Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Suspense/Crime: 438 Films to Buy & Rent
39 Steps, The (1959)
- Dir. Ralph Thomas
Feat. Kenneth More, Taina Elg
- Colour copy of Hitchcock's spy thriller, this time with Kenneth More and Taina Elg as the innocents entangled in Scottish intrigue.
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless) (1959)
- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger…
- Godard's landmark first film pulls out all the stops in the style department – with Jean–Paul Belmondo as the romantic fugitive,…
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara…
- Smalltown lawyer James Stewart defends a man accused of murdering a suspected rapist. The shifting ambiguities of the case make this more a…
Compulsion (1959)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, Orson Welles…
- As distinctive a rendition of the infamous Leopold–Loeb murder case as ROPE and SWOON, Dean Stockwell and Bradford Dillman playing the…
Crimson Kimono, The (1959)
- Dir. Samuel Fuller
Feat. Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta
- Two detectives, one of Japanese heritage, both fall in love with the key witness in a murder case. Noted for its inclusion of an interracial romance…
Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, The (1959)
- Dir. Charles Guggenheim, John Stix
Feat. Steve McQueen
- This noir thriller is one of McQueen's best early roles, and although somewhat obscure has a cult reputation for its shootout scenes and intense,…
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones…
- Underrated American Western telling the tale of a U.S. Marshal seeking revenge in the town of 'Gun Hill' after the racially charged rape and murder…
North by Northwest (1959)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason…
- Cary Grant becomes a victim of mistaken identity and is chased across America by enemy agents, in one stylish set piece after another. One of Hitch's…
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters…
- Injecting race problems into a surefire thriller formula, this has an unstable criminal trio – ex–convict (Ryan), crooked cop (Begley)…
One Step Beyond (TV Series) (1959)
- Feat. John Newland
- Classic television series billed as 'your guide to the supernatural' serves half–hour docudramas of unexplained, paranormal 'true events'.…