Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.

The Hidden Room

1949

English

7.3

♡ 9

89%

based on novel or book

Edward Dmytryk Director

Michael Balfour as American Sailor

Sam Kydd as Club Steward

Robert Newton as Dr. Clive Riordan

Stanley Baker as Policeman

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Lady in the Lake

1946

English

6.5

♡ 7

60%

Robert Montgomery Director

Jayne Meadows as Mildred Havelend

Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Grayson

Robert Montgomery as Phillip Marlowe

Fred Sherman as Reporter

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

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.

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944

English

5.7

♡ 9

40%

Ford Beebe Director

Ian Wolfe as Feeney

Evelyn Ankers as Julie Herrick

Jon Hall as Robert Griffin

Lester Matthews as Sir Jasper Herrick

A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner who left him for dead in the jungle after their discovery of a diamond mine. When the former partner also claims to have since lost the mine and all its wealth, which he took all for himself, and though the partner is still living in a state of luxury , the madman takes up an offer from a crazed scientist to make him invisible, something the scientist has already done with experimental animals, so that he can take revenge.

The Turning Point

1952

English

6.8

♡ 8

80%

los angeles, california

police

Thriller

William Dieterle Director

Tom Moore as Drugstore Owner

Edmond O'Brien as John Conroy

Carolyn Jones as Lillian Smith

Kenneth Gibson as Reporter

Special prosecutor John Conroy hopes to combat organized crime in his city and appoints his cop father Matt as chief investigator. John doesn't understand why Matt is reluctant, but cynical reporter Jerry McKibbon thinks he knows: he's seen Matt with mob lieutenant Harrigan. Jerry's friendship with John is tested by the question of what to do about Matt, and by his attraction to John's girl Amanda. Meanwhile, the threatened racketeers adopt increasingly violent means of defense.

Budapest Noir

2017

Hungarian

6.1

♡ 1

67%

Éva Gárdos Director

Aladár Laklóth as Gazdag ötvenes

Franciska Töröcsik as Szöllõsy Fanny

Norbert Kovács as Támadó

Ágnes Bánfalvy as Valéria

A murder mystery set in 1936 Budapest, just as Hungary was preparing to align itself with Hitler. A beautiful young girl is found dead and nobody wants to investigate—except Gordon, a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that things are not what they seem.

Hollow Triumph

1948

English

6.7

♡ 3

55%

Paul Henreid Director

Joan Bennett as Evelyn Hahn

Amzie Strickland as Hotel Guest

Norma Varden as Mrs. Gerry

Vera Marshe as Woman in Back Seat

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

The Whistler

1944

English

6.3

♡ 5

33%

William Castle Director

Gloria Stuart as Alice Walker

Robert Emmett Keane as Charles 'Charlie' McNear

Roy Brent as Detective in Alley

Trevor Bardette as The Bum in the Next Bed

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.

The Mark of the Whistler

1944

English

6.5

♡ 5

William Castle Director

Edgar Dearing as Bank Guard

George Ford as Clerk

Walter Baldwin as Fireman

Minerva Urecal as Woman Sweeping Front Stoop

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

Mysterious Intruder

1946

English

6.3

♡ 8

56%

William Castle Director

Martin Garralaga as Detective

Barton MacLane as Detective Taggart

Helen Mowery as Freda Hanson

Regis Toomey as James Summers

A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

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.

The Unseen

1945

English

6.0

♡ 2

17%

Lewis Allen Director

Joel McCrea as David Fielding

Gail Russell as Elizabeth Howard

Victoria Horne as Lily

Mary Field as Miss Budge

David Fielding, who has recently lost his wife, moves into a new neighborhood under a cloud of suspicion. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. Elizabeth Howard, the governess he hires to look after his children, makes it her mission to find out the truth. When other murders seem to be following David to his new town, Elizabeth investigates with the help of David's son Barnaby.

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.

Stray Dog

1949

Japanese

7.8

♡ 31

100%

Akira Kurosawa Director

Kappei Matsumoto as Bar owner

Toshirô Mifune as Detective Murakami

Reikichi Kawamura as Officer Ichikawa

Eijirô Tôno as Old man of wooden tub shop

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

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 Glass Web

1953

English

6.6

♡ 5

Jack Arnold Director

Edward G. Robinson as Henry Hayes

Brett Halsey as Lou, TBC Receptionist

Kathleen Hughes as Paula Ranier

Jack Kelly as TBC Engineer

A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.

Hell Is a City

1960

English

7.0

♡ 4

67%

74%

based on novel or book

Val Guest Director

Warren Mitchell as Commercial Traveller

Stanley Baker as Det. Inspector Harry Martineau

John Harvey as Fingerprint Officer

Marianne Stone as (uncredited)

Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail becoming England's most wanted man. Ruthless villain Starling together with his cronies engineered a robbery that resulted in the violent death of a young girl. Detective Inspector Martineau has been assigned to hunt him down and bring him in. From seedy barrooms, through gambling dens the trail leads to an explosive climax high on the rooftops of the city.