Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Drama: 727 Films to Buy & Rent
Come Dance with Me (Voulez-Vous Danser Avec Moi?) (1959)
- Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Dawn Addams
- Surprisingly entertaining French mystery thriller tracking a wife attempting to clear her husband's name from involvement in a dance studio murder.…
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones…
- Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Deborah Kerr
- Kerr and Mitchum play a nun and Marine sergeant respectively, who are stranded on a desert island during WWII – the island happens to also be…
Time Without Pity (1957)
- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Ann Todd…
- Nervy noir has Michael Redgrave in top form as an alcoholic father racing against time to save his son from the gallows.
Somewhat dated thriller…
Backlash (1956)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell…
- Richard Widmark and Donna Reed play the tough–talkin', rootin–tootin leads in this gritty horse opera, as they both seek vengeance for…
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer…
- This bleak film noir from director Fritz Lang is a triumph of style and mood with a cynical take on fate and the human condition.
An impeccably…
Yield to the Night (Blonde Sinner) (1956)
- Dir. J. Lee Thompson
Feat. Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig
- British crime drama film that features a celebrated performance by "blonde bombshell" Diana Dors. Bearing a coincidental resemblance to the Ruth…
Man Without A Star (1955)
- Dir. King Vidor
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor
- Character–driven Western sees Kirk Douglas plays a laconic gunslinger with a dark–side, who drifts from scrape to scrape while working…
Seminole (1953)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn…
- Superlative Western set against the backdrop of 1835 Florida, where Rock Hudson plays a West Pointer Lieutenant who, on the insistence of Richard…
Damned Don't Cry, The (1950)
- Dir. Vincent Sherman
Feat. Joan Crawford, David Brian, Steve Cochran…
- Loosely based on the relationship between Bugsy Siegel and Virginia Hill, this riveting film tells of a New York socialite's involvement with an…