crime films  Kriminalfilme

1940

    The Letter[b][c]
    Rebecca[b]
    Stranger on the Third Floor — horror noir [b][c]
    They Drive by Night[b]

1941

    Among the Living[b][c]
    Blues in the Night[b]
    High Sierra[b][c]
    I Wake Up Screaming[b][c]
    Johnny Eager[c]
    Ladies in Retirement[b]
    Lady Scarface
    The Maltese Falcon[b][c]
    Out of the Fog[b]
    Rage in Heaven[b]
    The Shanghai Gesture[b][c]
    Suspicion[b][c]
    A Woman's Face[b]

1942

    The Big Shot[citation needed]
    Crossroads[b]
    The Glass Key[b][c]
    Lady Gangster[citation needed]
    Moontide[b]
    Street of Chance[b][c]
    This Gun for Hire[b][c]

1943

    Calling Dr. Death[d]
    The Fallen Sparrow[b][c]
    Journey into Fear[b][c]
    The Seventh Victim[b]
    Shadow of a Doubt[b][c]
    Whispering Footsteps[b][d]

1944

    Bluebeard[b][d]
    Christmas Holiday[b][c]
    Dangerous Passage[d]
    Dark Waters[b][c]
    Destiny[a][b]
    Double Indemnity[b][c]
    Experiment Perilous[b]
    Gaslight[b]
    Guest in the House (AKA Satan in Skirts)[b][c]
    Lady in the Death House[a]
    Laura[b][c]
    The Lodger[b]
    The Mark of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
    The Mask of Dimitrios[b][c]
    Ministry of Fear[b][c]
    Murder, My Sweet (AKA Farewell, My Lovely)[b][c]
    Phantom Lady[b][c]
    Strangers in the Night[a][b]
    The Suspect[b][d]
    Voice in the Wind[b][d]
    When Strangers Marry (AKA Betrayed)[b][c]
    The Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
    The Woman in the Window[b][c]

1945

    Apology for Murder[a][d]
    Bewitched[b][c]
    Circumstantial Evidence[b]
    Conflict[b][c]
    Cornered[b][c]
    Danger Signal[b][c]
    Dangerous Intruder[a]
    Detour[b][c]
    Escape in the Fog[b][d]
    Fallen Angel[b][c]
    The Great Flamarion[a][d]
    Hangover Square[b][d]
    The House on 92nd Street[b][c]
    Jealousy[a][b]
    Johnny Angel[b][c]
    The Lady Confesses[a][d]
    The Lost Weekend[3][4]
    Mildred Pierce[b][c]
    My Name is Julia Ross[b][c]
    The Power of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
    Scarlet Street[b][c]
    Spellbound[b][c]
    The Spider[a][b]
    The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry[b][c]
    Strange Illusion (AKA Out of the Night)[b][c]
    Two O'Clock Courage[b][d]
    The Unseen[b]
    Voice of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]

1946

    Accomplice[a]
    The Big Sleep[b][c]
    Black Angel[b][c]
    The Blue Dahlia[b][c]
    The Chase[b][c]
    Crack-Up[b][c]
    Criminal Court[a]
    The Dark Corner[b][c]
    The Dark Mirror[b][c]
    Deadline at Dawn[b][c]
    Deception[b]
    Decoy[b][c]
    Fear[b][c]
    Gilda[b][c]
    The Glass Alibi[a][b]
    Her Kind of Man[b]
    Humoresque[b]
    Inside Job[a][b]
    The Killers[b][c]
    The Locket[b][c]
    The Mask of Diijon[a][b]
    Mysterious Intruder - Whistler series[a][d]
    The Mysterious Mr. Valentine[a]
    Night Editor[b][c]
    Nobody Lives Forever[b][c]
    Nocturne[b][c]
    Notorious[b][c]
    The Postman Always Rings Twice[b][c]
    The Secret of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
    Shadow of a Woman[b]
    Shock — horror noir [b][c]
    So Dark the Night[b][c]
    Somewhere in the Night[b][c]
    Specter of the Rose[a][b]
    The Spiral Staircase[b][d]
    Strange Impersonation[b]
    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers[b][c]
    Strange Triangle[b]
    The Strange Woman[b][d]
    The Stranger[b][c]
    Suspense[b][c]
    Temptation[b]
    They Made Me a Killer[a][d]
    Three Strangers[b]
    Two Smart People[b]
    Undercurrent[b][c]
    The Verdict[b][d]
    Whistle Stop[b][c]

