Thriller Movies
What a Carve Up! (1961)
Ernie’s Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie’s…
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could “justify” thereby his invasion of Poland.
Victim (1961)
A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Homicidal (1961)
A woman named Emily checks into a hotel and offers the bellboy $2000 to temporarily marry her. We soon find out Emily is the caretaker of a wheelchair-bound mute named…
Night Tide (1961)
A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be…
The Naked Edge (1961)
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
Anatomy of a Psycho (1961)
The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother’s execution.
Taste of Fear (1961)
A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father’s estate after ten years, and although she’s told he’s away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
The Young Savages (1961)
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped…
The Guns of Navarone (1961)
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped…
The Secret Ways (1961)
Vienna, 1956. After Soviet tanks crush the Hungarian uprising, soldier-of-fortune Michael Reynolds is hired to help a threatened Hungarian scientist escape from Budapest.
Blast of Silence (1961)
A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer…
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company’s headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it’s not long before the gang members are…
Honeymoon of Terror (1961)
A couple honeymoons on a deserted isle called Thunder Island. When the husband leaves the island to go for supplies, the wife finds that the island isn’t as deserted as…
Return of a Stranger (1961)
An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.
Visa to Canton (1960)
A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son.
The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)
Themes of voyeurism and unrequited love compliment Poe’s classic of murder and insanity in this superbly suspenseful loose interpretation. Anxiety-stricken librarian Edgar Marsh becomes infatuated with his next-door neighbor, but…
The Human Vapor (1960)
A librarian is subject to a scientific experiment which goes wrong and transforms him into ‘The Human Vapour’. He uses his new ability to rob banks to fund the career…
Faces in the Dark (1960)
A businessman loses his sight in an explosion on the day his wife planned to leave him for another man.
Suspect (1960)
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed…
The House in Marsh Road (1960)
When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.
Midnight Lace (1960)
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she’s soon to be murdered.
Key Witness (1960)
An average Los Angeles citizen witnesses a gang murder when he stops to use a telephone. When he presents himself to the LAPD as the only person willing to identify…
The Full Treatment (1960)
Race car driver Alan Colby and his new wife Denise are involved in a car crash where he sustains a serious head injury, causing him to have murderous feelings toward…
Tormented (1960)
A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover’s crawling hand and floating head.
The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of company vice president Iwabuchi. At…
Portrait in Black (1960)
A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman’s rich husband.
Psycho (1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates…
The Time Machine (1960)
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Man on a String (1960)
U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
The Challenge (1960)
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
Peeping Tom (1960)
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he’s making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the…