Casablanca (1942)
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco
The Big Sleep (1946)
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family Before the complex case is over, hes seen murder, blackmail and what might be love
To Have and Have Not (1944)
During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids
Sabrina (1954)
A playboy becomes interested in the daughter of his familys chauffeur, but its his more serious brother who would be the better man for her
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Two down on their luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains
Key Largo (1948)
A man visits his war buddys family hotel and finds a gangster running things As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other
Chain Lightning (1950)
Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company
In a Lonely Place (1950)
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him However, she soon starts to have her doubts
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
When a U S Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardises the ship, the first officer is urged to consider relieving him of command
Were No Angels (1955)
Three Devils Island escapees hide out in the house of a kindly merchant and repay his kindness by helping him and his family out of several crises
Dark Passage (1947)
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try to prove his innocence
The African Queen (1951)
In WWI East Africa, a gin swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writerdirector Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy
Sirocco (1951)
A cynical American expatriate gets involved in smuggling and gun running for the rebels during the 1925 Syrian insurgency against French occupation
They Drive by Night (1940)
When one of two truck driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
An American tanker is sunk by a German U boat, and the survivors spend 11 days at sea on a raft Their next assignment bound for Murmansk through the sub stalked N Atlantic
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I
The Enforcer (1951)
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc
The Harder They Fall (1956)
An ex sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina
High Sierra (1941)
After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort
Virginia City (1940)
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate prison and is sent to Virginia City, Nevada, where he finds out that the former commander of his prison, Vance Irby, is planning to send 5 million in gold to save the Confeder
Dark Victory (1939)
A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not shell meet her final days with dignity
Passage to Marseille (1944)
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devils Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis
Dead Reckoning (1947)
A soldier runs away to avoid receiving the Medal of Honor, so his buddy gets permission to investigate Romance and death soon follow
All Through the Night (1942)
Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs
Love Affair (1932)
Heiress Carol Owen learns to fly from aeronautical engineer Jim Leonard who begins neglecting his work as their affair progresses Things get complicated when she learns her father died penniless and that she has been being suppor
The Desperate Hours (1955)
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household
Marked Woman (1937)
A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties
Black Legion (1937)
A hard working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish born worker, hes seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence
Across the Pacific (1942)
In December 1941, ex army captain Rick Leland boards a Japanese ship heading to Asia via the Panama Canal where his Japanese hosts show interest in the American defense plans for the canal zone
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
An artist forms an attachment with a woman on holiday in the country As the relationship develops, his behavior and information about his past cause her increasing concern
Love Affair (1932)
Heiress Carol Owen learns to fly from aeronautical engineer Jim Leonard who begins neglecting his work as their affair progresses Things get complicated when she learns her father died penniless and that she has been being suppor
The Left Hand of God (1955)
At a Catholic mission in China, long awaited Father OShea proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
When a crusader against rackets is murdered, a grand jury battles the rackets by promoting McLaren to be in charge of the cleanup He fires NYPD Detective Blake, who punches him and joins the racket
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gangs feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region
Dead End (1937)
The lives of a young man, a young woman, an notorious gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum
Tokyo Joe (1949)
An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities
Knock on Any Door (1949)
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court
It All Came True (1940)
After crooked nightclub owner Chips Maguire murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mothers boarding house
Beat the Devil (1953)
On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple They meet and things happen
King of the Underworld (1939)
After the killing of her husband by friendly fire during a police raid, Dr Carole Nelson tries to find gangster Joe Gurney to clear her name with the medical board
Battle Circus (1953)
Set in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world
San Quentin (1937)
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate
Brother Orchid (1940)
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk
The Roaring 20s Twenties (1939)
Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I
Up the River (1930)
When paroled trustee Steve and former inmate Judy who try to put their criminal lives behind them are blackmailed, two career criminals come to their rescue