Alain Silver Movies

The only witness to a young woman's murder has a nervous breakdown, is institutionalized, and escapes, tracking down the murderer.

"Police Academy" clone, about some nerds who inherit an academy for morticians, which is run by a corrupt closet necropheliac. Of course, the most...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

After an unforeseen and violent affliction turns her world upside down, Rowena Hambleton struggles to survive night-to-night as she prowls the...

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.

An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."

One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan...

A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.

Two children who have psychic powers use them to avenge the death of their father, who was murdered by a biker gang.

Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.

Documentary about the film Where Danger Lives (1950)

Short documentary about the making of the 1938 film "Jezebel."

Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948).

Documentary about Raoul Walsh