Subgenre Sampler
Classics > Suspense/Crime: 438 Films to Buy & Rent
Rebecca (1940)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
- A masterful gothic romance about a nobleman's second wife who becomes haunted by the image of his beloved first. Hitchcock's first American film was…
Another Thin Man (1939)
- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Otto Kruger…
- Nick and Nora, with newborn baby in tow, spend a weekend on Long Island, sleuthing out a shady character whose death threats lead to murder. Adapted…
Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection, The (1939-1946)
- Feat. Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce
- Complete collection of all 14 SHERLOCK HOLMES films starring Basil Rathbone as the iconic detective and Nigel Bruce as his loyal sidekick Dr Watson.…
Nancy Drew...Reporter (1939)
- Dir. William Clemens
Feat. Bonita Granville
- One of the very first screen adaptations of Edward Stratemeyer’s series of "Nancy Drew" mystery stories, Bonita Granville stars as the youthful…
Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane…
- Seminal gangster drama, paired screen–tough Cagney with a then lesser–known Bogart. Becoming buddies during WWI, they later enter and…
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
- Dir. D. Ross Lederman
Feat. C. Henry Gordon, Paul Kelly
- Based on a story by Samuel Fuller. Following the death of his brother, Jim Wilson joins the French Foreign Legion and is stationed in Northern…
Algiers (1938)
- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie…
- Remake of a PEPE LE MOKO, in which a dashing jewel thief who has been hiding out for two years in the mysterious, murky Casbah, falls madly in love…
Bete Humaine, La (1938)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux…
- Adaptation of Zola's romantic tragedy brims with tension and exults the presense of French icon Jean Gabin as a hot–headed train driver coaxed…
Lady Vanishes, The (1938)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Dame May Whitty…
- Prime British Hitchcock, tracks a brilliantly–plotted mystery of an old lady's disappearance on a trans–Europe train, with…
Dark Journey (1937)
- Dir. Victor Saville
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Ursula Jeans…
- British spy caper with Leigh as a French spy falling for a German double–agent.