The Dark Beauty of Film Noir in 50 Perfect Shots

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 NARROW MARGIN (1952)

Director of Photography: George E. Diskant | Director: Richard Fleischer

The Narrow Margin film noir

THE BIG HEAT (1953)

Director of Photography: Charles Lang | Director: Fritz Lang

The Big Heat

THE BLUE GARDENIA (1953)

Director of Photography: Nicholas Musuraca | Director: Fritz Lang

Blue Gardenia

THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)

Director of Photography: Nicholas Musuraca | Director: Ida Lupino

The Hitch Hiker film noir

THE BIG COMBO (1955)

Director of Photography: John Alton | Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Big Combo film noir

KISS ME DEADLY (1955)

Director of Photography: Ernest Laszlo | Director: Robert Aldrich

Kiss Me Deadly

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955)

Director of Photography: Stanley Cortez | Director: Charles Laughton

Night Of The Hunter

THE KILLING (1956)

Director of Photography: Lucien Ballard | Director: Stanley Kubrick

The Killing film noir

THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)

Director of Photography: James Wong Howe | Director: Alexander Mackendrick

Sweet Smell Of Success film noir

TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)

Director of Photography: Russell Metty | Director: Orson Welles

Touch Of Evil