Remakes of Classic Film Noir
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1. Against All Odds (1984)
R | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras
Votes: 13,729 | Gross: $25.10M
Out of the Past , with cameo from Jane Greer
2. Arch of Triumph (1984 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance, War
In Paris, before the Nazis penetrate into the city, an Austrian refugee doctor falls in love with a mysterious woman.
Director: Waris Hussein | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Pleasence, Frank Finlay
Votes: 632
3. The Badlanders (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Western
Released from the Yuma Prison in 1898, ex-killer John McBain wants to go straight while ex-robber Peter Van Hoek seeks revenge but their destinies eventually converge in the mining town of Prescott.
Director: Delmer Daves | Stars: Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Claire Kelly
Votes: 1,688
The Asphalt Jungle , in the west .
4. The Bad Seed (1985 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A freak fatal accident forces a widow to realize that her 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Blair Brown, Lynn Redgrave, David Carradine, Carrie Wells
Votes: 533
5. The Big Lebowski (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Crime
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 861,001 | Gross: $17.50M
The Big Sleep , sort of
6. The Big Sleep (1978)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Grizzled American private detective in England investigates a complicated case of blackmail turned murder involving a rich but honest elderly general, his two loose socialite daughters, a pornographer and a gangster.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark
Votes: 5,440
7. Bire on vardi (1963)
89 min | Crime, Thriller
Mehmet, who came to Istanbul with dreams of becoming rich, steals when he cannot find a job. He meets the dancer Fatma at the night club. As they talk, they realize that they share the same fate. They plan to get rid of Istanbul.
Director: Memduh Ün | Stars: Fatma Girik, Tamer Yigit, Hüseyin Baradan, Reha Yurdakul
Votes: 34
The Postman Always Rings Twice , in Turkish .
8. The Boy Cried Murder (1966)
86 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy with a penchant for spinning elaborate yarns gets himself in deep trouble when he tries to tell people that he really did witness a terrible murder.
Director: George P. Breakston | Stars: Fraser MacIntosh, Veronica Hurst, Phil Brown, Tim Barrett
Votes: 85
The Window
9. The Breaking Point (1950)
Approved | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An otherwise moral captain of a charter boat becomes financially strapped and is drawn into illegal activities in order to keep up payments on his boat.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez
Votes: 4,413
To Have and Have Not , minus the jokes .
10. Brighton Rock (2010)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt
Votes: 6,767
11. Broken Lance (1954)
Approved | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Western
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark
Votes: 4,309 | Gross: $8.28M
House of Strangers western style
12. Buai laju-laju (2004)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Zaiton seduces a drifter named Amran into murdering her elderly husband, Ibrahim, to get his money and land.
Director: U-Wei Haji Saari | Stars: Eman Manan, Khalid Salleh, Betty Banafe, Baharuddin Haji Omar
Votes: 57
13. Cairo (1963)
91 min | Crime, Drama
An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum.
Director: Wolf Rilla | Stars: George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamamah, John Meillon
Votes: 412
The Asphalt Jungle , in Egypt
14. Cape Fear (1991)
R | 128 min | Crime, Thriller
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 216,918 | Gross: $79.10M
15. The Cape Town Affair (1967)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Thriller
South African secret agents attempt to save confidential microfilm before it falls into the hands of Communists.
Director: Robert D. Webb | Stars: James Brolin, Jacqueline Bisset, Claire Trevor, Bob Courtney
Votes: 484
Pickup on South Street , in South Africa ! ( note , no black people )
16. The Cat Burglar (1961)
Not Rated | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A burglar steals a briefcase. Unknown to him, it contains a valuable secret formula. So he has the police on his trail--plus the owner of the formula and a ruthless spy...
Director: William Witney | Stars: Jack Hogan, June Kenney, John Baer, Gregg Palmer
Votes: 319
Pickup on South Street , uncredited
17. Cat People (1982)
R | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A woman who was orphaned from a young age finally reunites with her older brother. Matters start to go awry when she slowly discovers the true nature of her family.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell, John Heard, Annette O'Toole
Votes: 23,924 | Gross: $7.00M
18. Cloak & Dagger (1984)
PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young boy and his imaginary friend end up on the run while in possession of a top-secret spy gadget.
Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra
Votes: 8,381 | Gross: $9.72M
19. Color Me Dead (1969)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A man discovers that he has been deliberately poisoned and hasn't long to live. In the short time he has left, he determines to find out who poisoned him and why.
Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones, Rick Jason, Patricia Conolly
Votes: 151
20. Cool Breeze (1972)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama
Thalmus is the leader for a group of criminals who gather in L.A. to rob a bank. Their goal is to find a new bank.
Director: Barry Pollack | Stars: Thalmus Rasulala, Judy Pace, Julian Christopher, Lincoln Kilpatrick
Votes: 415 | Gross: $1.18M
The Asphalt Jungle , blaxploitation style
21. Dead of Winter (1987)
R | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Roddy McDowall, Jan Rubes, William Russ
Votes: 4,677 | Gross: $2.41M
22. The Deep End (2001)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman spirals out of control while trying to keep her son from being found culpable in a murder investigation.
Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic, Jonathan Tucker, Peter Donat
Votes: 11,992 | Gross: $8.82M
23. Desperate Hours (1990)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.
Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse
Votes: 8,449 | Gross: $2.74M
24. Detour (1992)
Unrated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A nightclub piano player (Tom Neal Jr.) hitchhikes to the West Coast and soon figures into two deaths.
Director: Wade Williams | Stars: Tom Neal Jr., Lea Lavish, Susanna Foster, Erin McGrane
Votes: 59
25. Diabolique (1996)
R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the sadistic dean of an exclusive prep school conspire to murder him.
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik | Stars: Sharon Stone, Isabelle Adjani, Chazz Palminteri, Kathy Bates
Votes: 15,384 | Gross: $17.10M
Les Diaboliques , diabolical .
26. D.O.A. (1988)
R | 96 min | Mystery, Thriller
A college professor's day: his top student allegedly commits suicide, his wife presents him with divorce papers and he overnights in a freshman girl's dorm. The next day: more murders around him. Will he find the killer in time?
Directors: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern
Votes: 10,970 | Gross: $12.71M
27. Double Indemnity (1973 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 74 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Richard Crenna, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Webber, Samantha Eggar
Votes: 616
28. The Family Rico (1972 TV Movie)
73 min | Crime, Drama
A Mafia chief is torn between his brother, who has defected from the family, and his loyalty to the organization.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Jack Carter, Dane Clark, Leif Erickson
Votes: 28
The Brothers Rico
29. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
R | 95 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.
Director: Dick Richards | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles
Votes: 9,614 | Gross: $4.36M
30. The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958)
Passed | 101 min | Drama, Western
In this western remake of Kiss of Death (1947), a convicted bank robber serving his sentence, and wishing nothing more than to finish his time and get back to his family, gets involved with... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Hugh O'Brian, Robert Evans, Dolores Michaels, Linda Cristal
Votes: 263
Kiss of Death , Robert Evans plays Richard Widmark
31. The Getaway (1994)
R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, James Woods
Votes: 19,668 | Gross: $16.10M
32. The Good Thief (2002)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.
Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Ouassini Embarek
Votes: 10,907 | Gross: $3.52M
Bob le Flambeur
33. Guncrazy (1992)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A trashy teen murders her sexually abusive step-father, then helps get her reformed prison pen-pal released on good behavior so that she can re-corrupt him.
Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Drew Barrymore, James Le Gros, Robert Greenberg, Rodney Harvey
Votes: 2,680 | Gross: $0.11M
34. The Hanged Man (1964 TV Movie)
Unrated | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gunman who believes his friend has been murdered sets out to get the people who killed him and finds himself enmeshed in corrupt labor union politics.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Vera Miles, Robert Culp, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 131
Ride the Pink Horse , set in New Orleans
35. I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
Passed | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring - by robbing a resort hotel.
Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin
Votes: 1,623
High Sierra in colour
36. I, the Jury (1982)
R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King
Votes: 1,823 | Gross: $1.52M
37. I Married a Shadow (1983)
PG | 110 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.
Director: Robin Davis | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Francis Huster, Richard Bohringer, Madeleine Robinson
Votes: 535
No Man of Her Own
38. Journey Into Fear (1975)
R | 100 min | Thriller
An American geologist accidentally discovers oil in Turkey. Several assassins are sent to eliminate him, but they all fail. He eventually boards a passenger boat to try to escape. However, one of the passengers is an undercover assassin.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Sam Waterston, Zero Mostel, Yvette Mimieux, Scott Marlowe
Votes: 300
39. The Killer Inside Me (2010)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A West Texas Deputy Sheriff is slowly unmasked as a psychotic killer.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ned Beatty
Votes: 35,748 | Gross: $0.21M
40. The Killers (1964)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Surprised that their contract victim didn't try to run away from them, two professional hit men try to find out who hired them and why.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, John Cassavetes, Clu Gulager
Votes: 9,335
41. A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A determined student murders his pregnant secret girlfriend and moves onto her twin sister who gradually becomes suspicious of her new lover.
Director: James Dearden | Stars: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, James Bonfanti, Sarah Keller
Votes: 5,951 | Gross: $15.43M
42. Kiss of Death (1995)
R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A reformed convict goes undercover with the help of an angry detective to ensnare a psychotic mobster.
Director: Barbet Schroeder | Stars: David Caruso, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Helen Hunt
Votes: 20,247 | Gross: $14.94M
43. Laura (1962 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama, Mystery
The detective investigating Laura Hunt's murder finds himself becoming obsessed with the dead woman - and then finds out she's actually still alive.
Director: Franz Josef Wild | Stars: Hildegard Knef, Anton Walbrook, Hellmut Lange, John van Dreelen
Votes: 55
44. Laura (I) (1968 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
A woman (Radziwill) is found murdered in her apartment by a gunshot to her face. The detective assigned to solve the case spends a lot of time in her apartment, which contains a large ... See full summary »
Directors: John Llewellyn Moxey, David Susskind | Stars: Arlene Francis, Farley Granger, Lee Radziwill, George Sanders
Votes: 47
45. Stranger in the House (1992)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama
Since the suicide of his wife, Jacques Loursat has gone downhill. Estranged from his daughter, his lawyer's pratice in ruins, he consoles himself with drink. One night he is woken by a ... See full summary »
Director: Georges Lautner | Stars: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Cristiana Reali, Sandrine Kiberlain, Sébastien Tavel
Votes: 559
46. The Lost Man (1969)
M | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle".
Director: Robert Alan Aurthur | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman Jr., Michael Tolan
Votes: 221
Odd Man Out , black revolutionaries instead of Irish , still no happy ending
47. M. le maudit (1982 TV Short)
13 min | Short
A short remake of Fritz Lang's 1931 classic "M" made by French New Wave director Claude Chabrol.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Francis Arnaud, Henri Attal, Marie-France Caron, Serge Feuillard
Votes: 171
M
48. The Mad Room (1969)
M | 93 min | Drama, Horror
Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave the mental institution where they were put as young children after they killed their parents.
Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Skip Ward, Carol Cole
Votes: 627
49. Der Mann von draußen (1961 TV Movie)
70 min
Howard's a useful man to have around - but is he also a psychopath?
Director: Wilm ten Haaf | Stars: Hans Helmut Dickow, Lil Dagover, Wilhelm Kürten, Günter Roeder
50. Mildred Pierce (2011)
TV-MA | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Divorced single mom Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.
Stars: Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Brían F. O'Byrne
Votes: 24,123
51. Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Connie, unwed and pregnant, is heading to Boston by train when she meets wealthy newlyweds Hugh and Patricia. The train crashes, and when Connie comes to in the hospital, she is mistaken for Patricia, who died in the crash with Hugh.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser, Miguel Sandoval
Votes: 8,476 | Gross: $10.07M
No Man of Her Own
52. Night and the City (1992)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama
The story about a cheating and incompetent lawyer (Harry Fabian) who suddenly gets obsessed on becoming a boxing promoter.
Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King
Votes: 5,204 | Gross: $6.20M
53. Night of the Hunter (1991 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
A false preacher ingratiates himself with a dead man's family to find where he hid the money from a robbery.
Director: David Greene | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Diana Scarwid, Amy Bebout, Reid Binion
Votes: 344
54. No Way Out (1987)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton
Votes: 46,041 | Gross: $35.51M
The Big Clock
55. Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969)
M | 106 min | Thriller
A woman seduces a professional golfer, then offers to kill his opponent if the golfer will kill her psychiatrist, who wants her committed.
Director: Robert Sparr | Stars: Paul Burke, Carol Lynley, Martha Hyer, Peter Lind Hayes
Votes: 455
Strangers on a Train
56. Once You Meet a Stranger (1996 TV Movie)
96 min | Thriller
This made-for-television remake of Alfred Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train" (1951) follows the same story, but has changed the genders of the lead characters from male to female. Sheila ... See full summary »
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Mancuso, Theresa Russell, Art Bonilla
Votes: 264
Strangers on a Train
57. Ordeal (1973 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Arthur Hill, Diana Muldaur, James Stacy, Macdonald Carey
Votes: 241
Inferno
58. Original Sin (2001)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A woman, along with her lover, plans to con a rich man by marrying him, earning his trust, and then running away with all his money. Everything goes as planned until she falls in love with him.
Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson
Votes: 59,821 | Gross: $16.25M
Sirene Du Mississippi
59. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The sensuous wife of a roadside diner proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordid, steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.
Director: Bob Rafelson | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner
Votes: 25,809 | Gross: $12.38M
60. Rear Window (1998 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Modern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.
Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster, Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Votes: 4,481
61.
Theatre '62 (1961–1962)
Episode:
Rebecca
(1962)
59 min | Drama
A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: James Mason, Joan Hackett, Nina Foch, Lloyd Bochner
Votes: 55
62. Reflections of Murder (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. ... See full summary »
Director: John Badham | Stars: Tuesday Weld, Joan Hackett, Sam Waterston, Lucille Benson
Votes: 378
63. Salón México (1996)
79 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In this remake of the 40's classic, two lovers murder each other, leading to an investigation and the closing of the Saln Mxico, a famous place where people used to go to dance before WWII.... See full summary »
Director: José Luis García Agraz | Stars: Demián Bichir, Steven Brown, Gerardo Camarena, Luis de Icaza
Votes: 106
64. Scarface (1983)
R | 170 min | Crime, Drama
In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 917,317 | Gross: $45.60M
65. She's No Angel (2002 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A young woman on the run allows grieving parents to believe that she is their late son's wife.
Director: Rachel Feldman | Stars: Tracey Gold, Kevin Dobson, Dee Wallace, Cameron Bancroft
Votes: 360
66. Short Cut to Hell (1957)
Passed | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A professional hitman is hired by a friend to commit two murders. His friend pays him off in what turns out to be stolen money, and the police soon trace the money to him. On the run, he ... See full summary »
Director: James Cagney | Stars: William Bishop, Robert Ivers, Georgann Johnson, Yvette Vickers
Votes: 313
This Gun for Hire
67. The Sitter (1991 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
A delusional babysitter goes on a psychotic rampage, putting the little girl she is looking after in grave danger.
