First up: Road to Perdition (2002). Set in 1931, it follows a mafia hitman and his son fight back against the mob in Chicago. A lot of good reference here, particularly for men's suiting/outerwear and interior decor. As it's a modern film, it's in colour: particularly useful.
Dark City (1998). A modern sci-fi-noire film, which, although not set in any particular period, features a heavily stylised appearance meant to emulate 40s/50s film-noires. Lots of flappy coats and fedoras, not to mention good environment reference.
For the Spanish civil war, one of the best films to look at is Ken Loach's Land and Freedom (1995). Extremely detailed costumes of the leftist fighters throughout, particularly the militia-like forces away from the main cities. For these semi-organised fighters there was no official uniform except the red neckerchief.
Another good source of reference for the Spanish civil war is There Be Dragons (2011). Again it focuses largely on the Republican forces fighting in desert conditions.
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) is an obvious choice for the civil war, but as it mainly focuses on the fascists it's of limited use to me in this project.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) is one of the quintessential noire films. Although made slightly after the period I'm using as a setting, visually it is definitely relevant. Made when it's set, it's aesthetics are reliably accurate. I'll probably go back and look at it for environmental reference, especially.
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