A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.

The Beast with Five Fingers

1946

English

6.5

♡ 8

94%

Robert Florey Director

Robert Alda as Conrad Ryler

John Alvin as Donald Arlington

Peter Lorre as Hilary Cummins

Ray Walker as Mr. Miller

Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.

Casbah

1948

English

6.0

♡ 4

John Berry Director

Eartha Kitt as Katherine Dunham Group Dancer

Thomas Gomez as Louvain

Peter Lorre as Slimane

Hans Schumm as Willem

Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.

Crime and Punishment

1935

English

6.9

♡ 9

80%

Josef von Sternberg Director

Douglass Dumbrille as Grilov

Gene Lockhart as Lushin

Peter Lorre as Roderick Raskolnikov

Marian Marsh as Sonya

A man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

Tales of Terror

1962

English

6.8

♡ 11

71%

Roger Corman Director

Joyce Jameson as Annabel

Vincent Price as Locke / Fortunato Luchresi / Ernest Valdemar

Peter Lorre as Montresor

Kenneth Gibson as Wine Society Member

Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.

Beat the Devil

1953

English

6.4

♡ 13

68%

husband wife relationship

John Huston Director

Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther

Peter Sellers as Billy Dannreuther

Peter Lorre as Julius O'Hara

Jennifer Jones as Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

The Maltese Falcon

1941

English

7.9

♡ 68

99%

91%

Action

based on novel or book

san francisco, california

John Huston Director

Lee Patrick as Effie Perine

Peter Lorre as Joel Cairo

Barton MacLane as Lt. of Detectives Dundy

William Hopper as Reporter

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

English

6.7

♡ 27

88%

Alfred Hitchcock Director

Peter Lorre as Abbott

Michael Wilding as Man at Clay Pigeon Shoot

Alfred Hitchcock as Man in the Raincoat Passing The Bus

Arnold Lucy as Minor Role

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

The Comedy of Terrors

1963

English

6.5

♡ 13

Jacques Tourneur Director

Joyce Jameson as Amaryllis Trumbull

Joe E. Brown as Cemetery Keeper

Peter Lorre as Felix Gillie

Vincent Price as Waldo Trumbull

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

M

1931

German

8.3

♡ 70

100%

Fritz Lang Director

Peter Lorre as

Leonard Steckel as Man

Franz Stein as Minister

Paul Rehkopf as (uncredited)

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.