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OBSCURE Films Ive Watched Pre 1980 - Noir, Sci Fi and B Movie List

by bruceball • Created 7 years ago • Modified 3 years ago
A list of mostly obscure or lesser known movies I have seen in recent years pre 1980 My goal is to populate this with a lot of film noir and the more obscure sci fi and the ever so delicious crime,drama and horror B movies of the 40's,50's and 60's. Enjoy
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  • Death Curse of Tartu (1966)

    1. Death Curse of Tartu

    19661h 28mUnrated
    3.6 (906)
    A group of student archaeologists venture into the Florida Everglades to look for fossils, but come across an area cursed by a Native American witch doctor.
    DirectorWilliam GreféStarsFred PineroBabette SherrillBill Marcus
  • Humphrey Bogart in Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

    2. Deadline - U.S.A.

    19521h 27mApproved
    7.2 (4.6K)
    With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsHumphrey BogartEthel BarrymoreKim Hunter
  • Paul Anka, Gigi Perreau, and Ruth Roman in Look in Any Window (1961)

    3. Look in Any Window

    19611h 27m
    5.4 (385)
    A teenager's parents finally realize how bad their home life is when their son is arrested for prowling.
    DirectorWilliam AllandStarsPaul AnkaRuth RomanAlex Nicol
    Paul Anka wearing a potato head perving on nubile teen neighbors
  • Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    4. The Night of the Hunter

    19551h 32mApproved97Metascore
    8.0 (103K)
    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
    I cant decide who can be creepier Mitchum or DeNiro
  • Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright in The Steel Trap (1952)

    5. The Steel Trap

    19521h 25mApproved
    6.9 (1.8K)
    A Los Angeles bank assistant-manager devises a plan to steal money from the bank's vault and to flee to Brazil with his unsuspecting wife.
    DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsJoseph CottenTeresa WrightJonathan Hale
    Edge of your seat thriller
  • Sterling Hayden, Phyllis Kirk, and Gene Nelson in Crime Wave (1953)

    6. Crime Wave

    19531h 13mApproved
    7.3 (5K)
    Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter.
    DirectorAndré De TothStarsGene NelsonSterling HaydenPhyllis Kirk
  • Anne Baxter and Raymond Burr in The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    7. The Blue Gardenia

    19531h 30mApproved
    6.8 (6.6K)
    A telephone operator ends up drunk and at the mercy of a cad in his apartment. The next morning she wakes up with a hangover and the terrible fear she may have committed murder.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsAnne BaxterRichard ConteAnn Sothern
    Polyenesian Pearl Divers
  • David Clarke, Charles McGraw, Peter Virgo, Jacqueline White, and Marie Windsor in The Narrow Margin (1952)

    8. The Narrow Margin

    19521h 11mApproved
    7.6 (9.4K)
    A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against potential assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles.
    DirectorsRichard FleischerWilliam Cameron MenziesStarsCharles McGrawMarie WindsorJacqueline White
  • Luciana Paluzzi in The Green Slime (1968)

    9. The Green Slime

    19681h 30mG
    4.9 (4.2K)
    After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
    DirectorKinji FukasakuStarsRobert HortonLuciana PaluzziRichard Jaeckel
  • Lee J. Cobb, John Dall, and Jane Wyatt in The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    10. The Man Who Cheated Himself

    19501h 21mApproved
    6.8 (3.1K)
    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his newly-minted detective brother assigned to the case alongside him.
    DirectorFelix E. FeistStarsLee J. CobbJane WyattJohn Dall
  • Peggy Cummins and John Dall in Gun Crazy (1950)

    11. Gun Crazy

    19501h 27mApproved74Metascore
    7.6 (16K)
    Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
    DirectorJoseph H. LewisStarsJohn DallPeggy CumminsBerry Kroeger
  • Howard Duff, Barry Fitzgerald, Dorothy Hart, and Don Taylor in The Naked City (1948)

