Movies by Lists - The Cities That Never Sleep (New York City, Los Angeles, & San Francisco film noirs) (97 [100]) 
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| Angel FaceAmbulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne. | 1953 | Otto Preminger (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller | 7.2 (7.7K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Big Knife, TheHollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career. | 1955 | Robert Aldrich (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.8 (3.5K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1946 | Howard Hawks (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (83.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Blast of SilenceA hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way. | 1961 | Allen Baron | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (4.4K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Blue Gardenia, TheA 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 be a murderess. | 1953 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (5.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Born to Be BadA woman's attempt to appear innocent and sweet clashes with her lover who sees through her act and the wealthy man she tries to trick into marrying her. | 1950 | Nicholas Ray (*) | Drama, Film-Noir | 6.7 (2.3K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Born to KillA 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. | 1947 | Robert Wise (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.2 (5.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Cop HaterThe hardworking detectives of the 87th Precinct in an unnamed city during a massive heat wave investigate the seemingly random murders of policemen. | 1958 | William Berke | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.4 (484 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Crime Wave {The City is Dark}Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. | 1953 | André De Toth | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.3 (3.8K votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Crimson Kimono, TheTwo detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship. | 1959 | Samuel Fuller (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.9 (2.7K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Criss CrossAn armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route. | 1949 | Robert Siodmak (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.5 (8.4K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Cry of the CityPolice Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome. | 1948 | Robert Siodmak (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.2 (2.8K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1949 | Rudolph Maté | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (11.7K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Dark Corner, TheA secretary tries to help her boss who's been framed for murder. | 1946 | Henry Hathaway | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance | 7.1 (4.4K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Dark PassageA man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence. | 1947 | Delmer Daves | Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.5 (19.2K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Deadline at DawnWhen a woman he meets is murdered, a soon-to-ship-out sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl. | 1946 | Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies | Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.8 (1.9K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| DetourChance events trap hitchhiking nightclub pianist Al Roberts in a tightening net of death, deception and blackmail. | 1945 | Edgar G. Ulmer (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.4 (16.9K votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1944 | Billy Wilder (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (152.5K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Double Life, AA celebrated actor struggles to distinguish his own life from that of his most recent stage role, Othello. | 1947 | George Cukor (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.0 (3.4K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Escape in the FogDuring WW2, an army nurse on R&R in San Francisco has a premonition about witnessing a murder attempt against a G-man by Nazi agents. | 1945 | Budd Boetticher | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 5.9 (930 votes) | 63 | 20211228 |
| Experiment in TerrorA man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank. | 1962 | Blake Edwards (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (5.2K votes) | 123 | 20220423 |
| Fallen AngelA slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for. | 1945 | Otto Preminger (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 7.1 (5.4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Flame, TheA woman falls for the victim of an intended blackmail plot. | 1947 | John H. Auer | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance | 6.4 (213 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Force Of EvilAn unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket. | 1948 | Abraham Polonsky (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.3 (6.6K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Fourteen HoursAn unhappy man threatens suicide by standing on the ledge of a high-rise building for 14 hours. | 1951 | Henry Hathaway | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.1 (2.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Gang WarA Los Angeles high-school teacher's problems begin when he happens to witness a gangland killing and agrees to identify the murderers. Not realizing this will cause the underworld to retaliate "big time". | 1958 | Gene Fowler Jr. | Crime, Drama | 6.2 (265 votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Garment Jungle, TheThe struggle of a lady's garment workers' organization to unionize a New York clothing sweat shop; the owner of which is determined to keep the union out of his business at any cost. | 1957 | Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.6 (913 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Hatchet Man, TheA hatchet man is ordered to kill his close friend for the sake of Tong. | 1932 | William A. Wellman (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.3 (809 votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| He Walked By NightThis film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop. | 1948 | Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.1 (5.8K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Hell on Frisco BayAfter 5 years in prison, ex-cop Steve Rollins is paroled and searches for the San Francisco mobsters who framed him for manslaughter. | 1955 | Frank Tuttle | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.4 (579 votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Hoodlum EmpireAfter WW2, ex-mobster war hero Joe Gray goes straight, to the dismay of his New York mob boss uncle who's afraid that his nephew will testify against his outfit before a Grand Jury. | 1952 | Joseph Kane | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 5.9 (301 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| House of StrangersAfter 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. | 1949 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.3 (3.4K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| House on Telegraph Hill, TheConcentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder after she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America. | 1951 | Robert Wise (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (2.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| I Walk AloneFrankie Madison leaves prison expecting a share from his ex-partner. But Prohibition bootlegging didn't prepare Frankie for Big Business. | 1947 | Byron Haskin | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.1 (2.8K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| ImpactA unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding, and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy. | 1949 | Arthur Lubin | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.0 (3.7K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| In a Lonely PlaceA potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts. | 1950 | Nicholas Ray (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.0 (30.2K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Jet Over the AtlanticAssorted people board a plane with a fire bomb in its luggage hold. | 1959 | Byron Haskin | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.6 (201 votes) | 95 | 20231013 |
| Killer That Stalked New York, ThePolice seek a smuggler while doctors, unaware she's the same person, desperately comb unprotected New York for a smallpox carrier. | 1950 | Earl McEvoy | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.4 (1.5K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Killer's KissReady to catch a train to his hometown, a washed-up boxer tells us about the strange and twisty events that happened to him the past couple of days. | 1955 | Stanley Kubrick (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.6 (23.2K votes) | 67 | 20211228 |
| Kiss Before Dying, AA ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress. | 1956 | Gerd Oswald | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.7 (3.6K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Kiss Me DeadlyA doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit". | 1955 | Robert Aldrich (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (20K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1947 | Henry Hathaway | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.4 (8.1K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Lady from Shanghai, TheFascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot. | 1947 | Orson Welles (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (29.5K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Last Gangster, THeA gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries. | 1937 | Edward Ludwig | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.7 (1.5K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| LauraA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. | 1944 | Otto Preminger (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 8.0 (46.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Lineup, TheIn San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers. | 1958 | Don Siegel (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.3 (3.7K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Lost Weekend, TheThe desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout. | 1945 | Billy Wilder (*) | Drama, Film-Noir | 7.9 (36K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
| MIn this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children. | 1951 | Joseph Losey (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.8 (2.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Maltese Falcon, TheSan 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. | 1941 | John Huston (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 8.0 (155.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Maltese Falcon, The [Dangerous Woman]A lovely dame with dangerous lies employs the services of a private detective, who is quickly caught up in the mystery and intrigue of a statuette known as the Maltese Falcon. | 1931 | Roy Del Ruth | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 6.9 (2.9K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Mildred PierceA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter. | 1945 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance | 8.0 (25K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| MirageAn 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. | 1965 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (5K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Mr. Soft TouchWhen he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WW2 hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail. | 1949 | Gordon Douglas, Henry Levin | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (849 votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Murder By ContractClaude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer - until he finds his next target is a woman. | 1958 | Irving Lerner | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.3 (3.5K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1944 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (13K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Naked City, TheA step-by-step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York. | 1948 | Jules Dassin | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (13.3K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Naked Street, TheA mobster (Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Granger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant. | 1955 | Maxwell Shane | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.5 (819 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Narrow Margin, TheA woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles. | 1952 | Richard Fleischer, William Cameron Menzies | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.7 (7.6K votes) | 71 | 20211228 |
| NightfallThrough a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers. | 1956 | Jacques Tourneur (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller | 7.2 (3.9K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Nora PrentissA nightclub singer inspires a doctor to fake his own murder, leading to plenty of complications. | 1947 | Vincent Sherman | Drama, Film-Noir | 7.1 (1.7K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| Odds Against TomorrowDave Burke hires two very different debt-burdened men for a bank robbery. Suspicion and prejudice threaten to end their partnership. | 1959 | Robert Wise (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (4.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1947 | Jacques Tourneur (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller | 8.0 (36K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Petrified Forest, TheA waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert. | 1936 | Archie Mayo | Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (13.5K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Phantom LadyA devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife. | 1944 | Robert Siodmak (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery | 7.2 (4.9K votes) | 87 | 20211228 |
