Thriller Movies
Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
In San Francisco’s Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
Suspense (1946)
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show’s star, who also happens to…
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his old identity, stumbling into a 3-year old murder case and a hunt…
Tangier (1946)
In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneur Pepe join forces to battle a Nazi diamond smuggler.
O.S.S. (1946)
The (O)ffice of (S)trategic (S)ervices’ Cmdr. Brady (Patric Knowles) forms Operation “Applejack” (based on a composite of actual incidents during WWII) and sends Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. aka John…
Dressed to Kill (1946)
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to…
She-Wolf of London (1946)
A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.
Bedlam (1946)
London, 1761. St. Mary’s of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one…
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Gilda (1946)
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she’s married to his new boss.
The Catman of Paris (1946)
When author Charles Regnier returns to Paris with a best-selling book that criticizes the government, he’s tormented by frequent blackouts. After a mysterious cat-like creature slaughters people close to him,…
Dragonwyck (1946)
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas’…
House of Horrors (1946)
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named “The Creeper” from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn’t know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed…
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
Strange Impersonation (1946)
A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her scheming assistant intentionally scars her face, her almost-fiancee appears to have deserted her and…
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
The Flying Serpent (1946)
A demented archaeologist discovers a living, breathing serpent creature known to the Aztecs as Quetzalcoatl and accidentally kills his wife by giving her one of the beast’s feathers, causing the…
Shock (1946)
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart….
Terror by Night (1946)
Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of…
Three Strangers (1946)
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief,…
The Spiral Staircase (1946)
On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
Live Wires (1946)
Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages…
Night Boat to Dublin (1946)
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Detour (1945)
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
Cornered (1945)
A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the…
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Julia Ross secures employment with a wealthy widow and goes to live at her house. Two days later, she awakens in a different house in different clothes and with a…
Confidential Agent (1945)
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
Voice of the Whistler (1945)
A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure.
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a…
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.
Dead of Night (1945)
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that…
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother — especially when he shows signs of falling in love.
Lady on a Train (1945)
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels….
Conflict (1945)
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he’ll be free to marry her sister.
The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of…
The Body Snatcher (1945)
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge…
The Lady Confesses (1945)
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance — thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.