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Touch of Evil

Orson Welles’ *Touch of Evil* (1958) is a seminal film-noir exploring moral decay along the US-Mexico border. The movie'...

Classic Universal 1950S Corruption

9.4 Excellent

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The Killing

Stanley Kubrick’s *The Killing* is a 1956 film-noir exploring a complex heist plot through a deliberately disorienting n...

Classic 1950S Heist Kubrick

8.9 Great

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The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point, directed by Michael Curtiz, is a classic 1950 film noir based on Ernest Hemingway’s novel. Starring...

Classic Crime 1950S Warner

8.5 Great

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Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet, directed by Edward Dmytryk, is a classic 1944 film-noir featuring Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. The s...

Classic Detective 1940S Hardboiled

8.4 Great

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The Narrow Margin

Richard Fleischer’s *The Narrow Margin* (1952) is a classic film noir centered around a train robbery gone wrong. This R...

Classic Crime 1950S Train

8.4 Great

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

Otto Preminger’s *Where the Sidewalk Ends* (1950) is a classic film noir exploring moral ambiguity within the Los Angele...

Classic Police 1950S Fox

8.1 Great

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Murder by Contract

“Murder by Contract (1958) presents a stark narrative of a professional assassin, played by Vince Edwards, navigating a...

Classic Minimalist 1950S Columbia

8.1 Great

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Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11 is a 1954 prison film noir directed by Don Siegel and produced by Walter Wanger. The narrative fol...

Classic Social 1950S Prison

8.0 Great

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Try and Get Me!

Try and Get Me! is the reissue title of The Sound of Fury, a 1950 American film noir directed by Cy Endfield and distrib...

Classic Crime 1950S United Artists

7.9 Good

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Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 film noir directed by Robert Wise and starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, and Ed Begl...

Classic Social 1950S Heist

7.8 Good

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Pitfall

Pitfall is a 1948 American film noir directed by Andre De Toth, based on the 1947 novel by Jay Dratler. The film stars D...

Classic Crime Domestic 1940S

7.8 Good

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The Phenix City Story

The Phenix City Story is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson, blending semi-documentary techniques with t...

Classic Crime 1950S Corruption

7.8 Good

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The Lineup

The Lineup is a 1958 American film noir directed by Don Siegel, distributed by Columbia Pictures. It serves as a loose f...

Classic Procedural Crime 1950S

7.8 Good

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Born to Kill

"Born to Kill" is a 1947 American film noir directed by Robert Wise and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. The narrative...

Classic Crime Violent 1940S

7.7 Good

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Cry Danger

Cry Danger is a 1951 American film noir directed by Robert Parrish and starring Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, and Richard...

Classic Crime Revenge 1950S

7.5 Good

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Slightly Scarlet

Slightly Scarlet is a 1956 American crime film directed by Allan Dwan and adapted from James M. Cain's novel Love's Love...

Classic Gangster 1950S Rko

7.0 Good

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His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman is a 1951 RKO crime film starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, and Raymond Burr. Mitch...

Classic Crime 1950S Resort

6.9 Fair

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Cause for Alarm!

Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 American suspense film directed by Tay Garnett and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Loretta Y...

Classic Thriller 1950S Domestic

6.8 Fair

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Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion is a 1957 American film noir directed by Gerd Oswald. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck as Kathy Ferguson...

Classic Crime 1950S Domestic

6.7 Fair

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Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom is a 1950 American crime drama commonly classified as film noir, directed by Mark Robson and produced by Sa...

Classic Social Crime 1950S

6.4 Fair