swap_horiz Black Angel Alternatives

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Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity is a 1944 American noir by Billy Wilder, adapted from James M. Cain and noted for its fatalistic insura...

Classic Crime 1940S Femme Fatale

9.7 Brilliant

2

Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil is a 1958 American noir by Orson Welles, famous for its border-town corruption story and elaborate opening...

Classic Universal 1950S Corruption

9.4 Excellent

3

Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet is a 1944 American noir by Edward Dmytryk, notable for casting Dick Powell as Raymond Chandler's detect...

Classic Detective 1940S Hardboiled

8.4 Great

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The Big Clock

The Big Clock is a 1948 American noir by John Farrow, starring Ray Milland as a magazine editor trapped inside a murder...

Classic Mystery Media 1940S

8.2 Great

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Act of Violence

Act of Violence is a 1949 American MGM film noir by Fred Zinnemann, starring Van Heflin and Robert Ryan in a postwar rev...

Classic Crime 1940S Veteran

8.0 Great

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He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night is a 1948 American semidocumentary noir by Alfred L. Werker, with uncredited work by Anthony Mann and...

Classic Police Procedural 1940S

7.9 Good

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My Name Is Julia Ross

My Name Is Julia Ross is a 1945 American noir by Joseph H. Lewis, noted for its compact Gothic suspense plot about ident...

Classic Mystery Gothic 1940S

7.8 Good

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Too Late for Tears

Too Late for Tears is a 1949 American film noir by Byron Haskin, notable for Lizabeth Scott as a ruthless woman keeping...

Classic Crime 1940S Money

7.8 Good

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Border Incident

Border Incident is a 1949 American film noir by Anthony Mann, shot by John Alton and centered on undercover agents at th...

Classic Procedural 1940S Border

7.8 Good

10

Ride the Pink Horse

Ride the Pink Horse is a 1947 American film noir directed by and starring Robert Montgomery, adapted from Dorothy B. Hug...

Classic Crime Universal 1940S

7.7 Good

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Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run is a 1950 American film noir by Norman Foster, starring Ann Sheridan in a San Francisco chase story lat...

Classic Mystery Universal 1950S

7.6 Good

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I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming is a 1941 American noir mystery from 20th Century Fox, starring Victor Mature, Betty Grable, and Lai...

Classic Mystery Celebrity 1940S

7.5 Good

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The Suspect

The Suspect is a 1944 American noir by Robert Siodmak, starring Charles Laughton as a London shopkeeper caught in murder...

Classic Crime Universal Domestic

7.4 Good

14

So Dark the Night

So Dark the Night is a 1946 American noir by Joseph H. Lewis, following a Paris detective whose village holiday becomes...

Classic Mystery Psychological 1940S

7.2 Good

15

The Unsuspected

The Unsuspected is a 1947 American mystery noir by Michael Curtiz, starring Claude Rains and based on Charlotte Armstron...

Classic Radio Mystery 1940S

7.2 Good

16

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 American noir thriller by Norman Foster, with Burt Lancaster and Joan Fontaine in...

Classic Crime Universal 1940S

7.1 Good

17

Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 American noir mystery written by Clifford Odets, following a sailor and a dance-hall girl thr...

Classic Mystery Night 1940S

7.0 Good

18

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry is a 1945 American noir melodrama by Robert Siodmak, starring George Sanders in a stor...

Classic Psychological Universal Domestic

6.6 Fair

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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes is a 1948 American Monogram film noir by William Nigh, adapted from a Cornell Woolrich novel...

Classic Mystery Monogram 1940S

6.6 Fair

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Christmas Holiday

Christmas Holiday is a 1944 American noir melodrama by Robert Siodmak, pairing Deanna Durbin and Gene Kelly in a crime-c...

Classic Universal 1940S Melodrama

6.5 Fair