It may seem like cliché now but ‘Psycho’ was the granddaddy of all slasher films and psycho-thrillers and thrilled audiences with its shocking twists and tawdry details.
George Cukor entered Hitchcock territory with this shadowy tale of suspense and madness set in the gas-lit glow and cobblestone quaintness of Victorian London. The film also inspired the term “gaslighting.”
Edgar Ulmer’s existential, almost surreal thriller is a true B-movie, shot on a tiny budget with a second-rate cast, that turns into a waking nightmare like no other film noir.
Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis star in this brilliant 1957 classic about the power of media personalities in the intersection of show business and politics.
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas star in Jacques Tourneur’s hard-boiled story of betrayal and revenge, a masterpiece with a haunting quality and one of the greatest film noirs of all time.
Charles Bronson and Claudia Cardinale star in Sergio Leone’s loving tribute to the myth of the American West, which features Henry Fonda in a rare role as a cold-blooded villain.
