British Noir Movies

A police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.

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)

Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover,...

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go...

When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife,...

Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays...

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

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...

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas...

A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.

Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are...

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.

In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters...

An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.

A sheltered heiress is abducted on her wedding night by a trio of cheap hoods.

A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in...

A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.

A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.

Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.