FILM-NOIR Movies and Tvshows

He Walked by Night (1948)

IMDb: 7.1
1948

This film noir piece, told in semi documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

IMDb: 6.4
1950

Police seek a smuggler while doctors, unaware shes the same person, desperately comb unprotected New York for a smallpox carrier

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

IMDb: 7.6
1944

After being hired to find an ex cons former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit

Niagara (1953)

IMDb: 7.0
1953

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder

Criss Cross (1949)

IMDb: 7.5
1949

An armored truck driver and his ex wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route

Sudden Fear (1952)

IMDb: 7.5
1952

After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her

Between Midnight and Dawn (1950)

IMDb: 6.5
1950

Prowl car cops on night duty romance a reluctant young lady while in danger from a vengeful racketeer

Cloak and Dagger (1946)

IMDb: 6.6
1946

In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides

So Dark the Night (1946)

IMDb: 6.3
1946

Paris police detective Cassin has a well needed vacation at a rural inn, where the owners adult daughter shows interest in him but she has a jealous boyfriend Will Cassin need his skills

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

Detour (1945)

IMDb: 7.4
1945

Chance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail

Hollow Triumph (1948)

IMDb: 6.8
1948

Pursued by the big time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity with unfortunate results

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

IMDb: 6.7
1954

An FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer

A Womans Face (1941)

IMDb: 7.2
1941

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman

Champion (1949)

IMDb: 7.4
1949

Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame mainly by stepping on other people

The Miami Story (1954)

IMDb: 6.2
1954

Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)

IMDb: 6.4
1955

After 5 years in prison, ex cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter

Desert Fury (1947)

IMDb: 6.7
1947

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyones efforts to separate them

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

IMDb: 7.1
1950

Starting with a violent prison break, clever, ruthless Ralph Cotter corrupts everyone around him

Shack Out on 101 (1955)

IMDb: 6.3
1955

An isolated diner on Californias 101 highway provides the backdrop of the story involving nuclear secrets, foreign spies and federal agents

The HitchHiker (1953)

IMDb: 7.0
1953

Two fishermen pick up a psychopathic escaped convict who tells them that he intends to murder them when the ride is over

Stage Fright (1950)

IMDb: 7.1
1950

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after hes accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer

A Double Life (1947)

IMDb: 7.0
1947

A celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello

Road House (1948)

IMDb: 7.2
1948

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friendmanager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him

5 Steps to Danger (1956)

IMDb: 6.2
1956

During the 1950s, a mans car trip from L A to Texas turns into a Cold War espionage drama when his car breaks down and he accepts a lift from a stranger

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

IMDb: 5.9
1955

A Navy veteran purchases a government surplus vessel and becomes involved in the capture of waterfront racketeers

The Shadow on the Window (1957)

IMDb: 6.2
1957

Three young thugs rob a farmhouse, kill the owner and take his stenographer hostage but the womans estranged husband, a police detective, starts investigating her disappearance

The Other Love (1947)

IMDb: 6.2
1947

Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely Rather, she opts for a liv

Born to Kill (1947)

IMDb: 7.2
1947

A calculating divorcee risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesnt love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister

Dark City (1950)

IMDb: 6.7
1950

Gamblers who took an out of town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them

The Hoodlum (1951)

IMDb: 6.2
1951

Paroled sociopath and career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his familys trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery

Possessed (1947)

IMDb: 7.2
1947

After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there

Nightmare Alley (1947)

IMDb: 7.8
1947

The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall

M (1951)

IMDb: 6.8
1951

In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children

Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

IMDb: 6.9
1956

The New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags to riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives

The Sleeping City (1950)

IMDb: 6.8
1950

In New York, the murder of a Bellvue Hospital intern prompts the police to send an undercover detective to investigate