FILM-NOIR Movies and Tvshows

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

Johnny OClock (1947)

IMDb: 6.8
1947

A high class crook gets in trouble with the law

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

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

Girl on the Run (1953)

IMDb: 5.2
1953

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater

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

Born to Be Bad (1950)

IMDb: 6.7
1950

A womans attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover who sees through her act and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her

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

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

Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949)

IMDb: 6.6
1949

US Treasury agent George Morton persuades convicted criminal Johnny Evans to help him destroy a drug smuggling ring in exchange for early parole

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

Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)

IMDb: 6.1
1957

During the 1950s Madrid, an American veteran pilot with a gambling problem is forced to accept a high paying dangerous smuggling job

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

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

City Streets (1931)

IMDb: 7.0
1931

Man joins a gang to free his girlfriend from prison

The Burglar (1957)

IMDb: 6.6
1957

Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City

The Chase (1946)

IMDb: 6.5
1946

Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman but Chucks involvement with Eddies fearful wife becomes a nightmare

Western Pacific Agent (1950)

IMDb: 5.9
1950

Detectives for the Western Pacific Railroad investigate several murders, including one of a railroad payroll agent

World in My Corner (1956)

IMDb: 6.4
1956

Up and coming ambitious boxer Tommy Shea must choose between making dishonest money with crooked promoter Harry Cram or honestly winning a title, as advised by his manager Dave Bernstein

The Secret of the Whistler (1946)

IMDb: 6.3
1946

An artist married to a wealthy but ill woman begins an affair with one of his models, who is after him solely for his money His wife discovers the affair and threatens to cut him out of her will In order to be able to keep both

The Thirteenth Hour (1947)

IMDb: 6.4
1947

In the 7th of Columbias Whistler series, truck firm owner Steve Reynolds gets involved in a feud with a rival firm, and shortly thereafter is slugged by a masked assailant who steals the truck he is driving The assailant runs

Moontide (1942)

IMDb: 6.8
1942

In California, Bobo and his mooching pal Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery

Vice Squad (1953)

IMDb: 6.6
1953

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

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

The Big Heat (1953)

IMDb: 8.0
1953

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate

Act of Violence (1948)

IMDb: 7.5
1948

An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his mens planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp

Tight Spot (1955)

IMDb: 6.6
1955

A female inmate is whisked out of prison and into a police guarded hotel until the district attorney can convince her to testify against the mob in the upcoming trial

Private Hell 36 (1954)

IMDb: 6.7
1954

When 2 detectives steal 80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder