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Movies by Lists - So Dark the Night (Classic Film Noir Remakes) (91 [101])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Against All OddsA gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.1984Taylor HackfordAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller5.9 (12K votes)12820211228
Arch of TriumphIn Paris, before the Nazis penetrate into the city, an Austrian refugee doctor falls in love with a mysterious woman.1984Waris HusseinDrama, Romance, War5.5 (605 votes)9320231001
Asphalt Jungle, TheA major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.1950John Huston (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.9 (26K votes)11220211228
Big Clock, TheA magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.1948John FarrowCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (8.4K votes)9520211228
Big Sleep, ThePrivate 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.1946Howard Hawks (*)Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller7.9 (83.8K votes)11420211228
Big Sleep, TheGrizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.1978Michael WinnerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller5.8 (4.7K votes)9920211228
Bob le flambeurAfter losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.1956Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (11.7K votes)9820211228
Body HeatIn the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.1981Lawrence Kasdan (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.4 (34.2K votes)11320211228
Boy Cried Murder, TheA young boy with a penchant for spinning elaborate yarns gets himself in deep trouble when he tries to tell people that he really did witness a terrible murder.1966George P. BreakstonCrime, Drama6.3 (78 votes)8620211228
Brighton RockCharts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.2010Rowan JoffeCrime, Drama, Thriller5.7 (6.7K votes)11120240127
Brighton RockIn Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.1948John BoultingCrime, Drama7.3 (6K votes)9220211228
Brothers Rico, TheA retired mob accountant is drawn back in when his brothers, who have recently made a hit for the organization, decide to go to the authorities.1957Phil Karlson (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller6.8 (1.3K votes)9220211228
CairoAn assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum.1963Wolf RillaCrime, Drama5.5 (289 votes)9120211228
Cape FearA lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.1962J. Lee ThompsonDrama, Thriller7.7 (28.5K votes)10620211228
Cape FearA convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.1991Martin Scorsese (*)Crime, Thriller7.3 (187.1K votes)12820211228
Cape Town Affair, TheSouth African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists.1967Robert D. WebbDrama, Thriller4.3 (421 votes)9620211228
Cat Burglar, TheA burglar steals a briefcase. Unknown to him, it contains a valuable secret formula. So he has the police on his trail--plus the owner of the formula and a ruthless spy...1961William WitneyCrime, Drama, Thriller6.0 (220 votes)6520211228
Cloak & DaggerA young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.1984Richard FranklinAction, Adventure, Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller6.6 (7.3K votes)10120211228
Cool BreezeThalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.1972Barry PollackCrime, Drama5.5 (353 votes)10120211228
Cop-Out [Stranger in the House]John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in co1967Pierre RouveCrime, Drama5.7 (211 votes)10420211228
D O AFrank Bigelow, told he's been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why.1949Rudolph MatéDrama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller7.3 (11.7K votes)8320211228
D.O.A.A college professor's day: his top student allegedly commits suicide, his wife presents him with divorce papers and he overnights in a freshman girl's dorm. The next day: more murders around him. Will he find the killer in time?1988Annabel Jankel, Rocky MortonMystery, Thriller6.2 (10.1K votes)9620211228
Dark MirrorAfter attorney Frank Girard is murdered, Detective Al Church (Vincent Gardenia) suspects that Ms. Leigh Cullen (Jane Seymour) is the perpetrator, as she was supposedly last seen with the man. However, after Leigh's alleged twin si...1984Richard LangDrama, Thriller5.5 (163 votes)12020240419
Dead of WinterA fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.1987Arthur Penn (*)Drama, Horror, Thriller6.2 (4.1K votes)10020211228
Deep End, TheA woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.2001Scott McGehee, David SiegelCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.6 (11.5K votes)10120211228
Desperate HoursAn escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.1990Michael Cimino (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller5.4 (7.5K votes)10520211228
Desperate Hours, TheThree escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.1955William Wyler (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.5 (9.7K votes)11220211228
DetourChance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail.1945Edgar G. Ulmer (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir7.4 (16.9K votes)6820211228
DiaboliqueThe wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.1996Jeremiah S. ChechikDrama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller5.5 (14.2K votes)10720211228
Diaboliques, LesThe wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.1955Henri-Georges Clouzot (*)Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller8.1 (64.7K votes)11720211228
Diamond's Edge [Just Ask for Diamond]When the man who left a package in his care is murdered, detective Tim Diamond suddenly has every major gangster in the city after him. With only the package and the help of his little brother, he sets out to unravel the mysteriou...1988Stephen BaylyAdventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery6.2 (308 votes)8320240419
Double IndemnityA scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.1973Jack SmightCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller4.6 (592 votes)7420230715
