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  • Lloyd Bridges and Barbara Payton in Trapped (1949)

    1. Trapped

    19491h 18mApproved
    6.4 (2K)
    Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsLloyd BridgesBarbara PaytonJohn Hoyt
  • The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)

    2. The File on Thelma Jordon

    19491h 40mApproved
    6.9 (3.4K)
    Assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBarbara StanwyckWendell CoreyPaul Kelly
  • Gwendolyn Laster and Richard Rober in The Well (1951)

    3. The Well

    19511h 26mApproved
    7.2 (939)
    A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.
    DirectorsLeo C. PopkinRussell RouseStarsGwendolyn LasterRichard RoberMaidie Norman
  • Kirk Douglas, William Bendix, Frank Faylen, Lee Grant, Horace McMahon, Cathy O'Donnell, Eleanor Parker, and Joseph Wiseman in Detective Story (1951)

    4. Detective Story

    19511h 43mApproved78Metascore
    7.5 (9.9K)
    On one day in the 21st Precinct squad room, assorted characters form a backdrop for the troubles of hard-nosed Detective Jim McLeod.
    DirectorWilliam WylerStarsKirk DouglasEleanor ParkerWilliam Bendix
  • William Holden, Carolyn Jones, Edmond O'Brien, and Alexis Smith in The Turning Point (1952)

    5. The Turning Point

    19521h 25mApproved
    6.8 (1.9K)
    Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.
    DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWilliam HoldenEdmond O'BrienAlexis Smith
  • Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons in Angel Face (1952)

    6. Angel Face

    19521h 31mApproved
    7.2 (9.7K)
    Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
    DirectorOtto PremingerStarsRobert MitchumJean SimmonsMona Freeman
  • Richard Widmark and Jean Peters in Pickup on South Street (1953)

    7. 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
  • City That Never Sleeps (1953)

    8. City That Never Sleeps

    19531h 30mApproved
    6.7 (1.7K)
    Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.
    DirectorJohn H. AuerStarsGig YoungMala PowersWilliam Talman
  • Pushover (1954)

    9. Pushover

    19541h 28mApproved
    7.1 (4.5K)
    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
  • Howard Duff, Steve Cochran, and Ida Lupino in Private Hell 36 (1954)

    10. 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
  • Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

    11. Kiss Me Deadly

    19551h 46mApproved
    7.5 (23K)
    A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsRalph MeekerAlbert DekkerPaul Stewart
  • Killer's Kiss (1955)

    12. Killer's Kiss

    19551h 7mApproved
    6.5 (27K)
    Ready to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsFrank SilveraIrene KaneJamie Smith
  • The Scarlet Hour (1956)

    13. The Scarlet Hour

    19561h 35mApproved
    6.9 (873)
    An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsCarol OhmartTom TryonJody Lawrance
  • A Kiss Before Dying (1956)

    14. 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
  • Anne Bancroft, Brian Keith, and Aldo Ray in Nightfall (1956)

    15. Nightfall

    19561h 18m
    7.1 (5.3K)
    Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsAldo RayAnne BancroftBrian Keith
  • Jayne Mansfield in The Burglar (1957)

    16. The Burglar

    19571h 30mApproved
    6.5 (2.1K)
    Dan Duryea and his cronies rob a fake spiritualist and then take it on the lam to Atlantic City.
    DirectorPaul WendkosStarsDan DuryeaJayne MansfieldMartha Vickers
  • Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, and Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil (1958)

    17. Touch of Evil

    19581h 35mPG-1399Metascore
    7.9 (113K)
    A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation he needs.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet Leigh
  • Murder by Contract (1958)

    18. Murder by Contract

    19581h 21mApproved
    7.2 (4.9K)
    Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman.
    DirectorIrving LernerStarsVince EdwardsPhillip PineHerschel Bernardi
  • The Crimson Kimono (1959)

    19. The Crimson Kimono

    19591h 22mApproved
    6.8 (3.5K)
    Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsVictoria ShawGlenn CorbettJames Shigeta
  • Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, and Robert Ryan in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

    20. Odds Against Tomorrow

    19591h 36mApproved
    7.4 (5.9K)
    In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job. But as the animosity between them boils over, the entire plan threatens to implode.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsHarry BelafonteRobert RyanGloria Grahame
  • Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg in Breathless (1960)

    21. Breathless

    19601h 30mNot Rated96Metascore
    7.7 (91K)
    A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American journalism student to run away with him to Italy.
    DirectorJean-Luc GodardStarsJean-Paul BelmondoJean SebergRichard Balducci
  • Anthony Perkins, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, and Heather Dawn May in Psycho (1960)

    22. Psycho

    19601h 49mR97Metascore
    8.5 (753K)
    A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera Miles
  • Dolores Dorn in Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

    23. Underworld U.S.A.

    19611h 39mNot Rated
    7.3 (4.2K)
    A teenager who witnesses the murder of his father vows to exact revenge on the four mobsters involved in the killing.
    DirectorSamuel FullerStarsCliff RobertsonDolores DornBeatrice Kay
  • Allen Baron and Molly McCarthy in Blast of Silence (1961)

    24. Blast of Silence

    19611h 17mApproved75Metascore
    7.4 (6.1K)
    A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.
    DirectorAllen BaronStarsAllen BaronMolly McCarthyLarry Tucker

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