A Bucket of Blood - Free
– Roger Corman’s classic comedy/horror film set in Bohemian San
Francisco. Shot in 5 days for $50,000. Internet Archive version here. (1959)
An Act of Murder - Free - A hard-line judge is tempted toward mercy-killing by his wife’s terminal cancer. Well reviewed. (1948)
And Then There Were None – Free – Film adaption of Agatha Christie’s best-selling mystery novel directed by René Clair. (1945)
Angel on My Shoulder – Free – A gangster comedy starring Claude Rains and Paul Muni. (1946)
Beat the Devil – Free
– Directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, the film is
something of a comic and dramatic spoof of the film noir tradition.
(1953)
Behind Green Lights – Free
– Stars Carole Landis, John Ireland. Police lieutenant Sam Carson
investigates a political murder after the victim is dumped at the door
of police headquarters. (1946)
Beware the Blob – Free – The sequel to horror science-fiction film The Blob was directed by Larry Hagman and stars Burgess Meredith, Dick Van Patten, and Robert Walker. (1972)
Big Bluff - Free
– Directed by W. Lee Wilder. When a scheming fortune hunter finds his
rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other
plans to get her millions. (1950)
Bluebeard – Free – Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring John Carradine, this film became a cult classic for horror fans. (1944)
Borderline – Free
– Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but
neither is aware of the other’s identity. Stars Fred MacMurray, Claire
Trevor and Raymond Burr. (1950)
Bride of the Monsters – Free – Bela Lugosi stars in an Ed Wood horror/sci fi film. (1955)
Carnival of Souls – Free – A low budget B film that became a cult classic. (1962)
Day of the Dead – Free
- A small group of military officers and scientists dwell in an
underground bunker as the world above is overrun by zombies. Directed by
George A. Romero. (1985)
Dementia 13- Free – A horror film that was one of Francis Ford Coppola’s early mainstream efforts. HD widescreen version here. (1963)
Detour – Free – Edgar Ulmer’s cult classic noir film shot in 6 days. (1945)
Downhill - Free
– In this silent film, a public schoolboy “takes the blame for a
friend’s theft and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures.”
Also released under the title, When Boys Leave Home. (1927)
Dick Tracy – Free – A 15 episode film series that brought Dick Tracy to the silver screen. (1937)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome – Free – Dick Tracy film from 1947 stars Boris Karloff as Gruesome. (1947)
D.O.A. – Free – Rudolph Maté’s classic noir film. You can also watch the movie here. (1950)
Dressed to Kill – Free – Brings Sherlock Holmes to screen. (1941)
Foreign Correspondent - Free
- On the eve of WW2, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy
agents in London. Spy thriller was Hitchcock’s second Hollywood
production. (1940)
Freaks - Free
– Tod Browning’s famous pre-code horror film about sideshow performers.
Cast mostly composed of actual carnival performers. (1932)
Great Guy- Free – James Cagney plays the plucky Irish crusader, Johnny Cave, who fights against corruption. (1936)
Guest in the House – Free – Directed by John Brahm, the noir film stars Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon. (1946)
He Walked by Night – Free
– Film-noir drama, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on
the hunt for a resourceful criminal. This move became the basis for Dragnet, and stars Jack Webb. YouTube version.
Horror Express – Free – Spanish horror film starring Telly Savalas of Kojak fame.
Impact – Free – Arthur Lubin’s well reviewed noir flic. Considered a little known classic you need to watch. (1940)
Island of Lost Souls – FreeBela Lugosi stars in the first film adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel, The Island of Dr. Moreau, published in 1896. (1933)
Jamaica Inn - Free
– A young woman discovers that she’s living near a gang of criminals
who arrange shipwrecks for profit. Stars Maureen O’Hara, Robert Newton
and Charles Laughton. (1939)
Kansas City Confidential – Free – A film noir gem that inspired Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. Alternative version (1953)
Key Lime Pie – Free – A zany animated film in the noir tradition. (2007)
Number Seventeen – Free - 1932 Hitchcock movie about jewel thieves gathered at a house (number 17) after a robbery. Alternate version here.
Panic in the Streets – Free – A great noir movie directed by Elia Kazan, with Jack Palance. (1950)
Please Murder Me – Free – Lawyer Raymond Burr brilliantly defends Angela Lansbury in 1950s noir film. (1956)
Port of New York - Free
– Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who
use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
First film in which Yul Brynner appeared. (1949)
Pulgasari - Free
- The Godzilla-style movie created when North Korean dictator Kim
Jong-il kidnapped a S. Korean director and forced him to satisfy his
whims. (1985)
Quicksand – Free – Noir film with Mickey Rooney and Peter Lorre. (1950)
Rich and Strange – Free - This Alfred Hitchcock film was released during a dry period between The Lodger (1927) and his breakthrough hits The Man Who Knew Too Much and The 39 Steps, both listed here. (1931)
Sabotage – Free – Alfred Hitchcock directs British thriller based on Joseph Conrad’s novel The Secret Agent. (1936)
Scarlet Street – Free – Directed by Fritz Lang with Edward G. Robinson. A film noir great. (1945)
Secret Agent- Free
– Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this film was loosely based on stories
by W. Somerset Maugham. Stars John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine
Carroll and Robert Young. (1936)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon – Free – Sherlock Holmes rescues an inventor of an new bomb site before the Nazis can get him. (1943)
Shock - Free – Film noir classic starring Vincent Price. (1946)
Spellbound - Free – Hitchcock’s classic thriller stars Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov and Leo G. Carroll. (1945)
Suddenly – Free – Noir film with Frank Sinatra and James Gleason. (1954)
Terror by Night – Free
– Sherlock Holmes mystery film loosely based on The Disappearance of
Lady Frances Carfax and The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle. Stars Basil
Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. (1946)
The 39 Steps – Free – One of Alfred Hitchcock’s first hits. British thriller is based on novel with same name by John Buchan. (1935)
The Big Combo - Free
– Directed by Joseph Lewis, this film is today considered a noir
classic. Critics like to focus on cinematography of John Alton, a noir
icon. (1955)
The Driller Killer – Free – Abel Ferrara’s cult classic slasher film. (1979)
The Green Glove - Free
- A World War II veteran in France, played by Glen Ford, gets mixed up
in murder while investigating a stolen treasure. Directed by Rudolph
Maté. (1952)
The Hitch-Hiker – Free – The first noir film made by a female director, Ida Lupino. (1953)
The Lady from Shanghai - Free -
Noir film directed by Orson Welles and starring Welles, his estranged
wife Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane. It is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by Sherwood King. (1947)
The Lady Vanishes – Free – British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. (1938)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog – Free – One of Hitchcock’s silent classics. A landlady suspects her lodger is a murderer killing women around London. (1927)
The Canterbury Tales (I racconti di Canterbury) - Free - Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini and based on the medieval narrative poems by Chaucer. With subtitles. (1972)
The Man Who Cheated Himself– Free
– Some call it “an under-appreciated and little known gem.” Stars Lee
J. Cobb, John Dall, Jane Wyatt, and Lisa Howard. YouTube version here. (1951)
The Man Who Knew Too Much – Free
– Starring Peter Lorre, this film was the most acclaimed film of
Hitchcock’s British period. Hitchcock remade the film for an American
audience with Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day in 1956. (1934)
The Man with the The Golden Arm - Free – Directed by Otto Preminger. Starring Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak. Nominated for three Academy Awards. (1955)
The Manxman – Free – This was Hitchcock’s last silent film.
The Ring – Free – This silent film focuses on a love triangle between two men and a woman. One of Hitchcock’s minor works. (1927)
The Second Woman - Free – Directed by James Kern and starring Betsy Drake, this lesser known noir film gets some good reviews. (1951)
The Skin Game – Free – A 1931 Hitchcock film based on a play by John Galsworthy recounts the tragic tale of a family feud. (1931)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers – Free – Noir film starting Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin and Kirk Douglas. Entered into 1947 Cannes Film Festival. (1946)
The Terror – Free – With Jack Nicholson & Boris Karloff, and partly shot by Francis Ford Coppola. HD/Widescreen version here. (1963)
The Time of Your Life – Free
– Adapted from the 1939 William Saroyan play of the same title (the
play won the Pulitzer Prize), the film stars James Cagney and William
Bendix. (1948)
Too Late for Tears – Free – Directed by Byron Haskin and based on a novel by Roy Huggins, Too Late for Tears is pure noir. (1949)
Trapped - Free – Starring Lloyd Bridges and Barbara Payton, the plot of this B noir film turns around a counterfeiting ring. (1949)
Vampyr – Free – This horror film was Carl Theodor Dreyer’s follow-up to The Passion of Joan of Arc, and his first “talkie.” (1932)
Waltzes From Vienna -Free
– Alfred Hitchcock told Francois Truffaut that this film (about the
writing and performance of The Blue Danube) was the low point of his
film career. (1934)
Whistle Stop – Free – A noir flic with Ava Gardner. (1946)
Woman on the Run - Free
– After Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) is the sole witness to a gangland
murder, he goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris
(Robert Keith), his wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan), and newspaperman,
Danny Leggett (Dennis O’Keefe). YouTube version here. (1950)
Young and Innocent – Free – Originally released in the US as The Girl Was Young, this Alfred Hitchcock film was based on Josephine Tey’s novel A Shilling for Candles. (1937)
