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The Killers

Robert Siodmak
1946 • 103 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Edition: Collector’s Sets

The first screen incarnation of Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Killers” came in 1946, when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers, helping to define the film noir style and launching the careers of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner.

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The Killers

Don Siegel
1964 • 93 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Edition: Collector’s Sets

Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Killers” has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. In 1964, Don Siegel—initially slated to direct the 1946 version—took it on, creating the first-ever made-for-TV feature.

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I Am Waiting

Koreyoshi Kurahara
1957 • 91 minutes • 1.33:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

In Koreyoshi Kurahara’s directorial debut, rebel matinee idol Yujiro Ishihara stars as a restaurant manager and former boxer who saves a beautiful, suicidal club hostess (Mie Kitahara) trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.

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Rusty Knife

Toshio Masuda
1958 • 90 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

In Toshio Masuda’s smash Rusty Knife, Yujiro Ishihara and fellow top Nikkatsu star Akira Kobayashi play former hoodlums trying to leave behind a life of crime, but their past comes back to haunt them when the authorities seek them out as murder witnesses.

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Take Aim at the Police Van

Seijun Suzuki
1960 • 84 minutes • 2.45:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

At the beginning of Seijun Suzuki’s taut and twisty whodunit, a prison truck is attacked and a convict inside is murdered. The penitentiary warden on duty, Daijiro (Michitaro Mizushima), is accused of negligence and suspended, only to take it upon himself to track down the killers.

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Cruel Gun Story

Takumi Furukawa
1964 • 91 minutes • 2.45:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

Fresh out of the slammer, Togawa (Branded to Kill’s Joe Shishido) has no chance to go straight because he is immediately coerced by a wealthy mob boss into organizing the heist of an armored car carrying racetrack receipts.

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A Colt Is My Passport

Takashi Nomura
1967 • 84 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

One of Japanese cinema’s supreme emulations of American noir, Takashi Nomura’s A Colt Is My Passport is a down-and-dirty but gorgeously photographed yakuza film starring Joe Shishido as a hard-boiled hit man caught between rival gangs.

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Underworld

Josef von Sternberg
1927 • 81 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Spine: #529 Edition: Collector’s Sets

Josef von Sternberg’s riveting breakthrough is widely considered the film that launched the American gangster genre as we know it.

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Sapphire

Basil Dearden
1959 • 92 minutes • 1.66:1 • United Kingdom
Edition: Collector’s Sets

Basil Dearden’s bold, direct police procedural, starring Nigel Patrick as the detective in charge of the investigation, is a devastating look at the way bigotry crosses class divides, and a snapshot of the increasingly interracial culture of England in the late fifties.

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The League of Gentlemen

Basil Dearden
1960 • 116 minutes • 1.66:1 • United Kingdom
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

A delightful cast of British all-stars, including Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, and Roger Livesey, brings to life this precisely calibrated caper, which was immensely popular and influenced countless Hollywood heist films.

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All Night Long

Basil Dearden
1962 • 91 minutes • 1.66:1 • United Kingdom
Edition: Collector’s Sets

Othello is translated to the world of sixties London jazz clubs in Basil Dearden’s smoky and sensational All Night Long. This daring psychodrama also features on-screen appearances by jazz legends Charles Mingus, Dave Brubeck, Tubby Hayes, and Johnny Dankworth.

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Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard
1965 • 99 minutes • 1.33:1 • France
Spine: #25 Edition: DVD

Eddie Constantine stars as intergalactic hero Lemmy Caution, on a mission to kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60, in Jean-Luc Godard’s irreverent, cockeyed fusion of science fiction, pulp characters, and surrealist poetry.

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The Long Good Friday

John Mackenzie
1979 • 114 minutes • 1.77:1 • United Kingdom
Spine: #26 Edition: DVD

Bob Hoskins, in his breakthrough film role, stars as a London racketeer fast losing control of his gangland empire; Helen Mirren shines as his classy moll.

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The Element of Crime

Lars von Trier
1984 • 104 minutes • 1.85:1 • Denmark
Spine: #80 Editions: DVD, Hulu Plus

Lars von Trier’s stunning debut film, influenced equally by Hitchcock and science fiction, is the story of Fisher, an exiled ex-cop who returns to his old beat to catch a serial killer with a taste for young girls.

