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| 1 |  | Double Indemnity (1944) |  3.7245 86 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.34
| Phyllis Dietrichson and insurance salesman Walter Neff begin an affair and plot to kill her husband ...more about Double Indemnity starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck |
| 2 |  | Maltese Falcon, The (1941) | 3.5377 71 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$14.92
| Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner ...more about Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor |
| 3 |  | Big Sleep, The (1946) | 3.3104 57 reviews | PG | Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$12.47
| Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is a private eye that is hired by the dying General Sternwood, a ...more about Big Sleep starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall |
| 4 |  | Laura (1944) | 3.2884 62 reviews | PG | Crime, Mystery, Romance, Film-Noir |
$6.59
| Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of a famous advertising agent ...more about Laura starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews |
| 5 |  | Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1946) |  3.1748 34 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.68
| Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a ...more about Postman Always Rings Twice starring Lana Turner and John Garfield |
| 6 |  | White Heat (1949) | 3.1438 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.91
| Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches ...more about White Heat starring James Cagney and Virginia Mayo |
| 7 |  | Detour (1945) | 3.1323 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$4.99
| In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. ...more about Detour starring Esther Howard and Ann Savage |
| 8 |  | Odd Man Out (1947) | 3.1262 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of ...more about Odd Man Out starring James Mason and Robert Beatty |
| 9 |  | Oliver Twist (1948) | 3.1186 34 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Crime |
$27.95
| Based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy who runs away from a ...more about Oliver Twist starring Francis L. Sullivan and Alec Guinness |
| 10 |  | Deadly Is the Female (1949) | 3.1178 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Romance, Film-Noir |
$9.49
| Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. After leaving the army, his friends take him ...more about Deadly Is the Female starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall |
| 11 |  | And Then There Were None (1945) | 3.1173 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$3.00
| Ten people are invited for a weekend on an island by a Mr U. N. Own, but he isn't on the island. At ...more about And Then There Were None starring Barry Fitzgerald and Walter Huston |
| 12 |  | Key Largo (1948) | 3.1077 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, ...more about Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson |
| 13 |  | This Gun for Hire (1942) | 3.0875 15 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.95
| Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by ...more about This Gun for Hire starring Veronica Lake and Robert Preston |
| 14 |  | Mask of Dimitrios, The (1944) | 3.0744 9 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | A mystery writer named Leyden is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, ...more about Mask of Dimitrios starring Sydney Greenstreet and Zachary Scott |
| 15 |  | Killers, The (1946) | 3.0687 26 reviews | PG | Crime, Romance, Film-Noir |
$27.79
| Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, "the Swede," who's ...more about Killers starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner |
| 16 |  | Murder, My Sweet (1944) | 3.0584 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.71
| This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American ...more about Murder starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor |
| 17 |  | Kiss of Death (1947) | 3.0483 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.22
| Small-time crook Nick Bianco gets caught in a jewel heist and despite urgings from well-meaning ...more about Kiss of Death starring Victor Mature and Brian Donlevy |
| 18 |  | Call Northside 777 (1948) | 3.0383 35 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.90
| In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by ...more about Call Northside 777 starring James Stewart and Richard Conte |
| 19 |  | Rope (1948) | 2.9947 26 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.80
| Brandon and Philip are two young men who share a New York apartment. They consider themselves ...more about Rope starring James Stewart and John Dall |
| 20 |  | Lady in the Lake (1947) | 2.9798 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$28.99
| The camera shows Phillip Marlowe's view from the first-person in this adaptation of Raymond ...more about Lady in the Lake starring Robert Montgomery and Audrey Totter |
| 21 |  | Somewhere in the Night (1946) | 2.9668 8 reviews | NA | Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.50
| ...more about Somewhere in the Night starring John Hodiak and Nancy Guild |
| 22 |  | Batman and Robin (1949) | 2.9165 8 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$12.20
| Antisocial Prof. Hammil's Remote Control device, which enables the user to take over any motor ...more about Batman and Robin starring Robert Lowery and Johnny Duncan |
| 23 |  | Lured (1947) | 2.9118 7 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$19.95
| A serial killer in London is murdering young women whom he meets through the personal columns of ...more about Lured starring George Sanders and Lucille Ball |
| 24 |  | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) | 2.9017 11 reviews | NA | Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime, Mystery |
$5.16
| Starting in Switzerland, Sherlock Holmes rescues the inventor of a bomb-sight which the allies want ...more about Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce |
| 25 |  | They Live by Night (1948) | 2.8674 19 reviews | NA | Crime, Romance, Film-Noir | N/A | In the 30s three prisoners flee from a state prison farm in Mississippi. Among them 23 years young ...more about They Live by Night starring Cathy O'Donnell and Farley Granger |
