A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.

The Hitch-Hiker

1953

English

6.9

♡ 15

94%

Ida Lupino Director

Martin Garralaga as Bartender

Frank Lovejoy as Gilbert Bowen

Jean Del Val as Inspector General

Edmond O'Brien as Roy Collins

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

The Lost Weekend

1945

English

7.9

♡ 28

97%

89%

Action

alcohol

based on novel or book

Billy Wilder Director

Frank Faylen as 'Bim' Nolan

Ray Milland as Don Birnam

Walter Baldwin as Man from Albany

Frank Orth as Opera Cloak Room Attendant

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.

Key Largo

1948

English

7.7

♡ 27

97%

John Huston Director

Claire Trevor as Gaye Dawn

Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco

William Haade as Ralph Feeney

Thomas Gomez as Richard 'Curly' Hoff

A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.

The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950

English

6.8

♡ 6

100%

san francisco, california

Felix E. Feist Director

John Dall as Andy Cullen

Jane Wyatt as Lois Frazer

Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Ed Cullen

Marjorie Bennett as Muriel Quimby

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

English

6.8

♡ 6

86%

Boris Ingster Director

Harry C. Bradley as Court Clerk

Elisha Cook Jr. as Joe Briggs

Cliff Clark as Martin

Peter Lorre as The Stranger

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

Ace in the Hole

1951

English

8.1

♡ 41

91%

Billy Wilder Director

Timothy Carey as Construction Worker

Harry Harvey as Dr. Hilton

Lester Dorr as Father Diego

Jan Sterling as Lorraine Minosa

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Detective Story

1951

English

7.5

♡ 8

71%

William Wyler Director

Joseph Wiseman as Charley Gennini

Horace McMahon as Lt. Monaghan

Eleanor Parker as Mary McLeod

Lee Grant as Shoplifter

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

The Asphalt Jungle

1950

English

7.8

♡ 25

98%

87%

Action

based on novel or book

John Huston Director

Brad Dexter as Bob Brannom

George Lynn as Detective at Ciavelli's Apartment

Sam Jaffe as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider

Thomas Browne Henry as James X. Connery

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

The Dark Past

1948

English

6.3

♡ 3

50%

Rudolph Maté Director

Ellen Corby as Agnes

Lester Dorr as First Man in Police Line-Up

Edward Earle as McCoy

Lois Maxwell as Ruth Collins

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

The Stranger

1946

English

7.3

♡ 26

97%

Orson Welles Director

Edward G. Robinson as Mr. Wilson

Richard Long as Noah Longstreet

Ruth Lee as Undetermined Role

Lillian Molieri as Undetermined Role

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.

Pool of London

1951

English

7.1

♡ 2

53%

Basil Dearden Director

Sam Kydd as 2nd Engineer

James Robertson Justice as Engine Room Officer Trotter

Ian Bannen as Garage attendant

Earl Cameron as Johnny Lambert

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950

English

7.1

♡ 6

71%

Gordon Douglas Director

Ward Bond as Inspector Charles Weber

Luther Adler as Keith 'Cherokee' Mandon

Mack Williams as Mr. Hartford

Barton MacLane as Police Lt. John Reece

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.

Hollywood Story

1951

English

6.7

♡ 7

44%

William Castle Director

Betty Blythe as Betty Blythe

Peter Brocco as Charles Rodale

Elmo Lincoln as Elmo Lincoln

Richard Conte as Larry O'Brien

An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.

The Bad Sleep Well

1960

Japanese

8.0

♡ 24

100%

parent child relationship

Thriller

wedding

Akira Kurosawa Director

Kunie Tanaka as Hitman

Takeshi Katô as Itakura

Toshirô Mifune as Kôichi Nishi

Masayuki Mori as Public Corporation Vice President Iwabuchi

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At the reception, the wedding cake is a replica of their corporate headquarters, but an aspect of the design reminds the party of the hushed-up death of Nishi's father. It is then that Nishi unleashes his plan to avenge his father's death.

Heat Wave

1954

English

6.0

♡ 4

18%

Ken Hughes Director

Hillary Brooke as Carol Forrest

Peter Illing as Harry Stevens

Alan Wheatley as Inspector MacLennan

Aileen Lewis as Party Guest

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs. But when neighbour Mark Kendrick lets slip that her husband intends cutting her out of his will Carol concentrates all her attentions on the unsuspecting Kendrick, obtaining his help to dispose of this irritating obstacle.

Somewhere in the Night

1946

English

7.0

♡ 12

89%

los angeles, california

Joseph L. Mankiewicz Director

Forbes Murray as Bank Executive

Richard Conte as Mel Phillips

John Ireland as Thug

Cy Schindell as Thug

George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt for a missing $2 million.

Cat People

1942

English

7.2

♡ 25

92%

Jacques Tourneur Director

Mary Halsey as Blondie

Tom Conway as Dr. Louis Judd

Kent Smith as Oliver Reed

Murdock MacQuarrie as Sheep Caretaker

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.