FILMNOIRis the only internet movie database for classic film noir, thriller, detective film and gangster movie !
It also is the one and only film database you can download to your PC, Mac, Smartphone or Tablet, add your own movies to and use offline !
All the informations about films for the moviegoer, that you can classify by :
director, producer, actors, scenario, cinematographer, musical score, movie poster, filmography, etc.
The Laura file with FileMaker in the FILMNOIR database (click to see a close-up)
The same film seen in List view with Excel (click to see a close-up) :
Presentation
FILMNOIR presents some 1500 films of the filmnoir, thrillers, detective or gangsterfilm genre : A and B films, from the silent era till now, productions from the USA mainly, but also from England, France, and the rest of the world.
All the files of this filmdatabase can be sorted by alphabetic order (director's names, actors names and so on) or by year, in order to analyse a filmography, for instance.
It can be used on any type of computer as long as you have a datasheet (Excel for instance) or a database program.
The version distributed here is not a trial version, but a subset of the complete moviedatabase. In fact it is the first part of the files, including the Directors from A (ALDRICH Robert) to B (BUZZELL Edward) only.
FILMNOIR is in fact, as WESTERNS is, a subset of a hugger database (over 12.000 films), called CINEFAN, which covers all types of movies from the silent screen till now.
Neither FILMNOIR nor CINEPHIL are completely free, they both are sharewares, but if you buy CINEFAN you get FILMNOIR and WESTERNS for free, for it is included in it.
FILMNOIRcosts 10€, WESTERNS costs 10€,
CINEFAN costs 15€.
Make your choice !
You can buy/order
- the Complete version of the FILMNOIR Movie database Here.
This database was started in the years 1967-68, on the seats of the French Cinémathèque. So many marvelous discoveries then ! Chatting with Henri Langlois in a corner of the bar, listening one evening to Raoul Walsh relating his escapades with Flynn or Gable around Hollywood, discussing endlessly with some "co-religionists". Those were the days for the "cinéphile"... Then came the time for computers, which allowed me at last to compile all my documentation and memorize it in a single database.
As it is, this filmnoirdatabase consists of some 1500 films, starting with the silent era.
As said above, they are all part of the CINEFAN database, which contains more than 11.700 movie files, among which :
- 8100 US films,
- 2870 French films,
- 1000 British films,
- 900 Italian films,
- 300 German films,
- 90 Japanese films,
- 80 Greek films
- etc., from the silent era up till now. If you are a western movie amateur, please note that WESTERNS covers 1870 films of the genre !!! This is unique !
Here is another List view of FilmNoir of the Laura file in the FILMNOIR database (click to see a close-up):
Some opinions from enthousiastic users of the Cinefan database (some translated from the French):
- "Bravo" for this colosssal work. This is exactly what I have been looking for..."
- "Congratulations for the job you've done. Such a database is a dream come true for an amateur like me"
- "Your database is quite adapted to be used as a first rate "dvdtheque"
- "Bravo for the colossal work you've done"
- "Congratulations for your work"
- "Big thanks for your admirable work" - "Your database is quite complete and clearly indicates a huge work ! Congratulations for this incredible work". - "I am so impressed as I know the quantity of work this database represents !" - "Thank you for the follow-up. Great customer service". - "Thank you very much
for delivering such a magnificent database. It is very very interesting." - "Hi Mr. Vernay, "Hats off"! I really love your database."
- "I take my hat off to you for this huge work"
- "I'm amazed by the number of films you know!"
- "I am so impressed as I know the qunatity of work this database represents !" - "I compliment you for your work, which seems colossal ! And also thank you for making it available to us"
As such, this moviedatabase is obviously not complete, that is it doesn't cover the thousands of films which have been produced by the cinema only. It is exclusively made of the films I have seen... a good number I must admit, and certainly the most interesting part of the genre.
It corresponds to the great pleasure I've had all these years watching what is for me the second major genre of cinema (my favorite genre being the Western, definetly).
FILMNOIR does contain a number of errors (typing, spelling and probably incorrect names), but I try to improve it everyday through my re-visions or my discoveries.
There remains the problem of my personal findings (for those who are interested in translating them from the French original, of course...) ; now it's up to everyone of you to use it in such a way you choose or need.
