FILM-NOIR Movies and Tvshows

Girls in Prison (1956)

IMDb: 5.2
1956

Anne Carson, meeting the seamy side of prison life, finds that everyone thinks she knows where unrecovered bank loot is

A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

IMDb: 6.7
1953

Whitney Cameron suspects his sister in law has poisoned his brother and niece, but without proof how does he prevent the murder of his nephew

Kiss of Death (1947)

IMDb: 7.4
1947

Nick Bianco is caught during a botched jewellery heist The prosecution offer him a more lenient sentence if he squeals on his accomplices but he doesnt roll over on them Three years into the sentence an event changes his mind

Bait (1954)

IMDb: 5.9
1954

A beautiful blonde leads a man down the road to ruin

House by the River (1950)

IMDb: 7.1
1950

A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances The writer engages his brothers help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them

The Desperate Hours (1955)

IMDb: 7.5
1955

Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

IMDb: 7.8
1943

A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the Merry Widow killer sought by the authorities

Witness to Murder (1954)

IMDb: 6.7
1954

A womans sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window

Human Desire (1954)

IMDb: 7.1
1954

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co workers wife following a murder on a train where they meet

5 Against the House (1955)

IMDb: 5.9
1955

Four college buddies enjoying a night at a Reno casino are told by a cop that robbing the casino "cannot be done." That gets the brainiest rich kid among them thinking up a plan for the perfect robbery. He convinces the others to join in when they he

Appointment with Danger (1950)

IMDb: 6.6
1950

When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers

Girl on the Run (1953)

IMDb: 5.2
1953

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

IMDb: 7.9
1939

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

IMDb: 7.6
1955

A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious great whatsit

The Big Sleep (1946)

IMDb: 7.9
1946

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family Before the complex case is over, hes seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

IMDb: 8.0
1955

A religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the 10,000 hed stolen in a robbery

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

IMDb: 7.6
1950

Det Sgt Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasnt a guy on the right side of the law Will Dixons vicious nature get the better of him

Boomerang! (1947)

IMDb: 7.2
1947

The true story of a prosecutors fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder

Rumble on the Docks (1956)

IMDb: 5.5
1956

Crime drama concerning the coming of age of a Brooklyn born 17 year old whose loyalty is torn between his parents old fashion values and a local gangsters flashy lifestyle

The Bigamist (1953)

IMDb: 6.8
1953

A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit

Make Haste to Live (1954)

IMDb: 6.0
1954

After serving 18 years in prison for a murder he didnt commit, a mobster is paroled and returns to a New Mexico town to exact his revenge on the woman responsible for his conviction

Lady in the Lake (1946)

IMDb: 6.6
1946

The lady editor of a crime magazine hires Phillip Marlowe to find the wife of her boss The private detective soon finds himself involved in murder

The Mob (1951)

IMDb: 7.0
1951

Johnny Damico botches a murder case and is suspended from the force In reality, he is put undercover to identify the mysterious boss of the NY waterfront who has murdered everyone in his way Will Johnny be next in line

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)

IMDb: 6.8
1948

Fugitive Bill Saunders and lonely nurse Jane Wharton are crossed by fate when he hides out in her apartment

The Beast of the City (1932)

IMDb: 6.8
1932

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick ruthlessly goes after organized crime and is prepared to use brutal and violent methods to fight it

Among the Living (1941)

IMDb: 6.3
1941

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother

Cop Hater (1958)

IMDb: 6.4
1958

The hardworking detectives of the 87th Precinct in an unnamed city during a massive heat wave investigate the seemingly random murders of policemen

Deported (1950)

IMDb: 6.4
1950

An American gangster sent back to his home country falls in love with a widowed countess

The Big Clock (1948)

IMDb: 7.6
1948

A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

IMDb: 7.3
1951

Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case

Mildred Pierce (1945)

IMDb: 8.0
1945

A hard working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter

A Kiss Before Dying (1956)

IMDb: 6.7
1956

A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress

The Glass Key (1942)

IMDb: 7.1
1942

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re election campaign

You Only Live Once (1937)

IMDb: 7.3
1937

The public defenders secretary and an ex convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control

Female on the Beach (1955)

IMDb: 6.3
1955

Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives

Laura (1944)

IMDb: 8.0
1944

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating