#1
Sunset Boulevard
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
#2
The Third Man
Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to post-war Vienna and finds himself investigating the mysterious sudden death of his old friend Harry Lime.
#3
Double Indemnity
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that draws suspicion from his investigator colleague.
#4
The Maltese Falcon
A private detective is swept up in the hunt for a priceless statuette after his partner is murdered on a seemingly ordinary job.
#5
Strangers on a Train
A psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into a murder pact, arguing that two strangers can swap killings and get away with it.
#6
Touch of Evil
A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted by a crime family in a Texas border town as he clashes with a corrupt local detective.
#7
Notorious
The daughter of a convicted German spy is recruited by American agents to infiltrate a group of German scientists in South America.
#8
The Killing
Crook Johnny Clay assembles a crew to carry out a daring racetrack robbery, but their plan unravels in unexpected ways.
#9
The Big Sleep
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family and becomes entangled in a labyrinth of murder, blackmail, and potential love.
#10
Shadow of a Doubt
A young woman comes to suspect that her visiting Uncle Charlie may be a notorious serial killer known as the "Merry Widow."
#11
Spellbound
A psychiatrist shields an amnesiac patient accused of murder while trying to recover his lost memories.
#12
Laura
A police detective investigates the apparent murder of a woman and gradually falls in love with her image.
#13
Key Largo
A drifter visits the family hotel of a fallen war buddy and finds it overrun by a Chicago mobster and his gang as a hurricane approaches.
#14
Suspicion
A shy heiress marries a charming man and gradually comes to fear that he may be plotting to kill her.
#15
Out of the Past
A former private eye tries to escape his past by running a gas station, but old dangers, corruption, and a femme fatale drag him back.
#16
The Lost Weekend
The film follows four harrowing days in the life of a chronic alcoholic whose drinking threatens to destroy him.
#17
Ace in the Hole
A cynical journalist exploits the story of a man trapped in a cave, turning the rescue into a grotesque media circus to revive his career.
#18
To Have and Have Not
During World War II, an American boat captain in Martinique helps the French Resistance while falling for a sharp-tongued singer.
#19
Sweet Smell of Success
A powerful Broadway gossip columnist manipulates an unscrupulous press agent into sabotaging his sister’s romance with a jazz musician.
#20
In a Lonely Place
A volatile screenwriter becomes a murder suspect and is cleared by his neighbor, who later begins to fear him herself.
#21
Gilda
A small-time gambler working in a Buenos Aires casino discovers that his boss’s new wife is his former lover.
#22
White Heat
A ruthless, psychopathic criminal devoted to his mother escapes prison to lead his gang in a payroll heist.
#23
The Lady from Shanghai
A seaman drawn to a mysterious woman joins her husband’s yacht cruise and becomes entangled in a convoluted murder plot.
#24
The Wrong Man
In 1953, a musician and family man is mistakenly identified as a robber and struggles to prove his innocence.
#25
Scarface
A violent, power-hungry gangster ascends the ranks of organized crime only to be undone by his own flaws.
#26
The Asphalt Jungle
A carefully planned jewel heist appears to succeed until betrayals, bad luck, and police work cause it to fall apart.
#27
The Big Heat
A tough police detective takes on a powerful crime syndicate after a fellow officer’s death exposes deep corruption.
#28
Mildred Pierce
A hardworking mother builds a restaurant empire to support her ungrateful daughter, bringing personal and moral ruin closer.
#29
The Stranger
A War Crimes Commission investigator tracks an infamous Nazi fugitive hiding under an assumed identity in a small American town.
#30
Killer's Kiss
A washed-up boxer recounts the strange events of recent days involving a troubled dancer and her violent boss.
#31
The Killers
Two hit men murder an unresisting man, prompting an insurance investigator to uncover his tangled past with a dangerous woman.
#32
Angels with Dirty Faces
A priest tries to prevent his childhood friend, now a gangster, from corrupting a group of street kids.
#33
The Postman Always Rings Twice
A drifter and a married woman fall in love and conspire to murder her husband.
#34
Dark Passage
A man convicted of killing his wife escapes from prison and enlists a woman’s help to prove his innocence.
#35
Kiss Me Deadly
A hard-boiled private investigator is pulled into a lethal conspiracy revolving around a mysterious, coveted box.
#36
Niagara
While vacationing at Niagara Falls, tensions between a troubled wife and her husband escalate toward murder.
#37
Detour
A nightclub pianist hitchhikes across the country to reunite with his girlfriend, only to descend into a nightmare of fate and crime.
#38
Scarlet Street
A middle-aged man befriends a young woman, unaware that she and her lover plan to swindle him.
#39
High Sierra
After his release from prison, a notorious thief is hired to lead a resort robbery with a group of inexperienced criminals.
#40
The Woman in the Window
A reserved professor meets a mysterious model and becomes ensnared in a deadly chain of events.
#41
All the King's Men
A populist politician rises from humble roots to power, only to become corrupted by the very system he once opposed.
#42
Pickup on South Street
A pickpocket steals a purse holding a microfilm meant for Communist agents and finds himself pursued by spies and the police.
#43
Stage Fright
A drama student helps a friend accused of murder by investigating the glamorous singer he claims to protect.
#44
The Naked City
Police detectives investigate the murder of a young model in New York, following the case step by step through the city.
#45
Leave Her to Heaven
A writer marries a beautiful socialite whose obsessive love threatens him and everyone around them.
#46
Gun Crazy
Two gun-obsessed lovers embark on a dangerous robbery spree across the country.
#47
Night and the City
A small-time hustler in London tries to reinvent himself as a wrestling promoter, triggering rivalries and doom.
#48
Murder, My Sweet
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired to find an ex-con’s girlfriend and is drawn into a complex web of deception.
#49
The Letter
After shooting a man and claiming self-defense, a plantation owner’s wife is threatened by the existence of a compromising letter.
#50
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran unjustly sentenced to a brutal Southern chain gang fights to survive and clear his name.