brown (Carol Marsh) as the innocent girl he marries, and Ida Arnold (Hermione Baddeley) as an amateur sleuth investigating a murder he committed.
Prison film [33] The Devil Thumbs a Ride: Felix E. Feist: Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie: United States [34] Kiss of Death: Henry Hathaway: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray: United States: Crime thriller [35] The Long Night: Anatole Litvak: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price: United States: Crime drama [36 ...