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1. Scarface (1932)
PG | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Directors: Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson | Stars: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins
Votes: 30,306
2. Dernier métro (1945)
98 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Maurice de Canonge | Stars: Gaby Morlay, Alexandre Rignault, Mony Dalmès, Fernand Fabre
Votes: 16
3. Le mystère Saint-Val (1945)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Désiré Le Sec has just won the "amateur policeman contest" and he is so glad he 's telling all the people around.He is an insure agent ,and his boss,his uncle,is annoyed :a man took out a big life insurance and died soon afterward.
Director: René Le Hénaff | Stars: Fernandel, Arlette Guttinguer, Germaine Kerjean, Jean Davy
Votes: 37
4. Les caves du Majestic (1945)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A murder has been committed in the basement of the Grand Hotel Majestic. Ms Petersen's body was indeed discovered in the staff locker rooms by a kitchen employee. Commissioner Maigret and Inspector Lucas are in charge of the case.
Director: Richard Pottier | Stars: Albert Préjean, Suzy Prim, Jacques Baumer, Denise Grey
Votes: 125
5. Seul dans la nuit (1945)
100 min | Crime
A series of crimes is being perpetrated around a famous singer. Strangely, during each of the crimes, the artist's voice is heard humming his favorite song. Suspicions lead to a chase ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Stengel | Stars: Bernard Blier, Sophie Desmarets, Jacques Pills, Jean Davy
Votes: 141
6. 120, rue de la Gare (1946)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Everytime you utter these words "120,Rue De La Gare" you stand in great danger of being shot down.
Director: Jacques Daniel-Norman | Stars: René Dary, Jean Parédès, Albert Dinan, Jean Thielment
Votes: 74
7. L'assassin n'est pas coupable (1946)
82 min | Crime, Drama
In a film studio, several actors are the victims of attempted murders. Julien Brisseau, a writer, decides to use these facts as the backbone of his new novel. But while he is working on his... See full summary »
Director: René Delacroix | Stars: Albert Préjean, Jacqueline Gauthier, Jules Berry, Henri Charrett
Votes: 28
8. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre
Votes: 166,543 | Gross: $2.11M
9. Double Indemnity (1944)
Passed | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Byron Barr
Votes: 167,419 | Gross: $5.72M
10. Le cabaret du grand large (1946)
90 min | Action
Shady traffic takes place behind the door of a cabaret. The gang leader is Asian Wang spied on by Commissioner Thomas. While Richard leads a double game and, out of love for the landlady, ends up shooting Wang.
Director: René Jayet | Stars: Sessue Hayakawa, Fernand Fabre, André Talmès, Antonin Berval
11. Conflict (1945)
Passed | 86 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.
Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart
Votes: 4,604
12. Six heures à perdre (1947)
90 min | Drama
A traveller is stuck in an unknown town because his connecting train will only arrive in six hours. He decides to kill time by taking a stroll.
Directors: Alex Joffé, Jean Le Vitte | Stars: André Luguet, Denise Grey, Pierre Larquey, Paulette Dubost
Votes: 25
13. Les atouts de Monsieur Wens (1947)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director: E.G. de Meyst | Stars: Louis Salou, Marie Déa, Claudine Dupuis, Marcel Josz
Votes: 22
14. Rebecca (1940)
Approved | 130 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson
Votes: 146,683 | Gross: $4.36M
15. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price
Votes: 14,771
16. Copie conforme (1947)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A smooth criminal, who turns to be Manuel Ismora, and his gang successfully and peacefully pull off con after heist. Elsewhere a timid office worker, Gabriel Dupon, is pressured by his boss... See full summary »
Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Suzy Delair, Annette Poivre, Jane Marken
Votes: 312
17. The Big Sleep (1946)
Passed | 114 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail and what might be love.
Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers
Votes: 90,505 | Gross: $6.54M
18. Criminal Brigade (1947)
82 min | Thriller
After the discovery of two murders, Commissioner Chabrier, of the French secret services, is investigating the disappearance of plans affecting the national defense of the country robbed by a gang of international spies.
Director: Gilbert Gil | Stars: Jean Davy, Gilbert Gil, Maurice Teynac, Jean-Max
Votes: 15
19. Dead Reckoning (1946)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A soldier runs away rather than receive the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate, and love and death soon follow.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane
Votes: 8,717
20. Jenny Lamour (1947)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama
A flirtatious wife runs off to meet an older man and the husband closes in with intend to murder him, but finds the deed already done.
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair
Votes: 6,412 | Gross: $0.03M
21. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas
Votes: 11,086
22. Un flic (1947)
95 min | Drama
Director: Maurice de Canonge | Stars: Lucien Coëdel, Suzy Carrier, Raymond Pellegrin, Michèle Martin
Votes: 28
23. Boomerang! (1947)
Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The true story of a prosecutor's fight to prove the innocence of a man accused of a notorious murder.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams
Votes: 5,058
24. Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Passed | 106 min | Adventure, Film-Noir, Romance
In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Gary Cooper, Robert Alda, Lilli Palmer, Vladimir Sokoloff
Votes: 3,441
25. Spellbound (1945)
Approved | 111 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 52,223 | Gross: $7.00M
26. Notorious (1946)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern
Votes: 107,251 | Gross: $10.46M
27. Carrefour du crime (1948)
82 min | Drama
Director: Jean Sacha | Stars: Louis Salou, Claude Génia, André Valmy, Sylviane Aladin
28. Dark Passage (1947)
Passed | 106 min | Film-Noir, Thriller
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead
Votes: 21,964
29. Call Northside 777 (1948)
Approved | 112 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal re-opens a decade-old murder case.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker
Votes: 10,235
30. L'assassin est à l'écoute (1948)
88 min
April fools in a studio where a radio host pretends to shoot dead all the performers....till a true crime occurs.
Director: Raoul André | Stars: Louise Carletti, Pierre Cour, Francis Blanche, Albert
Votes: 15
31. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Passed | 120 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders
Votes: 23,710 | Gross: $3.48M
32. I Walk Alone (1947)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Frankie Madison leaves prison expecting a share from his ex-partner. But Prohibition bootlegging didn't prepare Frankie for Big Business.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Wendell Corey
Votes: 3,287
33. Between Eleven and Midnight (1949)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective with a striking resemblance for a murdered criminal impersonates the deceased to identify his murderer.
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Robinson, Léo Lapara, Monique Mélinand
Votes: 288
34. Bal Cupidon (1949)
100 min | Comedy, Crime
A well-meaning female lawyer and an arrogant smug private eye ,at odds with each other,investigate.
Director: Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon | Stars: Pierre Blanchar, Yves Vincent, Marcelle Praince, Suzanne Dantès
Votes: 22
35. Saboteur (1942)
Passed | 109 min | Thriller, War
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Robert Cummings, Otto Kruger, Alan Baxter
Votes: 27,971
36. Key Largo (1948)
Approved | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore
Votes: 43,965
37. T-Men (1947)
Approved | 92 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
Two US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Wallace Ford, Alfred Ryder, Mary Meade
Votes: 3,906
38. Marlène (1949)
100 min | Drama
Returning from South America, a singer is hired by an old pal who runs a detective agency to use a perch as a night club performer to be an investigator.The amateur sleuth then falls for a girl whose brother is a jewel thief.
