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  • Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

    1. Riot in Cell Block 11

    19541h 20mNot Rated
    7.0 (2.6K)
    Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials.
    DirectorDon SiegelStarsNeville BrandEmile MeyerFrank Faylen
  • Jim Backus, Richard Conte, Julie Adams, Fred Clark, and Henry Hull in Hollywood Story (1951)

    2. Hollywood Story

    19511h 17mApproved
    6.7 (1.2K)
    An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director in 1929.
    DirectorWilliam CastleStarsRichard ConteJulie AdamsRichard Egan
  • Linda Darnell, George Sanders, and Laird Cregar in Hangover Square (1945)

    3. Hangover Square

    19451h 17mApproved
    7.3 (4.4K)
    A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.
    DirectorJohn BrahmStarsLaird CregarLinda DarnellGeorge Sanders
  • The Window (1949)

    4. The Window

    19491h 13mApproved78Metascore
    7.4 (5.2K)
    To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9-year-old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, but no one will believe him.
    DirectorTed TetzlaffStarsBobby DriscollBarbara HaleArthur Kennedy
  • John Garfield and Geraldine Fitzgerald in Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

    5. Nobody Lives Forever

    19461h 40mApproved
    7.1 (2.1K)
    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.
    DirectorJean NegulescoStarsJohn GarfieldGeraldine FitzgeraldWalter Brennan
  • John Baragrey, Patricia Knight, and Cornel Wilde in Shockproof (1949)

    6. Shockproof

    19491h 19mApproved
    6.5 (2.7K)
    A parole officer falls in love with his client, a ravishing blonde who served time for murder, and he's determined to help her go straight despite her interfering criminal boyfriend.
    DirectorDouglas SirkStarsCornel WildePatricia KnightJohn Baragrey
  • Peggie Castle, Evelyn Keyes, and John Payne in 99 River Street (1953)

    7. 99 River Street

    19531h 23mApproved
    7.4 (3.7K)
    A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police after his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
    DirectorPhil KarlsonStarsJohn PayneEvelyn KeyesBrad Dexter
  • They Won't Believe Me (1947)

    8. They Won't Believe Me

    19471h 35mApproved
    7.2 (3.2K)
    On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable-sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
    DirectorIrving PichelStarsRobert YoungSusan HaywardJane Greer
  • Howard Duff, Steve Cochran, and Ida Lupino in Private Hell 36 (1954)

    9. Private Hell 36

    19541h 21mApproved
    6.7 (2.1K)
    When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder.
    DirectorDon SiegelStarsIda LupinoSteve CochranHoward Duff
  • Bette Davis in Beyond the Forest (1949)

    10. Beyond the Forest

    19491h 37mApproved
    6.8 (2.9K)
    Resentful of her small-town life, a married woman schemes to run off with a rich businessman.
    DirectorKing VidorStarsBette DavisJoseph CottenDavid Brian
  • Nancy Guild, John Hodiak, and Lloyd Nolan in Somewhere in the Night (1946)

    11. Somewhere in the Night

    19461h 50mApproved
    7.0 (3.8K)
    George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, while trying to track down his old identity, he stumbles onto a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsJohn HodiakNancy GuildLloyd Nolan
  • A Kiss Before Dying (1956)

    12. A Kiss Before Dying

    19561h 34mApproved
    6.7 (4.7K)
    A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress.
    DirectorGerd OswaldStarsRobert WagnerJeffrey HunterVirginia Leith
  • He Walked by Night (1948)

    13. He Walked by Night

    19481h 19mApproved
    7.0 (7.2K)
    This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
    DirectorsAlfred L. WerkerAnthony MannStarsRichard BasehartScott BradyRoy Roberts
  • Murder by Contract (1958)

    14. Murder by Contract

    19581h 21mApproved
    7.2 (5K)
    Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
    DirectorIrving LernerStarsVince EdwardsPhillip PineHerschel Bernardi
  • Geraldine Carr, Marlo Dwyer, Arthur Franz, and Marie Windsor in The Sniper (1952)

    15. The Sniper

    19521h 28mApproved
    7.1 (4.2K)
    A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsArthur FranzAdolphe MenjouGerald Mohr
  • John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, and Marie Windsor in Force of Evil (1948)

    16. Force of Evil

    19481h 19mApproved89Metascore
    7.2 (8.1K)
    An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
    DirectorAbraham PolonskyStarsJohn GarfieldThomas GomezBeatrice Pearson
  • Ann Sheridan and Kent Smith in Nora Prentiss (1947)

    17. Nora Prentiss

    19471h 51mApproved
    7.1 (2.3K)
    A doctor spins an ever-growing web of lies after a taste of the excitement that he was missing in his conventional life, thanks to a chance meeting with a nightclub singer.
    DirectorVincent ShermanStarsAnn SheridanKent SmithBruce Bennett
  • Signe Hasso, Maylia, and Dick Powell in To the Ends of the Earth (1948)

    18. To the Ends of the Earth

    19481h 49mApproved
    6.8 (1K)
    After witnessing an incident on a foreign ship off California coast, a U.S. Treasury agent aboard a Coast Guard vessel decides to further investigate the matter by following a crime trail leading to China, Egypt, Lebanon and Cuba.
    DirectorRobert StevensonStarsDick PowellSigne HassoMaylia
  • Olivia de Havilland and Lew Ayres in The Dark Mirror (1946)

    19. The Dark Mirror

    19461h 25mApproved
    7.1 (6.1K)
    A man is found murdered, and witnesses are sure about the woman they saw leaving his apartment. However, it becomes apparent that the woman has a twin, and finding out which one is the killer seems impossible.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsOlivia de HavillandLew AyresThomas Mitchell
  • Richard Widmark and Jean Peters in Pickup on South Street (1953)

    20. Pickup on South Street

    19531h 20mApproved
    7.6 (17K)
    A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsRichard WidmarkJean PetersThelma Ritter
  • Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tom Neal, and Ann Savage in Detour (1945)

    21. Detour

    19451h 6mApproved
    7.3 (21K)
    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsTom NealAnn SavageClaudia Drake
  • Pushover (1954)

    22. Pushover

    19541h 28mApproved
    7.1 (4.6K)
    An undercover police officer falls for the beautiful moll of a bank robber on the run and together they plan to double-cross both the hood and the cops.
    DirectorRichard QuineStarsFred MacMurrayKim NovakPhilip Carey
  • Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Alice Faye in Fallen Angel (1945)

    23. Fallen Angel

    19451h 38mApproved
    7.0 (7K)
    A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsAlice FayeDana AndrewsLinda Darnell
  • William Bendix, Vincent Price, Edmond O'Brien, and Ella Raines in The Web (1947)

    24. The Web

    19471h 27mApproved
    7.1 (1.6K)
    An attorney acting as a body guard, apparently kills a man in defense of his employer's life, and later believes the victim was set up to be murdered.
    DirectorMichael GordonStarsElla RainesEdmond O'BrienWilliam Bendix
  • The Breaking Point (1950)

    25. The Breaking Point

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.5 (4.9K)
    An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJohn GarfieldPatricia NealPhyllis Thaxter

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