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.

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.

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.

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.

Thriller
1954
Movie

Dial M for Murder

8
1954

An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wealthy wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway.

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

7.4

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?

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.

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

Crime
1944
Movie

Double Indemnity

8.1
1944

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy.

Genre : Crime

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

Mystery
1941
Movie

Citizen Kane

8
1941

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

7.1

Mystery
1941
Movie

Suspicion

7.1
1941

A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for money. Gradually, she begins to suspect that he intends to kill her to collect her life insurance.

7.7

Crime
1958
Movie

Touch of Evil

7.7
1958

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

Genre : Crime

8.5

Drama
1957
Movie

12 Angry Men

8.5
1957

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.