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Film Noir

	Sunset Boulevard [DVD] [1950] Buy new: £4.18 / Used from: £3.00 Sunset Boulevard (1950) Dir. Billy Wilder - Everything about this film is cinematic perfection and it has one of the most breathtaking final shots in any film ever.
	Rififi [1954] [DVD] Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £4.79 Rififi (1954) Dir. Dassin - Stylish, French gangster flick, with the now infamous, silent, robbery scene.
	The Big Sleep [1946] [DVD] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.92 The Big Sleep (1946) Dir. Hawks - One of the most complex Film Noirs, but Bogart and Bacall's relationship is just so perfect.
	Touchez Pas Au Grisbi [1956] [DVD] [1953] Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) Dir. Becker - Quite an underrated director in the UK, but this and Casque d'Or were masterpieces of cinema, the latter not Film Noir, but the cinematography is exquisite.
	Ossessione [1942] [DVD] Buy new: £12.98 Ossessione (1942) Dir. Visconti - A dark, brooding Italian masterpiece.
	M - A Film by Fritz Lang [1931] [DVD] Buy used from: £33.13 M (1931) Dir. Lang - A precursor to the American Film Noir, this is Lang's masterpiece of editing, cinematography and storytelling.
	Gilda [DVD] [1946] Buy new: £3.98 / Used from: £2.89 Gilda (1946) Dir. Vidor - Excellent dialog throughout with Rita Hayworth stealing the show as the archetypal femme fatale. Great poster too.
	Le Doulos [1963] [DVD] Buy used from: £6.70 Le Doulos (1962) Dir. Melville - Maybe more Film Noir homage than Film Noir proper, but as always with Melville, his crime films are a labyrinth of twists and turns.
	The Maltese Falcon (2 Disc Special Edition) [DVD] [1941] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.49 The Maltese Falcon (1941) Dir. Huston - Another complex plot with Bogard playing the wonderfully cynical detective, sharp with wit, filled with twists, highly enjoyable.
	Touch Of Evil [DVD] [1958] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.50 Touch of Evil (1958) Dir. Welles - Orson Welles plays one of cinema's most memorable anti-heroes in this examination of what lies beneath the surface.
	Double Indemnity [DVD] Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £4.85 Double Indemnity (1944) Dir. Wilder
	The Killers [DVD] [1946] Buy new: £4.98 The Killers (1946) Dir. Siodmak
	Key Largo [1948] [DVD] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.99 Key Largo (1948) Dir. Huston
	Out Of The Past [DVD] [1947] Buy new: £4.28 Out of the Past (1947) Dir. Tourneur
	The Sweet Smell Of Success [DVD] [1957] Buy new: £4.58 / Used from: £4.85 Sweet Smell of Success (1957) Dir. MacKendrick
	Shadow Of A Doubt [DVD] [1942] Buy used from: £1.60 Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Dir. Hitchcock
	Night And The City [1950] [DVD] Buy new: £12.38 Night and the City (1950) Dir. Dassin
	Ace in the Hole [DVD] [1951] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] Buy used from: £29.81 Ace in the Hole (1951) Dir. Wilder
	Kiss Me Deadly [DVD] [1955] Buy new: £3.78 / Used from: £3.99 Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Dir. Aldrich
	Gun Crazy [DVD] [1949] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] Buy used from: £19.09 Gun Crazy (1950) Dir. Lewis
	White Heat [DVD] [1949] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] Buy used from: £4.95 White Heat (1949) Dir. Walsh
	Laura [DVD] [1944] Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.32 Laura (1944) Dir. Preminger
	Murder, My Sweet [DVD] [1944] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] Buy used from: £9.99 Murder, My Sweet (1944) Dir. Dmytryk
	The Big Heat [DVD] [1953] Buy new: £4.48 / Used from: £4.20 The Big Heat (1953) Dir. Lang
	Scarlet Street [DVD] Buy new: £3.38 / Used from: £5.99 Scarlet Street (1945) Dir. Lang