Best Film Noir Movies on MagentaTV+

Every film noir movie streaming on MagentaTV+ in Germany right now — 9 films ranked by rating, checked against MagentaTV+’s live catalog.

Updated July 2026 · Availability refreshed from MagentaTV+ DE

M (1931)

IMDb 8.3 🍅 100% Letterboxd 4.3 1h 50m

Directed by Fritz Lang

✦ MovieMuse AI takeExpressionist shadows and mob justice replace courtroom order, collapsing law into vigilante morality.

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

L.A. Confidential (1997)

IMDb 8.2 🍅 99% 2h 18m

Directed by Curtis Hanson

✦ MovieMuse AI takeCorrupt cops weaponize noir's moral ambiguity, blurring protagonist and villain until truth becomes irrelevant.

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

Chinatown (1974)

IMDb 8.1 🍅 98% Letterboxd 4.3 2h 10m

Directed by Roman Polanski

✦ MovieMuse AI takeWater imagery drowns Gittes in corruption so complete even exposing conspiracy means total defeat.

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

IMDb 7.9 🍅 86% Letterboxd 4.0 2h 2m

Directed by Fritz Lang

✦ MovieMuse AI takeAsylum becomes labyrinth where detective cannot trust perception, reality dissolves into paranoid shadow-play.

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.

Mean Streets (1973)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 92% Letterboxd 3.7 1h 51m

Directed by Martin Scorsese

✦ MovieMuse AI takeStreet-level existentialism replaces plot—characters drift through obligation and desire without redemption or escape.

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Gosford Park (2001)

IMDb 7.2 🍅 87% Letterboxd 3.7 2h 17m

Directed by Robert Altman

✦ MovieMuse AI takeUpstairs-downstairs structure mirrors noir's class-based moral decay, servants witness masters' criminal desperation.

In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.

House by the River (1950)

IMDb 7.0 🍅 60% Letterboxd 3.5 1h 28m

Directed by Fritz Lang

✦ MovieMuse AI takeFrame-job becomes perfect noir trap: innocent brother hanged while true killer vanishes unpunished.

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.

The Black Dahlia (2006)

IMDb 5.6 🍅 31% Letterboxd 2.7 2h 1m

Directed by Brian De Palma

✦ MovieMuse AI takeFaded newspaper headlines and grainy stills evoke unsolved crime's psychic weight, never fully resolved.

In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.

Marlowe (2023)

IMDb 5.4 🍅 25% Letterboxd 2.4 1h 49m

Directed by Neil Jordan

✦ MovieMuse AI takeMarlowe's weary resignation to corruption echoes classic noir's refusal to believe in justice.

Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to track down her former lover.

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