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  • Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, William Conrad, and Charles McGraw in The Killers (1946)

    1. The Killers

    19461h 43mApproved
    7.7 (25K)
    Hit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.
    DirectorRobert SiodmakStarsBurt LancasterAva GardnerEdmond O'Brien
  • Walter Slezak, Lawrence Tierney, and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947)

    2. Born to Kill

    19471h 32mApproved
    7.2 (6.5K)
    A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsClaire TrevorLawrence TierneyWalter Slezak
  • Burt Lancaster in Brute Force (1947)

    3. Brute Force

    19471h 38mApproved80Metascore
    7.5 (12K)
    At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.
    DirectorJules DassinStarsBurt LancasterHume CronynCharles Bickford
  • Bitter Rice (1949)

    4. Bitter Rice

    19491h 48mNot Rated
    7.6 (5.3K)
    Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
    DirectorGiuseppe De SantisStarsVittorio GassmanDoris DowlingSilvana Mangano
  • Richard Conte and Valentina Cortese in Thieves' Highway (1949)

    5. Thieves' Highway

    19491h 34mApproved
    7.5 (7.3K)
    A war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce marketer.
    DirectorJules DassinStarsRichard ConteValentina CorteseLee J. Cobb
  • Gene Tierney, Richard Widmark, Francis L. Sullivan, and Googie Withers in Night and the City (1950)

    6. Night and the City

    19501h 36mApproved
    7.8 (16K)
    A small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.
    DirectorJules DassinStarsRichard WidmarkGene TierneyGoogie Withers
  • Diana Dors in Man Bait (1952)

    7. Man Bait

    19521h 18mNot Rated
    6.3 (945)
    The married owner of a bookstore is attracted to his sexy blonde clerk. He finally gives in to temptation and makes a pass at her, but that only results in him getting enmeshed in blackmail and murder.
    DirectorTerence FisherStarsGeorge BrentMarguerite ChapmanRaymond Huntley
  • Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons in Angel Face (1952)

    8. 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
  • Joan Collins, James Kenney, and Ian Whittaker in The Slasher (1953)

    9. The Slasher

    19531h 15mApproved
    6.1 (551)
    The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.
    DirectorLewis GilbertStarsJames KenneyJoan CollinsBetty Ann Davies
  • Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat (1953)

    10. The Big Heat

    19531h 29mApproved
    7.9 (31K)
    Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsGlenn FordGloria GrahameJocelyn Brando
  • Blackout (1954)

    11. Blackout

    19541h 27mNot Rated
    6.2 (820)
    A broke American in London meets a woman who offers to pay him for a marriage of convenience. He agrees, but awakes bloodied in a strange place, having unknowingly become entangled in her father's murder.
    DirectorTerence FisherStarsDane ClarkBelinda LeeBetty Ann Davies
  • Hugo Haas and Cleo Moore in The Other Woman (1954)

    12. The Other Woman

    19541h 21mApproved
    6.5 (306)
    Feeling humiliated and angry after failing a line reading, an aspiring actress plots to ruin the life and career of the film's director.
    DirectorHugo HaasStarsHugo HaasCleo MooreLance Fuller
  • Jan Sterling, Ida Lupino, and Cleo Moore in Women's Prison (1955)

    13. Women's Prison

    19551h 20mApproved
    6.5 (1.3K)
    A sadistic prison warden takes out her sexual frustration on her women inmates. While a caring physician tries to improve the jail's brutal atmosphere, a pair of rebellious inmates take matters into their own hands.
    DirectorLewis SeilerStarsIda LupinoJan SterlingCleo Moore
  • Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

    14. 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
  • Victor Mature and Virginia Leith in Violent Saturday (1955)

    15. Violent Saturday

    19551h 30mApproved
    6.9 (3.1K)
    Three hoodlums carefully case a small town while planning to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday. On Saturday, things turn violent and deadly.
    DirectorRichard FleischerStarsVictor MatureRichard EganStephen McNally
  • Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    16. The Night of the Hunter

    19551h 32mApproved97Metascore
    8.0 (104K)
    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.
    DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian Gish
  • Ransom! (1956)

    17. Ransom!

    19561h 49mApproved
    6.9 (2.5K)
    After the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions.
    DirectorAlex SegalStarsGlenn FordDonna ReedLeslie Nielsen
  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)

    18. The Killing

    19561h 24mApproved91Metascore
    7.9 (103K)
    Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince Edwards
  • Muriel Pavlow and Donald Sinden in Eyewitness (1956)

    19. Eyewitness

    19561h 22m
    6.2 (369)
    Lucy Church, the sole witness to a fatal robbery, is struck by a passing bus and her life lies in the balance as the thieves wait for a chance to finish her off.
    DirectorMuriel BoxStarsDonald SindenMuriel PavlowBelinda Lee
  • Teenage Wolfpack (1956)

    20. Teenage Wolfpack

    19561h 29m
    6.5 (562)
    "Think of a law, they've broken it. Think of a crime, they've committed it." A tense, tough story of a teenage gang committing acts of robbery, violence, and murder. The leader of the gang finds himself torn between his own brother and his sleazy (but very good-looking) girlfriend. 35mm.
    DirectorGeorg TresslerStarsHorst BuchholzKarin BaalChristian Doermer
  • Joi Lansing in Hot Cars (1956)

    21. Hot Cars

    19561hNot Rated
    6.4 (453)
    A salt-of-earth family man needs money for his sick son, and decides to keep a job at a used car lot despite realizing it is selling stolen cars.
    DirectorDon McDougallStarsJohn BromfieldJoi LansingMark Dana
  • Town on Trial (1957)

    22. Town on Trial

    19571h 36mApproved
    6.5 (991)
    At a local tennis club in a posh London suburb, an attractive but flirty young woman is murdered, prompting a Scotland Yard investigation.
    DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsJohn MillsCharles CoburnBarbara Bates
  • Belinda Lee in The Secret Place (1957)

    23. The Secret Place

    19571h 38mNot Rated
    6.6 (434)
    A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.
    DirectorClive DonnerStarsBelinda LeeRonald LewisMichael Brooke
  • Mamie Van Doren in Untamed Youth (1957)

    24. Untamed Youth

    19571h 20mApproved
    4.3 (1.4K)
    Two vagrant sisters work for crooked characters at a rock'n'roll prison-farm.
    DirectorHoward W. KochStarsMamie Van DorenLori NelsonJohn Russell
  • Vince Edwards and Cleo Moore in Hit and Run (1957)

    25. Hit and Run

    19571h 27mApproved
    6.3 (630)
    A mechanic wants his boss's younger wife for himself, and plans on using a junkyard car to run him over, then dismantling it.
    DirectorHugo HaasStarsCleo MooreHugo HaasVince Edwards

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