Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Notes
|
1940
|
The Bank Dick |
Edward F. Cline |
W. C. Fields,
Cora Witherspoon,
Una Merkel |
United States |
Crime comedy
[1]
|
The Fatal Hour |
William Nigh |
Boris Karloff,
Grant Withers,
Marjorie Reynolds |
United States |
[2]
|
The House Across the Bay |
Archie Mayo |
George Raft,
Joan Bennett,
Lloyd Nolan |
United States |
[3]
|
1941
|
High Sierra |
Raoul Walsh |
Humphrey Bogart,
Ida Lupino,
Arthur Kennedy |
United States |
[4]
|
Invisible Ghost |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Bela Lugosi,
Polly Ann Young,
John McGuire |
United States |
[5]
|
1942
|
Gang Busters |
Noel Smith,
Ray Taylor |
Robert Armstrong,
Joseph Crehan |
United States |
Film serial
[6]
|
Larceny, Inc. |
Lloyd Bacon |
Edward G. Robinson,
Jane Wyman,
Broderick Crawford |
United States |
[7]
|
Moontide |
Fritz Lang,
Archie Mayo |
Jean Gabin,
Ida Lupino,
Thomas Mitchell |
United States |
Crime drama
[8]
|
This Gun for Hire |
Frank Tuttle |
Veronica Lake,
Robert Preston,
Laird Cregar |
United States |
[9]
|
1943
|
The Chance of a Lifetime |
William Castle |
Chester Morris,
Erik Rolf,
Jeanne Bates |
United States |
[10]
|
G-Men vs The Black Dragon |
William Witney |
Hooper Atchley,
Harry Burns,
Rod Cameron |
United States |
[11]
|
It Happened at the Inn |
Jacques Becker |
Fernand Ledoux,
Georges Rollin,
Blanchette Brunoy |
France |
Crime drama
[12]
|
Ossessione |
Luchino Visconti |
Clara Calamai,
Massimo Girotti,
Juan de Landa |
Italy |
Crime drama
[13]
|
1944
|
Bluebeard |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
John Carradine,
Jean Parker,
Nils Asther |
United States |
[14]
|
Delinquent Daughters |
Albert Herman |
Fifi D'Orsay,
Teala Loring,
Mary Bovard |
United States |
[15]
|
Double Indemnity |
Billy Wilder |
Fred MacMurray,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Edward G. Robinson |
United States |
[16]
|
The Woman in the Window |
Fritz Lang |
Edward G. Robinson,
Joan Bennett,
Raymond Massey |
United States |
Crime drama
[17]
|
1945
|
Crime, Inc. |
Lew Landers |
Leo Carrillo,
Tom Neal,
Martha Tilton |
United States |
[18]
|
Detour |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Tom Neal,
Ann Savage,
Claudia Drake |
United States |
[19]
|
Federal Operator 99 |
Spencer Gordon Bennet,
Yakima Canutt,
Wallace A. Grissell |
|
United States |
[20]
|
Mildred Pierce |
Michael Curtiz |
Joan Crawford,
Jack Carson,
Zachary Scott |
United States |
Crime drama
[21]
|
Pillow of Death |
Wallace W. Fox |
Lon Chaney Jr.,
Brenda Joyce,
Clara Blandick |
United States |
[22]
|
Scarlet Street |
Fritz Lang |
Edward G. Robinson,
Joan Bennett,
Dan Duryea |
United States |
[23]
|
1946
|
The Blue Dahlia |
George Marshall |
Alan Ladd,
Veronica Lake,
William Bendix |
United States |
Crime thriller
[24]
|
Copie conforme |
Jean Dréville |
Louis Jouvet,
Suzy Delair,
Annette Poivre |
France |
Crime comedy
[25]
|
The Dark Mirror |
Robert Siodmak |
Olivia de Havilland,
Lew Ayres,
Thomas Mitchell |
United States |
Crime thriller
[26]
|
Just Before Dawn |
William Castle |
Charles Arnt,
Robert Barrat |
United States |
[27]
|
The Killers |
Robert Siodmak |
Burt Lancaster,
Ava Gardner,
Edmond O'Brien |
United States |
[28]
|
Panic (Panique) |
Julien Duvivier |
Michel Simon,
Viviane Romance,
Paul Bernard |
France |
Crime drama
[29]
|
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Tay Garnett |
Lana Turner,
John Garfield,
Cecil Kellaway |
United States |
[30]
|
1947
|
Boomerang |
Elia Kazan |
Dana Andrews,
E.J. Ballantine,
Jane Wyatt |
United States |
Crime drama
[31]
|
Born to Kill |
Robert Wise |
Lawrence Tierney,
Claire Trevor,
Walter Slezak |
United States |
[32]
|
Brute Force |
Jules Dassin |
Burt Lancaster,
Hume Cronyn,
Charles Bickford |
United States |
Prison film
[33]
|
The Devil Thumbs a Ride |
Felix E. Feist |
Lawrence Tierney,
Ted North,
Nan Leslie |
United States |
[34]
|
Kiss of Death |
Henry Hathaway |
Victor Mature,
Brian Donlevy,
Coleen Gray |
United States |
Crime thriller
[35]
|
The Long Night |
Anatole Litvak |
Henry Fonda,
Barbara Bel Geddes,
Vincent Price |
United States |
Crime drama
[36]
|
Monsieur Verdoux |
Charles Chaplin |
Charles Chaplin,
Ada-May,
Marjorie Bennett |
United States |
Crime comedy
[37]
|
Nightmare Alley |
Edmund Goulding |
Tyrone Power,
Coleen Gray,
Joan Blondell |
United States |
Crime drama
[38]
|
Out of the Past |
Jacques Tourneur |
Robert Mitchum,
Jane Greer,
Kirk Douglas |
United States |
[39]
|
Quai des Orfèvres |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Louis Jouvet,
Bernard Blier,
Suzy Delair |
France |
Crime drama
[40]
|
Ride the Pink Horse |
Robert Montgomery |
Robert Montgomery,
Wanda Hendrix,
Rita Conde |
United States |
[41]
|
T-Men |
Anthony Mann |
Dennis O'Keefe,
Mary Meade,
Charles McGraw |
United States |
[42]
|
They Won't Believe Me |
Irving Pichel |
Robert Young,
Susan Hayward,
Rita Johnson |
United States |
[43]
|
The Web |
Michael Gordon |
Vincent Price,
Ella Raines,
Edmond O'Brien |
United States |
[44]
|
1948
|
Au-delà des grilles |
René Clément |
Jean Gabin,
Isa Miranda,
Andrea Checchi |
France Italy |
Crime drama
[45]
|
Brass Monkey |
Thornton Freeland |
Avril Angers.
