swap_horiz The Criminal 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

Heat

Heat is a 1995 American crime epic directed by Michael Mann, famous for pairing Al Pacino and Robert De Niro and for its...

Crime Neo Noir 1990S Heist

9.3 Excellent

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The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American neo-noir political thriller by John Frankenheimer, adapted from Richard Cond...

Thriller 1960S Conspiracy United Artists

9.2 Excellent

4

Le Samourai

Le Samourai is a 1967 French-Italian neo-noir by Jean-Pierre Melville, starring Alain Delon as the methodical hitman Jef...

Minimalist 1960S French Noir Hitman

9.2 Excellent

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Le Cercle Rouge

Le Cercle Rouge is a 1970 French-Italian crime film by Jean-Pierre Melville, noted for a climactic jewelry heist staged...

Crime 1970S Heist French Noir

8.8 Great

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Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out is a 1947 British film noir by Carol Reed, starring James Mason as a wounded nationalist leader hunted throu...

Crime 1940S British Noir Fugitive

8.7 Great

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The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point is a 1950 American film noir by Michael Curtiz, adapted from Hemingway's To Have and Have Not and sta...

Classic Crime 1950S Warner

8.5 Great

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The Narrow Margin

The Narrow Margin is a 1952 RKO train noir by Richard Fleischer, notable as a low-budget thriller that earned an Oscar n...

Classic Crime 1950S Train

8.4 Great

9

A Fugitive from the Past

A Fugitive from the Past is a 1965 Japanese crime drama directed by Tomu Uchida, noted for its long postwar murder story...

Epic Crime 1960S Japanese Noir

8.4 Great

10

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American crime film directed by Peter Yates, with Robert Mitchum as a weary Boston...

Boston Crime 1970S Neo Noir

8.4 Great

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Pale Flower

Pale Flower is a 1964 Japanese film noir by Masahiro Shinoda, pairing a released yakuza killer with a thrill-seeking gam...

Crime 1960S Gambling Japanese Noir

8.2 Great

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Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock is a 1948 British gangster noir by John Boulting, adapted from Graham Greene's novel and starring Richard...

Crime Gangster 1940S British Noir

7.8 Good

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It Always Rains on Sunday

It Always Rains on Sunday is a 1947 British noir drama by Robert Hamer, set in Bethnal Green during one day after an esc...

Crime Domestic 1940S British Noir

7.8 Good

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Underworld U.S.A.

Underworld U.S.A. is a 1961 American neo-noir by Samuel Fuller, starring Cliff Robertson as a man infiltrating organized...

Crime Revenge 1960S Columbia

7.6 Good

15

They Made Me a Fugitive

They Made Me a Fugitive is a 1947 British film noir by Alberto Cavalcanti, set in postwar England's black-market crimina...

Crime Gangster 1940S Alliance

7.6 Good

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Yield to the Night

Yield to the Night is a 1956 British crime drama by J. Lee Thompson, starring Diana Dors as a condemned prisoner in an a...

Crime 1950S Warwick British Noir

7.4 Good

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The Long Memory

The Long Memory is a 1953 British crime film by Robert Hamer, starring John Mills in a bleak revenge story often cited a...

Crime Revenge 1950S British Noir

7.0 Good

18

Cruel Gun Story

Cruel Gun Story is a 1964 Japanese heist film by Takumi Furukawa, starring Joe Shishido as an ex-con recruited to rob an...

Crime 1960S Heist Japanese Noir

7.0 Good

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The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young is a 1954 British crime film by Lewis Gilbert, with Laurence Harvey, Gloria Grahame, and Stanley Bake...

Crime 1950S Heist British Noir

6.7 Fair

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Take Aim at the Police Van

Take Aim at the Police Van is a 1960 Japanese Nikkatsu crime film directed by Seijun Suzuki, an early studio noir about...

Procedural Crime 1960S Japanese Noir

6.7 Fair