The Web
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
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1947★ 6.6
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1957★ 7.0
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
5 Against the House
1955★ 5.9
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Witness to Murder
1954★ 6.3
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
Nightfall
1956★ 6.9
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
The Dark Corner
1946★ 6.6
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
The Naked City
1948★ 7.2
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Sleep, My Love
1948★ 6.3
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
The Glass Key
1942★ 6.6
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Knock on Any Door
1949★ 6.2
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
The Big Knife
1955★ 6.0
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.
The Locket
1946★ 6.3
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Pitfall
1948★ 6.9
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
Born to Kill
1947★ 6.7
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950★ 6.1
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950★ 7.2
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
The Truth About Emanuel
2013★ 6.0
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
M
1951★ 6.5
Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
Lady in the Lake
1946★ 6.1
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.
White Heat
1949★ 7.6
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.