Director: Pierre de Hérain | Stars: Tino Rossi, Micheline Francey, Pauline Carton, Lilia Vetti
Votes: 23
39. Le parfum de la dame en noir (1949)
100 min | Crime
Mathilde Stangerson just married her fiance, when she heard that Larsan, her cruel former husband, whom she believed to be dead, is actually very much alive. Taking refuge to her castle, ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Daquin | Stars: Serge Reggiani, Hélène Perdrière, Marcel Herrand, Lucien Nat
Votes: 50
40. The Third Man (1949)
Approved | 93 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard
Votes: 181,799 | Gross: $0.45M
41. Wicked City (1949)
76 min | Crime, Drama
After his freighter pulls into Marseille, Canadian seaman Eric Martin falls in love with Dolores, a cabaret girl (American version of a prostitute in the French version) at the "Kitcat" ... See full summary »
Director: François Villiers | Stars: Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Lilli Palmer, Marcel Dalio
Votes: 108
42. The Paradine Case (1947)
Approved | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Gregory Peck, Ann Todd, Charles Laughton, Charles Coburn
Votes: 12,384
43. Rope (1948)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two men attempt to prove they committed the perfect crime by hosting a dinner party after strangling their former classmate to death.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Dick Hogan
Votes: 153,585
44. L'auberge du péché (1950)
108 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Jean de Marguenat | Stars: Ginette Leclerc, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Édouard Delmont, Jean Parédès
45. Knock on Any Door (1949)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready, Allene Roberts
Votes: 4,206
46. Hollow Triumph (1948)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity, with unfortunate results.
Directors: Steve Sekely, Paul Henreid | Stars: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks
Votes: 3,186
47. Thieves' Highway (1949)
Passed | 94 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw.
Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence
Votes: 6,867
48. Woman in Hiding (1950)
Passed | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After her father is killed in an accident, mill heiress Deborah Chandler marries the plant manager, Selden Clark, but his motives are suspicious.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Ida Lupino, Stephen McNally, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow
Votes: 1,506
49. Les aventuriers de l'air (1950)
83 min | Adventure, Drama
Director: René Jayet | Stars: Ginette Leclerc, Elina Labourdette, Yves Furet, Jean Murat
50. Hardly a Criminal (1949)
88 min | Crime, Drama
A bank employee utilizes a legal loophole to conduct the perfect crime, planning to reap the rewards of his embezzlement following a six-year prison sentence.
Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Jorge Salcedo, Sebastián Chiola, Tito Alonso, Josefa Goldar
Votes: 263
51. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Passed | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Jean Hagen, James Whitmore
Votes: 29,937
52. Porte d'orient (1950)
100 min | Crime
Director: Jacques Daroy | Stars: Yves Vincent, Tilda Thamar, Nathalie Nattier, Marcel Dalio
53. Stage Fright (1950)
Approved | 110 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence after he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Michael Wilding
Votes: 16,137
54. Port of New York (1949)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at New York Harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner
Votes: 1,073
55. Boîte de nuit (1951)
90 min | Musical
A couple of dancers performs in a night club. The man is jealous of Gina, his partner,and keeps making scenes to her, going as far as bullying her on the stage during their act. A man gets ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred Rode | Stars: Claudine Dupuis, Alfred Rode, Pierre-Louis, Saint-Granier
Votes: 15
56. The Enforcer (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Directors: Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane
Votes: 5,642
57. Union Station (1950)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
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.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger
Votes: 2,725
58. Strangers on a Train (1951)
PG | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Leo G. Carroll
Votes: 140,977 | Gross: $7.63M
59. Massacre en dentelles (1952)
97 min | Drama
Cock-eyed reporter Georges Masse enjoys a peaceful vacation in Venice. Which does not please his boss as he is not supposed to be... in vacation! P'tit Louis, Georges' blundering but ... See full summary »
Director: André Hunebelle | Stars: Raymond Rouleau, Anne Vernon, Tilda Thamar, Bernard Lajarrige
Votes: 40
60. Appointment with Danger (1950)
Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
When ruthlessly dedicated postal inspector investigates the murder of a co-worker, he finds that the sole witness, a nun, has been targeted by the killers.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart, Jan Sterling
Votes: 1,503
61. Hoodlum Empire (1952)
Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After WW2, ex-mobster war hero Joe Gray goes straight, to the dismay of his New York mob boss uncle who's afraid that his nephew will testify against his outfit before a Grand Jury.
Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston
Votes: 359
62. 5 Fingers (1952)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During WWII the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: James Mason, Danielle Darrieux, Michael Rennie, Walter Hampden
Votes: 5,467
63. Les amants maudits (1952)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A waiter fond of detective stories becomes a gangster.
Director: Willy Rozier | Stars: Danièle Roy, Robert Berri, Jacques Dynam, René Alié
Votes: 38
64. Brelan d'as (1952)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Three episodes of a police nature, one of them starring Maigret and the other Lemmy Caution.
Director: Henri Verneuil | Stars: Michel Simon, Raymond Rouleau, John van Dreelen, Nathalie Nattier
Votes: 151
65. Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter, Ed Begley
Votes: 4,097
66. The Narrow Margin (1952)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Directors: Richard Fleischer, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert
Votes: 8,652
67. Poison Ivy (1953)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
FBI Agent Lemmy is sent after a missing two million in Casablanca while mob boss mistress Carlotta plays both sides of the law.
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Dominique Wilms, Howard Vernon, Darío Moreno
Votes: 333
68. House of Wax (1953)
GP | 88 min | Horror
An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
Director: André De Toth | Stars: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones
Votes: 20,247 | Gross: $23.75M
69. I Confess (1953)
Not Rated | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A priest, who comes under suspicion for murder, cannot clear his name without breaking the seal of the confessional.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden, Brian Aherne
Votes: 23,249
70. The Big Steal (1949)
Approved | 71 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
An army lieutenant accused of robbery pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's fiancee.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix, Patric Knowles
Votes: 5,387
71. Girls' Dormitory (1953)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Marco is assigned to investigate a murder that has occurred at an exclusive boarding school for adolescent girls. The victim is a popular, wealthy girl found strangled in her bed.... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Marais, Françoise Arnoul, Denise Grey, Jeanne Moreau
Votes: 132
72. Cet homme est dangereux (1953)
92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An escaped convict on the run becomes the newest member of the international criminal network. In order to gain the respect of the gang, he gets involved in a plot to kidnap a rich American heiress.
Director: Jean Sacha | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Colette Deréal, Grégoire Aslan, Claude Borelli
Votes: 154
73. Desperate Moment (1953)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Simon Van Halder (Sir Dirk Bogarde) is accused of murdering a British soldier during post-World War II mayhem. His girlfriend works on his behalf to expose the true villain.
Director: Compton Bennett | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Philip Friend, Albert Lieven
Votes: 214
74. Touchez pas au grisbi (1954)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama
An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom.
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Jean Gabin, René Dary, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli
Votes: 8,540 | Gross: $0.13M
75. The Scheming Women (1954)
96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paul Rémi, the well-known theater director, was accused by his secretary, Andrieux, of having pushed his associate Bazine from a footbridge situated twelve meters above the stage. Advised ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Raymond Rouleau, Jeanne Moreau, Raymond Pellegrin, Etchika Choureau
Votes: 182
76. Quai des blondes (1954)
120 min | Crime, Drama
A former navy officer is tied up in a smuggling operation between Marseille and Tangier concentrating particularly in lucrative American cigarettes. However, his position is threatened by ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Cadéac | Stars: Michel Auclair, Barbara Laage, Madeleine Lebeau, Henri Arius
Votes: 16
77. Les femmes s'en balancent (1954)
109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Lemmy Caution is back! He hooks up with a fellow agent at a night club to exchange info about a beautiful babe the FBI has under observation. Later, Eddie finds his fellow agent murdered ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Borderie | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Nadia Gray, Dominique Wilms, Robert Berri
Votes: 173
78. 99 River Street (1953)
Not Rated | 83 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: John Payne, Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Frank Faylen
Votes: 3,433
79. Votre dévoué Blake (1954)
97 min | Comedy, Crime
American airline pilot out for a holiday, finds a beautiful girl, a man's corpse, and a charge of complicity in murder, all in quick succession going Paris by Night.
