Film Index
American cinema: Thriller
Dead Reckoning (1947)
John Cromwell
After World War II, paratroopers Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are on their way back to Washington, looking forward to their return to civilian life...
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John Cromwell
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Harold Clurman
Alex Winkley, a sailor on leave in New York City, wakes up to find he has a large wad of cash on his person. He vaguely recalls that he visited a woman, Edna Bartelli, earlier that evening and concludes he must have taken the money from her...
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Harold Clurman
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael Cimino
A small working class town in Western Pennsylvania in the late 1960s. Michael, Nick and Steven are three close friends, in their late twenties, early thirties, who work at a steel mill...
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Michael Cimino
Destination Murder (1950)
Edward L. Cahn
When her father is shot dead on his own doorstep by an unknown assassin, Laura Mansfield resolves to find the killer and bring him to justice...
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Edward L. Cahn
The Devil Bat (1940)
Jean Yarbrough
For years Dr Paul Carruthers has been the most diligent of research scientists for a leading cosmetics company. His creations have made his employers insanely wealthy, but he appears to be content with his modest stipend...
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Jean Yarbrough
The Devil Doll (1936)
Tod Browning
After spending seventeen years in an island prison for crimes he did not commit, disgraced banker Paul Lavond escapes with fellow convict Marcel and takes refuge at the latter's house... [More...]
Tod Browning
After spending seventeen years in an island prison for crimes he did not commit, disgraced banker Paul Lavond escapes with fellow convict Marcel and takes refuge at the latter's house... [More...]
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Alfred Hitchcock
When former tennis champion Tony Wendice discovers that his wife Margot has been having an affair with writer Mark Halliday he concocts what he believes to be the perfect crime... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
When former tennis champion Tony Wendice discovers that his wife Margot has been having an affair with writer Mark Halliday he concocts what he believes to be the perfect crime... [More...]
Diary of a Madman (1963)
Reginald Le Borg
After the funeral of the well-regarded French magistrate Simon Cordier several people who knew him gather to listen to a reading of his personal diary... [More...]
Reginald Le Borg
After the funeral of the well-regarded French magistrate Simon Cordier several people who knew him gather to listen to a reading of his personal diary... [More...]
Dick Tracy (1945)
William Berke
After a middle-aged schoolteacher is savagely assaulted and killed one evening, police detective Dick Tracy finds he has to cancel his dinner date with his girlfriend and embark on yet another murder investigation... [More...]
William Berke
After a middle-aged schoolteacher is savagely assaulted and killed one evening, police detective Dick Tracy finds he has to cancel his dinner date with his girlfriend and embark on yet another murder investigation... [More...]
Dirty Harry (1971)
Don Siegel
When a young woman is shot dead by a rooftop sniper, San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan is tasked with finding the killer... [More...]
Don Siegel
When a young woman is shot dead by a rooftop sniper, San Francisco police inspector Harry Callahan is tasked with finding the killer... [More...]
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Mike Newell
In 1978, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone is assigned his most dangerous mission: to infiltrate the Bonanno family, one of New York's most feared gangster clans... [More...]
Mike Newell
In 1978, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone is assigned his most dangerous mission: to infiltrate the Bonanno family, one of New York's most feared gangster clans... [More...]
Double Indemnity (1944)
Billy Wilder
Insurance salesman Walter Neff staggers into his Los Angeles office and, speaking into a Dictaphone, he begins to make a terrible confession... [More...]
Billy Wilder
Insurance salesman Walter Neff staggers into his Los Angeles office and, speaking into a Dictaphone, he begins to make a terrible confession... [More...]
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Convinced that the Communists are infiltrating his country, General Jack D. Ripper, the commander of a US military airbase, gives the order for a bomber wing to launch a first strike nuclear attack on the USSR... [More...]
Dracula (1931)
Tod Browning
Real estate agent Mr Renfield travels to Transylvania to conclude the purchase of a house in England with his client, Count Dracula... [More...]
Tod Browning
Real estate agent Mr Renfield travels to Transylvania to conclude the purchase of a house in England with his client, Count Dracula... [More...]
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
Lambert Hillyer
Arrested by Scotland Yard for the murder of Count Dracula, Professor Van Helsing contacts one of his former students, the psychiatrist Dr Jeffrey Garth, to defend him in his impending trial... [More...]
Lambert Hillyer
Arrested by Scotland Yard for the murder of Count Dracula, Professor Van Helsing contacts one of his former students, the psychiatrist Dr Jeffrey Garth, to defend him in his impending trial... [More...]
Dragonwyck (1946)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 1844, Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells goes against the wishes of her puritanical father by accepting an invitation to live in the house of her aristocratic cousin Nicholas Van Ryn... [More...]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
In 1844, Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells goes against the wishes of her puritanical father by accepting an invitation to live in the house of her aristocratic cousin Nicholas Van Ryn... [More...]
Dressed to Kill (1946)
Roy William Neill
When one of Dr Watson's old friends, Stinky Emery, is murdered at his home in London, Sherlock Holmes is intrigued - not so much by the killing but by the theft of an ordinary wooden music box which Emery purchased shortly before his death... [More...]
Roy William Neill
When one of Dr Watson's old friends, Stinky Emery, is murdered at his home in London, Sherlock Holmes is intrigued - not so much by the killing but by the theft of an ordinary wooden music box which Emery purchased shortly before his death... [More...]
Duel (1971)
Steven Spielberg
David Mann is driving his red Plymouth Valiant through the California desert on his way to a business meeting. The only other vehicle on the otherwise empty highway is a lumbering tanker truck which is expelling noxious black exhaust fumes in his direction... [More...]
Steven Spielberg
David Mann is driving his red Plymouth Valiant through the California desert on his way to a business meeting. The only other vehicle on the otherwise empty highway is a lumbering tanker truck which is expelling noxious black exhaust fumes in his direction... [More...]
Earthquake (1974)
Mark Robson
A junior employee at the California Seismological Institute has evidence that a major earthquake will hit Los Angeles within a day or two but his superiors are reluctant to make known his findings, through fear that this might cause widespread panic... [More...]
Mark Robson
A junior employee at the California Seismological Institute has evidence that a major earthquake will hit Los Angeles within a day or two but his superiors are reluctant to make known his findings, through fear that this might cause widespread panic... [More...]
The Enforcer (1951)
Bretaigne Windust
For four years, District Attorney Martin Ferguson has been building a murder case against Albert Mendoza, a gangster boss who sells contract killings for cash... [More...]
Bretaigne Windust
For four years, District Attorney Martin Ferguson has been building a murder case against Albert Mendoza, a gangster boss who sells contract killings for cash... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Don Taylor
In the early 1970s, a spaceship lands off the coast of California. As a party of US marines watch in anticipation, three astronauts emerge... [More...]
Don Taylor
In the early 1970s, a spaceship lands off the coast of California. As a party of US marines watch in anticipation, three astronauts emerge... [More...]
The Evil Dead (1981)
Sam Raimi
Five young college students decide to spend their vacation in an isolated cabin in the Tennessee mountains. On reaching the cabin, they sense a ghostly presence and are surprised when they find a collection of strange artefacts in the cellar... [More...]
Sam Raimi
Five young college students decide to spend their vacation in an isolated cabin in the Tennessee mountains. On reaching the cabin, they sense a ghostly presence and are surprised when they find a collection of strange artefacts in the cellar... [More...]
The Exorcist (1973)
William Friedkin
Whilst making a film in Georgetown, Washington DC, the actress Chris MacNeil becomes increasingly concerned over her 12-year-old daughter, Regan, who is exhibiting strange psychological and physical changes... [More...]
William Friedkin
Whilst making a film in Georgetown, Washington DC, the actress Chris MacNeil becomes increasingly concerned over her 12-year-old daughter, Regan, who is exhibiting strange psychological and physical changes... [More...]
Experiment Perilous (1944)
Jacques Tourneur
Dr Huntington Bailey is on his way to New York by train when he is accosted by an old woman who introduces herself as Cissie Bederaux... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
Dr Huntington Bailey is on his way to New York by train when he is accosted by an old woman who introduces herself as Cissie Bederaux... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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... [More...]
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...]