swap_horiz The Locket Alternatives

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Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity is a 1944 film-noir directed by Billy Wilder. The story explores a complex relationship between an insu...

Classic Crime 1940S Femme Fatale

9.7 Brilliant

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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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The Big Clock

“The Big Clock” (1948) is a classic film-noir thriller directed by John Farrow and featuring Ray Milland. The story cent...

Classic Mystery Media 1940S

8.2 Great

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Act of Violence

Act of Violence presents a compelling crime narrative set within the classic film noir genre. Released in 1949 by MGM, t...

Classic Crime 1940S Veteran

8.0 Great

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He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night is a 1948 American crime film presented in a semidocumentary film-noir style. Directed by Alfred L. W...

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 film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Nina Foch. The narrative fol...

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 directed by Byron Haskin, based on a serialized story by Roy Huggins....

Classic Crime 1940S Money

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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Hangover Square

Hangover Square is a 1945 American psychological horror and film noir directed by John Brahm, adapted from Patrick Hamil...

Composer Classic Psychological 1940S

7.5 Good

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So Dark the Night

"So Dark the Night" is a 1946 American film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis. The plot follows Inspector Cassin, a celeb...

Classic Mystery Psychological 1940S

7.2 Good

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Whirlpool

Whirlpool is a 1950 American psychological film noir directed by Otto Preminger. The film stars Gene Tierney as a wealth...

Classic Psychological 1940S Fox

7.2 Good

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Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 American film noir mystery directed by Harold Clurman from a screenplay by Clifford Odets, ad...

Classic Mystery Night 1940S

7.0 Good

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Moontide

Moontide is a 1942 American drama directed by Archie Mayo and released by 20th Century Fox. Jean Gabin stars as Bobo, a...

Classic Psychological Waterfront 1940S

6.9 Fair

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Journey Into Fear

Journey Into Fear is a 1943 American spy film directed by Norman Foster and heavily associated with Orson Welles, who pr...

Classic Spy 1940S Rko

6.9 Fair

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Desperate

Desperate is a 1947 American film noir directed by Anthony Mann. The plot follows an innocent engineer and truck driver...

Classic Crime 1940S Rko

6.9 Fair

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High Wall

High Wall is a 1947 American psychological film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. T...

Classic Psychological 1940S Amnesia

6.9 Fair

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Fear in the Night

Fear in the Night is a 1947 American film noir directed by Maxwell Shane and adapted from Cornell Woolrich's story Night...

Classic Psychological 1940S Paramount+

6.8 Fair

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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry is a 1945 American film noir and melodrama directed by Robert Siodmak. George Sanders...

Classic Psychological Universal Domestic

6.6 Fair

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Guest in the House

Guest in the House is a 1944 American psychological drama with film-noir elements, directed by John Brahm. Anne Baxter p...

Classic Psychological Domestic 1940S

5.9 Mediocre