A gripping film noir following an almost perfect crime, DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) features two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – writer/director Billy Wilder and star Barbara Stanwyck – and appears on the American Film Institute’s iconic lists of the greatest American films, as well as among the greatest thrills, love stories and villains of all...

A classic Preston Sturges screwball comedy, THE LADY EVE (1941) stars AFI Life Achievement Award honorees Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda as a con woman and a hapless heir to a brewery fortune (respectively), who fall in love while on an ocean liner. The film is ranked by the American Film Institute among the greatest romances and comedies of all...

Written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller, FORTY GUNS (1957) features AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Barbara Stanwyck at her most imperious as Jessica Drummond – a land baroness who rules over Cochise County with the help of her own private army of enforcers. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about FORTY GUNS. Have...

A gripping film noir following an almost perfect crime, DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) appears across five of the American Film Institute’s iconic lists of the greatest American films and features two AFI Life Achievement Award honorees – writer/director Billy Wilder and star Barbara Stanwyck. HOW TO WATCH Where to stream DOUBLE INDEMNITY DOUBLE INDEMNITY - Reelgood...

Watch BALL OF FIRE for free*! Become an AFI Star member or above and watch complimentary AFI-curated films with our on-demand video streaming service, Kanopy. Upgrade to Star Level or above TODAY! A skewed, screwball retelling of the classic Snow White story, BALL OF FIRE (1941) ranks among the funniest American films ever made, according...

A classic Preston Sturges screwball comedy, THE LADY EVE stars Barbara Stanwyck as a con woman who mesmerizes and, in turn, falls for Henry Fonda's hapless heir to a brewery fortune. The film is ranked on AFI’s lists of the greatest romances and comedies of all time.   HOW TO WATCH Where to stream THE LADY EVE THE LADY EVE - Reelgood GET THE...