British Noir Movies

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

Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.

Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio...

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

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.

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

When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife,...

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...

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

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...