Top 23 Thriller Movies Must-See Released in 1954

A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder. Explore Rear Window / IMDB / YouTube

A London playboy plots the perfect murder of his rich, unfaithful Wife. See more about 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. Learn about On the Waterfront / 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. Get 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. Explore 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. Info on Human Desire / IMDB / YouTube

When a commercial airliner develops engine problems on a trans-Pacific flight and the pilot loses his nerve, it is up to the washed-up co-pilot Dan Roman to bring the plane in safely. Get info on The High and the Mighty / IMDB / YouTube

Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out. Check out A Story from Chikamatsu / 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

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants. Look into The Naked Jungle / 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. Explore Pushover / IMDB / YouTube

A woman's sanity comes into question, after she claims to have witnessed a murder from her apartment window. Get info on 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. Details on Jail Bait / 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

During the Cold War, a scientific team refits a Japanese submarine and hires an ex-Navy officer to find a secret Chinese atomic island base and prevent a Communist plot against America that could trigger WW3. Learn about Hell and High Water / IMDB / YouTube

An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld. 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. Look into 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. See more about Inferno / IMDB / YouTube

Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover's jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage. Explore Fear / 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. Check out 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. Look into Shield for Murder / IMDB / YouTube

A security agent investigates sabotage and murder at a secret underground laboratory, home of two experimental robots. Info on Gog / 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. Details on Down Three Dark Streets / IMDB / YouTube