Thriller Movies

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
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93

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.

I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
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83

A fact-based story about a man who posed as an American Communist for years as part of a secret plan to infiltrate their organization.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Man from Planet X (1951)

The Man from Planet X (1951)

The Man from Planet X (1951)
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70

While watching for a planet that may collide with earth, scientists stationed in Scotland are approached by a visitor from outer space.

Circle of Danger (1951)

Circle of Danger (1951)

Circle of Danger (1951)
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86

An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother’s death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)

Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)

Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
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91

Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his…

Cause for Alarm! (1951)

Cause for Alarm! (1951)

Cause for Alarm! (1951)
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74

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
M (1951)

M (1951)

M (1951)
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88

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the ‘normal’ criminals, and the local hoods…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Enforcer (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)
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87

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Cry Danger (1951)

Cry Danger (1951)

Cry Danger (1951)
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79

After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who’s still in prison for the same crime.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Pool of London (1951)

Pool of London (1951)

Pool of London (1951)
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85

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Storm Warning (1951)

Storm Warning (1951)

Storm Warning (1951)
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93

A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
The Dark Man (1951)

The Dark Man (1951)

The Dark Man (1951)
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92

A killer called ‘The Dark Man’ commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
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81

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Highly Dangerous (1950)

Highly Dangerous (1950)

Highly Dangerous (1950)
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90

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

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Genre: Action, Thriller
The Clouded Yellow (1950)

The Clouded Yellow (1950)

The Clouded Yellow (1950)
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95

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Where Danger Lives (1950)

Where Danger Lives (1950)

Where Danger Lives (1950)
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82

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law.

Genre: Thriller
Woman on the Run (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)

Woman on the Run (1950)
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77

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…

Dial 1119 (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)
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75

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Deported (1950)

Deported (1950)

Deported (1950)
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89

The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Seven Days to Noon (1950)

Seven Days to Noon (1950)

Seven Days to Noon (1950)
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94

When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government…

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Genre: Thriller
Cage of Gold (1950)

Cage of Gold (1950)

Cage of Gold (1950)
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80

The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.

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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Dark City (1950)

Dark City (1950)

Dark City (1950)
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98

Gamblers who “took” an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)

The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
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79

In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot…

Genre: Thriller
Union Station (1950)

Union Station (1950)

Union Station (1950)
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81

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)

Murder Without Crime (1950)
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78

A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.

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Genre: Crime, Thriller
State Secret (1950)

State Secret (1950)

State Secret (1950)
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104

While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in…

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Shakedown (1950)

Shakedown (1950)

Shakedown (1950)
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80

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
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103

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
No Way Out (1950)

No Way Out (1950)

No Way Out (1950)
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106

Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Edge of Doom (1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)

Edge of Doom (1950)
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99

A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Lady Without Passport (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)
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74

An undercover U.S. Immigration agent falls in love with an immigrant attempting to enter the United States through Havana, Cuba in an illegal smuggling ring.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)

Panic in the Streets (1950)
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96

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
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95

A police detective’s violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Crisis (1950)

Crisis (1950)

Crisis (1950)
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96

An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he’s forced to operate on a South American dictator.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Mystery Street (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)

Mystery Street (1950)
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93

When a young woman’s skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor,…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)

The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)

The Woman on Pier 13 (1950)
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73

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Armored Car Robbery (1950)

Armored Car Robbery (1950)
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67

While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got…

Spy Hunt (1950)

Spy Hunt (1950)

Spy Hunt (1950)
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75

Roger Quain, escorting two zoo-bound black panthers on the train from Milan to Paris, is unaware that a Western agent, Catherine Ullven, has hidden a microfilm in the collar of…

The Lawless (1950)

The Lawless (1950)

The Lawless (1950)
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83

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950)

Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950)

Paul Temple’s Triumph (1950)
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80

A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father–a prominent scientist–has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by…

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