Classic movies like Double Indemnity, Rebecca, and Citizen Kane are all among the most entertaining films of the 1940s.

Rebecca, Citizen Kane, and The Best Years of Our Lives are all among the best 1940s movies that are truly flawless.

Double Indemnity, Night of the Hunter, and Out of the Past are all among the absolute best film noir movies that were shot in black-and-white.

28—"City of Angels," open at Albuquerque Little Theatre, explores the mind and world of a 1940s detective writer ... as he's adapting the story are also in his detective movie, in his head." It's just ...

Honey Don’t is an incohesive mystery that attempts to put a hard-boiled detective into a modern mystery, but it ends up spoiling any thematic or plot resonance with a resolution that’s too ...

Even more famous than her acting was Veronica Lake’s hair - the “peekaboo” style she popularized, with lush blonde locks partially covering one eye.

The noir genre is most often associated with the classic protagonists of 1940s hard-boiled detective stories, such as Sam Spade or Phillip Marlowe.