Title |
Director |
Cast |
Country |
Subgenre/notes
|
1940
|
Before I Hang |
Nick Grinde |
Boris Karloff,
Evelyn Keyes,
Bruce Bennett |
United States |
[1]
|
Foreign Correspondent |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Joel McCrea,
Laraine Day |
United States |
[2]
|
Gaslight |
Thorold Dickinson |
Anton Walbrook,
Diana Wynyard,
Frank Pettingell |
United Kingdom |
[3]
|
Night Train to Munich |
Carol Reed |
Rex Harrison,
Margaret Lockwood |
United Kingdom |
|
Rebecca |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Laurence Olivier,
Joan Fontaine,
George Sanders,
Judith Anderson |
United States |
Psychological thriller
[4]
|
Stranger on the Third Floor |
Boris Ingster |
Peter Lorre,
John McGuire,
Margaret Tallichet |
United States |
Psychological thriller
[5]
|
1941
|
Among the Living |
Stuart Heisler |
Albert Dekker,
Susan Hayward,
Harry Carey |
United States |
[6]
|
Le Dernier des Six |
Georges Lacombe |
Michele Alfa,
Pierre Fresnay,
Jean Tissier |
France |
Psychological thriller
[7]
|
I Wake Up Screaming |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Betty Grable,
Victor Mature,
Carole Landis |
United States |
[8]
|
Man Hunt |
Fritz Lang |
Walter Pidgeon,
Joan Bennett,
George Sanders |
United States |
[9]
|
Shadow of the Thin Man |
W.S. Van Dyke |
William Powell,
Myrna Loy,
Barry Nelson |
United States |
Comedy thriller
[10]
|
Suspicion |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Cary Grant,
Joan Fontaine |
United States |
Psychological thriller
[11]
|
1942
|
L'Assassin Habite au 21 |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Suzy Delair,
Pierre Fresnay,
Noël Roquevert |
France |
Comedy thriller
[12]
|
Bowery at Midnight |
Wallace W. Fox |
Bela Lugosi,
John Archer,
Wanda McKay |
United States |
Crime thriller
[13]
|
Cat People |
Jacques Tourneur |
Simone Simon,
Kent Smith,
Tom Conway |
United States |
Supernatural thriller
[14]
|
Eyes in the Night |
Fred Zinnemann |
Edward Arnold,
Ann Harding,
Katherine Emery |
United States |
Crime thriller
[15]
|
The Glass Key |
Stuart Heisler |
Brian Donlevy,
Veronica Lake,
Alan Ladd |
United States |
[16]
|
I Live on Danger |
Sam White |
Chester Morris,
Jean Parker,
Elizabeth Risdon |
United States |
[17]
|
Nightmare |
Tim Whelan |
Diana Barrymore,
Brian Donlevy,
Henry Daniell |
United States |
[18]
|
Saboteur |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Priscilla Lane,
Robert Cummings,
Norman Lloyd |
United States |
[19]
|
This Gun for Hire |
Frank Tuttle |
Veronica Lake,
Robert Preston,
Laird Cregar |
United States |
Crime thriller
[20]
|
1943
|
Above Suspicion |
Richard Thorpe |
Joan Crawford,
Fred MacMurray,
Conrad Veidt |
United States |
Political thriller
[21]
|
Le Corbeau |
Henri-Georges Clouzot |
Pierre Fresnay,
Pierre Larquey,
Micheline Francey |
France |
Psychological thriller
[22]
|
The Fallen Sparrow |
Richard Wallace |
John Garfield,
Maureen O'Hara,
Walter Slezak |
United States |
[23]
|
Journey into Fear |
Norman Foster |
Joseph Cotten,
Dolores del Río,
Ruth Warrick,
Orson Welles |
United States |
[24]
|
The Leopard Man |
Jacques Tourneur |
Dennis O'Keefe,
Margo,
Jean Brooks |
United States |
[25]
|
Shadow of a Doubt |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Joseph Cotten,
Teresa Wright,
MacDonald Carey |
United States |
[26]
|
1944
|
Bluebeard |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
John Carradine,
Jean Parker,
Nils Asther |
United States |
[27]
|
The Climax |
George Waggner |
Boris Karloff,
Susanna Foster |
United States |
[28]
|
Dark Waters |
André De Toth |
Merle Oberon,
Franchot Tone,
Thomas Mitchell |
United States |
[29]
|
Double Indemnity |
Billy Wilder |
Fred MacMurray,
Barbara Stanwyck,
Edward G. Robinson |
United States |
Crime thriller
[30]
|
Gaslight |
George Cukor |
Charles Boyer,
Ingrid Bergman |
United States |
[31]
|
Laura |
Otto Preminger |
Gene Tierney,
Dana Andrews,
Clifton Webb |
United States |
Psychological thriller
[32]
|
The Lodger |
John Brahm |
Merle Oberon,
George Sanders,
Laird Cregar |
United States |
[33]
|
The Mask of Dimitrios |
Jean Negulesco |
Sydney Greenstreet,
Zachary Scott,
Faye Emerson |
United States |
[34]
|
Ministry of Fear |
Fritz Lang |
Ray Milland,
Marjorie Reynolds,
Carl Esmond |
United States |
Psychological Thriller
[35]
|
Murder, My Sweet |
Edward Dmytryk |
Dick Powell,
Claire Trevor,
Anne Shirley |
United States |
[36]
|
Phantom Lady |
Robert Siodmak |
Franchot Tone,
Ella Raines,
Alan Curtis |
United States |
[37]
|
The Scarlet Claw |
Roy William Neill |
Basil Rathbone,
Nigel Bruce,
Gerald Hamer |
United States |
[38]
|
The Thin Man Goes Home |
Richard Thorpe |
William Powell,
Myrna Loy,
Gloria DeHaven |
United States |
Comedy thriller
[39]
|
When Strangers Marry |
William Castle |
