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American cinema: Crime/Thriller
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Sidney Lanfield
On the bleak, misty Devonshire moors, a man is running for his life. The next day, he is found dead. The man is Sir Charles Baskerville, the wealthy owner of Baskerville Hall...
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Sidney Lanfield
House by the River (1950)
Fritz Lang
Stephen Byrne, a young American writer who is keen to make a name for himself, lives with his wife Marjorie in a house set on the banks of a river...
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Fritz Lang
The House of Fear (1945)
Roy William Neill
Drearcliffe House, a remote Scottish castle, is home to seven retired bachelors who refer to themselves as the Good Comrades...
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Roy William Neill
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Robert Wise
When the Nazis invade her native Poland during WWII, Victoria Kowelska is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. There, she makes a friend in Karin de Nakova, a woman who is too weak to survive the ordeal of the camp...
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Robert Wise
I Confess (1953)
Alfred Hitchcock
Father Michael Logan is a devout Catholic priest in a Quebec church. One evening, his caretaker, Otto Kellar, insists that he hears his confession - to the murder of a man named Villette...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Impact (1949)
Arthur Lubin
One of America's top industrialists, Walter Williams is blissfully unaware that his wife Irene has been carrying on an affair with a younger man, Jim Torrence... [More...]
Arthur Lubin
One of America's top industrialists, Walter Williams is blissfully unaware that his wife Irene has been carrying on an affair with a younger man, Jim Torrence... [More...]
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Nicholas Ray
Dixon Steele is a jaded Hollywood screenwriter who hasn't had a success for years. At a nightclub, his agent Mel Lippman tries to persuade him to adapt a popular romantic novel for a film... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
Dixon Steele is a jaded Hollywood screenwriter who hasn't had a success for years. At a nightclub, his agent Mel Lippman tries to persuade him to adapt a popular romantic novel for a film... [More...]
In the Electric Mist (2009)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Louisiana town of New Iberia, maverick cop Dave Robicheaux is on the trail of a serial killer whose victims are all vulnerable young women... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the Louisiana town of New Iberia, maverick cop Dave Robicheaux is on the trail of a serial killer whose victims are all vulnerable young women... [More...]
Johnny Eager (1942)
Mervyn LeRoy
Recently released from prison, former gangster Johnny Eager convinces his parole officer he has gone straight by masquerading as a taxi cab driver... [More...]
Mervyn LeRoy
Recently released from prison, former gangster Johnny Eager convinces his parole officer he has gone straight by masquerading as a taxi cab driver... [More...]
Key Largo (1948)
John Huston
With time on his hands, World War II veteran Frank McCloud decides to pay a visit to James Temple, the wheelchair bound father of a friend of his who was killed in the war... [More...]
John Huston
With time on his hands, World War II veteran Frank McCloud decides to pay a visit to James Temple, the wheelchair bound father of a friend of his who was killed in the war... [More...]
The Killers (1946)
Robert Siodmak
Late one evening, two strangers arrive in a small New Jersey town. They stop at a roadside café where they intend to kill a man named Ole Anderson, also known as "the Swede"... [More...]
Robert Siodmak
Late one evening, two strangers arrive in a small New Jersey town. They stop at a roadside café where they intend to kill a man named Ole Anderson, also known as "the Swede"... [More...]
The King of Comedy (1982)
Martin Scorsese
Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be famous. Convinced that he is destined to be the next king of comedy, he foists himself on America's premier chat show host, Jerry Langford, urging him to give him a spot on his evening show... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Rupert Pupkin will do anything to be famous. Convinced that he is destined to be the next king of comedy, he foists himself on America's premier chat show host, Jerry Langford, urging him to give him a spot on his evening show... [More...]
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Robert Aldrich
In the dead of night, a young woman clad only in a trench coat runs for her life along a deserted stretch of highway. Suddenly, she sees a flashy sports car racing towards her and desperately signals to the driver to stop... [More...]
Robert Aldrich
In the dead of night, a young woman clad only in a trench coat runs for her life along a deserted stretch of highway. Suddenly, she sees a flashy sports car racing towards her and desperately signals to the driver to stop... [More...]
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
Gordon Douglas
Ralph Cotter, a notorious gangster, escapes from a prison farm with a fellow convict, Carleton. Pursued by police, Cotter kills Carleton to facilitate his own escape and hooks up with Carleton's sister, Holiday... [More...]
Gordon Douglas
Ralph Cotter, a notorious gangster, escapes from a prison farm with a fellow convict, Carleton. Pursued by police, Cotter kills Carleton to facilitate his own escape and hooks up with Carleton's sister, Holiday... [More...]
Klute (1971)
Alan J. Pakula
When Tom Gruneman, an important research engineer, goes missing his friend John Klute agrees to go looking for him, at the behest of Peter Cable, a senior executive in Gruneman's company... [More...]
Alan J. Pakula
When Tom Gruneman, an important research engineer, goes missing his friend John Klute agrees to go looking for him, at the behest of Peter Cable, a senior executive in Gruneman's company... [More...]
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Orson Welles
In San Francisco, drifter Michael O'Hara falls under the spell of Elsa Bannister, a beautiful young blonde who is grateful when he saves her from some marauding thugs... [More...]
