The Vault
Fallen Angels
1993 ★ 6.6A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The ep
Sugar
2024 ★ 7.2John Sugar is a dashing private eye navigating the dark corners of sunny LA. Though he sees only the good in humanity, Sugar is haunted by a secret too dangerou
Trouble Is My Business
2018 ★ 4.7Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the class
Watching the Detectives
2007 ★ 6.3Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Vio
The Bad Sleep Well
1960 ★ 7.7In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of
The Spanish Prisoner
1997 ★ 6.8An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him. The Spanish Prisoner is a 19
Mourning Wife
2001 ★ 3.0Director Daisuke Goto, the master of the cinematic Pink Eiga, is back with this retelling of the classic film noir, The Postman Always Rings Twice. A married wo
Key Largo
1948 ★ 7.5A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at g
Shoot the Piano Player
1960 ★ 7.2Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and
The Asphalt Jungle
1950 ★ 7.5Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran cri
Caged
1950 ★ 7.1A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison. Caged is a 1950 American film noir and
The Prowler
1951 ★ 6.8Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the h
Mr. Arkadin
1955 ★ 6.8Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything befo
Detour
1945 ★ 7.2The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend. Detour is
Cry of the Hunted
1953 ★ 6.1A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps. Cry of the Hunted is a 1953 American crime film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and released by MGM. The
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955 ★ 7.3One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and m
Color Me Dead
1969 ★ 6.3A man discovers that he has been deliberately poisoned and hasn't long to live. In the short time he has left, he determines to find out who poisoned him and wh
The Late Show
1977 ★ 6.3Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen
The Blue Lamp
1950 ★ 6.6P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005 ★ 6.9A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to de
Problem Girls
1953 ★ 4.5A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune. Problem Girls is a 1953 American drama‑mystery film dir
The Stranger
1946 ★ 7.2An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distingu
The Beast Is Loose
1959 ★ 6.4Paul Lamiani, a wizened mobster, is asked to return to duty following the disappearance of secret documents of extreme importance. It is assumed that they are i
The Red House
1947 ★ 6.3An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.