In the 1940s and 1950s, film noir became arguably Hollywood's most popular film genre, with crime dramas and thrillers adding darkness to the already popular gangster genre. While gangster movies were ...

Marked by stark visual contrasts, chiaroscuro lighting, and sharp angles pioneered in German expressionism, noir plunges the viewer into morally gray situations in which good may triumph, but at a ...

The film noir genre reached its peak of popularity during the 1940s with classics such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Double Indemnity. Even though the 1940s are considered to be the height of the ...

After the exploding popularity of pulp fiction and detective novels in the late 1930s, film noir became one of the hottest film genres, reaching new heights during the 1940s with classics such as The ...

From "Sunset Boulevard" to "The Reckless Moment" to "Leave Her to Heaven," the best film noir movies of all time are visions of a universally known truth, but one not always spoken out loud: It can be ...

The best neo-noir films include some brilliant releases that subvert the classic Film Noir films of the past. In the 1940s, film noir exploded, offering stories that were often hard-boiled or crime ...