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Kanopy
90
8.4
/259000/
81
/3777/
82
/2844/
4.4
/333854/
98
/125/
95
/3486/
94
/32/
cc age 13+

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
poster
Kanopy
88
8.0
/39275/
77
/697/
76
/561/
4.2
/62461/
98
/62/
91
/532/
100
/5/

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
88
8.1
/193952/
78
/3083/
79
/2033/
4.2
/180023/
99
/97/
93
/3387/
97
/30/
cc age 13+

The Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
poster
87
7.9
/113142/
76
/1982/
77
/1704/
4.1
/114495/
96
/53/
91
/1696/
100
/17/
cc age 11+

Notorious (1946)
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
poster
87
7.9
/114284/
76
/1726/
77
/1548/
4.2
/102243/
96
/85/
92
/1684/
99
/24/

Touch of Evil (1958)
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
poster
87
7.9
/173383/
76
/2898/
77
/1823/
3.9
/141888/
99
/111/
91
/2982/
97
/16/
cc age 12+

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
poster
fuboTV
86
7.9
/55361/
77
/1148/
76
/877/
4.0
/77647/
100
/64/
90
/778/

Laura (1944)
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
poster
86
7.8
/74781/
74
/1371/
75
/1106/
4.0
/82399/
100
/54/
89
/1216/
94
/15/

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.
poster
Kanopy
86
7.9
/148244/
76
/2580/
76
/1821/
4.1
/163064/
98
/60/
92
/1908/
88
/15/
cc age 14+

Strangers on a Train (1951)
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
7.9
/43937/
77
/805/
76
/628/
4.1
/54689/
93
/41/
92
/641/
85
/19/

Out of the Past (1947)
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
poster
85
7.9
/32135/
77
/701/
76
/537/
4.1
/47332/
95
/75/
90
/360/

The Big Heat (1953)
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
7.9
/38743/
77
/877/
76
/645/
4.2
/78171/
96
/52/
89
/442/

In a Lonely Place (1950)
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
poster
84
8.1
/41956/
77
/896/
78
/720/
4.3
/57079/
91
/43/
92
/548/
72
/6/

Ace in the Hole (1951)
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
poster
83
7.9
/24649/
77
/502/
75
/343/
3.9
/16654/
100
/24/
92
/641/

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
poster
83
7.9
/42930/
76
/695/
76
/645/
4.0
/39773/
97
/74/
90
/592/

The Lost Weekend (1945)
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam 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.
poster
83
7.9
/104842/
76
/2005/
76
/1669/
4.0
/143948/
79
/28/
83
/300/
91
/15/

The Killing (1956)
Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.
poster
MGM Plus
82
7.7
/20972/
76
/438/
75
/420/
4.0
/26356/
100
/17/
88
/247/

Scarlet Street (1945)
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
poster
82
7.8
/32475/
75
/649/
74
/524/
3.9
/34646/
98
/40/
87
/415/
85
/15/

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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.
poster
82
7.9
/30957/
77
/624/
76
/433/
4.1
/44048/
88
/50/
90
/611/
88
/16/

Mildred Pierce (1945)
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.3
/21710/
73
/551/
72
/394/
3.8
/45123/
98
/42/
77
/304/

Detour (1945)
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
poster
84
80
8.2
/15471/
78
/243/
78
/222/
4.1
/12542/
96
/28/
91
/194/

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
poster
JustWatch TV
80
7.5
/23503/
73
/475/
72
/399/
4.0
/31989/
98
/41/
84
/463/

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
poster
80
7.7
/25752/
75
/543/
74
/419/
3.8
/30944/
100
/35/
89
/286/
72
/12/

The Killers (1946)
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
poster
79
7.6
/38260/
74
/768/
74
/625/
3.8
/57543/
90
/71/
88
/705/

Gilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
poster
Kanopy
82
78
7.6
/12884/
75
/244/
72
/221/
3.9
/16755/
100
/33/
86
/139/
87
/18/

Odd Man Out (1947)
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
poster
Plex
80
78
7.6
/17545/
74
/346/
73
/313/
3.9
/21861/
93
/40/
89
/257/

Pickup on South Street (1953)
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
poster
78
7.5
/36266/
74
/754/
73
/707/
3.9
/60329/
86
/57/
84
/554/

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
poster
Kanopy
81
77
7.6
/10629/
73
/191/
72
/187/
3.8
/8585/
100
/35/
88
/153/
88
/12/

The Fallen Idol (1948)
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
poster
79
77
7.6
/16444/
75
/329/
74
/270/
3.9
/29082/
85
/68/
86
/234/

Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
77
7.5
/16157/
73
/345/
72
/248/
3.7
/14532/
94
/17/
86
/222/

Murder, My Sweet (1944)
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
poster
81
77
7.8
/14657/
75
/243/
74
/248/
4.0
/12010/
94
/18/
88
/138/

Fury (1936)
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
poster
80
77
7.8
/16391/
76
/284/
75
/275/
4.0
/17337/
86
/22/
90
/214/

Night and the City (1950)
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
poster
Kanopy
78
77
7.6
/16434/
75
/379/
74
/297/
3.9
/26966/
91
/66/
84
/234/
74
/14/

Gun Crazy (1950)
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
poster
Fandor
77
7.3
/30539/
72
/593/
72
/619/
3.7
/38474/
97
/32/
81
/356/
76
/9/

The Stranger (1946)
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.
poster
77
7.4
/34317/
71
/749/
72
/600/
3.8
/37308/
93
/28/
75
/413/
83
/15/

The Wrong Man (1956)
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
poster
77
7.5
/56102/
73
/997/
73
/950/
3.8
/63004/
86
/43/
82
/798/
78
/16/

Spellbound (1945)
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the real Dr. Edwardes is dead and fears he may have killed him, but cannot recall anything. Dr. Peterson, however is convinced his impostor is innocent of the man's murder, and joins him on a quest to unravel his amnesia through psychoanalysis.
poster
fuboTV
78
76
7.7
/14404/
73
/331/
71
/230/
3.9
/25577/
87
/63/
85
/133/
75
/13/

Nightmare Alley (1947)
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
76
7.5
/12613/
72
/236/
73
/200/
3.8
/14785/
95
/20/
87
/151/
80
/14/

Brute Force (1947)
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
poster
80
76
7.6
/10764/
73
/246/
72
/177/
3.8
/10833/
100
/10/
84
/102/

The Big Clock (1948)
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.
poster
80
76
7.5
/15757/
73
/244/
72
/239/
3.7
/12895/
100
/15/
82
/193/
84
/10/

The Letter (1940)
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
76
7.6
/19246/
74
/367/
73
/375/
3.7
/19039/
83
/29/
84
/178/

The Woman in the Window (1944)
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
poster
77
76
7.4
/24581/
72
/418/
70
/365/
3.6
/21984/
90
/29/
79
/382/
84
/10/

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
poster
77
76
7.5
/23733/
75
/425/
72
/339/
3.8
/21259/
90
/31/
82
/363/
68
/10/

Dark Passage (1947)
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
poster
76
7.2
/46026/
70
/902/
71
/872/
3.5
/53970/
97
/34/
77
/671/
74
/15/

Suspicion (1941)
A sheltered heiress falls for a charming playboy and elopes with him, but soon discovers his gambling vice and mounting debts. As his lies deepen and those around them meet mysterious ends, she begins to suspect that her husband’s affection may conceal a deadly motive—and that she could be his next victim.
poster
78
75
7.3
/11619/
72
/274/
69
/223/
3.7
/24747/
96
/68/
79
/110/
83
/15/

Shanghai Express (1932)
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
poster
fuboTV
80
75
7.5
/11006/
73
/223/
71
/200/
3.8
/11123/
100
/18/
87
/85/

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
75
7.5
/16773/
72
/386/
72
/276/
3.8
/20635/
86
/28/
79
/299/
74
/10/

The Naked City (1948)
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
75
7.4
/17980/
71
/336/
69
/234/
3.6
/12130/
97
/73/
78
/295/
cc age 12+

All the King's Men (1949)
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.


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