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TO WATCH 40s, 50s, 60s Psychological Thrillers

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  • Rosalind Russell in The Velvet Touch (1948)

    1. The Velvet Touch

    19481h 40mApproved
    6.8 (1.7K)
    A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it after the police investigator targets a rival actress.
    DirectorJack GageStarsRosalind RussellLeo GennClaire Trevor
  • Edward G. Robinson, John Lund, and Gail Russell in Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)

    2. Night Has a Thousand Eyes

    19481h 21mApproved
    7.0 (2.1K)
    After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.
    DirectorJohn FarrowStarsEdward G. RobinsonGail RussellJohn Lund
  • Derek Farr, Dulcie Gray, and Eric Portman in Wanted for Murder (1946)

    3. Wanted for Murder

    19461h 43mApproved
    6.8 (973)
    A woman becomes the target of a man who is gradually becoming insane, unable to resist his urge to strangle women to death, but who appears to be purposely leaving pieces of evidence behind.
    DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsEric PortmanDulcie GrayDerek Farr
  • Sally Eilers, Jimmy Lydon, and Warren William in Strange Illusion (1945)

    4. Strange Illusion

    19451h 27mApproved
    6.1 (1.3K)
    After Paul has bizarre dreams about a faceless, sinister man, he suspects the man who is courting his Mother has ulterior motives.
    DirectorEdgar G. UlmerStarsJimmy LydonSally EilersWarren William
  • Laura (1944)

    5. Laura

    19441h 28mApproved
    7.9 (54K)
    A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
    DirectorsOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsGene TierneyDana AndrewsClifton Webb
  • Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947)

    6. Out of the Past

    19471h 37mApproved85Metascore
    8.0 (43K)
    A private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.
    DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerKirk Douglas
  • The Lost Moment (1947)

    7. The Lost Moment

    19471h 29mApproved
    6.8 (1.4K)
    A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet to find his lost love letters.
    DirectorMartin GabelStarsRobert CummingsSusan HaywardAgnes Moorehead
  • Constance Bennett, Claude Rains, Joan Caulfield, Hurd Hatfield, and Audrey Totter in The Unsuspected (1947)

    8. The Unsuspected

    19471h 43mApproved
    7.2 (3.8K)
    The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsClaude RainsJoan CaulfieldAudrey Totter
  • Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert, Hazel Brooks, and Robert Cummings in Sleep, My Love (1948)

    9. Sleep, My Love

    19481h 37mApproved
    6.8 (2.4K)
    Chronic sleepwalker Alison Courtland thinks that a mysterious man wearing horned-rimmed eye glasses is out to kill her but her husband blames her tired imagination.
    DirectorDouglas SirkStarsClaudette ColbertRobert CummingsDon Ameche
  • Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte in House of Strangers (1949)

    10. House of Strangers

    19491h 41mApproved
    7.3 (4.4K)
    After years in prison, Max promises revenge on his brothers for their betrayal. His lover Irene and memories of his past yield him a broader perspective.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsEdward G. RobinsonSusan HaywardRichard Conte
  • Man on the Run (1949)

    11. Man on the Run

    19491h 22m
    6.7 (523)
    In post-war Britain, an army deserter unwittingly gets involved in murder and armed robbery and enlists the aid of a war widow to help clear his name.
    DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsJoan HopkinsDerek FarrEdward Chapman
  • The Prowler (1951)

    12. The Prowler

    19511h 32mApproved
    7.1 (4.9K)
    After Susan Gilvray reports a prowler outside her house, police officer Webb Garwood investigates and sparks fly. If only her husband wasn't in the way.
    DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsVan HeflinEvelyn KeyesJohn Maxwell
  • Witness to Murder (1954)

    13. Witness to Murder

    19541h 23mApproved
    6.6 (3.7K)
    A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window.
    DirectorRoy RowlandStarsBarbara StanwyckGeorge SandersGary Merrill
  • Joan Fontaine and Cary Grant in Suspicion (1941)

    14. Suspicion

    19411h 39mApproved74Metascore
    7.3 (45K)
    A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineCedric Hardwicke
  • Frank Sinatra and Nancy Gates in Suddenly (1954)

    15. Suddenly

    19541h 17mApproved
    6.8 (7.8K)
    In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA.
    DirectorLewis AllenStarsFrank SinatraSterling HaydenJames Gleason
  • Gregory Peck, Walter Matthau, and Diane Baker in Mirage (1965)

    16. Mirage

    19651h 48mApproved
    7.2 (6.4K)
    An accountant suddenly suffers from amnesia. This appears related to the suicide of his boss. Now some violent thugs are out to get him. They work for a shadowy figure known simply as The Major.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsGregory PeckDiane BakerWalter Matthau
  • Hardy Krüger and Micheline Presle in Chance Meeting (1959)

    17. Chance Meeting

    19591h 35m
    6.7 (990)
    In 1950s London, Dutch painter Jan Van Rooyen has an affair with a rich married Frenchwoman who is supposedly murdered, resulting in Van Rooyen becoming Scotland Yard's prime suspect.
    DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsHardy KrügerStanley BakerMicheline Presle
  • Olivia de Havilland and Lew Ayres in The Dark Mirror (1946)

    18. The Dark Mirror

    19461h 25mApproved
    7.1 (6K)
    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
  • Karlheinz Böhm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer in Peeping Tom (1960)

    19. Peeping Tom

    19601h 41mNot Rated
    7.6 (42K)
    A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
    DirectorMichael PowellStarsKarlheinz BöhmAnna MasseyMoira Shearer
  • Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, and Lori Martin in Cape Fear (1962)

    20. Cape Fear

    19621h 46mApproved76Metascore
    7.7 (34K)
    A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
    DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsGregory PeckRobert MitchumPolly Bergen
  • Maniac (1963)

    21. Maniac

    19631h 26mApproved
    5.9 (1.7K)
    An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village. To free her from her marriage, the painter must help the estranged husband escape from an asylum.
    DirectorMichael CarrerasStarsKerwin MathewsNadia GrayDonald Houston
  • James Caan, Katharine Ross, Marjorie Bennett, Simone Signoret, and Don Stroud in Games (1967)

    22. Games

    19671h 40mApproved
    6.4 (1.6K)
    A young couple who are into kinky "mind games" get more than they bargained for when a mysterious woman comes into their lives.
    DirectorCurtis HarringtonStarsSimone SignoretJames CaanKatharine Ross
  • Senta Berger and Alain Delon in Diabolically Yours (1967)

    23. Diabolically Yours

    19671h 33mG
    6.0 (2.1K)
    A wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.
    DirectorJulien DuvivierStarsAlain DelonSenta BergerPeter Mosbacher
  • The Mad Room (1969)

    24. The Mad Room

    19691h 33mM
    5.6 (730)
    Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave the mental institution where they were put as young children after they killed their parents.
    DirectorBernard GirardStarsStella StevensShelley WintersSkip Ward
  • Jeanne Crain in Dangerous Crossing (1953)

    25. Dangerous Crossing

    19531h 15mApproved
    6.9 (2.9K)
    After a beautiful bride boards an ocean liner with her new husband, he goes into hiding, and she becomes the target of a murder conspiracy.
    DirectorJoseph M. NewmanStarsJeanne CrainMichael RennieMax Showalter

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