The document discusses four major film institutions that released film noir movies between the 1930s-1950s: Warner Bros Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount, and Universal Pictures. It provides examples of specific film noir titles released by each studio, with Warner Bros releasing titles like The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, Twentieth Century Fox releasing films such as Laura and The Black Corner, Paramount distributing movies like M and Double Indemnity, and Universal putting out Phantom Lady and The Killers.