1947

    The Arnelo Affair[b]
    Backlash[b][d]
    Blackmail[a][d]
    Blind Spot[b][d]
    Body and Soul[b][c]
    Boomerang![b][c]
    Born to Kill[b][c]
    The Brasher Doubloon[b][c]
    Brute Force[b][c]
    Bury Me Dead[a][b]
    Calcutta[b][c]
    Crossfire[b][c]
    Cry Wolf[b]
    Dark Passage[b][c]
    Dead Reckoning[b][c]
    Deep Valley[b]
    Desperate[b][c]
    The Devil Thumbs a Ride[d]
    A Double Life[b][c]
    Fall Guy[b][c]
    Fear in the Night[b][c]
    The Flame[b]
    For You I Die[a][b]
    Framed[b][c]
    The Gangster[b][c]
    The Guilty[b][c]
    High Tide[b][d]
    High Wall[b][c]
    The Invisible Wall[a]
    Ivy[b][d]
    Johnny O'Clock[b][c]
    Key Witness[a][b]
    Kiss of Death[b][c]
    The Lady from Shanghai[b][c]
    Lady in the Lake[b][c]
    The Long Night[b][c]
    Love from a Stranger[b]
    Lured (AKA Personal Column)[b]
    The Macomber Affair[b]
    The Man I Love[b][c]
    Moss Rose[b][d]
    Nightmare Alley — horror noir[b][c]
    Nora Prentiss[b][c]
    Out of the Past[b][c]
    The Paradine Case[b]
    Possessed[b][c]
    The Pretender[b][c]
    Railroaded![b][c]
    The Red House[b][c]
    Repeat Performance[d]
    Ride the Pink Horse[b][c]
    Riffraff[a]
    Roses Are Red[citation needed]
    Second Chance[a]
    Shoot to Kill[b][d]
    Singapore[b][d]
    T-Men[b][c]
    They Won't Believe Me[b][c]
    The Thirteenth Hour - Whistler series[a][b]
    The Two Mrs. Carrolls[b][d]
    The Unfaithful[b][d]
    The Unsuspected[b][c]
    Violence[a]
    The Web[b]
    Whispering City[b][d]
    The Woman on the Beach[b][d]

1948

    All My Sons[b]
    The Amazing Mr. X (AKA The Spiritualist) — horror noir [a]
    Assigned to Danger[citation needed]
    Behind Locked Doors[b][c]
    Berlin Express[c]
    The Big Clock[b][c]
    Blonde Ice[a][d]
    Bodyguard[b][d]
    Call Northside 777[b][c]
    Canon City[b][c]
    Cry of the City[b][c]
    The Dark Past[b][c]
    Force of Evil[b][c]
    He Walked by Night[b][c]
    Hollow Triumph (AKA The Scar)[b][c]
    The Hunted[b][d]
    I Love Trouble[a]
    I Walk Alone[b][c]
    I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes[b][c]
    Inner Sanctum[a][d]
    Key Largo[b][c]
    Kiss the Blood Off My Hands[b][c]
    Larceny[b]
    Money Madness[a]
    Moonrise[b][c]
    The Naked City[b][c][5]
    Night Has a Thousand Eyes[b][c]
    Open Secret[a]
    Parole, Inc.[a][b]
    Pitfall[b][c]
    Race Street[b]
    Raw Deal[b][c]
    The Return of the Whistler - Whistler series[a][b]
    Road House[b][c]
    Ruthless[b]
    Saigon[citation needed]
    Secret Beyond the Door[b][c]
    Shed No Tears[a][b]
    The Sign of the Ram[a][b]
    Sleep, My Love[b][c]
    Sorry, Wrong Number[b][c]
    The Street with No Name[b][c]
    They Live by Night[b][c]
    To the Ends of the Earth[b]
    The Velvet Touch[b]
    Walk a Crooked Mile[g]
    Whiplash[b]
    The Woman in White[b]

1949

    Abandoned (AKA Abandoned Woman)[b][c]
    The Accused[b][c]
    Act of Violence[b][c]
    All the King's Men[b]
    Beyond the Forest[b][c]
    The Big Steal[d]
    Border Incident[b][c]
    The Bribe[b][c]
    C-Man[a][b]
    Caught[b][c]
    Champion[b][d]
    Chicago Deadline[b][c]
    City Across the River[b]
    The Clay Pigeon[b][c]
    Cover Up[b][c]
    Criss Cross[b][c]
    The Crooked Way[b][c]
    A Dangerous Profession[b]
    Flamingo Road[b]
    Flaxy Martin[b]
    Follow Me Quietly[b][c]
    House of Strangers[b][c]
    Illegal Entry[b]
    Impact[b][c]
    Incident[a][b]
    Jigsaw[b]
    Johnny Allegro[g]
    Johnny Stool Pigeon[b][c]
    Knock on Any Door[b][c]
    Manhandled[b][c]
    Port of New York[b][d]
    The Reckless Moment[b][c]
    Red Light[b][c]
    The Red Menace[a]
    Rope of Sand[b]
    Scene of the Crime[b][c]
    The Set-Up[b][c]
    Shockproof[b][c]
    The Story of Molly X[g]
    Strange Bargain[b]
    Take One False Step[b]
    Tension[b][d]
    Thieves' Highway[b][c]
    The Threat[b][c]
    Too Late for Tears (AKA Killer Bait)[b][c]
    Trapped[b][d]
    The Undercover Man[b][c]
    Undertow[b][d]
    Whirlpool[b][c]
    White Heat[b][c]
    The Window[b][c]
    Without Honor[a][b]
    The Woman on Pier 13 (AKA I Married a Communist)[b][c]
    A Woman's Secret[b]

1950

    711 Ocean Drive[b][c]
    Armored Car Robbery[b][c]
    The Asphalt Jungle[b][c]
    Backfire[b][d]
    Between Midnight and Dawn[b][c]
    Black Hand[b]
    Born to Be Bad[b]
    The Breaking Point[b][c]
    Caged[b][c]
    The Capture[b]
    Convicted[b][c]
    The Damned Don't Cry![b][c]
    Dark City[b][c]
    Destination Murder[b][c]
    Dial 1119[b]
    D.O.A.[b][c]
    Edge of Doom[b][c]
    The File on Thelma Jordon[b][c]
    Guilty Bystander[b][c]
    Gun Crazy[b][c]
    Highway 301[b]
    House by the River[b][d]
    Hunt the Man Down[b]
    In a Lonely Place[b][c]
    The Killer That Stalked New York (AKA Frightened City)[b][c]
    Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye[b][c]
    A Lady Without Passport[b][c]
    The Lawless[b]
    The Man Who Cheated Himself[b][c]
    Mystery Street[b][c]
    Night and the City[b][c]
    No Man of Her Own[b][c]
    No Way Out[b]
    Once a Thief[b]
    One Way Street[b][d]
    Outside the Wall[b]
    Panic in the Streets[b][c]
    Quicksand[b][c]
    The Second Woman[b][d]
    The Secret Fury[b][c]
    Shadow on the Wall[b]
    Shakedown[b][c]
    Side Street[b][c]
    The Sleeping City[b][c]
    The Sound of Fury (AKA Try and Get Me)[b][c]
    Southside 1-1000[b][c]
    Sunset Boulevard[b][c]
    The Tattooed Stranger[b][c]
    This Side of the Law[a][b]
    The Underworld Story[b][d]
    Union Station[b][c]
    Unmasked[a]
    Walk Softly, Stranger[b][c]
    Where Danger Lives[b][c]
    Where the Sidewalk Ends[b][c]
    Woman in Hiding[b][d]
    Woman on the Run[b][c]

1951

    The 13th Letter[b][c]
    Ace in the Hole (AKA The Big Carnival)[b][c]
    Appointment with Danger[b][c]
    The Big Night[b][c]
    Cause for Alarm![b][c]
    Cry Danger[b][c]
    Detective Story[b][c]
    The Enforcer (AKA Murder, Inc.)[b][c]
    The Fat Man[citation needed]
    FBI Girl[g]
    Fourteen Hours[b]
    Gambling House[b][d]
    The Girl on the Bridge[a]
    He Ran All the Way[b][c]
    His Kind of Woman[b][c]
    Hollywood Story[b][c]
    The Hoodlum[b][d]
    The House on Telegraph Hill[b][c]
    I Was a Communist for the FBI[b][c]
    Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison[citation needed]
    Iron Man[b]
    Lightning Strikes Twice[b]
    M[b][c]
    The Man with My Face[b][c]
    The Mob[b][c]
    No Questions Asked[b][c]
    The People Against O'Hara[b][c]
    Pickup[a][c]
    A Place in the Sun[b][c]
    The Prowler[b][c]
    The Racket[b][c]
    The Raging Tide[b][c]
    Roadblock[b][c]
    The Scarf[b][c]
    Sirocco[b]
    Storm Warning[b]
    Strangers on a Train[b][c]
    The Strip[b][c]
    The Sun Sets at Dawn[a][b]
    Three Steps North[b]
    Tokyo File 212[6]
    Tomorrow Is Another Day[b][c]
    Two of a Kind[a][b]
    Under the Gun[b][c]
    The Unknown Man[b][c]
    The Well[b]
    The Whip Hand[a]

1952

    Affair in Trinidad[b][c]
    Beware, My Lovely[b][c]
    Breakdown[citation needed]
    The Captive City[b][c]
    Clash by Night[b][c]
    Deadline – U.S.A.[g]
    Don't Bother to Knock[b]
    The Green Glove[b]
    Hoodlum Empire[b][d]
    Kansas City Confidential[b][c]
    The Las Vegas Story[c]
    Loan Shark[b][c]
    Macao[b][c]
    The Narrow Margin[b][c]
    Night Without Sleep[b][c]
    On Dangerous Ground[b][c]
    Scandal Sheet[b][c]
    The Sellout[b]
    The Sniper[b][c]
    The Steel Trap[b]
    Strange Fascination[b][c]
    Sudden Fear[b][c]
    Talk About a Stranger[b][c]
    The Thief[b][c]
    This Woman Is Dangerous[b]
    The Turning Point[b][c]
    Walk East on Beacon[g]
    Without Warning[b][c]

1953

    99 River Street[b][c]
    Angel Face[b][c]
    The Big Heat[b][c]
    The Bigamist [d]
    The Blue Gardenia[b][c]
    A Blueprint for Murder[b][c]
    City That Never Sleeps[b][c]
    Count the Hours[g]
    Cry of the Hunted[c]
    Dangerous Crossing[b]
    Forbidden[b]
    The Glass Wall[b]
    The Glass Web (3-D)[b]
    The Hitch-Hiker[b][c]
    I Confess[b][d]
    I, the Jury (3-D)[b][c]
    Jennifer[b]
    Jeopardy[b][c]
    Man in the Attic[b][d]
    Man in the Dark (3-D)[b][d]
    No Escape (AKA City on a Hunt)[a][b]
    One Girl's Confession[citation needed]
    Pickup on South Street[b][c]
    Split Second[a][d]
    The System[b]
    Vicki[b][c]
    Wicked Woman[b][d]

1954

    Bait[a]
    Black Tuesday[b][c]
    Crime Wave[b][c]
    Cry Vengeance[b][c]
    Drive a Crooked Road[b][c]
    Hell's Half Acre[b][c]
    Highway Dragnet[b][d]
    Human Desire[b][c]
    The Human Jungle[b]
    Jail Bait[a]
    A Life at Stake [g]
    The Long Wait[b][c]
    Loophole[b][c]
    Make Haste to Live[b][c]
    The Miami Story[g]
    Naked Alibi[b][c]
    The Other Woman[b][c]
    Playgirl[b]
    Private Hell 36[b][c]
    Pushover[b][c]
    Riot in Cell Block 11[b][d]
    Rogue Cop[b][c]
    Shield for Murder[b][c]
    Suddenly[b][c]
    Twist of Fate[b]
    Witness to Murder[b][c]
    World for Ransom[b][c]

1955

    5 Against the House[g]
    The Big Bluff[b]
    The Big Combo[b][c]
    Big House, U.S.A.[citation needed]
    The Big Knife[b][c]
    A Bullet for Joey[g]
    Chicago Syndicate[g]
    Crashout[b]
    The Crooked Web[b]
    The Desperate Hours[b][d]
    Female Jungle[a][c]
    Female on the Beach[b]
    Finger Man[a]
    Illegal[b][d]
    Killer's Kiss[b][c]
    Kiss Me Deadly — horror noir [b][c]
    Las Vegas Shakedown[g]
    Murder Is My Beat[b][c]
    The Naked Street[b]
    New Orleans Uncensored[g]
    New York Confidential[b][c]
    The Night Holds Terror[b][c]
    The Night of the Hunter[d]
    The Phenix City Story[b][d]
    Queen Bee[b]
    Shack Out on 101[a]
    Sudden Danger[a][b]
    Tight Spot[b]
    Women's Prison[b]

1956

    Behind the High Wall[a]
    Beyond a Reasonable Doubt[b][c]
    The Come On[a][b]
    Crime Against Joe[a]
    Crime in the Streets[a]
    A Cry in the Night[b][d]
    Death of a Scoundrel[b]
    The Harder They Fall[b][c]
    The Houston Story[a]
    Inside Detroit[g]
    Julie[b]
    The Killer Is Loose[b][c]
    The Killing[b][c]
    Man in the Vault[a]
    The Man is Armed[b]
    Miami Exposé[g]
    Nightmare[b][c]
    Over-Exposed[g]
    Please Murder Me[b][d]
    The Price of Fear[a][b]
    The Scarlet Hour[7]
    The Steel Jungle[b]
    Storm Fear[b][c]
    Terror at Midnight[b]
    Time Table[b][d]
    While the City Sleeps[b][c]
    The Wrong Man[b][c]

1957

    Affair in Havana[b][c]
    Baby Face Nelson[c]
    The Brothers Rico[c]
    The Big Caper)
    The Burglar[b][c]
    Chicago Confidential[a]
    Crime of Passion[b][c]
    Four Boys and a Gun[a]
    The Garment Jungle[b][c]
    Hell Bound[a]
    Hidden Fear[g]
    Hit and Run[a][c]
    House of Numbers[c]
    The Midnight Story[g]
    My Gun Is Quick[a]
    The Night Runner[b][c]
    Nightfall[b][c]
    Plunder Road[b][c]
    Portland Exposé[g]
    The Shadow on the Window[b]
    Short Cut to Hell[b][d]
    Slaughter on Tenth Avenue[g]
    Sweet Smell of Success[b][c]
    The Tattered Dress[c]
    Teenage Doll[a]

1958

    Appointment with a Shadow[b]
    The Case Against Brooklyn[8]
    Cry Terror![b]
    I Want to Live![b]
    The Lineup[b][c]
    Lonelyhearts[b]
    Murder by Contract[b][d]
    Revolt in the Big House[a]
    Screaming Mimi[b][d]
    Step Down to Terror[b]
    Thunder Road[g]
    Touch of Evil[b][c]

1959

    The Beat Generation[c]
    City of Fear[b][d]
    The Crimson Kimono[b][c]
    Cry Tough[b]
    The Last Mile[b]
    The Man in the Net[b]
    Odds Against Tomorrow[b][c]