Classic film noir stills

In an attempt to capture the visual brilliance of film noir in one place, The Nitrate Diva presents 50 beautiful shots from the best of the genre.

Film Noir photos

There are so many film experiences to choose from on Netflix, let us help you narrow down your choices.

In an attempt to capture the visual brilliance of film noir in one place, The Nitrate Diva presents 50 beautiful shots from the best of the genre.

The Old Dark House | James Whale | 1932 Gloria Stuart, Eva Moore

oldhollywood: Louise Brooks & Gustav Diessl in Pandora’s Box (1929, dir. G.W. Pabst) (via)

part of my ‘chiarosuro’ photograpy project!! film noir inspired

Scene from the 1947 Robert Mitchum classic 'Out of the Past'. [jamezorlando]

We love classic Hollywood film noir. We love the attitude, the silvery images, the betrayal, the sweeping music, the fatalism, the flawed human characters, the hard-boiled detective, the femme fat…

"Jeff, he isn't going to tell Whit anything" | Out of the Past

Double Indemnity (1944)

Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950)

A while back, we did a piece isolating some of the best, most biting dialogue from the world of film noir, that dark, often hidden underbelly of society portrayed in movies from the forties and fifties where no one can be trusted and everyone talks wise.

To Have and Have Not (1944) #4

premeditation