FILM-NOIR Movies and Tvshows

Woman on the Run (1950)

IMDb: 7.2
1950

Frank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder Hes pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer

Whirlpool (1950)

IMDb: 6.7
1950

A woman suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an attempt to cure her Soon afterwards, shes found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there, and seemingly no way to prove her innocence

Shield for Murder (1954)

IMDb: 6.8
1954

When a brutal police detective Lt murders a bookmakers runner for 25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks

Womens Prison (1955)

IMDb: 6.5
1955

A sadistic prison warden takes out her sexual frustration on her women inmates While a caring physician tries to improve the jails brutal atmosphere, a pair of rebellious inmates take matters into their own hands

Not as a Stranger (1955)

IMDb: 6.7
1955

An ego driven, aspiring physician, intolerant of the weaknesses of others, especially those closest to him, comes to grips with his own imperfections

I Wouldnt Be in Your Shoes (1948)

IMDb: 6.5
1948

A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer

The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)

IMDb: 6.0
1945

A scientist who has found a way to prolong life he is 120 years old finds himself in a dilemma he has fallen in love, and he has also discovered that if he doesnt get new glands, he will die

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

IMDb: 7.6
1947

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs Bannister, seaman Michael OHara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot

The Boss (1956)

IMDb: 6.3
1956

Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran takes almost complete control of a state with the help of a crooked lawyer The film is enhanced by John Paynes persuasive performance as The Boss

The Unfaithful (1947)

IMDb: 6.8
1947

A Los Angeles socialite kills a man while home alone one night and claims he was an intruder she did not know It seems like a clear case of self defense until the story hits the papers and people connected to the dead man come forwa

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

IMDb: 7.0
1952

While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead frie

Too Late for Tears (1949)

IMDb: 7.3
1949

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with 60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder

Iron Man (1951)

IMDb: 6.3
1951

An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother

The Return of the Whistler (1948)

IMDb: 6.3
1948

On the eve of his marriage, a young mans fiance disappears He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder revolving around his fiances dead ex hus

A Night of Adventure (1944)

IMDb: 6.2
1944

A wealthy lawyer begins to suspect that his inattention to his wife is making her cheat on him When he discovers the truth hes charged with murder

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

Black Tuesday (1954)

IMDb: 6.6
1954

Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair

The Naked City (1948)

IMDb: 7.6
1948

A step by step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

IMDb: 8.2
1932

Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him

Ruthless (1948)

IMDb: 6.9
1948

A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family but he grows into a money hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder

The Glass Web (1953)

IMDb: 6.6
1953

A beautiful but heartless television actress, uses seduction and tricks to blackmail the men in her life to a point, where she could get herself killed

A Womans Vengeance (1948)

IMDb: 6.8
1948

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected

Follow Me Quietly (1949)

IMDb: 6.5
1949

An obsessed cop tracks an elusive serial killer who strangles his victims on rainy nights

Vice Squad (1953)

IMDb: 6.6
1953

Police procedural film following a few cases assigned to LAPD captain of detectives Barnie Barnaby

Force of Evil (1948)

IMDb: 7.3
1948

An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket

Party Girl (1958)

IMDb: 7.0
1958

Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise

A Womans Devotion (1956)

IMDb: 6.0
1956

A newly married American couple vacationing in Mexico is prevented by the police from leaving Acapulco when the husband becomes prime suspect in a local girls homicide

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

IMDb: 6.9
1951

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America

Pickup on South Street (1953)

IMDb: 7.7
1953

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring

The Unguarded Moment (1956)

IMDb: 6.3
1956

A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect

One Way Street (1950)

IMDb: 6.5
1950

After stealing a gangsters money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico

The Fearmakers (1958)

IMDb: 6.2
1958

A Korean War veteran returns to Washington D C only to discover his business partner had died and their public research business sold, so he works there undercover to find out the truth

Conflict (1945)

IMDb: 7.1
1945

An engineer kills his first Wife, then woos her sister

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

The Man I Love (1946)

IMDb: 6.7
1946

A homesick, no nonsense lounge singer decides to leave New York City to spend some time visiting her two sisters and brother on the West Coast Eventually she falls in love with a down and out ex jazz pianist

The Scarlet Hour (1956)

IMDb: 6.9
1956

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill fated jewelry heist