Orson Welles
In San Francisco, drifter Michael O'Hara falls under the spell of Elsa Bannister, a beautiful young blonde who is grateful when he saves her from some marauding thugs... [More...]
Laura (1944)
Otto Preminger
Inspector Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura Hunt. The prime suspect is Waldo Lydecker, a renowned writer with a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else - except Laura... [More...]
Otto Preminger
Inspector Mark McPherson investigates the killing of Laura Hunt. The prime suspect is Waldo Lydecker, a renowned writer with a high opinion of himself and a low opinion of everyone else - except Laura... [More...]
The Leopard Man (1943)
Jacques Tourneur
In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a trained leopard as a gimmick for his girlfriend Kiki, a nightclub performer. On its first night, the leopard takes fright and runs off into the night... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
In New Mexico, Jerry Manning hires a trained leopard as a gimmick for his girlfriend Kiki, a nightclub performer. On its first night, the leopard takes fright and runs off into the night... [More...]
The Lodger (1944)
John Brahm
Whitechapel, London, in the 1880s. In desperate need of cash so that they can keep up appearances, Mr and Mrs Bonting are forced to rent out one of their rooms to a lodger... [More...]
John Brahm
Whitechapel, London, in the 1880s. In desperate need of cash so that they can keep up appearances, Mr and Mrs Bonting are forced to rent out one of their rooms to a lodger... [More...]
The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
Leigh Jason
Early one morning, Manhattan debutante Melsa Manton is out walking her dogs when she sees a playboy acquaintance, Ronnie Belden, run out of a house belonging to the wealthy financier George Lane... [More...]
Leigh Jason
Early one morning, Manhattan debutante Melsa Manton is out walking her dogs when she sees a playboy acquaintance, Ronnie Belden, run out of a house belonging to the wealthy financier George Lane... [More...]
Magnum Force (1973)
Ted Post
Shortly after being acquitted of a murder charge, the high-profile gangster Carmine Ricca is shot dead by a man dressed as a motorcycle traffic cop... [More...]
Ted Post
Shortly after being acquitted of a murder charge, the high-profile gangster Carmine Ricca is shot dead by a man dressed as a motorcycle traffic cop... [More...]
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
John Huston
One day, Brigid O'Shaughnessy enters the office of private detectives Sam Spade and Miles Archer to hire someone to find her missing sister... [More...]
John Huston
One day, Brigid O'Shaughnessy enters the office of private detectives Sam Spade and Miles Archer to hire someone to find her missing sister... [More...]
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock
Whilst vacationing in Morocco, Dr Ben McKenna and his wife, Jo, make the acquaintance of a mysterious Frenchman, Louis Bernard... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Whilst vacationing in Morocco, Dr Ben McKenna and his wife, Jo, make the acquaintance of a mysterious Frenchman, Louis Bernard... [More...]
Marathon Man (1976)
John Schlesinger
Babe Levy is a graduate student at Columbia University who is still haunted by the suicide of his father, an alleged victim of the McCarthy witchhunts... [More...]
John Schlesinger
Babe Levy is a graduate student at Columbia University who is still haunted by the suicide of his father, an alleged victim of the McCarthy witchhunts... [More...]
Mark of the Vampire (1935)
Tod Browning
Late one evening, Sir Karell Barotyn is murdered at his castle residence. From the pinpoint wounds on his neck and the fact that his body has been drained of blood, Dr Doskil concludes that he was killed by a vampire... [More...]
Tod Browning
Late one evening, Sir Karell Barotyn is murdered at his castle residence. From the pinpoint wounds on his neck and the fact that his body has been drained of blood, Dr Doskil concludes that he was killed by a vampire... [More...]
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Jean Negulesco
In 1938, the body of a dead man is found on a beach near Istanbul. He is identified as Dimitrios Makropoulos, a master criminal whose nefarious exploits include theft, espionage, smuggling and political assassination... [More...]
Jean Negulesco
In 1938, the body of a dead man is found on a beach near Istanbul. He is identified as Dimitrios Makropoulos, a master criminal whose nefarious exploits include theft, espionage, smuggling and political assassination... [More...]
Midnight Run (1988)
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family... [More...]
Martin Brest
One-time cop Jack Walsh has turned bounty hunter after a run-in with Los Angeles mobster Jimmy Serrano, which robbed him of his career and his family... [More...]
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Brian De Palma
Led by Jim Phelps, a crack team of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF), a covert branch of the CIA, assembles in Prague. Their mission: to prevent an American diplomat from stealing a list identifying all western intelligence agents operating in Eastern Europe... [More...]
Brian De Palma
Led by Jim Phelps, a crack team of the Impossible Missions Force (IMF), a covert branch of the CIA, assembles in Prague. Their mission: to prevent an American diplomat from stealing a list identifying all western intelligence agents operating in Eastern Europe... [More...]
Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Edward Dmytryk
Private detective Philip Marlowe has his work cut out when two cases fall into his lap at the same time. First, ex-convict Moose Malloy hires him to find his missing girlfriend, Velma... [More...]
Edward Dmytryk
Private detective Philip Marlowe has his work cut out when two cases fall into his lap at the same time. First, ex-convict Moose Malloy hires him to find his missing girlfriend, Velma... [More...]