Double IndemnityA Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.1944Billy Wilder (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller8.3 (152.5K votes)10720211228
Farewell My LovelyLos Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.1975Dick RichardsCrime, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (8.1K votes)9520211228
File of the Golden Goose, TheU.S. Agent Novak and Scotland Yard Officer Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeit organization.1969Sam WanamakerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller5.4 (490 votes)10520211228
Good Thief, TheAn aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.2002Neil JordanAction, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.5 (10.4K votes)10920211228
Gun CrazyTwo disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.1950Joseph H. Lewis (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller7.6 (13K votes)8720211228
GuncrazyA trashy teen murders her sexually abusive step-father, then helps get her reformed prison pen-pal released on good behavior so that she can re-corrupt him.1992Tamra DavisCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller5.6 (2.4K votes)9720211228
Hanged Man, TheMiraculously still alive after his hanging, gunfighter James Devlin defends a young widow's farm from a vicious land grabber.1974Michael CaffeyWestern5.6 (395 votes)7320231001
I Married a Dead Man [J'ai épousé une ombre]After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.1983Robin DavisDrama, Romance, Thriller6.5 (374 votes)11020211228
I, the JuryDectective Mike Hammer is determined to catch and kill the person who shot his close friend dead, so he follows clues that lead to a beautiful, seductive woman.1953Harry EssexCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller6.1 (404 votes)8720211228
I, The JuryA PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.1982Richard T. HeffronCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller5.9 (1.6K votes)11120211228
InfernoA tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover.1953Roy Ward BakerCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.1 (1.4K votes)8320211228
J'ai épousé une ombreAfter a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.1983Robin DavisDrama, Romance, Thriller6.5 (374 votes)11020211228
Journey Into FearAn American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkey. Several assassins are sent to eliminate him, but they all fail. He eventually boards a passenger boat to try to escape. However, one of the passengers is an undercover assas1975Daniel MannThriller5.2 (211 votes)10020211228
Killers, TheSurprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.1964Don Siegel (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (7.9K votes)9320211228
Killers, TheHit men kill an unresisting victim, and investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.1946Robert Siodmak (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery7.8 (20.7K votes)10320211228
Killing ZoeThe cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank.1993Roger AvaryCrime, Thriller6.5 (20.4K votes)9620211228
Kiss Before Dying, AA ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress.1956Gerd OswaldCrime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.7 (3.6K votes)9420211228
Kiss Before Dying, AA determined student murders his pregnant secret girlfriend and moves onto her twin sister who gradually becomes suspicious of her new lover.1991James DeardenCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller5.7 (5.4K votes)9420211228
Kiss Of DeathNick Bianco is caught during a botched jewellery heist. The prosecution offer him a more lenient sentence if he squeals on his accomplices but he doesn't roll over on them. Three years into the sentence an event changes his mind.1947Henry HathawayCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.4 (8.1K votes)9920211228
Kiss of DeathA reformed convict goes undercover with the help of an angry detective to ensnare a psychotic mobster.1995Barbet SchroederCrime, Drama, Thriller5.9 (18.9K votes)10120211228
LauraThe detective investigating Laura Hunt's murder finds himself becoming obsessed with the dead woman - and then finds out she's actually still alive.1962Franz Josef WildDrama, Mystery7.2 (55 votes)11520240722
Long Goodbye, ThePrivate investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.1973Robert Altman (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (30.5K votes)11220220414
Lost Man, TheA gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle".1969Robert Alan AurthurCrime, Drama, Romance6.1 (190 votes)12220211228
Mad Room, TheEllen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they were put there after killing their parents.1969Bernard GirardDrama, Horror5.6 (391 votes)9320211228
Mildred PierceDivorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.2011Todd Haynes (*)Drama7.6 (21K votes)020211228
More Than MurderA high-stakes poker game is robbed and Pat intervenes as the thieves make their getaway. He is shot in the back and then framed as a drug dealer. Hammer makes it his job to clear Pat and find out who nearly killed him.1984Gary NelsonAction, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.0 (247 votes)9620211228
Murder Me, Murder YouMickey Spillane's private eye Mike Hammer (Stacy Keach) probes his long-lost love's death while seeking their daughter.1983Gary NelsonAction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (313 votes)9620211228
Murder My SweetAfter being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.1944Edward Dmytryk (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (13K votes)9520211228
My Name is Julia RossJulia Ross secures employment, through a rather nosy employment agency, with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes, and goes to live at her house. 2 days later, she awakens - in a different house, in different clothes, and with a new identity1945Joseph H. Lewis (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (3K votes)6520211228