Dean Jagger,
Kim Hunter,
Robert Mitchum |
United States |
[40]
|
The Woman in the Window |
Fritz Lang |
Edward G. Robinson,
Joan Bennett,
Raymond Massey |
United States |
[41]
|
1945
|
The Body Snatcher |
Robert Wise |
Boris Karloff,
Bela Lugosi,
Henry Daniell |
United States |
[42]
|
Conflict |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Humphrey Bogart,
Alexis Smith,
Sydney Greenstreet |
United States |
[43]
|
Cornered |
Edward Dmytryk |
Dick Powell,
Walter Slezak,
Nina Vale |
United States |
[44]
|
Dead of Night |
Alberto Cavalcanti,
Charles Crichton,
Basil Dearden,
Robert Hamer |
Mervyn Johns,
Michael Redgrave,
Sally Ann Howes,
Mary Merrall |
United Kingdom |
Psychological thriller
[45]
|
Hangover Square |
John Brahm |
Laird Cregar,
Linda Darnell,
George Sanders |
United States |
[46]
|
The House on 92nd Street |
Henry Hathaway |
William Eythe,
Lloyd Nolan,
Signe Hasso |
United States |
[47]
|
My Name Is Julia Ross |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Nina Foch,
Dame May Whitty,
George Macready |
United States |
[48]
|
Spellbound |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Ingrid Bergman,
Gregory Peck,
Jean Acker |
United States |
Psychological thriller
[49]
|
Strange Illusion |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Charles Arnt,
Jameson Clark, Jimmy Clark |
United States |
[50]
|
1946
|
Bedlam |
Mark Robson |
Boris Karloff,
Anna Lee,
Billy House |
United States |
|
The Brute Man |
Jean Yarbrough |
Rondo Hatton,
Jane Adams,
Tom Neal |
United States |
|
Crack-Up |
Irving G. Reis |
Pat O'Brien,
Claire Trevor,
Herbert Marshall |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|
Deadline at Dawn |
Harold Clurman |
Susan Hayward,
Paul Lukas,
Bill Williams |
United States |
|
Dragonwyck |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
Gene Tierney,
Spring Byington,
Walter Huston |
United States |
|
I See a Dark Stranger |
Frank Launder |
Deborah Kerr,
Trevor Howard,
Raymond Huntley |
United Kingdom |
|
Leave Her to Heaven |
John M. Stahl |
Gene Tierney,
Cornel Wilde |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|
Notorious |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Cary Grant,
Ingrid Bergman,
Claude Rains |
United States |
Political thriller
|
Shadow of a Woman |
Joseph Santley |
Helmut Dantine,
Andrea King,
Don McGuire |
United States |
|
Shock |
Alfred L. Werker |
Vincent Price,
Lynn Bari,
Anabel Shaw |
United States |
|
The Spiral Staircase |
Robert Siodmak |
Dorothy McGuire,
George Brent,
Ethel Barrymore |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|
The Stranger |
Orson Welles |
Orson Welles,
Edward G. Robinson,
Loretta Young |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|
1947
|
Kiss of Death |
Henry Hathaway |
Victor Mature,
Brian Donlevy,
Coleen Gray |
United States |
Psychological thriller, crime thriller
|
The Lady from Shanghai |
Orson Welles |
Rita Hayworth,
Orson Welles |
United States |
|
Love from a Stranger |
Richard Whorf |
John Hodiak,
John Howard,
Ann Richards |
United States |
|
The Red House |
Delmer Daves |
Edward G. Robinson,
Lon McCallister,
Judith Anderson |
United States |
|
Song of the Thin Man |
Edward Buzzell |
William Powell,
Myrna Loy |
United States |
Comedy thriller
|
1948
|
The Big Clock |
John Farrow |
Ray Milland,
Charles Laughton,
Maureen O'Sullivan |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|
Cry of the City |
Robert Siodmak |
Victor Mature,
Richard Conte,
Fred Clark |
United States |
|
He Walked by Night |
Alfred L. Werker |
Richard Basehart,
Scott Brady,
Roy Roberts |
United States |
|
Key Largo |
John Huston |
Humphrey Bogart,
Edward G. Robinson,
Monte Blue |
United States |
Crime thriller
|
Sorry, Wrong Number |
Anatole Litvak |
Barbara Stanwyck,
Burt Lancaster,
Ann Richards |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|
1949
|
The Bribe |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Robert Taylor,
Ava Gardner,
Charles Laughton,
Vincent Price |
United States |
Crime thriller
|
D.O.A. |
Rudolph Maté |
Edmond O'Brien,
Pamela Britton,
Luther Adler |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|
Follow Me Quietly |
Richard Fleischer |
William Lundigan,
Dorothy Patrick,
Jeff Corey |
United States |
|
Gun Crazy |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Peggy Cummins,
John Dall,
Berry Kroeger |
United States |
Crime thriller
|
The Third Man |
Carol Reed |
Joseph Cotten,
Alida Valli,
Orson Welles |
United Kingdom |
Psychological thriller
|
Stray Dog |
Akira Kurosawa |
Toshirō Mifune,
Takashi Shimura |
Japan |
|
White Heat |
Raoul Walsh |
James Cagney |
United States |
Crime thriller
|
Whirlpool |
Otto Preminger |
Gene Tierney,
Richard Conte,
Jose Ferrer |
United States |
Psychological thriller
|