The rain-slicked streets, the morally ambiguous detective, the femme fatale with a hidden agenda—these classic elements of film noir were too good to fade away into oblivion. So they evolved. Film ...

The Locket, The Unsuspected, and Lured are lesser-known, underrated classic film noir movies that deserve to be called ...

Key Largo, The Big Heat, and The Lost Weekend are all among the very best film noir movies that benefit from excellent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Travis Bean writes about the best movies available to stream. This list aims to honor the best and most important entries in this ...

Ready to dive into the dark, twisted world of film noir? Check out the 20 best films, plus where to grab the sharpest Blu-ray, 4K, and box sets. Let’s talk about film noir—the genre that slinks out of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time? By David Belcher The race against the clock — to solve a crime, to outwit a ...