List of the best Fritz Lang movies: Metropolis(1927), M(1931), The Big Heat(1953), Fury(1936), Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler(1922), Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime(1922), Spies(1928), Hangmen Also Die(1943), You Only Live Once(1937), Man Hunt(1941), Ministry of Fear(1944), House by the River(1950) ... ...
8.3/10
Sci-Fi, Drama
Germany
1927
123 Minutes
Director
Brigitte Helm Alfred Abel Gustav Fröhlich Rudolf Klein-Rogge Fritz Rasp Theodor Loos Erwin Biswanger Heinrich George Olaf Storm Hanns Leo Reich Heinrich Gotho
leader son rebel teacher worker android bleak dark melodramatic tense metropolis class distinctions social change social standing kidnapping quest discovery metamorphosis 21st century
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
8.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1931
99 Minutes
Director
Peter Lorre Ellen Widmann Inge Landgut Otto Wernicke Gustaf Gründgens Theodor Loos Georg John Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
murderer cop criminal creepy dark tense thrilling germany city murder fugitives crime manhunt pursuit mystery fall 1930s
When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
8.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Director
Glenn Ford Gloria Grahame Jocelyn Brando Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin Jeanette Nolan Peter Whitney Willis Bouchey Robert Burton Adam Williams Howard Wendell
gangster kingpin police detective wife husband mistress dark gritty suspenseful melodramatic city nightclub household police station penthouse police corruption murder plot investigation conspiracy organized crime
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
7.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Director
Sylvia Sidney Spencer Tracy Walter Abel Bruce Cabot Edward Ellis Walter Brennan Frank Albertson
wrongly accused girlfriend lawyer fiery intense america prison crime revenge revenge fall quest 1930s
When a wrongly accused prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.
7.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1922
195 Minutes
Director
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Alfred Abel Aud Egede Nissen Gertrude Welcker Bernhard Goetzke Robert Forster-Larrinaga Paul Richter Georg John Grete Berger Julius Falkenstein Lydia Potechina
villain criminal inspector wealthy man engaging melodramatic berlin germany deception murder crime pursuit adventure mystery 1920s
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
7.9/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1922
93 Minutes
Director
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Aud Egede Nissen Gertrude Welcker Alfred Abel Bernhard Goetzke Paul Richter
criminal hypnotist gambler police detective businessman murderer dark intricate suspenseful thrilling nightclub city berlin police station asylum germany crime mind control psychiatry business
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
Germany
1928
90 Minutes
Director
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Gerda Maurus Willy Fritsch Lupu Pick Fritz Rasp Lien Deyers Craighall Sherry Julius Falkenstein Georg John Louis Ralph Paul Hoerbiger
The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.
7.5/10
War
USA
1943
131 Minutes
Director
Brian Donlevy Walter Brennan Anna Lee Gene Lockhart Dennis O'Keefe Alexander Granach Margaret Wycherly Nana Bryant William Roy Hans Heinrich von Twardowski Tonio Selwart
rebel nazi professor traitor suspenseful gripping patriotic rousing czechoslovakia city prague nazism rebellion assassination political intrigue world war ii escape rescue 1940s
After the Nazi administrator of Czechoslovakia is shot, his assassin tries to elude the Gestapo and struggles with his impulse to give himself up as hostages are executed.
7.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1937
86 Minutes
Director
Sylvia Sidney Henry Fonda Barton MacLane William Gargan Jean Dixon Jerome Cowan Margaret Hamilton Ward Bond Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
secretary ex-convict public defender tense melodramatic passionate prison courtroom hotel on the run loyalty love morality law sacrifice temptation escape 1930s
The public defender's secretary and an ex-convict get married and try to make a life together, but a series of disasters sends their lives spiraling out of control.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Director
Walter Pidgeon Joan Bennett George Sanders John Carradine Roddy McDowall Ludwig Stossel Heather Thatcher Frederick Worlock
hunter nazi con artist secret agent police officer gripping germany forest ship london adolf hitler assassination identity theft hunting world war ii pursuit escape 1940s
British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Director
Ray Milland Marjorie Reynolds Carl Esmond Hillary Brooke Percy Waram Dan Duryea Alan Napier Erskine Sanford Thomas Louden Aminta Dyne Rita Johnson
spy patient nazi detective psychic girl chilling dark crafty mental institution london fair train espionage world war ii paranoia escape 1940s
Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he accidentally stumbles onto a deadly Nazi spy plot, and tries to stop it.