Henry Edwards,
Carroll Levis |
United Kingdom |
[46]
|
Cry of the City |
Robert Siodmak |
Victor Mature,
Richard Conte,
Fred Clark |
United States |
[47]
|
Dedee d'Anvers |
Yves Allégret |
Simone Signoret,
Marcello Pagliero,
Bernard Blier |
France |
Crime drama
[48]
|
Drunken Angel |
Akira Kurosawa |
Toshiro Mifune,
Takashi Shimura,
Reizaburo Yamamoto |
Japan |
Crime drama
[49]
|
Force of Evil |
Abraham Polonsky |
John Garfield,
Thomas Gomez,
Marie Windsor |
United States |
Crime drama
[50]
|
He Walked by Night |
Alfred L. Werker |
Richard Basehart,
Scott Brady,
Roy Roberts |
United States |
Crime thriller
[51]
|
Hollow Triumph |
Steve Sekely |
Paul Henreid,
Joan Bennett,
Eduard Franz |
United States |
[52]
|
Key Largo |
John Huston |
Humphrey Bogart,
Edward G. Robinson,
Monte Blue |
United States |
[53]
|
Noose |
Edmond T. Gréville |
Carole Landis,
Joseph Calleia,
Derek Farr |
United Kingdom |
[54]
|
Raw Deal |
Anthony Mann |
Dennis O'Keefe,
Claire Trevor,
Marsha Hunt |
United States |
[55]
|
Road House |
Jean Negulesco |
Ida Lupino,
Cornel Wilde |
United States |
Crime drama
[56]
|
The Naked City |
Jules Dassin |
Barry Fitzgerald,
Howard Duff,
Dorothy Hart |
United States |
Crime drama
[57]
|
1949
|
The Bribe |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Robert Taylor,
Ava Gardner,
Charles Laughton |
United States |
[58]
|
Criss Cross |
Robert Siodmak |
Burt Lancaster,
Yvonne De Carlo,
Dan Duryea |
United States |
[59]
|
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
Robert Hamer |
Dennis Price,
Alec Guinness,
Valerie Hobson |
United Kingdom |
[60]
|
The Devil's Henchman |
Seymour Friedman |
Warner Baxter,
Al Bridge,
Ken Christy |
United States |
[61]
|
Entre onze heures et minuit |
Henri Decoin |
Louis Jouvet,
Madeleine Robinson,
Monique Melinand |
France |
[62]
|
The File on Thelma Jordon |
Robert Siodmak |
Barbara Stanwyck,
Wendell Corey,
Paul Kelly |
United States |
[63]
|
Johnny Stool Pigeon |
William Castle |
Howard Duff,
Shelley Winters,
Dan Duryea |
United States |
[64]
|
Port of New York |
Laslo Benedek |
Scott Brady,
Richard Rober,
K.T. Stevens |
United States |
[65]
|
The Reckless Moment |
Max Ophüls |
James Mason,
Joan Bennett,
Geraldine Brooks |
United States |
Crime drama
[66]
|
Red Light |
Roy Del Ruth |
George Raft,
Virginia Mayo,
Raymond Burr |
United States |
[67]
|
They Live by Night |
Nicholas Ray |
Cathy O'Donnell,
Farley Granger,
Howard Da Silva |
United States |
Crime drama
[68]
|
Too Late for Tears |
Byron Haskin |
Lizabeth Scott,
Don DeFore,
Dan Duryea |
United States |
[69]
|
Under Capricorn |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Ingrid Bergman,
Joseph Cotten,
Michael Wilding |
United Kingdom |
Crime drama
[70]
|
Une si jolie petite plage |
Yves Allégret |
Gérard Philipe,
Madeleine Robinson,
Jean Servais |
France |
Crime drama
[71]
|
White Heat |
Raoul Walsh |
James Cagney,
Virginia Mayo,
Edmond O'Brien |
United States |
[72]
|