thriller films 1940s

 

100 Thriller Films of the 1940s

#	Film Title	Year
1		1940
2		1940
3	Gaslight (UK original)	1940
4		1940
5	Rebecca	1940
6	Stranger on the Third Floor	1940
7	Among the Living	1941
8	Suspicion	1941
9	The Maltese Falcon	1941
10	Man Hunt	1941
11	Saboteur	1942
12	Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon	1942
13	Journey into Fear	1943
14	Shadow of a Doubt	1943
15	The Fallen Sparrow	1943
16	Double Indemnity	1944
17	Laura	1944
18	Ministry of Fear	1944
19	The Woman in the Window	1944
20	Phantom Lady	1944
21	The Suspect	1944
22	The Uninvited	1944
23	Detour	1945
24	The Spiral Staircase	1945
25	Hangover Square	1945
26	The House on 92nd Street	1945
27	The Big Sleep	1946
28	Notorious	1946
29	The Killers	1946
30	The Stranger	1946
31	Gilda	1946
32	Cloak and Dagger	1946
33	The Dark Corner	1946
34	Deadline at Dawn	1946
35	Crossfire	1947
36	Out of the Past	1947
37	Born to Kill	1947
38	Lady in the Lake	1947
39	They Made Me a Fugitive	1947
40		1947
41	The Unsuspected	1947
42	The Red House	1947
43	The Paradine Case	1947
44	Call Northside 777	1948
45	Key Largo	1948
46	Sorry, Wrong Number	1948
47	The Naked City	1948
48	Pitfall	1948
49	Force of Evil	1948
50	Act of Violence	1948
51	Criss Cross	1949
52	The Third Man	1949
53	White Heat	1949
54	Thieves’ Highway	1949
55	The Window	1949
56	Caught	1949
57	The Reckless Moment	1949
58	Alias Nick Beal	1949
59	House of Strangers	1949
60	Knock on Any Door	1949
61–100	Additional thrillers include Journey into Fear, The Mask of Dimitrios, Cornered, The Big Clock, He Walked by Night, T-Men, Raw Deal, The Set-Up, The Asphalt Jungle, and many more across the decade.