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  • William Holden, Nancy Olson, and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

    1. Sunset Boulevard

    19501h 50mApproved94Metascore
    8.4 (251K)
    A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von Stroheim
  • Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)

    2. Notorious

    19461h 42mApproved100Metascore
    7.9 (112K)
    The daughter of a convicted German spy is asked by American agents to gather information on a ring of German scientists in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanClaude Rains
  • Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    3. The Maltese Falcon

    19411h 40mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (172K)
    San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys George
  • James Mason and Kathleen Ryan in Odd Man Out (1947)

    4. Odd Man Out

    19471h 56mApproved87Metascore
    7.6 (12K)
    A wounded Irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in Belfast.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsJames MasonRobert NewtonCyril Cusack
  • Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson in Key Largo (1948)

    5. Key Largo

    19481h 40mApproved74Metascore
    7.7 (46K)
    A drifter visits the family hotel of a war buddy who was killed in action only to find that a Chicago mobster and his gang have taken over the place. As a hurricane approaches, a confrontation ensues.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartEdward G. RobinsonLauren Bacall
  • Eleanor Parker in Caged (1950)

    6. Caged

    19501h 37mApproved
    7.6 (5.3K)
    A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?
    DirectorJohn CromwellStarsEleanor ParkerAgnes MooreheadEllen Corby
  • The Third Man (1949)

    7. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (191K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)

    8. Double Indemnity

    19441h 47mApproved95Metascore
    8.3 (176K)
    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. Robinson
  • Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lizabeth Scott in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

    9. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    19461h 56mApproved
    7.4 (12K)
    A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.
    DirectorLewis MilestoneStarsBarbara StanwyckVan HeflinLizabeth Scott
  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)

    10. 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
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not (1944)

    11. To Have and Have Not

    19441h 40mApproved90Metascore
    7.8 (40K)
    During World War II, an American expatriate helps transport a French Resistance leader and his wife to Martinique while romancing a lounge singer.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallWalter Brennan
  • David Clarke, Charles McGraw, Peter Virgo, Jacqueline White, and Marie Windsor in The Narrow Margin (1952)

    12. 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
  • Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    13. 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
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946)

    14. The Big Sleep

    19461h 54mApproved86Metascore
    7.9 (94K)
    Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallJohn Ridgely
  • Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)

    15. Strangers on a Train

    19511h 41mPG88Metascore
    7.9 (146K)
    A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth Roman
  • The Window (1949)

    16. 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
  • 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
  • Eve Arden, Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, and Zachary Scott in Mildred Pierce (1945)

    18. Mildred Pierce

    19451h 51mApproved88Metascore
    7.9 (30K)
    A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
    DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJoan CrawfordJack CarsonZachary Scott
  • Dick Powell and Claire Trevor in Murder, My Sweet (1944)

    19. Murder, My Sweet

    19441h 35mApproved
    7.5 (16K)
    After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
    DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsDick PowellClaire TrevorAnne Shirley
  • Laura (1944)

    20. 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
  • Henry Fonda and Vera Miles in The Wrong Man (1956)

    21. The Wrong Man

    19561h 45mApproved83Metascore
    7.4 (34K)
    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsHenry FondaVera MilesAnthony Quayle
  • Joseph Cotten, Macdonald Carey, and Teresa Wright in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    22. Shadow of a Doubt

    19431h 48mPG94Metascore
    7.8 (74K)
    A teenage girl, overjoyed when her uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsTeresa WrightJoseph CottenMacdonald Carey
  • Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in Spellbound (1945)

    23. Spellbound

    19451h 51mApproved78Metascore
    7.5 (55K)
    A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsIngrid BergmanGregory PeckMichael Chekhov
  • Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea in Scarlet Street (1945)

    24. Scarlet Street

    19451h 42mApproved
    7.7 (21K)
    A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
    DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettDan Duryea
  • Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947)

    25. 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

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