7.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
88 Minutes
Director
Louis Hayward Jane Wyatt Lee Bowman Dorothy Patrick Ann Shoemaker Jody Gilbert Peter Brocco Howland Chamberlin Margaret Seddon Sarah Padden Kathleen Freeman
A deranged writer murders a maid after she resists his advances. The writer engages his brother's help in hiding the body, causing unexpected problems for both of them.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1952
105 Minutes
Director
Barbara Stanwyck Paul Douglas Robert Ryan Marilyn Monroe J. Carrol Naish Keith Andes Silvio Minciotti Julius Tannen Anthony Dante Diane Stewart Deborah Stewart
woman fisherman projectionist brother husband girlfriend fiery raw sultry monterey, calif. docks movie theater boat ocean adultery love triangle marriage gossip homecoming wretched excess
Mae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.
7.0/10
Western
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Director
Marlene Dietrich Mel Ferrer Arthur Kennedy Lloyd Gough Gloria Henry William Frawley Lisa Ferraday John Raven Jack Elam George Reeves Frank Ferguson
man matron killer thief fiancée outlaw gritty intense wild west general store jail ranch hideout bank murder betrayal investigation deception robbery quest
After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Director
Dana Andrews Joan Fontaine Sidney Blackmer Philip Bourneuf Shepperd Strudwick Arthur Franz Ed Binns Robin Raymond Barbara Nichols William Leicester Dan Seymour
novelist publisher daughter district attorney assistant dancer tense dark intricate shocking courtroom prison nightclub office murder investigation investigative journalism false accusations deception trial capital punishment
A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
98 Minutes
Director
When a lovely woman and her new husband settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers that he may want to kill her.
6.6/10
Western
USA
1940
92 Minutes
Director
Henry Fonda Gene Tierney Jackie Cooper Henry Hull John Carradine J. Edward Bromberg Donald Meek Eddie Collins George Barbier Ernest Whitman Charles Tannen
cowboy murderer news reporter young man woman tense confident missouri colorado wild west court search retribution murder robbery trial pursuit revenge 19th century
Frank James continues to avoid arrest in order to take revenge on the Ford brothers for their murder of his brother Jesse.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
106 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Lilli Palmer Robert Alda Vladimir Sokoloff J. Edward Bromberg Marjorie Hoshelle Ludwig Stossel Helene Thimig Dan Seymour Marc Lawrence James Flavin
traitor secret agent undercover agent boy spy imaginary friend airplane switzerland escape pursuit escape rescue
In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.
6.1/10
War
USA
1950
105 Minutes
Director
Tyrone Power Micheline Presle Tom Ewell Robert Patten Tommy Cook Juan Torena Jack Elam Robert Barrat Carleton Young Maria Del Val Eddie Infante
soldier love interest friend gen. douglas macarthur ensign thrilling patriotic philippines ship jungle survival world war ii journey resistance new romance betrayal escape quest underdog 1940s
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back.
Action
1955
89 Minutes
Director
Stewart Granger George Sanders Joan Greenwood Viveca Lindfors Jon Whiteley Liliane Montevecchi Melville Cooper Sean McClory Alan Napier John Hoyt Donna Corcoran
buccaneer smuggler orphan nobleman pirate rousing england port village graveyard boat treasure hunting unlikely allies inheritance bootlegging secret identity father figure adventure growing up rivalry
In the 18th century, British youngster John Mohune is shipped off to live with Jeremy Fox, a gentleman who moonlights as a bootlegger, after his mother's death.
Western
1941
94 Minutes
Director
Robert Young Randolph Scott Dean Jagger Virginia Gilmore John Carradine Chill Wills Barton MacLane Victor Kilian
brother engineer bank robber scout native american tense thrilling dark raw wild west indian territory camp great plains construction robbery loyalty betrayal criminal past western union telegraph rise
An outlaw (Randolph Scott) joins an engineer's (Dean Jagger) crew stringing telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City.
Drama
1919
80 Minutes
Director
Paul Biensfeldt Lil Dagover Georg John Meinhart Maur Rudolf Lettinger Erner Huebsch Kaete Juster Niels Prien Herta Heden
The daughter of the Daimyo marries a European officer and has his child. Then he returns to Europe for several years but brings his new wife with him when he returns to Japan.
Fantasy, Drama
1921
98 Minutes
Director
Lil Dagover Rudolf Klein-Rogge Bernhard Goetzke Walter Janssen Hans Sternberg Erich Pabst Max Adalbert Grete Berger
Fritz Lang directed this silent film about a woman who pleads with the Grim Reaper to spare her lover's life.
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