| Pickup Alley [Interpol]International narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis. | 1957 | John Gilling | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.1 (507 votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Pickup on South StreetA pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring. | 1953 | Samuel Fuller (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.7 (14.2K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| PitfallMarried insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result. | 1948 | André De Toth | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.2 (3.6K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| PossessedAfter being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there. | 1947 | Curtis Bernhardt | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.1 (5.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Postman Always Rings Twice, TheA married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. | 1946 | Tay Garnett | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.5 (20.2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| Private Hell 36When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder. | 1954 | Don Siegel (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.7 (1.5K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Raw DealJoe Sullivan has taken the rap for Rick who double-crosses him with a flawed escape plan and other means intended to get rid of him. | 1948 | Anthony Mann (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.2 (4.6K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| SaboteurA young man accused of sabotage goes on the lam to prove his innocence. | 1942 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Thriller, War | 7.2 (25.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Saint Strikes Back, TheSimon Templar, the Saint, travels to San Francisco to solve crime mysteries within the police department. | 1939 | John Farrow | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.3 (945 votes) | 64 | 20211228 |
| Scarlet StreetA 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. | 1945 | Fritz Lang (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.8 (16.1K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Shadow of a DoubtA teenage girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family in their quiet California town, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities. | 1943 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.8 (63.8K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Side StreetA struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences. | 1950 | Anthony Mann (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.1 (2.8K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Sniper, TheA sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant. | 1952 | Edward Dmytryk (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.1 (3.2K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Sorry, Wrong NumberWhile on the telephone, an invalid woman overhears what she thinks is a murder plot and attempts to prevent it. | 1948 | Anatole Litvak (*) | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (11K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Stranger On The Third FloorAn aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself. | 1940 | Boris Ingster | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 6.8 (3.9K votes) | 64 | 20211228 |
| Sudden FearAfter an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her. | 1952 | David Miller | Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.5 (6.1K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Sunset BlvdA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return. | 1950 | Billy Wilder (*) | Drama, Film-Noir | 8.4 (214.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Sweet Smell of SuccessPowerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician. | 1957 | Alexander Mackendrick (*) | Drama, Film-Noir | 8.0 (30.8K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Thieves HighwayA war veteran turned truck driver attempts to avenge the crippling and robbing of his father at the hands of an amoral produce scofflaw. | 1949 | Jules Dassin | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.6 (5.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| This Gun For HireWhen assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies. | 1942 | Frank Tuttle | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.4 (9.1K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| T-MenTwo US Treasury agents hunt a successful counterfeiting ring. | 1947 | Anthony Mann (*) | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.9 (3.5K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| VertigoA former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed. | 1958 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 8.3 (389.4K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Violators, TheSolomon Baumgarden is a New York City probation officer assisting teenagers through the court system. | 1957 | John Newland | Crime, Drama | 4.9 (21 votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Violent SaturdayThree men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly. | 1955 | Richard Fleischer | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.9 (2.3K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Where Danger LivesA young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman, becomes involved in the death of her husband, and has to flee with her to the Mexican border. | 1950 | John Farrow | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller | 6.8 (2.9K votes) | 82 | 20211228 |
| Where the Sidewalk EndsDet. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him? | 1950 | Otto Preminger (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 7.6 (8.7K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| While the City SleepsA serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York and the new owner of a media company offers a high ranking job to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoops on the case. | 1956 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.0 (6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| WhirlpoolA woman suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an attempt to cure her. Soon afterwards, she's found at the scene of a murder with no memory of how she got there, and seemingly no way to prove her innocence. | 1950 | Otto Preminger (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.8 (4.1K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| White HeatA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. | 1949 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 8.1 (32K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| 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. | 1949 | Ted Tetzlaff | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.4 (3.8K votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Woman in the Window, TheA conservative middle aged professor engages in a relationship with a femme fatale, he's plunged into a nightmarish world of blackmail and murder. | 1944 | Fritz Lang (*) | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (15.6K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Woman on the RunFrank Johnson becomes an eyewitness to a murder. He's pursued around San Francisco by his wife, the police, and the killer. | 1950 | Norman Foster | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller | 7.3 (3.7K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
| Wrong Man, TheIn 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber. | 1956 | Alfred Hitchcock (*) | Drama, Film-Noir | 7.4 (27.7K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Naked City | 1958 | nan | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Third Man | 1959 | nan | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Girl on the Run | 1958 | Richard L. Bare | Crime, Drama | 7.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |