swap_horiz Christmas Holiday 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

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

Cry of the City

Cry of the City is a 1948 American film noir by Robert Siodmak, pairing Victor Mature and Richard Conte in a New York cr...

Classic Crime Urban 1940S

7.8 Good

9

Pitfall

Pitfall is a 1948 American film noir by Andre de Toth, starring Dick Powell and Lizabeth Scott in a suburban adultery an...

Classic Crime Domestic 1940S

7.8 Good

10

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

11

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

12

T-Men

T-Men is a 1947 American noir docudrama by Anthony Mann, notable for John Alton's stark cinematography and its Treasury-...

Classic Procedural 1940S Undercover

7.7 Good

13

Born to Kill

Born to Kill is a 1947 American noir by Robert Wise, starring Lawrence Tierney as a violent drifter in one of RKO's hars...

Classic Crime Violent 1940S

7.7 Good

14

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

15

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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Caught

Caught is a 1949 American melodrama noir by Max Ophuls, starring Barbara Bel Geddes, James Mason, and Robert Ryan as a H...

Classic 1940S Melodrama Mgm

7.5 Good

17

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

18

Black Angel

Black Angel is a 1946 American noir adapted from Cornell Woolrich, starring Dan Duryea and June Vincent in a murder-inve...

Classic Mystery Universal 1940S

7.3 Good

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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

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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