British Noir Movies

Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections...

An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.

A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes and goes on the lam, aided by a local girl.

The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.

A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.

An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover,...

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go...

Canadian World War II veteran John Graham works in London as a code breaker. Tragedy strikes when his pregnant wife, Carol, is accidentally run over...

Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed. Frank's innocent of the...

When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a...

A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.

An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.

Events take a sinister turn one night in London, when two very different couples arrive at a double-booked apartment. Actions have consequences and...

When crime journalist Lee McKenzie finds his wife murdered, he uncovers a twisted mystery that forces him to confront his past.

Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are...

A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.

Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)

Anne Maitland, a female lawyer, receives an unexpected late-night visit from ex-boyfriend Guy Ransome. She agrees to let him sleep on the sofa but he...

Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.