List of the best Peter Lorre movies: M(1931), Mad Love(1935), The Face Behind the Mask(1941), Thank You, Mr. Moto(1937), Think Fast, Mr. Moto(1937), Mr. Moto in Danger Island(1939), Mysterious Mr. Moto(1938), Stranger on the Third Floor(1940), Mr. Moto Takes a Chance(1938), Island of Doomed Men(1940), Mr. Moto's Last Warning(1939), Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation(1939) ... ...
8.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1931
99 Minutes
Hans Beckert
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.
7.3/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1935
70 Minutes
Doctor Gogol
Peter Lorre Frances Drake Colin Clive Ted Healy Edward Brophy Sara Haden Henry Kolker May Beatty Keye Luke Rollo Lloyd Clarence Wilson
surgeon actress pianist reporter maid lunatic eerie suspenseful quirky paris train household medical experiments obsession framed murder impersonation forbidden love temptation transformation
In Paris, a demented surgeon's obsession with a British actress leads him to secretly replace her concert pianist husband's mangled hands with those of a guillotined murderer with a gift for knife-throwing.
7.2/10
Horror
USA
1941
69 Minutes
Janos "Johnny" Szabo
Peter Lorre Evelyn Keyes Don Beddoe John Tyrrell Al Seymour
immigrant blind person petty criminal gangster police officer offbeat eerie new york city country house desert hotel disfigurement crime death marriage illness mask love fall revenge
A disfigured watch-maker with a grudge against society embarks on a life of crime.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
67 Minutes
Mr. Moto
Peter Lorre Thomas Beck Pauline Frederick Sidney Blackmer Sig Ruman John Carradine Nedda Harrigan Philip Ahn Jayne Regan John Bleifer Jimmy Leong
Seven maps, when found and put together, reveal the location of the treasures of Genghis Khan.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
66 Minutes
Mr. Moto
Peter Lorre Virginia Field Thomas Beck Sig Ruman Murray Kinnell Lotus Long J. Carrol Naish
On a freighter going from San Francisco to Shanghai Mr. Moto solves mysteries caused by a gang of smugglers.
6.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Mr. Moto
Peter Lorre Jean Hersholt Warren Hymer Amanda Duff Richard Lane Leon Ames Douglas Dumbrille Robert Lowery
The U.S. government asks Mr. Moto to go to Puerto Rico to investigate diamond smuggling after an earlier investigator is murdered.
6.9/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
62 Minutes
Mr. Moto
Peter Lorre Mary Maguire Henry Wilcoxon Erik Rhodes Harold Huber Leon Ames Forrester Harvey
Mr. Moto has himself imprisoned on Devil's Island so he can help his cellmate escape and thereby get the goods on a gang of international killers.
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
64 Minutes
The Stranger
Peter Lorre John McGuire Margaret Tallichet Charles Waldron Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Halton Ethel Griffies Cliff Clark Oscar O'Shea Alec Craig Otto Hoffman
reporter girlfriend convict stranger lawyer neighbor eerie tense courtroom crime scene household false accusations investigation guilt murder dreams paranoia mystery quest discovery
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1938
63 Minutes
Mr. Moto
Peter Lorre Rochelle Hudson Robert Kent J. Edward Bromberg Chick Chandler George Regas
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
5.9/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
67 Minutes
Stephen Danel
slave trader wife secret agent cook prison guard inmate disturbing gripping intense melodramatic penal colony island pacific ocean slave trade forced labor unlikely allies investigation working undercover prison break wretched excess
Undercover agent Mark Sheldon gets paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine manned by slave labor run by sadistic Stephen Danel.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1939
71 Minutes
Mr. Kentaro Moto
Peter Lorre Ricardo Cortez Virginia Field John Carradine George Sanders Robert Coote John Davidson
The Japanese detective (Peter Lorre) foils a spy's (Ricardo Cortez) Suez Canal plot to blow up the French fleet.
