The Enforcer (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)

[7] Humphrey Bogart stars in this taut mystery-thriller as a district attorney trying to keep a terrified witness alive until he can testify against the ringleader of a hit-squad. The Enforcer is largely told through a series of flashbacks told…
Peeping Tom (1960)

Peeping Tom (1960)

[7] Michael Powell (The Red Shoes) directs this British giallo flick about a photographer whose ghastly hobby is stalking young women and filming their expressions as he murders them. You could say that Peeping Tom is an early slasher film,…
Boomerang! (1947)

Boomerang! (1947)

[6] In this courtroom drama ripped from the headlines, Arthur Kennedy plays a nervous out-of-towner who is identified by witnesses as the killer of a beloved local priest. When the whole town unties in his condemnation, it's up to Dana…
Falling Down (1993)

Falling Down (1993)

[7] Michael Douglas stars as a white-collar divorcee who experiences a series of compounding frustrations on the way to his daughter's birthday party. Eventually, his character snaps and begins reacting violently to every transgression, big or small. Whether it's being…
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

[8] James Cagney and Pat O'Brien star as a criminal and a priest who grew up on the streets of New York, rekindling their friendship and mentoring a new gang of street rats through O'Brien's youth ministry. At first, the…
The French Connection (1971)

The French Connection (1971)

[7] A pair of New York city narcotics cops try to bust a big heroin deal being brokered between suspected mobsters and a French connection. But one of the cops, 'Popeye' Doyle (Gene Hackman), has a history of recklessness and…
Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

[6] Cary Grant and Joan Blondell star as a private eye and a manicurist-turned-journalist who help solve a mystery that began as a jewelry theft ring and escalates to the accidental shooting death of a baby in Central Park. Yeah,…
The Boys Next Door (1985)

The Boys Next Door (1985)

[7] Charlie Sheen and Maxwell Caulfield (Grease 2) star as high school graduates who take a weekend car trip to L.A. where they start a killing spree. Sheen's character slowly begins to wrestle with his lingering empathy, while Caulfield's grows…
The Deep End (2001)

The Deep End (2001)

[5] Tilda Swinton stars as a mother trying to cover-up the accidental death of her son's aggressive gay lover. But things get even more complicated when a strong-arm (Goran Visnjik) tries to extort the dead man's debts from her. Tilda…
Ransom (1996)

Ransom (1996)

[7] Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon) directs this crime thriller about a wealthy businessman (Mel Gibson) whose young son is kidnapped and held for ransom. With the boy's life hanging in the balance, Gibson must decide whether to take…