Film Noir is a term used to describe a stylish crime drama film made in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of them are in black and white, and the storyline usually involves self-interest attitudes and sexual motivations. Because they are filmed in balck and white, Film Noir movies are almost all crime dramas or suspense films. Most also usually involve a 'Femme Fatal', a female character who seems sweet and innocent at first, but turns out to be on the side of evil, trying to manipulate the male characters for her own ends. Also, because of the black and white nature of most Film Noir productions, silhouettes are used very effectively, such as the scene from Joseph H.Lewis' 'The Big Combo' (1955) shown above.
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