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| 1 |  | M (1931) |  3.2920 50 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$27.95
| A child murder is on the loose in the streets of the German city of Dusseldorf. With the police ...more about M starring Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann |
| 2 |  | Black Cat, The (1934) |  3.1677 36 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$21.22
| Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus ...more about Black Cat starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff |
| 3 |  | Frankenstein (1931) | 3.1514 82 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi |
$12.95
| Scientist Dr. Frankenstein creates and reanimates a creature compiled from various parts of the ...more about Frankenstein starring Colin Clive and Mae Clarke |
| 4 |  | Big House, The (1930) | 3.1094 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | After a manslaughter conviction from drunk driving, nice but foolish Kent is sent to a prison ...more about Big House starring Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone |
| 5 |  | 39 Steps, The (1935) | 3.0973 59 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$2.42
| Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of "Mr Memory"'s show in a music hall, ...more about 39 Steps starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll |
| 6 |  | Invisible Man, The (1933) | 3.0934 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$15.69
| A scientist turns himself invisible. However, the formula slowly drives him insane, causing him to ...more about Invisible Man starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart |
| 7 |  | Hound of the Baskervilles, The (1939) | 3.0349 12 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery |
$14.99
| On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on ...more about Hound of the Baskervilles starring Richard Greene and Basil Rathbone |
| 8 |  | Old Dark House, The (1932) | 2.9671 25 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Comedy |
$14.61
| Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are ...more about Old Dark House starring Boris Karloff and Melvyn Douglas |
| 9 |  | Most Dangerous Game, The (1932) | 2.9050 25 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.00
| A cabin cruiser is shipwrecked off the coast of a remote island, and its three passengers manage to ...more about Most Dangerous Game starring Leslie Banks and Fay Wray |
| 10 |  | Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The (1939) | 2.8720 19 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.98
| Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. To get ...more about Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce |
| 11 |  | Night Must Fall (1937) | 2.8035 5 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | Crotchety old Mrs. Bransom hires a charming young man named Danny as a live-in companion. Less ...more about Night Must Fall starring Rosalind Russell and Dame May Whitty |
| 12 | | Living Dangerously (1936) | 2.7892 9 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | ...more about Living Dangerously |
| 13 |  | Each Dawn I Die (1939) | 2.7802 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$9.99
| Although innocent, reporter Frank Ross is found guilty of murder and is sent to jail. While his ...more about Each Dawn I Die starring James Cagney and George Raft |
| 14 |  | Young and Innocent (1937) | 2.7609 11 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$6.99
| A film actress is murdered by her estranged husband who is jealous of all her young boyfriends. The ...more about Young and Innocent starring Nova Pilbeam and Derrick De Marney |
| 15 |  | Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) |  2.7319 22 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$3.68
| In London, sculptor Ivan Igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner Worth from burning his wax ...more about Mystery of the Wax Museum starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray |
| 16 |  | Sabotage (1936) | 2.7195 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$6.49
| Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small ...more about Sabotage starring Desmond Tester and John Loder |
| 17 |  | Doctor X (1932) | 2.6976 16 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror |
$25.98
| A monster lurks as New York newspaperman Lee Taylor investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders, ...more about Doctor X starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray |
| 18 |  | Number Seventeen (1932) | 2.6757 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$65.76
| Detective Gilbert is searching for a necklace robbed by a gang of thieves. In the beginning, the ...more about Number Seventeen starring Leon M. Lion and Anne Grey |
| 19 |  | Cat and the Canary, The (1939) | 2.6665 4 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery, Comedy, Family | N/A | Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has ...more about Cat and the Canary starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard |
| 20 | | Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934) | 2.6255 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$6.98
| Bob and Jill Lawrence are on a winter sports holiday with their teenage daughter Betty. When their ...more about Man Who Knew Too Much starring Leslie Banks and Edna Best |
| 21 |  | Fog Over Frisco (1934) | 2.6163 2 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery | N/A | Arlene is involved with underworld types. Her society girl sister believes it is only innocent ...more about Fog Over Frisco starring Bette Davis and Donald Woods |
| 22 |  | Bullets or Ballots (1936) | 2.5433 7 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.86
| After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner former detective Johnny Blake knocks ...more about Bullets or Ballots starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Blondell |
| 23 |  | Seven Sinners (1936) | 2.5364 6 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime | N/A | US private eye sorts out European crime wave. With female sidekick in tow, wisecracking private eye ...more about Seven Sinners starring Edmund Lowe and Constance Cummings |
| 24 |  | Bat Whispers, The (1930) | 2.4953 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Comedy |
$25.99
| Despite advance warning to the police, who seal off the area, The Bat, a master criminal, steals a ...more about Bat Whispers starring Una Merkel and Richard Tucker |