Mystery & Thriller
1939
61 Minutes
Mr. Moto
Peter Lorre Joseph Schildkraut Lionel Atwill Virginia Field Iva Stewart Victor Varconi John Davidson
Mr. Moto becomes embroiled in the theft of the queen's jewels and tries to discover who committed two murders.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
86 Minutes
Victor Emmric
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Joan Lorring George Coulouris Rosalind Ivan Paul Cavanagh Arthur Shields Morton Lowry Holmes Herbert Art Foster Clyde Cook
superintendent successor artist nephew politician crafty engaging thrilling scotland yard london rooming house courtroom wrongful execution murder investigation redemption teamwork police work writing rivalry discovery
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
7.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Cornelius Leyden
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
6.9/10
Horror
USA
1962
90 Minutes
Vincent Price Peter Lorre Basil Rathbone Debra Paget Maggie Pierce Leona Gage Joyce Jameson David Frankham
father daughter drunk hypnotist cat rival disturbing suspenseful intense tavern house basement laboratory death infidelity hallucinations family dysfunction revenge rivalry discovery
Three tales of terror involve a grieving widower and the daughter he abandoned; a drunkard and his wife's black cat; and a hypnotist who prolongs the moment of a man's death.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1934
75 Minutes
Abbott
Leslie Banks Peter Lorre Edna Best Frank Vosper Hugh Wakefield Nova Pilbeam Pierre Fresnay Cicely Oates D.A. Clarke-Smith George Curzon Henry Oscar
mother father daughter spy assassin tense suspenseful thrilling st. moritz england hotel london albert hall government secrets espionage kidnapping family murder adventure pursuit
An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination.
6.7/10
Horror
USA
1964
88 Minutes
Vincent Price Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Joyce Jameson Joe E. Brown Miss Beverly Hills Basil Rathbone Alan DeWitt Buddy Mason Douglas Williams
undertaker killer widow landlord assistant dark campy thrilling frightful funeral home new england crypt murder debt alcoholism schemes greed buried alive transformation mystery
Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.
6.7/10
Comedy
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Boris Karloff Peter Lorre Max Rosenbloom Larry Parks Jeff Donnell
Fearing life in prison for a fourth offense, convict Duke Berne pulls out of an armored car robbery, planned by his crooked lawyer, but he is framed for the robbery anyway.
6.6/10
Horror, Fantasy
USA
1963
86 Minutes
Vincent Price Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Hazel Court Olive Sturgess Jack Nicholson Connie Wallace William Baskin Aaron Saxon
magician sorcerer wife doctor daughter raven creepy dark campy offbeat castle grief magic secret showdown death love rivalry adventure metamorphosis
A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a former sorcerer for help.
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1960
125 Minutes
Denholm Elliott Peter Lorre Beverly Bentley
Vacationing Englishman Oliver Larker (Denholm Elliott) stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist (Beverly Bentley) in Spain.
Musical, Comedy
1940
97 Minutes
Kay Kyser Peter Lorre Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Helen Parrish Alma Kruger Dennis O'Keefe Joseph Eggenton
bandleader partygoer heiress aunt prince professor hilarious suspenseful madcap mansion radio station nightclub workshop birthday party storm haunting murder plot inheritance big-band music mystery
A bandleader (Kay Kyser) takes his radio troupe to a gloomy mansion for a debutante's risky 21st birthday.
8.0/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
100 Minutes
Joel Cairo
Humphrey Bogart Mary Astor Peter Lorre Gladys George Barton MacLane Sydney Greenstreet Lee Patrick Ward Bond Jerome Cowan Elisha Cook Jr. James Burke
detective femme fatale criminal police officer secretary dark gritty brooding intricate san francisco hotel office dangerous assignment shady dealings deception murder greed mystery pursuit temptation
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a gorgeous liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
80 Minutes
Marko
Dan Duryea June Vincent Peter Lorre Broderick Crawford Wallace Ford Hobart Cavanaugh Constance Dowling Freddie Steele Ben Bard John Phillips Junius Matthews
When Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer's murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent...aided by the victim's ex-husband.
7.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Johnny West
Sydney Greenstreet Geraldine Fitzgerald Peter Lorre Joan Lorring Robert Shayne Marjorie Riordan Arthur Shields Rosalind Ivan John Alvin Peter Whitney Alan Napier
wife embezzler drunk widow girlfriend stranger eerie fascinating uneasy london apartment courtroom bar superstition luck embezzlement spiritual visions gambling greed quest
Three strangers, each with a serious problem in their lives, share a sweepstakes ticket which they wished upon together before a Chinese idol.
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1947
87 Minutes
Kismet
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Peter Lorre Lon Chaney John Hoyt Reginald Denny Charles Dingle Ann Doran Frank Puglia Willard Robertson
convict photographer private investigator damsel in distress baron witty campy prison mansion sanatorium mistaken identity mystery crime private detective underdog mystery love 1940s
Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there.
6.6/10
Adventure
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Captain Chang
Clark Gable Rosalind Russell Peter Lorre Jessie Ralph Reginald Owen Edward Ciannelli
thief duchess con artist captain police detective aristocrat charming witty madcap india hotel ship bedroom jewelry theft assumed identity deception unlikely allies con game crime pursuit
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable gem as the Japanese army invades China.