| 26 |  | Double Life, A (1947) | 2.8583 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$9.99
| Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's ...more about Double Life starring Ronald Colman and Signe Hasso |
| 27 |  | Naked City, The (1948) | 2.8565 16 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$24.99
| Amid a semi-documentary portrait of New York and its people, Jean Dexter, attractive blonde model, ...more about Naked City starring Barry Fitzgerald and Howard Duff |
| 28 |  | Street with No Name, The (1948) | 2.8185 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.59
| After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released ...more about Street with No Name starring Mark Stevens and Richard Widmark |
| 29 |  | Criss Cross (1949) | 2.8180 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.95
| Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former ...more about Criss Cross starring Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo |
| 30 |  | Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) | 2.8086 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Comedy |
$37.01
| Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a day of leisure, but when they make a trip to the ...more about Shadow of the Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
| 31 |  | Brighton Rock (1947) | 2.7910 11 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Pinkie Brown (Richard Attenborough) is a small town hoodlum who's gang run a protection racket ...more about Brighton Rock starring Richard Attenborough and Carol Marsh |
| 32 |  | Crossfire (1947) | 2.7839 21 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.99
| Homicide Capt. Finlay finds evidence that one or more of a group of demobilized soldiers is ...more about Crossfire starring Robert Young and Robert Ryan |
| 33 |  | Force of Evil (1948) | 2.7641 21 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$9.99
| Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big ...more about Force of Evil starring John Garfield and Thomas Gomez |
| 34 |  | Dark Corner, The (1946) |  2.7416 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.59
| Private investigator Bradford Galt has moved to New York from San Fransisco after serving a jail ...more about Dark Corner starring Lucille Ball and Clifton Webb |
| 35 |  | Before I Hang (1940) | 2.7292 8 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$8.41
| A demented scientist kills a man while experimenting with an aging serum. He is quickly arrested, ...more about Before I Hang starring Boris Karloff and Evelyn Keyes |
| 36 |  | Bluebeard (1944) | 2.7155 16 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$3.48
| ...more about Bluebeard starring John Carradine and Jean Parker |
| 37 |  | He Walked by Night (1948) | 2.7109 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$4.99
| When a police officer is gunned down by a man whom he had stopped to question, a city-wide dragnet ...more about He Walked by Night starring Richard Basehart and Scott Brady |
| 38 |  | Knock on Any Door (1949) | 2.7049 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man ...more about Knock on Any Door starring Humphrey Bogart and John Derek |
| 39 |  | Kid Glove Killer (1942) | 2.6921 5 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | First feature film from director Fred Zinneman is a snappy little "B" feature that features Van ...more about Kid Glove Killer starring Van Heflin and Marsha Hunt |
| 40 |  | Woman in Green, The (1945) | 2.6894 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$4.99
| Holmes and Watson investigate a series of bizarre and apparently unconnected murders, and the death ...more about Woman in Green starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce |
| 41 |  | Monsieur Verdoux (1947) | 2.6876 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Comedy |
$5.99
| Monsieur Verdoux is a bluebeard, he marries women and kills them after the marriage to get the ...more about Monsieur Verdoux starring Charles Chaplin and Mady Correll |
| 42 |  | Dark Past, The (1948) | 2.6613 9 reviews | NA | Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | ...more about Dark Past starring William Holden and Nina Foch |
| 43 |  | Manpower (1941) | 2.6597 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work on a road crew for the power company. In a freak accident ...more about Manpower starring Edward G. Robinson and Marlene Dietrich |
| 44 |  | Devil Bat, The (1940) | 2.6534 13 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$2.87
| Dr. Carruthers feels bitter at being betrayed by his employers, Heath and Morton, when they became ...more about Devil Bat starring Bela Lugosi and Suzanne Kaaren |
| 45 | | Raw Deal (1948) | 2.6483 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.84
| Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for Rick, who owes him $50 Grand. ...more about Raw Deal starring Claire Trevor and Marsha Hunt |
| 46 |  | Born to Kill (1947) | 2.6474 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.99
| In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jealousy; it may not be the first time. ...more about Born to Kill starring Claire Trevor and Lawrence Tierney |
| 47 |  | Impact (1949) | 2.6300 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$6.99
| No-nonsense San Francisco industrial whiz Walter Williams's two-timing wife and her lover plot to ...more about Impact starring Brian Donlevy and Ella Raines |
| 48 |  | Terror by Night (1946) | 2.6261 12 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$3.99
| Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous ...more about Terror by Night starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce |
| 49 |  | Boomerang! (1947) | 2.6170 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | This dramatization of a factual incident opens in a quiet Connecticut town where a kindly priest is ...more about Boomerang! starring Dana Andrews and Jane Wyatt |
| 50 |  | Song of the Thin Man (1947) | 2.6118 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Comedy |
$37.01
| Nick and Nora Charles are attending a charity benefit aboard a gambling ship. The festive ...more about Song of the Thin Man starring William Powell and Myrna Loy |
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