    12. The Naked City

    19481h 36mApproved74Metascore
    7.5 (16K)
    A step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York.
    DirectorJules DassinStarsBarry FitzgeraldHoward DuffDorothy Hart
  • Katharine Hepburn and Robert Taylor in Undercurrent (1946)

    13. Undercurrent

    19461h 56mApproved
    6.5 (3.8K)
    Middle-aged bride Ann Hamilton soon begins to suspect that her charming husband is really a psychotic who plans to murder her.
    DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsKatharine HepburnRobert TaylorRobert Mitchum
  • Ronald Reagan and Joan Perry in Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

    14. Nine Lives Are Not Enough

    19411h 3mApproved
    5.9 (378)
    An investigative crime reporter helps the cops solve the case of a missing tycoon who's later found dead in a cheap boarding house.
    DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsRonald ReaganJoan PerryJames Gleason
  • Black Orpheus (1959)

    15. Black Orpheus

    19591h 40mPG81Metascore
    7.4 (13K)
    A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
    DirectorMarcel CamusStarsBreno MelloMarpessa DawnLourdes de Oliveira
  • Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)

    16. The Stranger

    19461h 35mApproved76Metascore
    7.3 (30K)
    An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesEdward G. RobinsonLoretta Young
  • Robert Mitchum and Barbara Bel Geddes in Blood on the Moon (1948)

    17. Blood on the Moon

    19481h 28mApproved
    6.9 (3.7K)
    Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.
    DirectorRobert WiseStarsRobert MitchumBarbara Bel GeddesRobert Preston
  • Mothra (1961)

    18. Mothra

    19611h 41mApproved
    6.5 (5.8K)
    An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.
    DirectorIshirô HondaStarsFurankî SakaiHiroshi KoizumiKyôko Kagawa
  • Evelyn Keyes in The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

    19. The Killer That Stalked New York

    19501h 19mApproved
    6.4 (2.1K)
    Police seek a smuggler while doctors desperately comb unprotected New York for a smallpox carrier--unaware that they're actually looking for the same person.
    DirectorEarl McEvoyStarsEvelyn KeyesCharles KorvinWilliam Bishop
  • Panic in the Streets (1950)

    20. Panic in the Streets

    19501h 36mApproved
    7.2 (9.3K)
    A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsRichard WidmarkPaul DouglasBarbara Bel Geddes
  • Shelley Winters and Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones (1973)

    21. Cleopatra Jones

    19731h 29mPG58Metascore
    5.9 (3.7K)
    During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.
    DirectorJack StarrettStarsTamara DobsonBernie CaseyBrenda Sykes
  • Baby Doll (1956)

    22. Baby Doll

    19561h 54mR83Metascore
    7.3 (8.7K)
    An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsKarl MaldenCarroll BakerEli Wallach
    All around creepy well done Karl Malden
  • The Blue Dahlia (1946)

    23. The Blue Dahlia

    19461h 36mApproved
    7.1 (10K)
    An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
    DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsAlan LaddVeronica LakeWilliam Bendix
  • Roger Corman, Susan Cabot, Anthony Eisley, Leo Gordon, and Barboura Morris in The Wasp Woman (1959)

    24. The Wasp Woman

    19591h 3mApproved
    4.8 (5.9K)
    The head of a major cosmetics company experiments on herself with a youth formula made from royal jelly extracted from wasps, but the formula's side effects have deadly consequences.
    DirectorRoger CormanStarsSusan CabotAnthony EisleyBarboura Morris
    Perfect late 50's sci fi
  • Madam Satan (1930)

    25. Madam Satan

    19301h 56mPassed
    6.3 (1.4K)
    Angela and Bob Brooks are an upper-class couple. Unfortunately, Bob is an unfaithful husband, but Angela has a plan to win back her husband's affections.
    DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsKay JohnsonReginald DennyLillian Roth
    Such an odd pre code film Very Art Deco

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