British Noir Movies

A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.

A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he...

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

In this crime melodrama, a Swiss woman finds herself unwittingly involved in a plot to steal from her employer, a London diamond merchant. Her...

A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on the novel 'You're Best Alone' by Norah Lofts.

A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically...

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

A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.

A barber gives in to temptation and steals some money, leading to blackmail and murder.

A man gets in trouble when he accidentally kills and covers up a murder of a girl he meets after a big fight with his wife.

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)

An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.

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

Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays...

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

Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including...

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

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...

Janet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investigating a murder come up with evidence, and a...

When a ransom bid results in the death of a child, the police have only one lead – the old lady who witnessed the kidnapper using a public...