Hot Target (1985)
Crime, thriller film
Crime movies
Explore crime, criminals and those pursuing them.
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White Face (1932)
Crime
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938)
Crime, Drama
When singer Gail Preston is murdered at the Swing Swing Club, inspector Tom Kellogg takes the case and finds that many at the club disliked the victim. Suspicion at first falls on a man named Owen, but when is also found dead, bandleader Swing Traynor becomes the prime suspect. Discovering that Preston was killed by a gun rigged to a spotlight, Kellogg gathers all the suspects in a room and trains the spotlight on each.
Paid (2006)
Noir
Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love story between Paula Gireaux, a 28-year-old Parisian call girl working in Amsterdam and a hit man, Michel Angelo whose hearts are touched when a six-year-old Bolivian boy abruptly enters their lives.
Give Us Wings (1940)
Crime
Tom, Pig, String, Ape, and Rap, collectively known as "The Dead End Kids", are learning to become aeronautical mechanics in the National Youth Administration Work Program plant. The Kids really want to fly and think they have learned enough to become pilots. Their dreams of flight will not come true because the Civil Aeronautics Authority flight school requires them to have completed high school, something none of them have achieved.
When Gangland Strikes (1956)
Crime
The Voice Within (1946)
Crime
Blind Terror (2001)
thriller film
Kinski plays a wealthy, talented young widow who remarries in haste. Suddenly her world is shattered by a series of threatening calls from her new husband's ex-wife. When efforts to stop the woman's assault of terror fails, Kinski is forced to act on her own, uncovering a secret.
Criminal Lawyer (1937)
Crime, Drama
Barry Brandon is an unscrupulous defense attorney. He will use any means necessary to win his clients' cases. While in court defending one of his criminal clients, Gene Larkin, he sees a young woman on trial for prostitution, Madge Carter.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)
Crime
A playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to investigate them. They soon find that the ring is fronted by a bogus employment agency that sends "clients" to scope potential victims.
The Ringer (1931)
Crime
The Vicious Years (1950)
Crime, Drama
Italian war orphan Mario witnesses Luca Rossi committing a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to inform the police if Luca will take him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him.
A Green Fever (2023)
Crime, Drama
Set in 1980s Nigeria during an era of military coups, A Green Fever follows Kunmi Braithwaite, an architect traveling with his sick daughter, Ireti. After Ireti collapses, Kunmi seeks shelter at a secluded mansion inhabited by Mathilda and her lover, Colonel Bashiru. The film unfolds within the mansion, where secrets, power dynamics, and personal agendas reveal themselves in a tense, suspense-filled setting.
The Entrance (2006)
Horror
The movie opens on a man, Ryan James, fleeing for his life in a parking ramp. With the assistance of a janitor, Joe, Ryan is able to escape. He makes his way to a police station and speaks with Detective Porhowski, to whom he explains the events that unfolded that night.
The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950)
Crime
A queue of people wait to enter the Paris cinema, a BBC studio used for radio recordings and broadcasts. Inside, the Twenty Questions panel show is being recorded in front of the audience, and broadcast live. The first item to be guessed is "pig's ear" and this raises no issues.
Try to Remember (2004)
Crime, mystery film, thriller film
Dial Red O (1955)
Crime
Queen of Burlesque (1946)
Crime
When striptease artiste Blossom Terraine is strangled backstage at a burlesque theater, fellow dancer Crystal is suspected of the murder. Crystal's reporter boyfriend Steve turns detective in an attempt to prove her innocence.
Hellinger's Law (1981)
Crime, Drama, Forensic
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
Crime, Drama
Under Cover Man (1932)
Crime
Criminal Nick Darrow goes undercover to get the gangsters who killed his father. He teams up with Lora, the sister of Jimmy, a man who was killed by the same people.
London Blackout Murders (1943)
Crime
A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, portrayed by actor John Abbott, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile, the newspapers are reporting news of the "London Blackout Murders," a murder spree being committed against a ring of suspected Nazi spies, and Mary must determine if her kind landlord is an assassin.
Black Limelight (1938)
Crime
"It concerns itself with the murder of a vulgar young woman [Lily]. Suspicion rests on refined young married Peter, who has disappeared, and is known to have spent week-ends with the young woman in question, apparently with the full knowledge of his charming wife [Mary]. She, on hearing of the murder, does everything in her power to screen her spouse.
Panic (1963)
Crime
Janine Heinig lives with her jazz trumpeter boyfriend Johnnie Cobb. Unknown to her, Johnnie is a member of a criminal gang and has obtained a letter from her boss, diamond dealer Mr Jessop, which was given to Janine for posting. It states that two German businessmen will be calling at his office to collect a priceless diamond.