Thriller Movies

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
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66

To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Ministry of Fear (1944)
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86

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn’t seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization,…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
The Scarlet Claw (1944)

The Scarlet Claw (1944)

The Scarlet Claw (1944)
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74

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec,…

Gaslight (1944)

Gaslight (1944)

Gaslight (1944)
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114

A newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

The Lady and the Monster (1944)
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86

A millionaire’s brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.

Uncertain Glory (1944)

Uncertain Glory (1944)

Uncertain Glory (1944)
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102

In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strikes the prison, but is quickly re-captured by the inspector of the Surete responsible for…

The Whistler (1944)

The Whistler (1944)

The Whistler (1944)
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60

A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife’s death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn’t dead at all. And…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Action in Arabia (1944)

Action in Arabia (1944)

Action in Arabia (1944)
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75

Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Phantom Lady (1944)

Phantom Lady (1944)

Phantom Lady (1944)
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87

A mystery woman is a murder suspect’s only alibi for the night of his wife’s death.

The Lodger (1944)

The Lodger (1944)

The Lodger (1944)
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84

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

The Spider Woman (1943)

The Spider Woman (1943)

The Spider Woman (1943)
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63

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called “pajama suicides”. He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on “The…

Calling Dr. Death (1943)

Calling Dr. Death (1943)

Calling Dr. Death (1943)
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63

Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife’s infidelity, believes he may…

The Ghost Ship (1943)

The Ghost Ship (1943)

The Ghost Ship (1943)
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69

Captain Stone’s newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone’s…

Another Dawn (1943)

Another Dawn (1943)

Another Dawn (1943)
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108

The disaffected wife of a failed civil servant, is thrilled to re-encounter Octavio, a former lover who is now a union activist on the run from a corrupt politician. Hoping…

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Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
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93

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third…

The Dark Tower (1943)

The Dark Tower (1943)

The Dark Tower (1943)
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90

While working at a circus, a man hypnotizes a trapezist to kill her partner.

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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Le Corbeau (1943)

Le Corbeau (1943)

Le Corbeau (1943)
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92

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions…

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Watch on the Rhine (1943)

Watch on the Rhine (1943)

Watch on the Rhine (1943)
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114

On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara’s wealthy mother near…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Passport to Suez (1943)

Passport to Suez (1943)

Passport to Suez (1943)
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72

The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal, which is vital to England’s war effort.

The Fallen Sparrow (1943)

The Fallen Sparrow (1943)

The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
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94

Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John “Kit” McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has…

Batman (1943)

Batman (1943)

Batman (1943)
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260

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City’s now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with…

Warn That Man (1943)

Warn That Man (1943)

Warn That Man (1943)
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82

At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby…

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Genre: Comedy, Thriller, War
Background to Danger (1943)

Background to Danger (1943)

Background to Danger (1943)
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80

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Genre: Thriller, War
Above Suspicion (1943)

Above Suspicion (1943)

Above Suspicion (1943)
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90

Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.

Genre: Thriller
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
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96

The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He assumes the identity of a…

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Crash Dive (1943)

Crash Dive (1943)

Crash Dive (1943)
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106

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart,…

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
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134

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal “Hangman of Europe”, Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his…

Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Jungle Drums (1943)

Jungle Drums (1943)

Jungle Drums (1943)
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8

Superman discovers a secret Nazi base in the jungle.

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
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71

In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
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107

Just when Charlie is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie, is coming to…

Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Journey into Fear (1943)

Journey into Fear (1943)

Journey into Fear (1943)
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68

An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also…

Genre: Thriller, War
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
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68

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into…

Went the Day Well? (1942)

Went the Day Well? (1942)

Went the Day Well? (1942)
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92

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England’s radar network in preparation for a full scale…

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Genre: Thriller, War
Night Monster (1942)

Night Monster (1942)

Night Monster (1942)
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72

Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.

Dr. Renault’s Secret (1942)

Dr. Renault’s Secret (1942)

Dr. Renault’s Secret (1942)
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58

A remake of the 1927 horror film “The Wizard”. Dr. Larry Forbes arrives in a remote French village to visit his fiancée who lives with her scientist father Dr. Renault…

Eyes in the Night (1942)

Eyes in the Night (1942)

Eyes in the Night (1942)
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80

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

You Can’t Escape Forever (1942)

You Can’t Escape Forever (1942)

You Can’t Escape Forever (1942)
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77

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.

Genre: Thriller
Street of Chance (1942)

Street of Chance (1942)

Street of Chance (1942)
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74

In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man’s memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a…

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
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65

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before…

The Glass Key (1942)

The Glass Key (1942)

The Glass Key (1942)
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85

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.