British Noir Movies

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is...

American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The...

Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)

The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.

The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.

In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.

Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in...

A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict...

A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically...

A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is...

Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he...

A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he...

Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect...

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a...