5 Against the House

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 10 Jun 1955 · English

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

Nightfall

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 9 Nov 1956 · English

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

Cigarettes & Coffee

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 3 Aug 1993 · English

At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).

The Blue Gardenia

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 20 Mar 1953 · English

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

The Glass Key

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 8 Sept 1942 · English

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

He Ran All the Way

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 20 Jun 1951 · English

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

The Naked City

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 4 Mar 1948 · English

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

House of Bamboo

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 1 Jul 1955 · English

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

Knock on Any Door

Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 22 Feb 1949 · English

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Force of Evil

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 24 Aug 1950 · English

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.

Each Dawn I Die

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 19 Aug 1939 · English

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

The Big Knife

Movie · 6.0 / 10 · 25 Oct 1955 · English

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.