swap_horiz The Well Alternatives

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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 Britain Noir 1940S

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

4

The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment is a 1949 American noir melodrama by Max Ophuls, notable for Joan Bennett and James Mason in a black...

Crime Noir 1940S Domestic Noir

8.3 Great

5

Thieves' Highway

Thieves' Highway is a 1949 American film noir by Jules Dassin, notable for A. I. Bezzerides adapting his own novel about...

Crime Noir 1940S Truckers

8.2 Great

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Crime Wave

Crime Wave is a 1954 American film noir by Andre de Toth, notable for Sterling Hayden's hard police role and Los Angeles...

Police Crime Noir 1950S

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 Britain Noir 1950S

7.4 Good

8

Human Desire

Human Desire is a 1954 American film noir by Fritz Lang, notable for reworking Emile Zola's La Bete humaine with Glenn F...

Crime Noir 1950S Railroad

7.4 Good

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Hell Drivers

Hell Drivers is a 1957 British crime drama by Cy Endfield, notable for Stanley Baker as an ex-con truck driver in a corr...

Crime Britain Noir 1950S

7.3 Good

10

Drive a Crooked Road

Drive a Crooked Road is a 1954 American film noir by Richard Quine, notable for casting Mickey Rooney as a lonely mechan...

Crime Noir 1950S Heist

7.2 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 Britain Revenge Noir

7.0 Good

12

Split Second

Split Second is a 1953 American film noir thriller and Dick Powell's directing debut, notable for an atomic-test ghost t...

Crime Noir 1950S Hostage

6.9 Fair

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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 Britain Noir 1950S

6.7 Fair

14

The Captive City

The Captive City is a 1952 American crime noir by Robert Wise, notable for its Kefauver-era organized-crime theme and Jo...

Crime Journalism Noir 1950S

6.7 Fair

15

Jeopardy

Jeopardy is a 1953 American crime thriller by John Sturges, notable for Barbara Stanwyck facing an escaped convict durin...

Crime Suspense Noir 1950S

6.6 Fair

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New York Confidential

New York Confidential is a 1955 American crime noir by Russell Rouse, notable for adapting Lait and Mortimer's underworl...

Crime Gangster Noir 1950S

6.6 Fair

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The Sleeping Tiger

The Sleeping Tiger is a 1954 British film noir by Joseph Losey, notable as his first British feature, credited under the...

Psychological Crime Britain Noir

6.4 Fair

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Tight Spot

Tight Spot is a 1955 American film noir by Phil Karlson, notable for Ginger Rogers as a jailed witness pressured to test...

Crime Noir 1950S Witness

6.3 Fair

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Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach is a 1955 American crime drama by Joseph Pevney, notable for Joan Crawford as a widow caught in a be...

Crime Noir 1950S Melodrama

6.0 Fair

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A Bullet for Joey

A Bullet for Joey is a 1955 film noir by Lewis Allen, notable for pairing Edward G. Robinson and George Raft in a Cold W...

Crime Noir 1950S Spy

5.8 Mediocre