Best 28 Thriller Movies Editor's Choice from 1941

San Francisco private detective Sam Spade takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar and their quest for a priceless statuette, with the stakes rising after his partner is murdered. Details on The Maltese Falcon / IMDB / YouTube

A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her. See more about Suspicion / IMDB / YouTube

After being released from prison, notorious thief Roy Earle is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals plan and carry out the robbery of a California resort. Details on High Sierra / IMDB / YouTube

Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild after he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde. Explore Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde / IMDB / YouTube

In July 1939, British hunter Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman. Read about Man Hunt / IMDB / YouTube

Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn? Learn about I Wake Up Screaming / IMDB / YouTube

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman. Details on A Woman's Face / IMDB / YouTube

The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him. Check out Invisible Ghost / IMDB / YouTube

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police. Look into Out of the Fog / IMDB / YouTube

A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime. Find out about The Face Behind the Mask / IMDB / YouTube

The housekeeper to a retired actress tries at the same time to look after her own two emotionally disturbed sisters, with dramatic results. Find out about Ladies in Retirement / IMDB / YouTube

A mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding. Info on Man Made Monster / IMDB / YouTube

Professor Horatio Smith, while seeming very unassuming, rescues victims of Nazi persecution during World War II. Details on 'Pimpernel' Smith / IMDB / YouTube

On the trail of a singer who killed the man she loved in Honolulu, Charlie finds her stabbed to death when he ultimately catches up to her in Rio. See more about Charlie Chan in Rio / IMDB / YouTube

Robert Montgomery and George Sanders team up to play against type in this probing psychological thriller that features Ingrid Bergman as the object of their obsessions. Explore Rage in Heaven / IMDB / YouTube

A treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, and a ship full of red herrings complicate Charlie's search for a murderer on board a docked ship. Learn about Dead Men Tell / IMDB / YouTube

Fast-talking con man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right. Details on Honky Tonk / IMDB / YouTube

Detective Michael Shayne and his girlfriend Joanne are on their way to be married when a scream from a nearby hotel room draws his attention to a pair of theatrical murders. Learn about Dressed to Kill / IMDB / YouTube

A down-on-his-luck businessman organizes an excursion to Sir Henry Morgan's Island for a treasure hunt only to encounter a mysterious phantom and murder. Get info on Horror Island / IMDB / YouTube

A mentally unstable man who has been kept in isolation for years escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother. Check out Among the Living / IMDB / YouTube

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized crime syndicate, retribution in the form of an ape visits the mobsters. Find out about The Monster and the Girl / IMDB / YouTube

Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are committed. See more about Shadows on the Stairs / IMDB / YouTube

A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, who are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika. Find out about Underground / IMDB / YouTube

After a traffic accident involving a taxi in New York City, the Jane Doe passenger is brought into the hospital She is physically all right but is suffering from retrograde amnesia from the accident. She is assigned under the care of Dr. Michael Lewis, an intern at the hospital, as he is doing research on such amnesia cases. It isn't until a Mr. Goodwin comes to the h. Look into Dangerously They Live / IMDB / YouTube

A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents. Learn about Flying Wild / IMDB / YouTube

Lady Lebanon urges son William to marry cousin to maintain family prestige. William's betrothed desires an architect instead. Household staff behave peculiarly. Conflicting romantic interests and societal pressures clash. See more about The Frightened Lady / IMDB / YouTube

Circumstances force naive Dorothy Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization. Details on Paper Bullets / IMDB / YouTube

Anne Graham is acquitted of murder after her patient has died under suspicious circumstances. Changing her name, she gets a position nursing Edward Bentley who soon dies of what appears to be a copycat murder. Again, Anne is arrested. Find out about The Girl in the News / IMDB / YouTube