Thriller Movies

Ransom! (1956)

Ransom! (1956)

Ransom! (1956)
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109

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son’s kidnappers.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Violent Years (1956)

The Violent Years (1956)

The Violent Years (1956)
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57

A newspaper publisher’s daughter suffers from neglect by her parents. She and her friends turn to crime by dressing up like men, holding up gas stations, raping young men at…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)

Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
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98

A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Storm Fear (1955)

Storm Fear (1955)

Storm Fear (1955)
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88

A wounded bank robber takes over his brother’s home.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dial 999 (1955)

Dial 999 (1955)

Dial 999 (1955)
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86

A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
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109

After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
A Time to Kill (1955)

A Time to Kill (1955)

A Time to Kill (1955)
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65

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist…

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The Desperate Hours (1955)

The Desperate Hours (1955)

The Desperate Hours (1955)
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112

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they’re holding hostage.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Killer’s Kiss (1955)

Killer’s Kiss (1955)

Killer’s Kiss (1955)
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68

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria’s violent boss, Vincent Rapallo,…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
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83

Edward “Teddy” Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he’s hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don’t go…

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Genre: Thriller
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
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90

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Death of a Cyclist (1955)

Death of a Cyclist (1955)

Death of a Cyclist (1955)
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88

A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)

Female on the Beach (1955)
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97

Lynn Markham moves into her late husband’s beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent…

Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Mr. Arkadin (1955)
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107

Claiming that he doesn’t know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can’t remember anything before the…

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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
To Catch a Thief (1955)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

To Catch a Thief (1955)
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106

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

The Night of the Hunter (1955)
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93

In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)
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86

A group of escaped convicts holds a household prisoner as the police close in.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Life in the Balance (1955)

A Life in the Balance (1955)

A Life in the Balance (1955)
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74

A widower’s young son leads the police to a killer of sinners in Mexico City.

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5 Against the House (1955)

5 Against the House (1955)

5 Against the House (1955)
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84

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Dam Busters (1955)

The Dam Busters (1955)

The Dam Busters (1955)
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124

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron ‘The…

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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
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106

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his…

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)

The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
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95

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme,…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Bullet for Joey (1955)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)
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85

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction,…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Rififi (1955)

Rififi (1955)

Rififi (1955)
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118

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become…

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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

The Night My Number Came Up (1955)

The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
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94

British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie’s flight to Tokyo on a small…

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Tight Spot (1955)

Tight Spot (1955)

Tight Spot (1955)
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97

A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Big House U.S.A (1955)

Big House U.S.A (1955)

Big House U.S.A (1955)
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83

A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as merciless kidnapper Jerry Barker (Ralph Meeker) demands ransom paid against a young runaway whose fate lands Barker in Casabel Island Prison.

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

New Orleans Uncensored (1955)
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76

Discharged naval officer Dan Corbett moves to New Orleans and accepts a job as a longshoreman, unaware that the docks are run by an infamous racketeer. When the dock manager…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Diabolique (1955)

Diabolique (1955)

Diabolique (1955)
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117

The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo — his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become…

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Six Bridges to Cross (1955)

Six Bridges to Cross (1955)

Six Bridges to Cross (1955)
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96

Follow the evolution of a small time juvenile delinquent hood to a big time racketeer. Based on the famous 1950 Brinks Robbery in Boston that netted the crooks $2.5 million….

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
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81

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and…

Black Tuesday (1954)

Black Tuesday (1954)

Black Tuesday (1954)
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80

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer…

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Cry Vengeance (1954)

Cry Vengeance (1954)

Cry Vengeance (1954)
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82

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding…

Fear (1954)

Fear (1954)

Fear (1954)
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83

Irene Wagner, the wife of the prominent German scientist Professor Albert Wagner, had been having an affair with Erich Baumann. She does not disclose this to her husband, hoping to…

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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla (1954)

Godzilla (1954)
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96

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating…

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Naked Alibi (1954)

Naked Alibi (1954)

Naked Alibi (1954)
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86

Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is…

Suddenly (1954)

Suddenly (1954)

Suddenly (1954)
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77

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw’s unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can’t abide guns and those who use them….

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)

Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
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85

An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.

Genre: Crime, Thriller
The Shanghai Story (1954)

The Shanghai Story (1954)

The Shanghai Story (1954)
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90

Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them.

Stranger from Venus (1954)

Stranger from Venus (1954)

Stranger from Venus (1954)
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75

Stranger from Venus (a.k.a. Immediate Disaster and The Venusian) is the story of a woman who meets a stranger with no pulse who has the power of life and death…

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