Narrow MarginA Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.1990Peter HyamsAction, Crime, Thriller6.6 (8.9K votes)9720211228
Night and the CityA small-time grifter and nightclub tout takes advantage of some fortuitous circumstances and tries to become a big-time player as a wrestling promoter.1950Jules DassinCrime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Sport, Thriller7.9 (13.3K votes)9620211228
Night and the CityThe story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.1992Irwin WinklerComedy, Crime, Drama5.8 (4.8K votes)10520211228
Night of the HunterA false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.1991David GreeneDrama, Thriller3.9 (352 votes)9020240820
Night of the HunterA religious fanatic marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real daddy hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.1955Charles Laughton (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller8.0 (87K votes)9220211228
No Man of Her OwnA pregnant woman adopts the identity of a railroad crash victim and starts a new life with the woman's wealthy in-laws, but is soon blackmailed by her devious ex.1950Mitchell LeisenDrama, Film-Noir7.4 (2.1K votes)9820211228
No Way OutA coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.1987Roger DonaldsonAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.1 (39.1K votes)11420211228
Once You Kiss a Stranger...A woman seduces a professional golfer, then offers to kill his opponent if the golfer will kill her psychiatrist, who wants her committed.1969Robert SparrThriller5.4 (331 votes)10620211228
OrdealLeft to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.1973Lee H. KatzinDrama6.3 (226 votes)9020220531
Original SinA woman, along with her lover, plans to con a rich man by marrying him, earning his trust, and then running away with all his money. Everything goes as planned until she falls in love with him.2001Michael CristoferDrama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.0 (58.2K votes)11620230619
Out of the PastA 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.1947Jacques Tourneur (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller8.0 (36K votes)9720211228
Pickup on South StreetA pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.1953Samuel Fuller (*)Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller7.7 (14.2K votes)8020211228
Police Python 357An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.1976Alain CorneauCrime, Drama, Thriller6.9 (1.8K votes)16520211228
Postman Always Rings Twice, TheThe sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.1981Bob Rafelson (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.6 (23.1K votes)12220211228
Rear WindowModern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.1998Jeff BlecknerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller5.6 (4K votes)8920211228
Reckless Moment, TheAfter discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.1949Max Ophüls (*)Crime, Drama, Film-Noir7.1 (4.8K votes)8220211228
Reflections of MurderThe wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances 1974John Badham (*)Horror, Thriller, Mystery6.9 (330 votes)10020211228
ScarfaceIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.1983Brian De Palma (*)Crime, Drama8.3 (796.7K votes)17020211228
She's No AngelA young woman on the run allows grieving parents to believe that she is their late son's wife.2002Rachel FeldmanDrama, Thriller5.1 (358 votes)9020240419
Sitter, TheA delusional babysitter goes on a psychotic rampage, putting the little girl she is looking after in grave danger.1991Rick BergerDrama, Thriller5.1 (264 votes)9220230619
SorcererFour unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.1977William Friedkin (*)Adventure, Drama, Thriller7.7 (20.5K votes)12120211228
Spiral Staircase, TheIn a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?1975Peter CollinsonHorror, Mystery, Thriller4.8 (443 votes)8920211228
Spiral Staircase, TheDuring a storm, a group of people are trapped inside a mansion with a killer.2000James HeadDrama, Mystery, Thriller5.0 (410 votes)8820240419
Target - HarryPilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit...1969Roger Corman (*)Mystery, Thriller5.0 (243 votes)8520230728
Thieves Like UsWhen two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South.1974Robert Altman (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.0 (4.6K votes)12320211228
This Gun for HireA killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that the man he killed is a senator. While tryin...1991Lou AntonioThriller5.7 (130 votes)10020231001
Underneath, TheA recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.1995Steven Soderbergh (*)Crime, Thriller6.1 (3.5K votes)9920211228
UnfaithfulA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.2002Adrian Lyne (*)Drama, Romance, Thriller6.7 (98.3K votes)12420240419
Violent SaturdayThree men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.1955Richard FleischerCrime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller6.9 (2.3K votes)9020211228
Window, TheTo 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.1949Ted TetzlaffDrama, Film-Noir, Thriller7.4 (3.8K votes)7320211228
Color Me Dead1969Eddie DavisAction, Drama, Thriller5.6 (Unkn) Excluded
Salón México1996José Luis García AgrazAdventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy6.6 (Unkn) Excluded
The Family Rico1972Paul WendkosCrime, Drama5.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Mike Hammer1984nanCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Mike Hammer, Private Eye: Songbird: Part 11998Jonathan WinfreyCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (Unkn) Excluded
The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer1986Ray DantonAction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller6.5 (Unkn) Excluded
L'inconnu dans la maison1992Georges LautnerCrime, Drama6.1 (Unkn) Excluded
Detour1992Wade WilliamsCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller5.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Mike Hammer1958nanAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery8.0 (Unkn) Excluded