North by Northwest (1959)

7.9

Thriller
1948
Movie

Rope

7.9
1948

Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.

7.3

Mystery
1955
Movie

To Catch a Thief

7.3
1955

An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch the new thief, who’s imitating his signature style.

Genre : Mystery

7.8

Drama
1957
Movie

The Bridge on the River Kwai

7.8
1957

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.

8.2

Mystery
1958
Movie

Vertigo

8.2
1958

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Genre : Mystery

8.4

Thriller
1954
Movie

Rear Window

8.4
1954

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

Thriller
1954
Movie

Dial M for Murder

8
1954

When American writer Mark Halliday visits the very married Margot Wendice in London, he unknowingly sets off a chain of blackmail and murder.

Adventure
1962
Movie

Lawrence of Arabia

8
1962

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.

Genre : Adventure

7.5

Thriller
1956
Movie

The Man Who Knew Too Much

7.5
1956

A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

8.2

Drama
1943
Movie

Casablanca

8.2
1943

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

8.1

Drama
1981
Movie

Das Boot

8.1
1981

A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.

7.4

Drama
1957
Movie

An Affair to Remember

7.4
1957

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

7.9

Thriller
1949
Movie

The Third Man

7.9
1949

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

8.1

Crime
1944
Movie

Double Indemnity

8.1
1944

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.

Genre : Crime

7.7

Comedy
1963
Movie

Crooks in Clover

7.7
1963

An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.

Genre : Comedy

7.5

Animation
1966
Movie

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

7.5
1966

Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.

Genre : Animation

8.4

Horror
1960
Movie

Psycho

8.4
1960

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Genre : Horror

7.7

Crime
1951
Movie

Strangers on a Train

7.7
1951

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.

Genre : Crime