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| 1 |  | 12 Angry Men (1957) |  3.9683 68 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
$11.03
| The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if ...more about 12 Angry Men starring Martin Balsam and Lee J. Cobb |
| 2 |  | Vertigo (1958) |  3.7026 132 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Romance |
$13.99
| Retired police detective Scottie Fergusson is asked by an old college friend to follow his wife, ...more about Vertigo starring James Stewart and Kim Novak |
| 3 |  | Some Like It Hot (1959) | 3.6570 72 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy, Music |
$4.55
| Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) just happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time ...more about Some Like It Hot starring Marilyn Monroe and Tony Curtis |
| 4 |  | Touch of Evil (1958) | 3.6103 77 reviews | PG-13 | Thriller, Crime, Adaptation, Film-Noir |
$8.89
| A Mexican government investigator and his young American wife put their honeymoon on hold in an ...more about Touch of Evil starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh |
| 5 |  | On the Waterfront (1954) | 3.5617 86 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Romance |
$11.84
| Terry has been a witness and participant in the murder of dockworker, Joey. Terry's conscience ...more about On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden |
| 6 |  | Strangers on a Train (1951) | 3.4828 63 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.63
| An Alfred Hitchcock thriller about a famous tennis player named Guy Haines (Farley Granger) who is ...more about Strangers on a Train starring Farley Granger and Ruth Roman |
| 7 |  | Asphalt Jungle, The (1950) | 3.2839 45 reviews | G | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| Infimous criminal Doc Rienschneider (Sam Jaffe) has just returned from prison and already has a ...more about Asphalt Jungle starring Sterling Hayden and Louis Calhern |
| 8 |  | Wrong Man, The (1956) | 3.2509 30 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$8.63
| Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs ...more about Wrong Man starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles |
| 9 |  | Killing, The (1956) |  3.2493 49 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.69
| After getting out of prison, Johnny Clay masterminds a complex race-track heist, but his scheme is ...more about Killing starring Sterling Hayden and Coleen Gray |
| 10 |  | Dial M for Murder (1954) | 3.1960 47 reviews | PG | Thriller, Crime |
$6.85
| Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice decides to murder his wife for her money and because she had an affair ...more about Dial M for Murder starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly |
| 11 |  | Big Heat, The (1953) | 3.1877 35 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$17.37
| Detective Dave Bannion investigates a police sergeant's suicide. Strictly routine...until a B-girl ...more about Big Heat starring Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame |
| 12 |  | Defiant Ones, The (1958) | 3.1383 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.65
| Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two convicts on a chain gang who hate each other. After a truck ...more about Defiant Ones starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier |
| 13 |  | Tiger Bay (1959) | 3.1008 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | 12 year old Gillie witnesses a Polish Sailor killing his girlfriend and manages to get hold of the ...more about Tiger Bay starring John Mills and Horst Buchholz |
| 14 |  | On Dangerous Ground (1952) | 3.0969 12 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$28.99
| Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help ...more about On Dangerous Ground starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan |
| 15 |  | Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1959) | 3.0859 13 reviews | PG | Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$5.74
| Returning to his familie’s manor house on the lonely moors after his father dies under mysterious ...more about Hound of the Baskervilles starring Peter Cushing and André Morell |
| 16 |  | Ladykillers, The (1955) | 3.0854 29 reviews | NA | Crime, Comedy |
$9.10
| A gang planning a 'job' find themselves living with a little old lady, who thinks they are ...more about Ladykillers starring Alec Guinness and Cecil Parker |
| 17 |  | House of Wax (1953) | 3.0443 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$3.68
| A sculptor of wax figures for a museum is horrified when his partner proposes setting fire to the ...more about House of Wax starring Vincent Price and Frank Lovejoy |
| 18 |  | Angel Face (1952) | 3.0243 14 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her ...more about Angel Face starring Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons |
| 19 |  | I Want to Live! (1958) | 3.0108 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Biography, Crime |
$10.65
| Previously convicted of petty crimes like stealing and prostitution, Barbara Graham was accused of ...more about I Want to Live! starring Susan Hayward and Simon Oakland |
| 20 |  | Guys and Dolls (1955) | 3.0007 29 reviews | G | Crime, Musical, Romance, Comedy |
$4.99
| All the hot gamblers are in town, and they're all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week's ...more about Guys and Dolls starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons |
| 21 |  | Kiss Me Deadly (1955) | 2.9971 37 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.99
| One dark night, sleazy private eye Mike Hammer picks up a girl on the highway, wearing only a ...more about Kiss Me Deadly starring Ralph Meeker and Albert Dekker |
| 22 |  | Bucket of Blood, A (1959) | 2.9928 20 reviews | NA | Horror, Crime, Comedy |
$5.69
| Walter Paisley, nerdish waiter at a Bohemian cafe, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its ...more about Bucket of Blood starring Dick Miller and Barboura Morris |
| 23 |  | Big Combo, The (1955) | 2.9899 25 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.99
| Police Lt. Diamond is told to close his surveillance of suspected mob boss Mr. Brown because it's ...more about Big Combo starring Cornel Wilde and Richard Conte |
| 24 |  | Detective Story (1951) | 2.9467 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$4.94
| On a day in the life of the 21st Precinct detective squad, we meet a batty old lady; petty ...more about Detective Story starring Craig Hill and Eleanor Parker |
| 25 |  | Narrow Margin, The (1952) | 2.9045 20 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| When a mobsters wife decides to testify against his evil deeds she goes undercover to avoid being ...more about Narrow Margin starring Charles McGraw and Marie Windsor |
