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Breathless [À bout de souffle]
1960 90mins France (12A) Neo Noir
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger

Petty thug Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) considers himself a suave bad guy in the manner of Humphrey Bogart, but panics and impulsively kills a policeman while driving a stolen ...

Kiss Me Deadly
106mins (12A) Crime
Directed by Robert Aldrich Starring Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force ...

The Killers [1946]
1946 103mins USA (PG) Film Noir
Directed by Robert Siodmak Starring Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede" (Burt Lancaster). When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the ...

Le Samourai
1967 105mins France, Italy (PG) Crime
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

The Killing
1956 84mins USA (PG) Film Noir
Directed by Stanley Kubrick Starring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards

Career criminal Johnny Clay (Sterling Hayden) recruits a sharpshooter (Timothy Carey), a crooked police officer (Ted de Corsia), a bartender (Joe Sawyer) and a betting teller ...

The Big Sleep [1946]
1946 113mins USA (PG) Film Noir
Directed by Howard Hawks Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely

Private investigator Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is hired by General Sternwood to help resolve the gambling debts of his wild young daughter, Carmen (Martha Vickers). ...

Double Indemnity
1944 107mins USA (PG) Film Noir
Directed by Billy Wilder Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara St

In this classic film noir, insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) gets roped into a murderous scheme when he falls for the sensual Phyllis Dietrichson (Barbara ...

The Maltese Falcon
1941 101mins USA (PG) Film Noir
Directed by John Huston Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George

In this noir classic, detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) gets more than he bargained for when he takes a case brought to him by a beautiful but secretive woman (Mary ...

The Big Heat
89mins USA (15) Film Noir
Directed by Fritz Lang Starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin

A police officer seems to have committed suicide, but Detective Dave Bannion (Glenn Ford) thinks there's more to the story. After talking to the man's mob-connected mistress, ...

The Long Goodbye
1973 107mins USA (18) Neo Noir
Directed by Robert Altman Starring Sterling Hayden, Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt

Private detective Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) is asked by his old buddy Terry Lennox (Jim Bouton) for a ride to Mexico. He obliges, and when he gets back to Los Angeles is ...