The life of singer Ruth Etting gets the full noir treatment. Doris Day gives a powerhouse performance as Etting, both dramatically and vocally, while James Cagney chews the scenery as the gangster who refuses to let her out of his grasp. The film won the 1956 “Best Writing, Motion Picture Story” Oscar and “I’ll Never Stop Loving You” was nominated for Best Original Song.

Jack Webb, as a Prohibition-era bandleader, refuses to bend the knee to a local bootlegger. The actor maintains the same iron-clad will that made him a star on Dragnet, but Pete Kelley's Blues, which he also directed, ventures further into the darkness than the procedural franchise ever could. With Janet Leigh as flapper Ivy Conrad who complicates Pete's life. Supporting talent from vocal powerhouses Peggy Lee and Ella Fitzgerald. Lee scored a 1956 Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as a boozy torch singer.

One of the first noir films to explore hard drugs, strikingly directed by Preminger and startlingly raw in its depiction of dependency, chemical or otherwise. Frank Sinatra, who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance, is heartbreaking as the golden-armed drummer who possesses more charisma than he does willpower. Featuring Eleanor Parker and Kim Novak.

A cinematic diamond! Burt Lancaster is gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker who makes and breaks careers, and Tony Curtis is publicist Sidney Falco who will sell his soul for a whiff of the same power. The definitive cinematic statement on the dangers of media corruption. Featuring Martin Milner, Susan Harrison, and the legendary Chico Hamilton Quintet.

A rebel without a cause (Elvis Presley) finds success as a nightclub singer, only to be dragged back into a life of crime by the crooked businessman who discovered him. Carolyn Jones haunts as the call girl who gets caught between warring show-biz factions. Presley delivers the acting performance of his career.

High octane on a low budget! Robert Mitchum is a moonshiner who runs afoul of big-city gangsters and federal agents, and his real-life son, James, portrays the kid brother who wants in on the action. Mitchum’s most personal film – he wrote the story, co-produced the film, and co-wrote two of the film’s songs including “The Ballad of Thunder Road.”