British Noir Movies

Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in...

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is...

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

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

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

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.

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)

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

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...

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

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

A gangster is caught and arrested by police. When he's being transported by bus -- filled with innocent civilians -- it's hi-jacked by his gang in...

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the...

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...

A businessman loses his sight in an explosion on the day his wife planned to leave him for another man.

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas...

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...

Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.

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