| 25 |  | Stamboul Quest (1934) | 2.4839 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Romance | N/A | In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British ...more about Stamboul Quest starring Myrna Loy and George Brent |
| 26 |  | Q Planes (1939) | 2.4748 4 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | Experimental aircraft of several countries are mysteriously vanishing during test flights over the ...more about Q Planes starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson |
| 27 |  | Murder! (1930) | 2.4519 15 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$7.95
| The police find the actress, Diana Baring, near the body of her friend. All the circumstantial ...more about Murder! starring Norah Baring and Phyllis Konstam |
| 28 |  | Roaring Twenties, The (1939) | 2.4200 8 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$12.71
| After the WWI Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally ...more about Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney and Priscilla Lane |
| 29 |  | Last Gangster, The (1937) | 2.3743 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Gangster Joe Krozac is in prison for ten years. Reporter Paul North is fired by his newspaper for ...more about Last Gangster starring Edward G. Robinson and James Stewart |
| 30 |  | Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) | 2.3401 4 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Mystery |
$4.65
| Captain High 'Bulldog' Drummond has just returned to England. As he is driving home in the dark, a ...more about Bulldog Drummond Escapes starring Ray Milland and Reginald Denny |
| 31 | | Sh! The Octopus (1937) | 2.3378 3 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery, Comedy | N/A | Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of ...more about Sh! The Octopus starring Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins |
| 32 | | Kind Lady (1935) | 2.3104 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | Mary Herries is a rich woman with a habit of contributing to those less fortunate than her. On her ...more about Kind Lady starring Aline MacMahon and Basil Rathbone |
| 33 |  | Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) | 2.2693 4 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$34.97
| Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery ...more about Charlie Chan in Paris starring Warner Oland and Keye Luke |
| 34 |  | Murder Man, The (1935) | 2.2602 2 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When ...more about Murder Man starring Spencer Tracy and Virginia Bruce |
| 35 | | Death from a Distance (1935) |  2.2282 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery |
$4.99
| ...more about Death from a Distance starring Russell Hopton and Lola Lane |
| 36 |  | Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) | 2.2099 1 reviews | NA | Adventure, Thriller, Mystery |
$5.00
| The girlfriend of Captain Drummond is being kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. ...more about Bulldog Drummond Comes Back starring John Barrymore and John Howard |
| 37 |  | Love from a Stranger (1937) | 2.1734 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$4.96
| Carol wins the lottery, but unfortunately her sudden wealth leads to a disagreement with her fiancé ...more about Love from a Stranger starring Ann Harding and Basil Rathbone |
| 38 | | Night Mail (1934) | 2.1186 1 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | ...more about Night Mail starring Henry Oscar and Hope Davy |
| 39 |  | Clairvoyant, The (1934) | 2.1156 3 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | Maximus, a small-time music hall mind reader, has frightening flashes of precognition; but he ...more about Clairvoyant starring Claude Rains and Fay Wray |
| 40 | | Spy in Black, The (1939) | 2.0973 6 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Drama, War, Thriller, Romance | N/A | When a German U-Boat captain is sent on a spying mission to the North of Scotland during World War ...more about Spy in Black starring Conrad Veidt and Sebastian Shaw |
| 41 | | C.O.D. (1932) | 2.0912 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery | N/A | When Frances discovers her stepfather dead in the library, she pays Peter Craven to help her hide ...more about C.O.D. starring Hope Davey and Arthur Stratton |
| 42 | | Midnight at Madame Tussauds (1936) | 2.0593 2 reviews | NA | Thriller | N/A | Explorer Sir Clive bets that he can spend the night alone in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors. ...more about Midnight at Madame Tussauds starring Lucille Lisle and James Carew |
| 43 |  | Secret Agent (1936) | 2.0547 5 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance |
$6.49
| During the first world war, novelist Edgar Brodie is sent to Switzerland by the Intelligence ...more about Secret Agent starring John Gielgud and Peter Lorre |
| 44 |  | Study in Scarlet, A (1933) | 2.0364 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery |
$5.16
| In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its ...more about Study in Scarlet starring Reginald Owen and Anna May Wong |
| 45 |  | Shriek in the Night, A (1933) | 2.0364 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery, Comedy |
$5.16
| Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot are rival newspaper reporters always trying to outscoop each other. ...more about Shriek in the Night starring Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot |
| 46 |  | Dick Tracy (1937) | 2.0364 3 reviews | NA | Action, Thriller, Crime |
$9.99
| ...more about Dick Tracy starring Ralph Byrd and Kay Hughes |
| 47 |  | Strange Adventure, A (1932) | 2.0273 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Mystery |
$5.19
| Silas Wayne's will leaves the bulk of his estate to his niece, but the cursed Candor diamond ...more about Strange Adventure starring Regis Toomey and June Clyde |
| 48 | | Secret of the Blue Room (1933) | 2.0182 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery | N/A | Twenty years after 3 murders occur in a castle's "blue room", three men who each want to marry a ...more about Secret of the Blue Room starring Paul Lukas and Gloria Stuart |
| 49 | | Non-Stop New York (1937) | 2.0090 1 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Crime, Romance | N/A | ...more about Non-Stop New York starring John Loder and Anna Lee |
| 50 | | Scream in the Night, A (1935) | 1.9634 1 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$5.16
| ...more about Scream in the Night starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Sheila Terry |
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