Human Desire (1954) is a black-and-white film noir directed by Fritz Lang, and based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola. The story was made twice before in film: La Bête humaine (1938) directed by Jean Renoir and Die Bestie im Menschen (1920).

Engineer Jeff, returning from Korea, falls in Love with his co-worker Carl's wife Vicky, who both commited a murder. Naturally Carl gets jealous but can't say a thing because Jeff knows a little bit about the case. Written by Stephan Eichenberg