Whirlpool

6.4

1950

98 mins

ThrillerCrimeDrama

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.

Witness to Murder

Year : 1954Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

The Web

Year : 1947Rating : ⭐ 7.1

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.

Sleep, My Love

Year : 1948Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

The Dark Past

Year : 1948Rating : ⭐ 6.0

A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.

Union Station

Year : 1950Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.

Cause for Alarm!

Year : 1951Rating : ⭐ 6.0

A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

The Glass Key

Year : 1942Rating : ⭐ 6.7

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Black Angel

Year : 1946Rating : ⭐ 6.1

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

The File on Thelma Jordon

Year : 1949Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

The Dark Corner

Year : 1946Rating : ⭐ 6.6

Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.

They Made Me a Fugitive

Year : 1947Rating : ⭐ 6.6

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

The Naked City

Year : 1948Rating : ⭐ 7.2

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Pickup on South Street

Year : 1953Rating : ⭐ 7.4

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

The Hitch-Hiker

Year : 1953Rating : ⭐ 6.8

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.

Dark City

Year : 1950Rating : ⭐ 6.5

War hero Danny Haley fleeces out-of-town dupes in a rigged poker game. He and his pals see Arthur Winant as an easy mark, but they've reckoned without Winant's homicidal brother, who wants revenge after Arthur commits suicide.

Lady in the Lake

Year : 1946Rating : ⭐ 6.1

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Point Blank

Year : 1967Rating : ⭐ 7.1

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

5 Against the House

Year : 1955Rating : ⭐ 5.9

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

Each Dawn I Die

Year : 1939Rating : ⭐ 6.9

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

The Locket

Year : 1946Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.