Crime/Film Noir

Sites in this category:

Film Noir and American Culture

Analytic site holding a series of short, academic essays on film noir. Areas covered include 'Historical main currents', 'The origins of film noir' and 'Women in Film Noir'. Also holds a bibliography on the genre.

Film Noir Articles Online

Site holds a short but useful list of titles of full text articles and essays on film noir available online via various e-magazines. Topics range from femme fatale in noir films to noir director Miklos Rozsa.

Organised Crime movies

Helpful selective list of eleven briefly annotated websites from the Google directory on crime films. Subjects range from Hollywood classics and French gangster movies, to the influence of the Mafia on the genre. Sites include databases, lists of further links on particular areas, reviews, quotes and images. Useful resource.

Ultimate Gangster and Crime Film List

Lists hundreds of gangster and crime films alphabetically - with links to the Internet Movie Database. Other sections include a listing of actors who have played gangsters and a list of films set in the American prohibition years.