Whirlpool
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
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1948★ 6.0
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1951★ 5.9
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1954★ 6.3
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1947★ 7.1
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1947★ 6.6
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1950★ 6.5
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The Blue Gardenia
1953★ 6.5
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Black Angel
1946★ 6.1
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
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1948★ 7.2
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1957★ 7.0
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The Glass Key
1942★ 6.6
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1946★ 6.7
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Indemnity
2022★ 6.6
An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.
Sleep, My Love
1948★ 6.3
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
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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.
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