Film Index
American cinema: Crime/Thriller
The Enforcer (1976)
James Fargo
Inspector Callahan's sledgehammer methods of dealing with hoodlums again lands him in trouble with his superiors. No one thanks him for rescuing a pair of hostages from some gun-toting thugs...
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James Fargo
Fallen Angel (1945)
Otto Preminger
Unable to pay the bus fare to complete his journey to San Francisco, down-at-heel press agent Eric Stanton ends up in a small coastal town with barely enough money to pay for his next meal...
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Otto Preminger
The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
Richard Wallace
John McKittrick, known to his friends as Kit, is a veteran of the Spanish Civil War who managed to escape from a prisoner of war camp where he was subjected to brutal torture...
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Richard Wallace
Family Plot (1976)
Alfred Hitchcock
Anxious to find an heir for her vast fortune, the aged Miss Julia Rainbird hires psychic Blanche Tyler to track down her long-lost nephew...
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Alfred Hitchcock
Fargo (1996)
Joel Coen
Minneapolis car dealer Jerry Lundegaard needs money, badly. In a desperate attempt to save his ailing business he tries to persuade his wealthy father-in-law Wade Gustafson to lend him a large sum of money to secure a real estate deal, but Gustafson is too smart for his son-in-law and refuses to stump up the money...
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Joel Coen
Fear in the Night (1947)
Maxwell Shane
Vince Grayson, a modest bank employee, wakes up one morning after dreaming that he stabbed a man to death in an octagonal mirrored room... [More...]
Maxwell Shane
Vince Grayson, a modest bank employee, wakes up one morning after dreaming that he stabbed a man to death in an octagonal mirrored room... [More...]
The Firm (1993)
Sydney Pollack
Just as he is about to graduate from Harvard Law School with honours, Mitch McDeere finds himself inundated with lucrative job offers... [More...]
Sydney Pollack
Just as he is about to graduate from Harvard Law School with honours, Mitch McDeere finds himself inundated with lucrative job offers... [More...]
Follow Me Quietly (1949)
Richard Fleischer
Police lieutenant Harry Grant is on the trail of a serial killer who sees himself as an avenging angel, strangling people he considers are immoral and depraved... [More...]
Richard Fleischer
Police lieutenant Harry Grant is on the trail of a serial killer who sees himself as an avenging angel, strangling people he considers are immoral and depraved... [More...]
The Formula (1980)
John G. Avildsen
When Thomas Neely, a former police officer, is found dead at his Los Angeles home, his old friend Lieutenant Barney Caine is assigned to investigate his murder... [More...]
John G. Avildsen
When Thomas Neely, a former police officer, is found dead at his Los Angeles home, his old friend Lieutenant Barney Caine is assigned to investigate his murder... [More...]
Frantic (1988)
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Dr Richard Walker and his wife Sondra, an American couple, arrive in Paris ahead of a medical conference at which Dr Walker is to give a paper... [More...]
The Freshman (1990)
Andrew Bergman
Clark Kellogg leaves his home in Vermont to study film at New York University. His first week in the city gets off to a promising start when everything he possesses is stolen by crooked taxi driver Victor Ray... [More...]
Andrew Bergman
Clark Kellogg leaves his home in Vermont to study film at New York University. His first week in the city gets off to a promising start when everything he possesses is stolen by crooked taxi driver Victor Ray... [More...]
The Getaway (1972)
Sam Peckinpah
Carter McCoy is serving a ten-year stretch in prison. After he is refused parole, he sends his wife Carol to make a deal with crooked businessman Jack Benyon... [More...]
Sam Peckinpah
Carter McCoy is serving a ten-year stretch in prison. After he is refused parole, he sends his wife Carol to make a deal with crooked businessman Jack Benyon... [More...]
The Glass Key (1942)
Stuart Heisler
Former crook Paul Madvig offers his services as the electoral agent for the scrupulously honest Ralph Henry in the coming mayoral elections - partly to show he is a reformed character, but also so that he can win the girl he loves, Henry's daughter Janet... [More...]
Stuart Heisler
Former crook Paul Madvig offers his services as the electoral agent for the scrupulously honest Ralph Henry in the coming mayoral elections - partly to show he is a reformed character, but also so that he can win the girl he loves, Henry's daughter Janet... [More...]
The Glass Web (1953)
Jack Arnold
Don Newell is the lead writer on a popular television show Crime of the Week, which reconstructs recent criminal incidents as authentically as possible... [More...]
Jack Arnold
Don Newell is the lead writer on a popular television show Crime of the Week, which reconstructs recent criminal incidents as authentically as possible... [More...]
The Godfather (1972)
Francis Ford Coppola
Summer, 1945. Don Vito Corleone is the head of one of five gangster families operating in New York, known to his associates as The Godfather... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Summer, 1945. Don Vito Corleone is the head of one of five gangster families operating in New York, known to his associates as The Godfather... [More...]
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Francis Ford Coppola
Sicily, 1901. When Antonio Andolini is killed by Mafia chief Don Ciccio, his wife pleads with the latter to spare her only remaining son Vito... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
Sicily, 1901. When Antonio Andolini is killed by Mafia chief Don Ciccio, his wife pleads with the latter to spare her only remaining son Vito... [More...]
The Godfather: Part III (1990)
Francis Ford Coppola
In 1979, Michael Corleone appears to be a reformed character. As he nears his 60th birthday, he has almost completely severed his links with the Mafia and now presides as the head of a wholly legitimate business empire... [More...]
Francis Ford Coppola
In 1979, Michael Corleone appears to be a reformed character. As he nears his 60th birthday, he has almost completely severed his links with the Mafia and now presides as the head of a wholly legitimate business empire... [More...]
Goodfellas (1990)
Martin Scorsese
Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s, Henry Hill is easily seduced into a life of crime. Lured by easy money and the glamour of the mob, he runs errands for local mobster Paul Cicero and before he knows it he is a fully paid up gangster, raking in cash with his associates Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito... [More...]
Martin Scorsese
Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s, Henry Hill is easily seduced into a life of crime. Lured by easy money and the glamour of the mob, he runs errands for local mobster Paul Cicero and before he knows it he is a fully paid up gangster, raking in cash with his associates Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito... [More...]
Hangover Square (1945)
John Brahm
In the early 1900s, the well-known English composer George Harvey Bone is working hard to complete his magnum opus, a piano concerto dedicated to his fiancée... [More...]
John Brahm
In the early 1900s, the well-known English composer George Harvey Bone is working hard to complete his magnum opus, a piano concerto dedicated to his fiancée... [More...]
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Mark Robson
Down-at-heel sportswriter Eddie Willis accepts a commission from crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko to publicise an unknown heavyweight boxer Toro Moreno... [More...]
Mark Robson
Down-at-heel sportswriter Eddie Willis accepts a commission from crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko to publicise an unknown heavyweight boxer Toro Moreno... [More...]
His Kind of Woman (1951)
John Farrow
In Naples, Dan Milner, an unsuccessful gambler, is offered 50,000 dollars if he agrees to undertake a special assignment for a mysterious client... [More...]
John Farrow
In Naples, Dan Milner, an unsuccessful gambler, is offered 50,000 dollars if he agrees to undertake a special assignment for a mysterious client... [More...]
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Ida Lupino
When Roy Collins and Gilbert Bowen set out for a peaceful weekend fishing trip, they could have had no idea of the harrowing ordeal that was ahead of them... [More...]
Ida Lupino
When Roy Collins and Gilbert Bowen set out for a peaceful weekend fishing trip, they could have had no idea of the harrowing ordeal that was ahead of them... [More...]
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
Sidney Lanfield
On the bleak, misty Devonshire moors, a man is running for his life. The next day, he is found dead. The man is Sir Charles Baskerville, the wealthy owner of Baskerville Hall... [More...]
Sidney Lanfield
On the bleak, misty Devonshire moors, a man is running for his life. The next day, he is found dead. The man is Sir Charles Baskerville, the wealthy owner of Baskerville Hall... [More...]
House by the River (1950)
Fritz Lang
Stephen Byrne, a young American writer who is keen to make a name for himself, lives with his wife Marjorie in a house set on the banks of a river... [More...]
Fritz Lang
Stephen Byrne, a young American writer who is keen to make a name for himself, lives with his wife Marjorie in a house set on the banks of a river... [More...]
The House of Fear (1945)
Roy William Neill
Drearcliffe House, a remote Scottish castle, is home to seven retired bachelors who refer to themselves as the Good Comrades... [More...]
Roy William Neill
Drearcliffe House, a remote Scottish castle, is home to seven retired bachelors who refer to themselves as the Good Comrades... [More...]
House of Wax (1953)
André De Toth
In New York, circa 1910, Professor Henry Jarrod is a talented wax sculptor who has devoted his life to creating perfect copies of historical figures... [More...]
André De Toth
In New York, circa 1910, Professor Henry Jarrod is a talented wax sculptor who has devoted his life to creating perfect copies of historical figures... [More...]
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
Robert Wise
When the Nazis invade her native Poland during WWII, Victoria Kowelska is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. There, she makes a friend in Karin de Nakova, a woman who is too weak to survive the ordeal of the camp... [More...]
Robert Wise
When the Nazis invade her native Poland during WWII, Victoria Kowelska is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. There, she makes a friend in Karin de Nakova, a woman who is too weak to survive the ordeal of the camp... [More...]
I Confess (1953)
Alfred Hitchcock
Father Michael Logan is a devout Catholic priest in a Quebec church. One evening, his caretaker, Otto Kellar, insists that he hears his confession - to the murder of a man named Villette... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Father Michael Logan is a devout Catholic priest in a Quebec church. One evening, his caretaker, Otto Kellar, insists that he hears his confession - to the murder of a man named Villette... [More...]
Impact (1949)
Arthur Lubin
One of America's top industrialists, Walter Williams is blissfully unaware that his wife Irene has been carrying on an affair with a younger man, Jim Torrence... [More...]
Arthur Lubin
One of America's top industrialists, Walter Williams is blissfully unaware that his wife Irene has been carrying on an affair with a younger man, Jim Torrence... [More...]
In a Lonely Place (1950)
Nicholas Ray
Dixon Steele is a jaded Hollywood screenwriter who hasn't had a success for years. At a nightclub, his agent Mel Lippman tries to persuade him to adapt a popular romantic novel for a film... [More...]
Nicholas Ray
Dixon Steele is a jaded Hollywood screenwriter who hasn't had a success for years. At a nightclub, his agent Mel Lippman tries to persuade him to adapt a popular romantic novel for a film... [More...]