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  • William Holden, Nancy Olson, and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard (1950)

    1. Sunset Boulevard

    19501h 50mApproved94Metascore
    8.4 (249K)
    A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von Stroheim
  • Rififi (1955)

    2. Rififi

    19551h 58mNot Rated97Metascore
    8.1 (38K)
    Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes...
    DirectorJules DassinStarsJean ServaisCarl MöhnerRobert Manuel
  • Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, and Fred MacMurray in Double Indemnity (1944)

    3. Double Indemnity

    19441h 47mApproved95Metascore
    8.3 (175K)
    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsFred MacMurrayBarbara StanwyckEdward G. Robinson
  • Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, and Janet Leigh in Touch of Evil (1958)

    4. Touch of Evil

    19581h 35mPG-1399Metascore
    7.9 (113K)
    A Mexican official and his American wife are targeted in a Texas border town by the crime family he's trying to put behind bars for drug trafficking, as his concern grows over the tactics of the local detective whose cooperation he needs.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsCharlton HestonOrson WellesJanet Leigh
  • The Third Man (1949)

    5. The Third Man

    19491h 44mApproved97Metascore
    8.1 (190K)
    Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.
    DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida Valli
  • Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling in Ace in the Hole (1951)

    6. Ace in the Hole

    19511h 51mApproved72Metascore
    8.1 (41K)
    Frustrated former journalist Chuck Tatum now working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about trading post owner Leo Minosa trapped in a cave to rekindle Chuck's career, but the story soon escalates into a media circus.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsKirk DouglasJan SterlingRobert Arthur
  • Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    7. The Maltese Falcon

    19411h 40mApproved97Metascore
    7.9 (171K)
    San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys George
  • The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    8. The Asphalt Jungle

    19501h 52mApproved85Metascore
    7.8 (32K)
    A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsSterling HaydenLouis CalhernJean Hagen
  • Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters in The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    9. The Night of the Hunter

    19551h 32mApproved97Metascore
    8.0 (103K)
    A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
    DirectorCharles LaughtonStarsRobert MitchumShelley WintersLillian Gish
  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)

    10. The Killing

    19561h 24mApproved91Metascore
    7.9 (102K)
    Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince Edwards
  • Ralph Meeker in Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

    11. Kiss Me Deadly

    19551h 46mApproved
    7.5 (23K)
    A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".
    DirectorRobert AldrichStarsRalph MeekerAlbert DekkerPaul Stewart
  • Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Walker in Strangers on a Train (1951)

    12. Strangers on a Train

    19511h 41mPG88Metascore
    7.9 (146K)
    A psychopath tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth Roman
  • Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young in The Stranger (1946)

    13. The Stranger

    19461h 35mApproved76Metascore
    7.3 (30K)
    An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsOrson WellesEdward G. RobinsonLoretta Young
  • Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

    14. The Lady from Shanghai

    19471h 27mApproved
    7.5 (35K)
    Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
    DirectorOrson WellesStarsRita HayworthOrson WellesEverett Sloane
  • Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep (1946)

    15. The Big Sleep

    19461h 54mApproved86Metascore
    7.9 (93K)
    Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail--and what might be love.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallJohn Ridgely

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