Director: Rick Berger | Stars: Kim Myers, Brett Cullen, Susan Barnes, Kimberly Cullum
Votes: 284
Don't Bother To Knock
68. Sorcerer (1977)
PG | 121 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou
Votes: 27,737 | Gross: $12.00M
Wages of Fear
69. The Spiral Staircase (1975)
Approved | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?
Director: Peter Collinson | Stars: Jacqueline Bisset, Christopher Plummer, John Phillip Law, Sam Wanamaker
Votes: 601
70. The Spiral Staircase (2000 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
During a storm, a group of people are trapped inside a mansion with a killer.
Director: James Head | Stars: Nicollette Sheridan, Judd Nelson, Alex McArthur, Debbe Dunning
Votes: 412
71. Cop-Out (1967)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama
John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.
Director: Pierre Rouve | Stars: James Mason, Geraldine Chaplin, Bobby Darin, Paul Bertoya
Votes: 272
72. Passion (1998)
155 min | Drama
In this black-and-white Hungarian version of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice, a wife and her lover plot to kill her older husband.
Director: György Fehér | Stars: Ildikó Bánsági, Djoko Rosic, János Derzsi, István Lénárt
Votes: 213
The Postman Always Rings Twice , in Hungary too
73. Target: Harry (1969)
R | 85 min | Mystery, Thriller
Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vic Morrow, Suzanne Pleshette, Victor Buono, Cesar Romero
Votes: 258
The Maltese Falcon
74. Thieves Like Us (1974)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen
Votes: 5,146
They Live by Night
75. The 13th Letter (1951)
Approved | 85 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
Respectable citizens receive anonymous letters revealing their adulterous relationships.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie, Constance Smith
Votes: 568
Le Corbeau
76. This Gun for Hire (1991 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Thriller
A killer for hire named Raven kills his target. However, he believes that he was just killing an ordinary person, but before he knows it, there's a massive manhunt for him. It seems that ... See full summary »
Director: Lou Antonio | Stars: Robert Wagner, Nancy Everhard, Fredric Lehne, John Harkins
Votes: 137
77. Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A bitter ex-husband wants his former spouse dead. A put-upon momma's boy wants his mother dead. Who will pull it off?
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal, Kim Greist, Anne Ramsey
Votes: 40,698 | Gross: $57.92M
Strangers on a Train , sort of
78. The Underneath (1995)
R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller
A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Elisabeth Shue, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner
Votes: 3,854 | Gross: $0.54M
Criss Cross
79. Unfaithful (2002)
R | 124 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
Director: Adrian Lyne | Stars: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan
Votes: 98,510 | Gross: $52.80M
80. L'uomo (1964 TV Movie)
A widow hires a handsome handyman, but soon regrets doing so.
Director: Vittorio Cottafavi | Stars: Evi Maltagliati, Tomas Milian, Gino Centanin, Mauro Di Francesco
Beware My Lovely
81. A Woman's Face (1941)
Passed | 106 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen
Votes: 3,786
En Kvinnas Ansikte 1938 Swedish noir , with Ingrid Bergman
82. Yoru no wana (1967)
85 min | Drama, Mystery
A woman's desperate attempt to prove her husband's innocence after he has been sentenced to death for the murder of his mistress. She tracks down four men in the victim's life, one of whom ... See full summary »
Director: Sôkichi Tomimoto | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Masaya Takahashi, Masahiko Naruse, Kôji Nanbara
83. Casbah (1948)
Not Rated | 94 min | Crime, Musical
The life, loves and adventures of a classic Casbah thief.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Yvonne De Carlo, Tony Martin, Peter Lorre, Märta Torén
Votes: 574
Pepe le Moko , Algiers
84. The Black Vampire (1953)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
This "feminist" reworking of Fritz Lang's classic M focuses on the mothers of children stalked by a deranged pedophile.
Director: Román Viñoly Barreto | Stars: Olga Zubarry, Roberto Escalada, Nelly Panizza, Mariano Vidal Molina
Votes: 573
M
85. Police Python 357 (1976)
Not Rated | 126 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.
Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli
Votes: 2,076
The Big Clock
86. La muerte camina en la lluvia (1948)
73 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A murderer terrorizes a city by attacking on the streets on rainy days and always leaving a card with the name "S. López".
Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Olga Zubarry, Guillermo Battaglia, Eduardo Cuitiño, Nicolás Fregues
Votes: 149
L'Assassin Habite Au 21 , Argentinian style
87. Istanbul (1957)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Errol Flynn, Cornell Borchers, John Bentley, Torin Thatcher
Votes: 595
Singapore , Errol Flynn and Cornell Borchers instead of Fred Macmurray and Ava Gardner .
88. Dark Mirror (1984 TV Movie)
Unrated | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
After attorney Frank Girard is murdered, Detective Al Church (Vincent Gardenia) suspects that Ms. Leigh Cullen (Jane Seymour) is the perpetrator, as she was supposedly last seen with the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Lang | Stars: Vincent Gardenia, Jane Seymour, Stephen Collins, Hank Brandt
Votes: 164
TV movie version of The Dark Mirror 1946 , Jane Seymour instead of Olivia De Havilland
89. The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
U.S. Agent Novak and Scotland Yard Officer Thompson go undercover to infiltrate a counterfeit organization.
Director: Sam Wanamaker | Stars: Yul Brynner, Charles Gray, Edward Woodward, John Barrie
Votes: 640 | Gross: $0.14M
T Men , with Yul Brynner instead of Dennis O'Keefe , and set in London
90. Step Down to Terror (1958)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A killer on the lam takes refuge in his childhood home where his mother and widowed sister-in-law are ignorant of his criminal past.
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Colleen Miller, Charles Drake, Rod Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson
Votes: 319
Shadow Of A Doubt
91. Target: Harry (1969)
R | 85 min | Mystery, Thriller
Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysterious Diane Reed and a local gangster, Rashi, are after Harry believing that he has the priceless plates Carlyle used to counterfeit money.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Vic Morrow, Suzanne Pleshette, Victor Buono, Cesar Romero
Votes: 258
basically it's The Maltese Falcon
92. The Black Bird (1975)
PG | 110 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it.
Director: David Giler | Stars: George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander, Lee Patrick
Votes: 623
comedy version of The Maltese Falcon
93. Beat the Devil (1953)
Approved | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...
Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley
Votes: 10,408
sort of The Maltese Falcon
94. Suddenly (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
Four assassins pose as Secret Service agents to assassinate the President of the United States.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Ray Liotta, Erin Karpluk, Dominic Purcell, Don MacKay
Votes: 1,779
95. Kati Patang (1970)
Not Rated | 167 min | Drama, Family, Musical
A runaway bride promises her dying widowed friend that she will assume her identity and look after her infant child.
Director: Shakti Samanta | Stars: Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh, Prem Chopra, Bindu Desai
Votes: 1,160
96. The Lodger (2009)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.
Director: David Ondaatje | Stars: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West, Donal Logue
Votes: 5,307
97. Out of Time (I) (2003)
PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Florida police chief must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Denzel Washington, Sanaa Lathan, Eva Mendes, Dean Cain
Votes: 65,722 | Gross: $41.09M
98. Winterset (1959 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the gangster Trock Estrella.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Martin Balsam, Charles Bickford, Rocco Bufano, Louis Filett
99.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
To Have and Have Not
(1957)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
During WWII, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a Free French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sexy lounge singer.
Director: James P. Yarbrough | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Beverly Garland, John Qualen, Dan Seymour
100.
Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
Episode:
Five Star Final
(1954)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case - with tragic results.
Director: Earl Eby | Stars: Louise Arthur, Ernestine Barrier, Marvin Bryan, Ken Carpenter
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