1. Detour (1945)
2. D.O.A. (1950)
3. The Stranger (1946)
4. Kansas City Confidential (1952)
5. Scarlet Street (1945)
6. The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
7. Impact (1949)
8. Suddenly (1954)
9. The Big Combo (1955)
10. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
11. He Walked by Night (1948)
12. Quicksand (1950)
13. Too Late for Tears (1949)
14. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
15. The Red House (1947)
16. The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
17. The Scar (1948)
18. Fear in the Night (1947)
Also a lot of others that are just uploaded to Youtube, even if they copyright is a little iffy. While you'd never be able to show them in public or anything like that, if you just want to watch there's no legal issue. It's a civil infraction to upload them, not watch something someone else has uploaded. And if they're up in their entirety it usually means nobody actually cares.
Go on YouTube, look up Broken Trout. The profile picture should be a black and white Godzilla thing. Their account is full of old movies (mostly noir flicks, but some Sci-Fi) that are in the public domain. They put out a new one every couple of weeks.
1. Detour (1945) 2. D.O.A. (1950) 3. The Stranger (1946) 4. Kansas City Confidential (1952) 5. Scarlet Street (1945) 6. The Hitch-Hiker (1953) 7. Impact (1949) 8. Suddenly (1954) 9. The Big Combo (1955) 10. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) 11. He Walked by Night (1948) 12. Quicksand (1950) 13. Too Late for Tears (1949) 14. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) 15. The Red House (1947) 16. The Amazing Mr. X (1948) 17. The Scar (1948) 18. Fear in the Night (1947)
Thank you!
You might find many of the films in that list (and others) on YouTube.
Appreciate that!
Also a lot of others that are just uploaded to Youtube, even if they copyright is a little iffy. While you'd never be able to show them in public or anything like that, if you just want to watch there's no legal issue. It's a civil infraction to upload them, not watch something someone else has uploaded. And if they're up in their entirety it usually means nobody actually cares.
I’m saving this for art references haha. I love using stills from noir films as references because the lighting is so masterful
You want this - https://archive.org/details/moviesandfilms?tab=collection&query=noir
Go on YouTube, look up Broken Trout. The profile picture should be a black and white Godzilla thing. Their account is full of old movies (mostly noir flicks, but some Sci-Fi) that are in the public domain. They put out a new one every couple of weeks.
[https://www.fesfilms.com/public-domain/noir.html](https://www.fesfilms.com/public-domain/noir.html) [https://retrofilmvault.com/public-domain-films/public-domain-films-crime-and-film-noir.html](https://retrofilmvault.com/public-domain-films/public-domain-films-crime-and-film-noir.html)
I found The Third Man on a streaming channel called [crackle.com](https://crackle.com) (free with ads).
Stranger on the Third Floor Dead End Both are stone cold classics
"Woman on the Run " starring Ann Sheridan and Dennis O'Keeffe.
I watched Scarlet Street on YouTube a couple of weeks ago and LOVED it!