Best 26 Crime Movies Fan Favorites from 1954

A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful Wife. Details on Dial M for Murder / IMDB / YouTube

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims. See more about On the Waterfront / IMDB / YouTube

This is the life of a Hollywood movie star named Maria, as told by writer/director Harry Dawes, from being discovered in Madrid, Spain, until her funeral in Italy. Find out about The Barefoot Contessa / IMDB / YouTube

An aging, world-weary gangster is double-crossed and forced out of retirement when his best friend is kidnapped and their stash of eight stolen gold bars demanded as ransom. Info on Don't Touch the Loot / IMDB / YouTube

In the city of Suddenly, three gangsters trap the Benson family in their own house, on the top of a hill nearby the railroad station, with the intention of killing the president of the USA. Look into Suddenly / IMDB / YouTube

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet. Explore Human Desire / IMDB / YouTube

A wealthy family is visited by a police inspector, who questions the family about the suicide of a young working-class woman. Learn about An Inspector Calls / IMDB / YouTube

Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. Learn about Crime Wave / IMDB / YouTube

An undercover police officer falls for the beautiful moll of a bank robber on the run and together they plan to double-cross both the hood and the cops. See more about Pushover / IMDB / YouTube

A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window. Read about Witness to Murder / IMDB / YouTube

Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops. Explore Jail Bait / IMDB / YouTube

Fed up with the inhumane prison living conditions, a general prison riot breaks out, leading to hostage-taking, a stand-off with the guards and eventual negotiations with the prison administration officials. Check out Riot in Cell Block 11 / IMDB / YouTube

An illusionist becomes homicidal when his best kept magic secrets are stolen by his rival. Get info on The Mad Magician / IMDB / YouTube

An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld. Get info on Drive a Crooked Road / IMDB / YouTube

After an enigmatic, self-described pathologist rents the attic room of a Victorian house, his landlady begins to suspect her lodger is Jack the Ripper. Find out about Man in the Attic / IMDB / YouTube

A tough, hard-driving business tycoon suffers a broken leg and is left to die in the desert by his scheming wife and her greedy lover. Details on Inferno / IMDB / YouTube

When 2 detectives steal $80,000 from a dead robber, one of them suffers from a guilty conscience which could lead to murder. Details on Private Hell 36 / IMDB / YouTube

When Bugs calls a cab he doesn't know it's the getaway car for a couple of bankrobbers (he does know the capital of Nevada). Look into Bugs and Thugs / IMDB / YouTube

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. See more about The Detective / IMDB / YouTube

When a brutal police detective Lt. murders a bookmaker's runner for $25,000 in cash, a deaf mute sees him do it and now he finds he must kill again to cover his tracks. More about Shield for Murder / IMDB / YouTube

An FBI agent investigates the murder of his partner by taking over the 3 cases he was working on, determined to find his killer. See more about Down Three Dark Streets / IMDB / YouTube

A trucker framed for murder breaks out of jail, takes a young woman hostage, and enters her sports car in cross-border road race hoping to get to Mexico before the police catch him. More about The Fast and the Furious / IMDB / YouTube

During the Cold War, an American soldier is abducted in West Berlin, sparking a recovery effort led by Colonel Steve Van Dyke. Find out about Night People / IMDB / YouTube

In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons. Read about The Good Die Young / IMDB / YouTube

A rich landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village. Get info on The Blazing Sun / IMDB / YouTube

When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human. Get info on Phantom of the Rue Morgue / IMDB / YouTube