Best 27 Thriller Movies Fan Favorite Released in 1940

A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. More about Rebecca / IMDB / YouTube

On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London. More about Foreign Correspondent / IMDB / YouTube

When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner. More about They Drive by Night / IMDB / YouTube

In this classic adaptation of Emile Zola's novel, a tortured train engineer falls in love with a troubled married woman who has helped her husband commit a murder. Look into The Human Beast / IMDB / YouTube

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led him to the killing. Get info on Daybreak / IMDB / YouTube

After Germany invades Czechia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating. Details on Night Train to Munich / IMDB / YouTube

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness. Read about The Invisible Man Returns / IMDB / YouTube

An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat, and is soon accused of a similar crime himself. Learn about Stranger on the Third Floor / IMDB / YouTube

Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality. Look into Black Friday / IMDB / YouTube

An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan. Explore Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum / IMDB / YouTube

Inspector Chan investigates a group of travelers, one of whom is a saboteur. Look into Charlie Chan in Panama / IMDB / YouTube

Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call. See more about The Human Monster / IMDB / YouTube

Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, this classic film follows a family feud between two brothers and an ancient curse that haunts them. See more about The House of the Seven Gables / IMDB / YouTube

Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder. Learn about Doomed to Die / IMDB / YouTube

Charlie tries to discover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on a cruise ship bound from Honolulu to California. Check out Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise / IMDB / YouTube

When Captain Street's best friend Dan Grady is murdered, Street receives help from Chinese detective James Lee Wong and local newspaper reporter Bobbie Logan. Get info on The Fatal Hour / IMDB / YouTube

Although the home of cabinet minister Arthur Bennett is a hotbed of spies, moles, and double agents, no one knows the true identity of notorious German spymaster Strendler. Read about British Intelligence / IMDB / YouTube

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on. Find out about Murder Over New York / IMDB / YouTube

Early in World War II, Danish sea captain Andersen, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies. Get info on Blackout / IMDB / YouTube

In 1936, a young man arrives in Hitler's Germany, frantically seeking information about his missing German mother, and finds she is pending execution at a concentration camp. Details on Escape / IMDB / YouTube

Researcher James Lee Wong is on the scene as archaeologist Dr. John Benton, recently returned from an expedition in China where a valuable ancient scroll was recovered, is murdered while giving a lecture on the expedition. Find out about Phantom of Chinatown / IMDB / YouTube

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide. Check out The Green Hornet / IMDB / YouTube

A murder is found to be connected to a false heir and a secret underground torture chamber. Info on Chamber of Horrors / IMDB / YouTube

Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel. See more about Island of Doomed Men / IMDB / YouTube

Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house. Info on Boys of the City / IMDB / YouTube

A convict, just out of prison, is implicated in a murder and goes on the run, hitching a ride with a truck driver. Find out about They Drive by Night / IMDB / YouTube

A newlywed couple is visited by a strange old woman who harbors a secret about the young girl's father. Info on Son of Ingagi / IMDB / YouTube