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| 1 |  | Citizen Kane (1941) |  4.0000 157 reviews | PG | Drama, Mystery |
$18.26
| Newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his extravagant mansion, speaking a single word: ...more about Citizen Kane starring Joseph Cotten and Dorothy Comingore |
| 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 |  | Suspicion (1941) |  3.1664 35 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$7.99
| Johnny Aysgarth is a handsome gambler who seems to live by borrowing money from friends. He meets ...more about Suspicion starring Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant |
| 4 |  | I Wake Up Screaming (1941) | 2.8635 14 reviews | NA | Mystery, Film-Noir |
$6.59
| Promoter Frankie Christopher, being grilled by police in the murder of model Vicky Lynn, recalls in ...more about I Wake Up Screaming starring Betty Grable and Victor Mature |
| 5 |  | 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 |
| 6 |  | Topper Returns (1941) |  2.4328 9 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Comedy |
$5.99
| Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, a beautiful ...more about Topper Returns starring Joan Blondell and Roland Young |
| 7 |  | Hold That Ghost (1941) | 2.2629 7 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy |
$12.95
| Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. ...more about Hold That Ghost starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello |
| 8 |  | Black Cat, The (1941) |  2.2236 2 reviews | NA | Horror, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Greedy heirs gather to wait for the death of Henrietta Winslow. Murder, thunder claps, howling ...more about Black Cat starring Basil Rathbone and Hugh Herbert |
| 9 |  | Dressed to Kill (1941) | 2.2221 3 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery |
$9.99
| Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne leave a marriage bureau when shots fired in a ...more about Dressed to Kill starring Mary Beth Hughes and Sheila Ryan |
| 10 |  | Dead Men Tell (1941) | 2.0501 3 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | Just as elderly Miss Nodbury is ready to leave on a treasure hunt for a family fortune she is ...more about Dead Men Tell starring Sidney Toler and Sheila Ryan |
| 11 | | Date with the Falcon, A (1941) | 1.9999 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Date with the Falcon starring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie |
| 12 |  | Murder by Invitation (1941) | 1.9451 1 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy |
$4.71
| The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can ...more about Murder by Invitation starring Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh |
| 13 |  | Man Betrayed, A (1941) | 1.8538 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery | N/A | Attorney Lynn Hollister investigates the murder of his friend in the big city. Along the way, he ...more about Man Betrayed starring John Wayne and Frances Dee |
| 14 | | East of Piccadilly (1941) | 1.8355 1 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about East of Piccadilly starring Judy Campbell and Sebastian Shaw |
| 15 | | Whistling in the Dark (1941) | 1.8173 1 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy | N/A | The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set ...more about Whistling in the Dark starring Red Skelton and Conrad Veidt |
| 16 | | Charlie Chan in Rio (1941) | 1.7944 2 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | A pair of murders in Rio de Janiero leads the local police to call the famed detective. Charlie is ...more about Charlie Chan in Rio starring Sidney Toler and Mary Beth Hughes |
| 17 | | Saint in Palm Springs, The (1941) |  1.6164 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Saint in Palm Springs starring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie |
| 18 | | Footsteps in the Dark (1941) | 1.5981 2 reviews | NA | Crime, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | A high society type (Francis Warren) has a secret life; He writes murder mysteries and hangs out ...more about Footsteps in the Dark starring Errol Flynn and Brenda Marshall |
| 19 | | Passage from Hong Kong (1941) |  No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Passage from Hong Kong starring Lucile Fairbanks and Douglas Kennedy |
| 20 | | Smiling Ghost (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt ...more about Smiling Ghost starring Brenda Marshall and Alexis Smith |
| 21 |  | City of Missing Girls (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery |
$4.99
| A number of young girls turns up dead or missing, and the one connection they have is that they ...more about City of Missing Girls starring H.B. Warner and Astrid Allwyn |
| 22 | | Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Secrets of the Lone Wolf starring Warren William and Eric Blore |
| 23 | | Night of January 16th (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | The story revoles around three people; Tycoon Bjorn Faulkner (Nils Asther), who is being called ...more about Night of January 16th starring Robert Preston and Ellen Drew |
