Hit and Run (1957)

Drama
1955
Movie

The Big Combo

7
1955

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

Crime
1950
Movie

Force of Evil

6.6
1950

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

6.1

Crime
1941
Movie

Johnny Eager

6.1
1941

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

6.8

Drama
1948
Movie

Pitfall

6.8
1948

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

7.7

Comedy
1947
Movie

Monsieur Verdoux

7.7
1947

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Genre : Comedy

6.7

Thriller
1957
Movie

Hell Drivers

6.7
1957

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

Genre : Thriller

Crime
1950
Movie

The Damned Don't Cry

7
1950

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

6.5

Drama
1947
Movie

They Won't Believe Me

6.5
1947

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

6.4

Crime
1947
Movie

Framed

6.4
1947

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Crime
1946
Movie

The Dark Corner

6.6
1946

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.

7.6

Drama
1945
Movie

Scarlet Street

7.6
1945

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

7.1

Drama
1957
Movie

Edge of the City

7.1
1957

A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.

7.1

Drama
1961
Movie

Goodbye Again

7.1
1961

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old son, Philip Van der Besh, but reconsiders when her longtime philandering partner begins yet another casual affair with a younger woman. She soon learns that May-December romances with older women are frowned upon in society.

6.3

Crime
1947
Movie

Johnny O'Clock

6.3
1947

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

Comedy
1941
Movie

Shadow of the Thin Man

7
1941

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Genre : Comedy

Crime
1945
Movie

Fallen Angel

6.6
1945

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

Comedy
1945
Movie

Lady on a Train

6.6
1945

While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.

Genre : Comedy