Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime: 3183 Films to Buy & Rent
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse) (1960)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Dawn Addams, Peter Van Eyck, Gert Frobe
- The final film in Fritz Lang's DR. MABUSE series, which includes DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER and THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, is also the director's…
French Screen Icons: Jean-Paul Belmondo 1 (Moderato Cantabile, A Man Called La Rocca, Weekend at Dunkirk) (1960-1964)
- Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Three films starring French leading–man Jean–Paul Belmondo.
Le Trou (The Hole; The Night Watch) (1960)
- Dir. Jacques Becker
Feat. Marc Michel
- Classic, noir–ish prison suspense in the mould of A MAN ESCAPED and RIFIFI chronicles an ambitious tunnel escape. Sparse and tense.
Midnight Lace (1960)
- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin…
- Suave thriller with a strong dramatic performance for Day who plays a newly–wed in Paris taunted and pursued by a stalker.
Murder, Inc. (1960)
- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg, Burt Balaban
Feat. Stuart Whitman, Peter Falk, Simon Oakland
- Cinemascope gangland film based on the true story of the eponymous Brooklyn gang that operated in the 1930s. It launched the careers of both Stuart…
October Man, The (1960)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman…
- Atmospheric pot–boiler in which John Mills plays an amnesiac accused of murder who fights to prove his innocence, apprehend the murderer and…
Peeping Tom (1960)
- Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
- While Hitchcock's PSYCHO received raves reviews and general acceptance, Michael Powell's equally contentious but brilliant film was condemned as…
Plein Soleil (Purple Noon) (1960)
- Dir. Rene Clement
Feat. Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet
- The original adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's gripping novel 'The Talented Mr Ripley', who is here embodied by a sleek Delon in only his third…
Portrait in Black (1960)
- Dir. Michael Gordon
Feat. Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart…
- Sudsy potboiler with Turner and Quinn murdering Turner's wealthy husband, unfortunately the perfect crime does not go undetected. Campy fun.
Rise and Fall of 'Legs' Diamond, The (1960)
- Dir. Budd Boetticher
Feat. Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart…
- A professionally–shot thriller about the career of New York gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond, who rose to prominence in the 1920s and maintained…