Best 19 Crime Movies Picks from 1956

Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery. Details on The Killing / IMDB / YouTube

An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped. Find out about The Man Who Knew Too Much / IMDB / YouTube

Four men plan a technically perfect crime, but the human element intervenes... More about Rififi / IMDB / YouTube

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians. Find out about The Ladykillers / IMDB / YouTube

After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino. Details on Bob le Flambeur / IMDB / YouTube

A junkie must face his true self to kick his drug addiction. Find out about The Man with the Golden Arm / IMDB / YouTube

A serial killer has been killing beautiful women in New York City and the new owner of a media company offers a high position in the company to the first of his senior executives who can get the earliest scoop on the case. Get info on While the City Sleeps / IMDB / YouTube

A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment. Explore Beyond a Reasonable Doubt / IMDB / YouTube

Through a series of bizarre coincidences, an artist finds himself falsely accused of bank robbery and murder and is pursued by the authorities and the real killers. Find out about Nightfall / IMDB / YouTube

A ruthless college student resorts to murder in an attempt to marry an heiress. Check out A Kiss Before Dying / IMDB / YouTube

Two men besiege a lunch bar looking for a third man they must kill. Learn about The Killers / IMDB / YouTube

A brutal death row inmate double-crossed by his crooked lawyer gets his chance for revenge when, following his execution, a bizarre experiment brings him back to life and deadlier than ever. See more about Indestructible Man / IMDB / YouTube

A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion. Check out 23 Paces to Baker Street / IMDB / YouTube

Adventurer Shark comes to a small village near a diamond-miners' camp, and local police arrest him, accusing him of having committed a bank robbery in a neighboring town. The police also confiscate the diamond mine for the state, which incites the miners to revolt, but they're defeated. Shark, Father Lizzardi, Castin, his daughter, and Djin, a whore Castin loves, flee. Details on Death in the Garden / IMDB / YouTube

An unhinged, deceptively mild-mannered bank robber escapes prison, seeking revenge on the cop who accidentally killed his wife during a gun battle. Info on The Killer Is Loose / IMDB / YouTube

After the child of wealthy parents gets abducted, the police and a member of the press intervene to assist the parents in their search but end up complicating their impending decisions. Learn about Ransom! / IMDB / YouTube

An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him. Details on The Green Man / IMDB / YouTube

A terrified wife tries to escape from her insanely jealous husband who is bent on killing her. Info on Julie / IMDB / YouTube

An undercover policewoman helps three female convicts escape from prison so that they can lead her to a stash of stolen diamonds hidden in a swamp. Get info on Swamp Women / IMDB / YouTube