| 26 |  | Beat the Devil (1953) | 2.8985 15 reviews | NA | Adventure, Drama, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$3.82
| A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy ...more about Beat the Devil starring Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones |
| 27 |  | Compulsion (1959) | 2.8962 19 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$6.88
| Based very closely on the Loeb-Leopold murder case, the second half of the movie is primarily taken ...more about Compulsion starring Orson Welles and Diane Varsi |
| 28 |  | Mr. Arkadin (1955) | 2.8917 40 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$32.38
| Guy Stratten gets the order from Mr. Arkadin, to find out everything about his past, because he ...more about Mr. Arkadin starring Akim Tamiroff and Grégoire Aslan |
| 29 |  | Nightfall (1957) | 2.8569 5 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | CAST Aldo Ray Brian Keith Anne Bancroft Jocelyn Brando James Gregory Frank ...more about Nightfall starring Aldo Ray and Brian Keith |
| 30 |  | Night and the City (1950) | 2.8414 22 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$27.95
| Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. One ...more about Night and the City starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney |
| 31 |  | King Creole (1958) | 2.8343 14 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Musical |
$5.64
| Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a ...more about King Creole starring Elvis Presley and Carolyn Jones |
| 32 |  | Panic in the Streets (1950) | 2.8225 29 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$6.59
| One night in the New Orleans slums, vicious hoodlum Blackie and his friends kill an illegal ...more about Panic in the Streets starring Richard Widmark and Paul Douglas |
| 33 |  | Blue Gardenia, The (1953) | 2.8017 19 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$7.64
| Nora is a pretty telephone operator engaged to a soldier overseas. On her birthday, she gets a Dear ...more about Blue Gardenia starring Anne Baxter and Richard Conte |
| 34 |  | Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) | 2.7865 9 reviews | Not Rated | Action, History, Biography, Crime | N/A | Charlie Bronson was 37 when he starred in this potent little gangster picture from King of the Bs ...more about Machine-Gun Kelly starring Charles Bronson and Susan Cabot |
| 35 |  | Night Heaven Fell, The (1958) | 2.7641 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$14.71
| Ursula leaves the convent where she was educated, to start living with her uncle, the count Ribera, ...more about Night Heaven Fell starring Brigitte Bardot and Alida Valli |
| 36 |  | Corridors of Blood (1958) | 2.7545 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$39.99
| In an effort to relieve the suffering of surgery patients, Dr. Thomas Bolton painstakingly develops ...more about Corridors of Blood starring Boris Karloff and Betta St. John |
| 37 |  | House by the River (1950) | 2.7526 13 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$16.99
| A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's ...more about House by the River starring Louis Hayward and Jane Wyatt |
| 38 |  | Barefoot Contessa, The (1954) |  2.7404 25 reviews | PG | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Romance |
$9.99
| Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when independently wealthy Kirk ...more about Barefoot Contessa starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner |
| 39 |  | Indestructible Man (1956) | 2.7082 7 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$4.99
| A violent criminal called The Butcher is brought back to life by a scientist using electricity. The ...more about Indestructible Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Max Showalter |
| 40 |  | Violent Saturday (1955) | 2.6926 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime | N/A | A number of otherwise insignificant small-town stories erupt into drama when a gang of hoodlums ...more about Violent Saturday starring Victor Mature and Richard Egan |
| 41 |  | Ankokugai no bijo (1958) | 2.6461 13 reviews | NA | Crime |
$14.71
| ...more about Ankokugai no bijo starring Michitaro Mizushima and Mari Shiraki |
| 42 |  | Jail Bait (1954) | 2.6342 14 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir |
$11.99
| Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon ...more about Jail Bait starring Lyle Talbot and Dolores Fuller |
| 43 |  | Murder by Contract (1958) | 2.6180 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | Claude is a self-made hitman who gets picked up by the big boys to handle a troublesome witness. ...more about Murder by Contract starring Vince Edwards and Phillip Pine |
| 44 |  | Caged (1950) | 2.6015 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime |
$8.63
| Frightened 19-year-old Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) gets sent to an Illinois penitentiary for being ...more about Caged starring Eleanor Parker and Agnes Moorehead |
| 45 |  | Without Warning! (1952) | 2.5617 7 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$11.97
| Quiet, unobtrusive LA citizen Carl Martin picks up look-alikes for his estranged blonde wife and ...more about Without Warning! starring Adam Williams and Meg Randall |
| 46 |  | Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) | 2.5560 17 reviews | NA | Horror, Sci-Fi, Crime |
$5.00
| A group of gold thieves (Frank Wolff, Richard Sinatra, Wally Campo and Sheila Carol) pull of a ...more about Beast from Haunted Cave starring Michael Forest and Sheila Noonan |
| 47 |  | Suddenly (1954) | 2.5350 5 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$4.55
| The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of ...more about Suddenly starring Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden |
| 48 |  | Cover Girl Killer (1959) | 2.5312 7 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime | N/A | A bikini-clad pin-up is found dead by the Serpentine in the same place, pose and get-up as when she ...more about Cover Girl Killer starring Harry H. Corbett and Felicity Young |
| 49 |  | Killer Is Loose, The (1956) | 2.5130 6 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Film-Noir | N/A | A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies teller Leon Poole as inside ...more about Killer Is Loose starring Joseph Cotten and Rhonda Fleming |
| 50 |  | Three Cases of Murder (1955) | 2.4770 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Horror, Crime, Mystery | N/A | Three stories of murder and the supernatural. In the first, a museum worker is introduced to a ...more about Three Cases of Murder starring Orson Welles and John Gregson |
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