| 24 | | Mr. Dynamite (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Mr. Dynamite starring Irene Hervey and Robert Armstrong |
| 25 | | Dangerous Game, A (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy | N/A | ...more about Dangerous Game starring Richard Arlen and Andy Devine |
| 26 | | Pacific Blackout (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery | N/A | While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert ...more about Pacific Blackout starring Robert Preston and Martha O'Driscoll |
| 27 | | 1-2-3 Go! (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery, Comedy, Family, Short | N/A | While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. ...more about 1-2-3 Go! |
| 28 | | Dangerous Lady (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Dangerous Lady starring June Storey and Neil Hamilton |
| 29 | | Penalty, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Penalty starring Edward Arnold and Lionel Barrymore |
| 30 | | Shot in the Dark, A (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Phil Richards is selling his nightclub to an out-of-town buyer, and the local mob express this ...more about Shot in the Dark starring William Lundigan and Nan Wynn |
| 31 | | Gay Falcon, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Gay Falcon starring George Sanders and Wendy Barrie |
| 32 | | Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Crime, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Confessions of Boston Blackie starring Harriet Hilliard and Richard Lane |
| 33 | | Lucky Devils (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Lucky Devils starring Richard Arlen and Andy Devine |
| 34 | | Patient Vanishes, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | James Mason as a private detective, whose father is a Scotland Yard man, takes a case involving ...more about Patient Vanishes starring Mary Clare and Margaret Vyner |
| 35 | | Lone Wolf Takes a Chance, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Lone Wolf Takes a Chance starring Warren William and Eric Blore |
| 36 | | Great Swindle, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Great Swindle starring Jack Holt and Jonathan Hale |
| 37 |  | Bride Wore Crutches, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Bride Wore Crutches starring Lynne Roberts and Edgar Kennedy |
| 38 | | Gambling Daughters (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | While trailing the school French teacher, Professor Bedoin (Sig Arno), hoping to catch him in a ...more about Gambling Daughters starring Cecilia Parker and Roger Pryor |
| 39 | | Sealed Lips (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery, Film-Noir | N/A | ...more about Sealed Lips starring William Gargan and June Clyde |
| 40 | | Man at Large (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | War, Thriller, Mystery | N/A | G-Man Bob Grayson (George Reeves) is working hand in hand with a British Intelligence agent to ...more about Man at Large starring Marjorie Weaver and George Reeves |
| 41 | | I Killed That Man (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery |
$4.99
| ...more about I Killed That Man starring Ricardo Cortez and Joan Woodbury |
| 42 |  | Shadows on the Stairs (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery |
$5.16
| ...more about Shadows on the Stairs starring Frieda Inescort and Paul Cavanagh |
| 43 | | Forced Landing (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Forced Landing starring Richard Arlen and Eva Gabor |
| 44 | | Murder Among Friends (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | When a number of old men being to die off, all beneficiaries of a policy established when they were ...more about Murder Among Friends starring Marjorie Weaver and John Hubbard |
| 45 | | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring starring Ralph Bellamy and Margaret Lindsay |
| 46 | | Saint Meets the Tiger, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery | N/A | A man murdered at the Saint's doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he ...more about Saint Meets the Tiger starring Hugh Sinclair and Jean Gillie |
| 47 | | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Mystery | N/A | ...more about Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime starring Ralph Bellamy and Margaret Lindsay |
| 48 |  | Tell-Tale Heart, The (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Horror, Crime, Mystery, Short |
$37.01
| Adapted from the story by Edgar Allan Poe: A young man is being dominated, insulted, and mistreated ...more about Tell-Tale Heart starring Roman Bohnen |
| 49 | | Raiders of the Desert (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Adventure, Mystery | N/A | ...more about Raiders of the Desert starring Richard Arlen and Sig Arno |
| 50 | | Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) | No Score 0 reviews | NA | Drama, Mystery | N/A | Boy crusader Matt works for the Daily News and always breaks the big story. The only trouble is ...more about Nine Lives Are Not Enough starring Ronald Reagan and James Gleason |
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