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Insomnia

Erik Skjoldbjærg
1997 • 97 minutes • 1.85:1 • Norway
Spine: #47 Edition: DVD

Disgraced Swedish detective Jonas Engström (Stellan Skarsgård) travels to northern Norway to solve a brutal murder in Erik Skjoldbjærg’s debut feature, Insomnia.

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Mona Lisa

Neil Jordan
1986 • 104 minutes • 1.77:1 • United Kingdom
Spine: #107 Edition: DVD

Bob Hoskins (who snagged an Oscar nomination for his performance) plays George, a small-time loser employed as a chauffeur to an enigmatic, high-class call girl in writer-director Neil Jordan’s brilliant, noir-infused love story.

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Rififi

Jules Dassin
1955 • 118 minutes • 1.33:1 • France
Spine: #115 Editions: DVD, Collector’s Sets

After making such American noir classics as The Naked City and Brute Force, blacklisted director Jules Dassin went to Paris and embarked on his masterpiece: a twisting, turning tale of four ex-cons who hatch one last glorious heist in the City of Lights.

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Coup de torchon

Bertrand Tavernier
1981 • 128 minutes • 1.66:1 • France
Spine: #106 Edition: DVD

An inspired rendering of Jim Thompson’s pulp novel Pop. 1280, Bertrand Tavernier’s Coup de torchon (Clean Slate) deftly transplants the story of an inept police chief turned heartless killer and his scrappy mistress from the American South to French West Africa.

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Le trou

Jacques Becker
1960 • 131 minutes • 1.66:1 • France
Spine: #129 Edition: DVD

In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to tunnel to freedom. Based on the novel by José Giovanni, Jacques Becker’s Le trou (The Hole) balances lyrical humanism with a tense, unshakable air of imminent danger.

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Pickup on South Street

Samuel Fuller
1953 • 80 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Spine: #224 Edition: DVD

In Sam Fuller’s hardboiled classic, a petty crook and an unsuspecting woman find themselves on the run from Communists in a precarious gambit.

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Stray Dog

Akira Kurosawa
1949 • 122 minutes • 1.33:1 • Japan
Spine: #233 Editions: DVD, Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

When a pickpocket steals a rookie detective’s gun on a hot, crowded bus, the cop goes undercover in a desperate attempt to right the wrong. Kurosawa’s thrilling noir probes the squalid world of postwar Japan and the nature of the criminal mind.

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Youth of the Beast

Seijun Suzuki
1963 • 92 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Spine: #268 Editions: DVD, Hulu Plus

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo’s underworld explodes with violence. Youth of the Beast was a breakthrough for director Seijun Suzuki, introducing the flamboyant colors, hallucinatory images, and striking compositions that would become his trademark.

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Touchez pas au grisbi

Jacques Becker
1954 • 96 minutes • 1.33:1 • France
Spine: #271 Editions: DVD, Collector’s Sets

Having pulled off the heist of a lifetime, Max looks forward to spending his remaining days relaxing with his beautiful young girlfriend. But when Max’s hapless partner lets word of the loot slip to loose-lipped, two-timing Josy (Jeanne Moreau), Max is reluctantly drawn back into the underworld.

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Night and the City

Jules Dassin
1950 • 101 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Spine: #274 Edition: DVD

Two-bit hustler Harry Fabian aches for a life of ease and plenty. Trailed by a history of go-nowhere schemes, he stumbles upon a chance of a lifetime in the form of legendary wrestler Gregorius the Great. But there is no easy money in this underworld of shifting alliances and pummeled flesh.

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Thieves’ Highway

Jules Dassin
1949 • 94 minutes • 1.33:1 • United States
Spine: #273 Edition: DVD

Thieves’ Highway vividly depicts the perilous world of “long-haul boys,” who drive by night to bring their goods to the markets of America’s cities. Richard Conte stars as ex-G.I. Nick Garcos, a tyro trucker bent on satisfaction from the man responsible for crippling his father.

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