FILM-NOIR Movies and Tvshows

House by the River (1950)

IMDb: 7.1
1950

A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances The writer engages his brothers help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them

Suspicion (1941)

IMDb: 7.4
1941

A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

IMDb: 7.6
1947

Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs Bannister, seaman Michael OHara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot

Ruthless (1948)

IMDb: 6.9
1948

A poor boy who saved a rich girl from drowning is adopted by her family but he grows into a money hungry ruthless businessman who would step on others to get to the top of the social ladder

Girls in Prison (1956)

IMDb: 5.2
1956

Anne Carson, meeting the seamy side of prison life, finds that everyone thinks she knows where unrecovered bank loot is

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

IMDb: 7.9
1939

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I

Road House (1948)

IMDb: 7.2
1948

A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friendmanager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him

Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)

IMDb: 7.0
1952

While awaiting a delayed flight, a lawyer who has left his unfaithful wife, befriends three fellow passengers After the plane crashes and he is among the few to survive, he feels compelled to contact the families of his dead frie

Spellbound 1945

IMDb: 7.5
1945

A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory

The Sniper (1952)

IMDb: 7.2
1952

A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant

D.O.A. (1949)

IMDb: 7.3
1949

Frank Bigelow, told hes been poisoned and has only a few days to live, tries to find out who killed him and why

Rumble on the Docks (1956)

IMDb: 5.5
1956

Crime drama concerning the coming of age of a Brooklyn born 17 year old whose loyalty is torn between his parents old fashion values and a local gangsters flashy lifestyle

Girl on the Run (1953)

IMDb: 5.2
1953

Police investigate a murder that occurred in a burlesque theater

Blonde Ice (1948)

IMDb: 6.0
1948

A society reporter keeps herself in the headlines by marrying a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances

The Roaring 20s Twenties (1939)

IMDb: 7.9
1939

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I

Beware, My Lovely (1952)

IMDb: 6.6
1952

A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely war widow

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

IMDb: 7.5
1946

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband

The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)

IMDb: 6.6
1958

When a reporter claims that New York police are on the take letting the mob run its horse parlors at will, a shocked District Attorney Michael Norris decides to do something about it Not knowing who can be trusted on the force, he t

Touch of Evil (1958)

IMDb: 8.0
1958

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town

M (1951)

IMDb: 6.8
1951

In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children

The Unfaithful (1947)

IMDb: 6.8
1947

A Los Angeles socialite kills a man while home alone one night and claims he was an intruder she did not know It seems like a clear case of self defense until the story hits the papers and people connected to the dead man come forwa

The Second Woman (1950)

IMDb: 6.4
1950

In flashback from a Rebecca style beginning Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house

Too Late for Tears (1949)

IMDb: 7.3
1949

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with 60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder

The Unguarded Moment (1956)

IMDb: 6.3
1956

A beautiful teacher is protective of a high school boy who sexually harassed her, and later he becomes a murder suspect

The Night Runner (1957)

IMDb: 5.9
1957

A mental patient with a violent past is released from the institution, against the advice of his doctors, and sent back to his old neighborhood Realizing that he cant handle the pressures of big city life, and not wanting to com

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

IMDb: 7.9
1938

A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids

Crime of Passion (1957)

IMDb: 6.5
1956

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs Her drive to advance Bills career soon takes her down a dangerous path

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)

IMDb: 8.2
1932

Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him

Man in the Dark (1953)

IMDb: 6.2
1953

Many interested parties are after the loot from a factory payroll heist but the mobster who hid it has amnesia after undergoing experimental brain surgery in the prison hospital

Dont Bother to Knock (1952)

IMDb: 6.9
1952

After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes shes dangerous

Bad Blonde (1953)

IMDb: 5.7
1953

A scheming blonde seduces a fighter and convinces him to murder her husband, a fight manager

No Way Out (1950)

IMDb: 7.4
1950

Two hoodlum brothers are shot and wounded during an attempted robbery Theyre taken to a nearby hospital where one brother dies The surviving brother, a rabid racist, blames the Black doctor for his brothers death

The Naked City (1948)

IMDb: 7.6
1948

A step by step look at a murder investigation on the streets of New York

The Big Sleep (1946)

IMDb: 7.9
1946

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family Before the complex case is over, hes seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love

Strangers on a Train (1951)

IMDb: 8.0
1951

A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder

Laura (1944)

IMDb: 8.0
1944

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating