Crime Movies

A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.

A crusading newspaper editor tricks his retiring star reporter into covering one last case.

The Public Enemy is a movie starring James Cagney, Jean Harlow, and Edward Woods. An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.

M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder is a movie starring Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, and Inge Landgut. When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

A Greek barber has uncommon skills in playing poker and soon rises in the seedy world of illegal gambling, but pretty blondes remain his Achilles' heel.

Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.

Sidewalks of New York is a movie starring Buster Keaton, Anita Page, and Cliff Edwards. A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into...

Franz Biberkopf has served four years in prison. His return to normal life is not successful.

A woman and her pimp exploit a painter for money.

Mata Hari is a movie starring Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, and Lionel Barrymore. A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.

A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.

An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.

Doctor X is a movie starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, and Lee Tracy. A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse is a movie starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, and Thomy Bourdelle. A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.

When Prohibition ends, a beer baron sees the writing on the wall, quits the rackets, and tries to break into California society.

The Sin of Nora Moran is a movie starring Zita Johann, John Miljan, and Alan Dinehart. Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the...

A young girl is being tried for murder. Her defense attorney attempts to show how her descent into a life of crime, prostitution and degradation was caused by her puritanical, religious fanatic mother.

The Black Cat is a movie starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and David Manners. American honeymooners in Hungary become trapped in the home of a Satan-worshiping priest when the bride is taken there for medical help following a...

The Thin Man is a movie starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and Maureen O'Sullivan. Former detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora investigate a murder case, mostly for the fun of it.

An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.

A meek milquetoast of a clerk's mistaken for public enemy N° 1, and the notorious killer takes advantage of the situation

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Many mingle with locals and settle down permanently - like Toni, an Italian who has moved in with Marie, a Frenchwoman. Even a well

The 39 Steps is a movie starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, and Lucie Mannheim. A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage Agent. But when the Agent is killed, and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save...

The Raven is a movie starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Lester Matthews. Dr. Vollin is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. He saves the life of Jean Thatcher, a beautiful young...

Ignoring an ancient prophecy, evil brother Gregor seeks to maintain his feudal power on his his Tyrolean estate by murdering and impersonating his benevolent younger twin.

Man is haunted by a murder he's committed.

Le crime de Monsieur Lange is a movie starring René Lefèvre, Florelle, and Jules Berry. The boss of a publishing company is a womanizer and a jerk, but what would happen if he suddenly disappeared?

A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.

The Princess Comes Across is a movie starring Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, and Douglass Dumbrille. A woman pretends to be royalty in order to get aboard a cruise ship.

When a crusader against rackets is murdered, a grand jury battles the rackets by promoting McLaren to be in charge of the cleanup. He fires NYPD Detective Blake, who punches him and joins the racket.

After the Thin Man is a movie starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, and James Stewart. Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when Nora's brother-in-law is...

A Scotland Yard undercover detective is on the trail of a saboteur who is part of a plot to set off a bomb in London. But when the detective's cover is blown, the plot begins to unravel.

The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.

Black Legion is a movie starring Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and Dick Foran. A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he's seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners...

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.

Internes Can't Take Money is a movie starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, and Lloyd Nolan. In his first film, young Dr. Kildare helps a female ex-con find her child.

Night Key is a movie starring Boris Karloff, Warren Hull, and Jean Rogers. The inventor of a new top-of-the-line burglar alarm system is kidnapped by a gang in order to get him to help them commit robberies.

The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

A man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse is a movie starring Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, and Claire Trevor. A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.

A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.

Guys and Dolls is a movie starring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, and Frank Sinatra. In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to...

The Violent Years is a movie starring Jean Moorhead, Barbara Weeks, and Art Millan. Paula Parkins is the teenage daughter of wealthy parents who don't seem to make time for her, so she looks for thrills as the leader of her all girl...

Slightly Scarlet is a movie starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming, and Arlene Dahl. An urban wheeler-dealer gets involved in organized crime, corrupt city politics and graft while falling in-love with the fiancée of the newly elected...

A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into a murder plot

The Price of Fear is a movie starring Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, and Charles Drake. The co-owner of a dog track is framed for two crimes: the shotgun killing of his ex-partner and the hit-and-run death of an elderly man.

Who Done It? is a movie starring Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, and David Kossoff. This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and...