FILM-NOIR Movies and Tvshows

In a Lonely Place (1950)

IMDb: 8.0
1950

A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him However, she soon starts to have her doubts

The Killer Is Loose (1956)

IMDb: 6.6
1956

An unhinged, deceptively mild mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle

Ace in the Hole (1951)

IMDb: 8.1
1951

A frustrated former big city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out of control circus

Cry Vengeance (1954)

IMDb: 6.5
1954

Violent ex cop Vic Barron comes to Ketchikan, Alaska seeking revenge on an old enemy

The Letter (1940)

IMDb: 7.6
1940

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self defense, but a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing

Woman in Hiding (1950)

IMDb: 6.9
1950

After her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious

Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

IMDb: 7.0
1946

Ex GI Nick Blake gets involved in a scheme to fleece a rich, young widow, but finds himself falling for her, much to the displeasure of his racketeer cohorts

The Damned Dont Cry (1950)

IMDb: 7.1
1950

A New York socialite climbs the ladder of success man by man until a life among rich gangsters gives her what she thought she always wanted

I Became a Criminal (1947)

IMDb: 7.2
1947

After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black market smugglers thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policemans murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge

Union Station (1950)

IMDb: 6.8
1950

A sharp eyed woman spots a man with a gun on a train and her alert to the railroad police helps them in their search for a ruthless gang who have kidnapped a blind heiress

The Maltese Falcon (1931)

IMDb: 6.8
1931

A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon

Whiplash (1948)

IMDb: 6.5
1948

A struggling artist becomes a New York City prizefighter in an attempt to win the affection of the ring promoters night club singing sister

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

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

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

IMDb: 6.8
1946

When a woman he meets is murdered, a soon to ship out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl

The Accused (1949)

IMDb: 6.8
1949

A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self defense killing

Thunderbolt (1929)

IMDb: 6.6
1929

A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolts girl Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution

Out of the Past (1947)

IMDb: 8.0
1947

A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses and duplicitous dames

Johnny Eager (1941)

IMDb: 7.1
1941

The step daughter of a district attorney falls in love with a gangster on parole who her father originally imprisoned

The Brothers Rico (1957)

IMDb: 6.8
1957

A retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities

The Woman on the Beach (1947)

IMDb: 6.4
1947

A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post Traumatic Stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter

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

The Beast Must Die (1952)

IMDb: 7.7
1952

When his child is hit by a car, a writer of thrillers is desperate to avenge his death and goes in search of the murderer

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

IMDb: 6.9
1956

A novelist aided by his future father in law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment

Knock on Any Door (1949)

IMDb: 6.7
1949

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court

All My Sons (1948)

IMDb: 7.4
1948

During WW2, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever but years later his sin comes back to haunt him when Joes son plans to marry Deevers daughter

The Big Combo (1955)

IMDb: 7.3
1955

A police lieutenant is ordered to stop investigating deadly crime boss Mr Brown because he hasnt been able to get any hard evidence against him He goes after Browns girlfriend, who despises him, for information instead

Accused of Murder (1956)

IMDb: 5.6
1956

Police detective falls for singer, gets involved with gangster killing

The Raging Tide (1951)

IMDb: 6.4
1951

After a San Francisco gangster murders a rival criminal, he seeks shelter on a fishermans boat while the police are man hunting him and pressuring his girlfriend into betrayal

Street of Chance (1942)

IMDb: 6.3
1942

After an accident, a New York man with amnesia finds out the ugly truth about his real identity and past by interacting with people who seem to know him well

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

IMDb: 6.8
1939

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm His love for the foremans daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older mans death due to a weak hea

Lady on a Train (1945)

IMDb: 6.8
1945

In New York, a woman who partially witnesses a killing from a train window seeks the aid of a crime novelist to solve the murder

Violated (1953)

IMDb: 5.1
1953

Psycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and scalping his victims

Thieves Highway (1949)

IMDb: 7.5
1949

A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw

City Streets (1931)

IMDb: 7.0
1931

Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison

You and Me (1938)

IMDb: 6.9
1938

An altruistic department store owner hires ex convicts in order to give them a second chance at life Unfortunately, one of the convicts he hires recruits two of his fellow ex convicts in a plan to rob the store