Top 15 Mystery Movies Must-Watch 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. Get info on Double Indemnity / IMDB / YouTube

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating. Get info on Laura / 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. Read about Gaslight / IMDB / YouTube

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

A composer and his sister discover that the reason they are able to purchase a beautiful gothic seacoast mansion very cheaply is the house's unsavory past. Learn about The Uninvited / IMDB / YouTube

The young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed befriends her father's dead first wife and an aging, reclusive actress. Explore The Curse of the Cat People / 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. Get info on 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. Read 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. Details 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. Get info on The Pearl of Death / IMDB / YouTube

A landlady suspects that her new lodger is Jack the Ripper. Details on The Lodger / IMDB / YouTube

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

In 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross. Find out about The Seventh Cross / 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. See more about The Invisible Man's Revenge / IMDB / YouTube

Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got on board or where they are going yet, oddly enough, it soon becomes apparent that they all have something in common. Check out Between Two Worlds / IMDB / YouTube