Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity is the definitive film noir — a taut, cynical thriller that set the template for an entire genre. Insurance agent Walter Neff is seduced by the calculating Phyllis Dietrichson into a scheme to murder her husband and collect on his accident policy. But claims investigator Barton Keyes is closing in. Billy Wilder and Raymond Chandler's screenplay crackles with wit and menace, and the film's fatalistic atmosphere has never been surpassed.