The term 'Preminger Film' refers to a film directed by Otto Preminger, an Austrian-American filmmaker who was active in Hollywood from the 1940s to the 1970s. The crossword solution for this term is 'LAURA, ' which is a 1944 film noir directed by Preminger and starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, and Clifton Webb. The film follows a police detective investigating the murder of a beautiful woman whose portrait hangs in every room of her apartment. It was nominated for five Academy Awards and is considered one of the greatest films of all time.