Greatest 21 Crime Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1944

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator. Learn about Double Indemnity / IMDB / YouTube

Mortimer Brewster, a Brooklyn writer of books on the futility of marriage, risks his reputation after he decides to tie the knot. Things grow complicated when he learns that his beloved maiden aunts Abby and Martha are serial murderers. Get info on Arsenic and Old Lace / IMDB / YouTube

Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the house rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane. Learn about Gaslight / IMDB / YouTube

A reserved professor meets a model and gets mixed up in murder. Check out The Woman in the Window / IMDB / YouTube

After a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer. Explore The Scarlet Claw / IMDB / YouTube

A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife. More about Phantom Lady / IMDB / YouTube

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called pajama suicides. He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Info on The Spider Woman / IMDB / YouTube

After a valuable pearl with a sinister reputation is stolen, Sherlock Holmes must investigate its link to a series of brutal murders. More about The Pearl of Death / IMDB / YouTube

A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper. Find out about The Lodger / IMDB / YouTube

Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued after the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus. More about The Mask of Dimitrios / IMDB / YouTube

James Jimmy Wilson, a young man neglected by his parents, goes to work for a bunch of gangsters to impress his nightclub-singer girlfriend. Explore I Accuse My Parents / IMDB / YouTube

An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends. Explore The Invisible Man's Revenge / IMDB / YouTube

In Paris, an artist hires portrait models, and after he finishes their portraits, he strangles them. Explore Bluebeard / IMDB / YouTube

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly. Explore In Society / IMDB / YouTube

A young femme-fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel. Info on Christmas Holiday / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie Chan is an agent of the U.S. government assigned to investigate the mysterious death of an inventor. See more about Charlie Chan in the Secret Service / IMDB / YouTube

After a career criminal is recaptured and knows he faces the guillotine, he offers to exchange his life for 100 hostages slated for execution by the Germans. Details on Uncertain Glory / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert. See more about Charlie Chan in the Chinese Cat / IMDB / YouTube

A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband and discovers that he may be a murderer. Read about When Strangers Marry / IMDB / YouTube

A young woman raised by gypsies hides a deadly secret which she will do anything to protect. Get info on Cry of the Werewolf / IMDB / YouTube

Dr. Richard Marlowe uses a combination of voodoo and hypnosis in an attempt to revive his dead wife by transferring the life essences of several hapless young girls he has kidnapped and imprisoned in the dungeon beneath his mansion. Info on Voodoo Man / IMDB / YouTube