Conflict
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
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Nightfall
1956★ 6.9
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
The Glass Key
1942★ 6.6
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
The Naked City
1948★ 7.2
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Hollow Triumph
1948★ 6.6
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
While the City Sleeps
1956★ 6.9
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
A Kiss Before Dying
1956★ 6.3
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
The Mirror Crack'd
1980★ 6.1
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954★ 7.1
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
Killer's Kiss
1955★ 6.4
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
Overdrive
2017★ 6.1
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
The Pelican Brief
1993★ 6.6
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
The Bravados
1958★ 6.6
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
Phantom Lady
1944★ 7.0
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.
Deathtrap
1982★ 6.7
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
Woman on the Run
1950★ 6.8
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
Pickup on South Street
1953★ 7.4
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
The Night of the Hunter
1955★ 7.9
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967★ 6.9
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.
Safe Haven
2013★ 7.2
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
Johnny Dangerously
1984★ 6.3
An honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.