Beyond its highly visible influence on David Lynch’s work, LAURA is a work of erotic obsession that still haunts moviegoers today. Dana Andrews plays the detective who falls in love with the titular dead woman (Gene Tierney, never better). With Vincent Price and Clifton Webb in key roles.

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“Everybody’s favorite chic murder mystery.” – Pauline Kael

“Labeling this elegant 1944 noir classic a whodunit is to ignore its masterfully complex portrait of all-consuming romantic self-delusion.” – Nick Schager, Slant Magazine