Resources

The following sites & titles have been used in providing the lists on this site.

The titles listed in the 3 works considered the most important critical works on Film Noir have also been given separate lists on the Individual Lists page.  They are A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953) by Raymond Borde & Etienne Chaumeton, A Reference Guide to the American Film Noir, 1940-1958 by Robert Ottoson and Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style by Alain Silver & Elizabeth Ward.

Websites

Questia.com - Research Website - 7 day free trial
Titles marked * are also available at Questia.com
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IMDb
The Internet Movie Database
www.imdb.com

Filmsite.Org
Tim Dirks resource for classic film buffs
Noir list - http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir5.html

 


Books

Again links to Amazon have been provided due the size of their catalog and ability to find good quality second-hand items.  Links to other book sellers are provided in the Links category.

A Panorama of American Film Noir (1941-1953) - Amazon US  UK
Raymond Borde & Etienne Chaumeton
City Lights Publishers, 2002

A Reference Guide to the American Film Noir, 1940-1958 - Amazon US  UK
Robert Ottoson
Scarecrow Publishers, 1981

Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style - Amazon US  UK
Alain Silver & Elizabeth Ward
Overlook TP, 1993

Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 - Amazon US  UK
Michael F. Keaney
McFarland & Company, 2003

Film Noir: Films of Trust and Betrayal (The Pocket Essential) - Amazon US  UK
Paul Duncan
Oldcastle, 2006

Dark Cinema: American Film Noir in Cultural Perspective * Questia  - Amazon US  UK
(Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)
John Tuska
Greenwood Press, 1984

A History of Narrative Film * Questia  - Amazon US  UK
David A. Cook
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Handbook of American Film Genres * Questia  - Amazon US  UK
Edited by Wes D. Gehring
Greenwood Press, 1988

Film Noir (Virgin Film) - Amazon US  UK
Eddie Robson
Virgin, 2005

Film Noir - Amazon US  UK
Alain Silver & James Ursini
Taschen, 2004

A Guide to American Silent Crime Films * Questia - Amazon US  UK
Larry Langman & Daniel Finn
Greenwood Press, 1994

A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties * Questia - Amazon US  UK  
Larry Langman & Daniel Finn
Greenwood Press, 1995

A Guide to American Crime Films of the Forties and Fifties * Questia - Amazon US  UK
Larry Langman & Daniel Finn
Greenwood Press, 1995

British Crime Cinema * Questia  - Amazon US  UK 
Steve Chibnall
Routledge, 1999

Crime Films (Genres in American Cinema) - Amazon US  UK
Thomas Leitch
Cambridge University Press, 2002
 
 
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