Movie | United States | 08/04/1954 | Thriller | Murder
Professional photographer L.B. \Jeff\ Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the neighbors. He begins to suspect that a man across the courtyard may have murdered his wife. Jeff enlists the help of his high society fashion-consultant girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his visiting nurse Stella to investigate.
Movie | United States | 05/09/1958 | Thriller | Mystery
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Movie | United States | 08/23/1948 | Thriller | Murder
Two young men strangle their \inferior\ classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the \perfection\ of their crime.
Movie | United States | 05/20/1956 | Thriller | Heist
The Killing was Stanley Kubrick’s first film with a professional cast and the first time he achieved public recognition as the unconventional director he’s now known for. The story is of ex-prisoners who plan to set up a racetrack so they can live a life without monetary worries. One of the more exceptional films of the 1950’s.
Movie | United States | 10/26/1949 | Thriller
An American in post-war Japan gets caught up in the black market.
Movie | United States | 06/01/1956 | Thriller | Spies
A widescreen, Technicolor remake of Hitchcock's own 1934 film of the same title starring James Stewart and Doris Day. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When their son is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
Movie | United States | 07/26/1955 | Thriller | Noir
Harry Powell marries and murders widows for their money, believing he is helping God do away with women who arouse men's carnal instincts. Arrested for auto theft, he shares a cell with condemned killer Ben Harper and tries to get him to reveal the whereabouts of the $10,000 he stole. Only Ben's nine-year-old son, John, and four-year-old daughter, Pearl, know the money is in Pearl's doll; and they have sworn to their father to keep this secret. After Ben is executed, Preacher goes to Cresap's Landing to court Ben's widow, Willa. When he overwhelms her with his Scripture quoting, sermons, and hymns, she agrees to marry him. On their wedding night, he tells her they will never have sex because it is sinful.
Movie | United States | 07/29/1952 | Thriller
A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.
Movie | United States | 09/12/1956 | Thriller
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Movie | United States | 09/22/1948 | Thriller
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.