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
79 Minutes
Nick Dramoshag
Mickey Rooney Jeanne Cagney Peter Lorre Barbara Bates Taylor Holmes Wally Cassell
mechanic waitress friend boss police officer ex-girlfriend bleak suspenseful tense melodramatic santa monica, calif. pier garage arcade diner road bad luck unlikely criminal debt petty crime
After taking 20 dollars from his employer to go on a date with plans to repay it the next day, an auto mechanic falls into increasingly disastrous circumstances for more and more money which rapidly spirals out of his control.
6.6/10
Horror
USA
1946
88 Minutes
Hilary Cummins
Robert Alda Andrea King Peter Lorre Victor Francen J. Carrol Naish Charles Dingle John Alvin David Hoffman Patricia Barry Barbara Brown William Edmunds
personal assistant pianist nurse con artist lawyer astrologer brooding creepy melodramatic san stefano italy villa village supernatural death jealousy money inheritance fear mystery
In a turn-of-the-century Renaissance Italian mansion, its tyrannical owner, a one-handed, wheelchair-bound pianist, with a strong belief in the occult, is murdered.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1945
118 Minutes
Contreras
Charles Boyer Lauren Bacall Peter Lorre Victor Francen Wanda Hendrix George Coulouris Katina Paxinou John Warburton Holmes Herbert Dan Seymour Art Foster
secret agent fascist love interest double agent suspenseful intense dark london espionage war violence fascism love quest rivalry 1930s
In 1937, agents from the opposing sides of the Spanish Civil War travel to the neutral UK to secure coal contracts and to undermine each other's efforts.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
84 Minutes
Maj. Sigfried Gruning
lieutenant baron spy secret police singer major brash intricate thrilling england germany switzerland espionage impersonation undercover operations world war i adventure escape transformation 1910s
An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a national hero. A female German spy is assigned to check him out but falls in love with him.
Adventure
1957
66 Minutes
Commissioner Lamoret
Jon Hall John Carradine Peter Lorre Roberta Haynes Mike Mazurki Stanley Adams
A South Seas captain on a hunt for precious pearls runs into trouble from border bandits who are terrorizing natives.
Musical
1948
94 Minutes
Slimane
Yvonne De Carlo Tony Martin Peter Lorre Märta Torén Hugo Haas Thomas Gomez Douglas Dick Katherine Dunham
jewel thief girlfriend detective captain gang leader fugitive suspenseful tense intense melodramatic brooding engaging casbah of algiers fugitives exile evading capture betrayal wanted man on the run escape
French crook Pepe le Moko (Tony Martin) hides from a detective (Peter Lorre) in Algiers, emerging for a woman to his downfall.
8.0/10
Comedy
USA
1944
118 Minutes
Dr. Einstein
Cary Grant Raymond Massey Priscilla Lane Peter Lorre Jack Carson Josephine Hull Jean Adair James Gleason Grant Mitchell John Alexander Edward Everett Horton
writer wife aunt brother neighbor uncle madcap quirky new york city brooklyn, n.y. family home insanity marriage murder poison discovery love 1930s
A writer of books on the futility of marriage risks his reputation when he decides to get married. Things get even more complicated when he learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are habitual murderers.
7.2/10
Fantasy, Kids & Family, Adventure, Drama
USA
1954
127 Minutes
Conseil
Kirk Douglas James Mason Paul Lukas Peter Lorre Robert Wilke Carleton Young Ted de Corsia Percy Helton
captain nemo scientist servant sailor thrilling engaging spectacular nautilus ship san francisco under the sea exploration expedition adventure escape 1860s
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
6.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1957
117 Minutes
Brankov
Fred Astaire Cyd Charisse Janis Paige Peter Lorre George Tobias Jules Munshin Joseph Buloff Barrie Chase Wim Sonneveld
producer composer russian agent bureaucrat charming lighthearted paris nightclub hotel moscow music industry culture clash westernization seduction transformation temptation forbidden love 1950s
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris, the beautiful, ultra-serious Ninotchka is sent to ... See full summary »
6.9/10
Adventure
USA
1940
113 Minutes
M'sieu Pig
Joan Crawford Clark Gable Ian Hunter Peter Lorre Albert Van Dekker Paul Lukas Edward Ciannelli J. Edward Bromberg John Arledge Frederick Worlock Bernard Nedell
prisoner prostitute killer religious person captor cynic dark eerie profound intense prison island jungle french guiana boat religious conversion prison break death penal system boats
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
6.8/10
Adventure
USA
1949
104 Minutes
Toady
Burt Lancaster Paul Henreid Claude Rains Peter Lorre Corinne Calvet Sam Jaffe John Bromfield Mike Mazurki Kenny Washington Edmond Breon Josef Marais
A man abused by a sadistic mining company cop before he could tell where on their desert property he'd found diamonds decides to steal them instead.
