The IMDb's Classic Film Board's 100 Most Essential Crime and Mystery Movies

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  1. 4 new

    I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

    1932, in 14 top lists Check
  2. 13 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  3. 14 new

    The Letter

    1940, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 16 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 20 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  6. 21 new

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  7. 22 new

    Murder, My Sweet

    1944, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 24 new

    Scarlet Street

    1945, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 25 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 26 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  11. 28 new

    The Killers

    1946, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 29 new

    The Postman Always Rings Twice

    1946, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 30 new

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 31 new

    Crossfire

    1947, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 33 new

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 34 new

    Raw Deal

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 36 new

    The Naked City

    1948, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 37 new

    Criss Cross

    1949, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 39 new

    Nora inu

    1949 — a.k.a. Stray Dog, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 40 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  21. 41 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
  22. 42 new

    In a Lonely Place

    1950, in 19 top lists Check
  23. 44 new

    Panic in the Streets

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 46 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 47 new

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 48 new

    Detective Story

    1951, in 1 top list Check
  27. 49 new

    Strangers on a Train

    1951, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 50 new

    Pickup on South Street

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 51 new

    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 54 new

    The Big Combo

    1955, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 57 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 58 new

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  33. 60 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
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