Directors: Jean Laviron, Jerome Epstein | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Danielle Godet, Dora Doll, Jacques Dynam
Votes: 32
80. One Step to Eternity (1954)
95 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper (who justifies his actions by calling attention to his poverty-stricken childhood), invites four women to a housewarming ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Corinne Calvet, Gérard Buhr
Votes: 149
81. The Good Die Young (1954)
Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.
Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, Richard Basehart, Joan Collins
Votes: 1,505
82. Dial M for Murder (1954)
PG | 105 min | Crime, Thriller
A former tennis star arranges the murder of his adulterous wife.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams
Votes: 188,737 | Gross: $0.01M
83. Ça va barder (1955)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A con man (Eddie Constantine) is approached by a shipping magnate to become one of his security agents.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Eddie Constantine, May Britt, Jean Danet, Lyla Rocco
Votes: 135
84. Razzia (1955)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy ... See full summary »
Director: Henri Decoin | Stars: Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Lino Ventura, Albert Rémy
Votes: 1,312
85. Rear Window (1954)
PG | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 521,933 | Gross: $36.76M
86. Beside Murder (1955)
88 min | Crime, Drama
A ship has sunk;insurance premium: a hundred million Francs.
Director: Willy Rozier | Stars: Tony Wright, Lysiane Rey, Colette Ripert, Paul Cambo
Votes: 34
87. Je suis un sentimental (1955)
95 min | Crime, Thriller
Michel was just released from prison when he is suspected of having killed his wife as she was the one who brought him into prison. She also betrayed him with Rupert, a journalist not ... See full summary »
Director: John Berry | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Bella Darvi, Olivier Hussenot, Walter Chiari
Votes: 89
88. Hi-Jack Highway (1955)
92 min | Crime, Drama
After a spending the night with his girlfriend, trucker Jean encounters a dead body on the road home. He reports the incident to the police who suspect that Jean was responsible for the death.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset, Simone Berthier
Votes: 574
89. To Catch a Thief (1955)
PG | 106 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams
Votes: 79,712 | Gross: $8.75M
90. Violent Saturday (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith
Votes: 2,865
91. La melodía misteriosa (1956)
84 min | Crime
Film inspired by the radio contest of the same title.
Director: Juan Fortuny | Stars: Mick Micheyl, Howard Vernon, Dany Carrel, Manuel Monroy
Votes: 33
92. The Desperate Hours (1955)
Approved | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott
Votes: 10,873
93. The Trouble with Harry (1955)
PG | 99 min | Comedy, Mystery
Harry's dead and, while no one really minds, everyone feels responsible. After Harry's body is found in the woods, several locals must determine not only how and why he was killed but what to do with the body.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick
Votes: 41,262
94. The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
Director: Charles Laughton | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason
Votes: 97,320 | Gross: $0.65M
95. Bob the Gambler (1956)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Guy Decomble
Votes: 13,352 | Gross: $0.02M
96. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
PG | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles
Votes: 69,543 | Gross: $10.25M
97. Man and Child (1956)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Raoul André | Stars: Eddie Constantine, Juliette Gréco, Folco Lulli, Jacqueline Ventura
Votes: 41
98. 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
Approved | 103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker, Patricia Laffan
Votes: 2,577
99. The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957)
104 min | Crime, Mystery
Arsène Lupin, the multifaceted gentleman thief, steals two masterpieces from the President of the Council. Some time later, posing as Monsieur Gilles, a winegrower who is marrying his only ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Becker | Stars: Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, O.E. Hasse, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 640
100. Speaking of Murder (1957)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A garage owner maintains his business as a front for his gang of criminals.
Director: Gilles Grangier | Stars: Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur, Marcel Bozzuffi, Albert Dinan
Votes: 653
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