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Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Charles Laughton · 79 critic votes
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Psycho (1960)
Alfred Hitchcock · 70 critic votes
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
M (1931)
Fritz Lang · 59 critic votes
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Blade Runner (1982)
Ridley Scott · 55 critic votes
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Billy Wilder · 46 critic votes
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
The Third Man (1949)
Carol Reed · 45 critic votes
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.
Casablanca (1942)
Michael Curtiz · 43 critic votes
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Touch of Evil (1958)
Orson Welles · 34 critic votes
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
Chinatown (1974)
Roman Polanski · 30 critic votes
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
The Matrix (1999)
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · 30 critic votes
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Notorious (1946)
Alfred Hitchcock · 26 critic votes
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.
Out of the Past (1947)
Jacques Tourneur · 20 critic votes
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.
Double Indemnity (1944)
Billy Wilder · 18 critic votes
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Nicholas Ray · 17 critic votes
A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.
The Big Sleep (1946)
Howard Hawks · 12 critic votes
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
Lost Highway (1997)
David Lynch · 11 critic votes
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · 11 critic votes
Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged into a strange series of events involving nihilists, adult film producers, ferrets, errant toes, and large sums of money.
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Robert Aldrich · 9 critic votes
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.
High and Low (1963)
Akira Kurosawa · 9 critic votes
A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Alexander Mackendrick · 7 critic votes
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.
Fargo (1996)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · 7 critic votes
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
They Live by Night (1948)
Nicholas Ray · 6 critic votes
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Ace in the Hole (1952)
Billy Wilder · 6 critic votes
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
John Huston · 5 critic votes
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
John Huston · 5 critic votes
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.
Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
François Truffaut · 5 critic votes
Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Robert Altman · 5 critic votes
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
Cat People (1942)
Jacques Tourneur · 4 critic votes
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.
Ossessione (1943)
Luchino Visconti · 4 critic votes
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Alfred Hitchcock · 4 critic votes
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.
To Have and Have Not (1944)
Howard Hawks · 4 critic votes
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Michael Curtiz · 4 critic votes
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (1947)
Carol Reed · 4 critic votes
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Max Ophüls · 4 critic votes
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
The Hitch-hiker (1953)
Ida Lupino · 4 critic votes
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.
Memento (2000)
Christopher Nolan · 4 critic votes
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
Laura (1944)
Otto Preminger · 3 critic votes
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Orson Welles · 3 critic votes
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Force of Evil (1948)
Abraham Polonsky · 3 critic votes
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
On Dangerous Ground (1952)
Nicholas Ray · 3 critic votes
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
The Bigamist (1953)
Ida Lupino · 3 critic votes
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
Louis Malle · 3 critic votes
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
John Frankenheimer · 3 critic votes
Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen · 3 critic votes
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Scarface (1932)
Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson · 2 critic votes
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Raoul Walsh · 2 critic votes
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
High Sierra (1941)
Raoul Walsh · 2 critic votes
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Detour (1945)
Edgar G. Ulmer · 2 critic votes
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.
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
John M. Stahl · 2 critic votes
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Night and the City (1950)
Jules Dassin · 2 critic votes
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.
A Place in the Sun (1951)
George Stevens · 2 critic votes
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock · 2 critic votes
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.
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
Akira Kurosawa · 2 critic votes
In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," a young man infiltrates a powerful construction company to uncover the truth behind his father's death, exposing a wider web of corporate corruption and moral decay.
Pale Flower (1964)
Masahiro Shinoda · 2 critic votes
A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.
Branded to Kill (1967)
Seijun Suzuki · 2 critic votes
After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin.
Bound (1996)
Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski · 2 critic votes
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.
The Public Enemy (1931)
William A. Wellman · 1 critic vote
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Alfred Hitchcock · 1 critic vote
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Frank Capra · 1 critic vote
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Phantom Lady (1944)
Robert Siodmak · 1 critic vote
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
Scarlet Street (1945)
Fritz Lang · 1 critic vote
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.
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Billy Wilder · 1 critic vote
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.
Decoy (1946)
Jack Bernhard · 1 critic vote
A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.
Gilda (1946)
Charles Vidor · 1 critic vote
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
Possessed (1947)
Curtis Bernhardt · 1 critic vote
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
The Fallen Idol (1948)
Carol Reed · 1 critic vote
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.
Colorado Territory (1949)
Raoul Walsh · 1 critic vote
After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.
Stray Dog (1949)
Akira Kurosawa · 1 critic vote
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.
White Heat (1949)
Raoul Walsh · 1 critic vote
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.
Gun Crazy (1950)
Joseph H. Lewis · 1 critic vote
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.
Der Verlorene (1951)
Peter Lorre · 1 critic vote
A German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy.
Clash by Night (1952)
Fritz Lang · 1 critic vote
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Niagara (1953)
Henry Hathaway · 1 critic vote
Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. Polly begins to suspect that something is amiss between Rose and George, and her suspicions grow when she sees Rose in the arms of another man. While Ray initially thinks Polly is overreacting, things between George and Rose soon take a shockingly dark turn.
Diabolique (1954)
Henri-Georges Clouzot · 1 critic vote
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Julien Duvivier · 1 critic vote
In the heart of Paris, a restaurateur's mundane life is disrupted by the arrival of his ex-wife's daughter, who claims to be in need after her mother's death. After marrying her, tensions rise when she becomes involved with a young student, leading to betrayal and murder. As secrets unfold, he uncovers the truth about her past and her manipulative nature.
The Bad Seed (1956)
Mervyn LeRoy · 1 critic vote
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
The Killing (1956)
Stanley Kubrick · 1 critic vote
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.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock · 1 critic vote
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
The Wrong Man (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock · 1 critic vote
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
While the City Sleeps (1956)
Fritz Lang · 1 critic vote
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Samuel Fuller · 1 critic vote
Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.
The Criminal (1960)
Joseph Losey · 1 critic vote
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Shock Corridor (1963)
Samuel Fuller · 1 critic vote
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Get Carter (1971)
Mike Hodges · 1 critic vote
Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.
Thief (1981)
Michael Mann · 1 critic vote
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home, wife and kids. To accelerate the process, he signs on with a top gangster for a big score.
Blood Simple (1984)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen · 1 critic vote
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
The Last Seduction (1994)
John Dahl · 1 critic vote
A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
Sin City (2005)
Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino · 1 critic vote
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
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