6.5/10
Drama
USA
1944
101 Minutes
Jan Bernazsky
Hedy Lamarr Paul Henreid Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Victor Francen Joseph Calleia Carol Thurston Vladimir Sokoloff Edward Ciannelli Steven Geray Kurt Katch
During WW2, in neutral Portugal, a Dutch resistance fighter is attempting to find passage to England while trying to avoid Nazi spies and Portuguese policemen.
6.1/10
Sci-Fi
USA
1961
105 Minutes
Comm. Lucius Emery
Walter Pidgeon Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden Peter Lorre Robert Sterling Michael Ansara Frankie Avalon Regis Toomey John Litel Howard McNear Henry Daniell
admiral psychiatrist lieutenant captain scientist congressman thrilling tense creative submarine deep sea arctic ocean pacific ocean mariana islands fire nuclear weapons race against time sabotage showdown global disaster
When the Earth is threatened by a burning Van Allen Radiation Belt, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson plans to shoot a nuclear missile at the Belt, using his experimental atomic submarine, the Seaview.
Comedy
1957
98 Minutes
Abdul
Jerry Lewis Phyllis Kirk David Wayne Peter Lorre Gene Evans Mary Treen
Moroccan spies and an Army psychiatrist (Phyllis Kirk) try to figure out a goofy GI (Jerry Lewis) with a photographic memory.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1945
98 Minutes
Johannes Koenig
Helmut Dantine Andrea King Raymond Massey Faye Emerson Peter Lorre Alan Hale George Coulouris Henry Daniell Peter Whitney Helene Thimig Steven Geray
rebel actress general civilian informant hostess emotional gripping hotel berlin world war ii espionage emigration politics nazis escape underdog 1940s
In 1945, a strange mix of Germans, military personnel and civilians, pro-Nazi and anti-Nazi, celebrities and escaped prisoners, converges at a lavish hotel in heavily-bombed Berlin.
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
UK|Italy|USA
1953
92 Minutes
Julius O'Hara (crook No. 2)
Humphrey Bogart Jennifer Jones Gina Lollobrigida Robert Morley Peter Lorre Edward Underdown Ivor Barnard Marco Tulli Mario Perrone Alex Pochet Aldo Silvani
husband wife traveler pretty woman criminal amusing campy engaging italy africa treasure expedition travel deception competition rivalry quest adventure 1950s
On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...
8.5/10
Drama
USA
1942
102 Minutes
Ugarte
Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Paul Henreid Claude Rains Conrad Veidt Peter Lorre Sydney Greenstreet Dooley Wilson Marcel Dalio S.Z. Sakall Joy Page
expatriates nightclub owner resistance fighter nazi spy sad cool gripping casablanca paris nightclub airport world war ii rebellion virtue love triangle sacrifice 1940s
A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.
7.1/10
Drama
USA
1942
107 Minutes
Pepi
Humphrey Bogart Conrad Veidt Kaaren Verne Jane Darwell Frank McHugh Peter Lorre Judith Anderson William Demarest Jackie Gleason Phil Silvers Wallace Ford
spy gambler nazi singer partner thrilling charming new york city murder espionage nazism gambling mystery adventure 1940s
Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.
6.8/10
War
USA
1944
110 Minutes
Marius
Humphrey Bogart Michèle Morgan Claude Rains Philip Dorn Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre George Tobias Victor Francen Helmut Dantine John Loder Konstantin Shayne
captain prisoner leader major convict gripping spirited thrilling ship prison marseilles, france world war ii prison break patriotism blackmail murder redemption sacrifice escape 1930s
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1964
101 Minutes
Morgan Heywood
Jerry Lewis Ina Balin Everett Sloane Phil Harris Keenan Wynn Peter Lorre John Carradine Neil Hamilton Nancy Kulp
comedian bellhop writer press agent assistant producer hilarious frenetic heartwarming hotel office television studio comedy hollywood celebrity rags to riches performance teamwork underdog rise
An incompetent bellhop is recruited to fill in for a deceased comedian.
6.3/10
Adventure
USA
1959
109 Minutes
Skeeter
Victor Mature Red Buttons Rhonda Fleming Kathryn Grant Vincent Price Peter Lorre David Nelson Gilbert Roland Howard McNear
ringmaster circus owner sister loan officer public relations specialist circus performer chilling dark thrilling suspenseful circus niagara falls, n.y. tent sabotage financial crisis show business circus brother/sister relationship murder investigation mystery
A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
6.8/10
Drama
USA
1943
106 Minutes
Fritz Bercovy
Charles Boyer Joan Fontaine Alexis Smith Charles Coburn Brenda Marshall Dame May Whitty Peter Lorre Joyce Reynolds Jean Muir Montagu Love Edward Ciannelli
The daughter of a musical mentor is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband, a handsome composer.
5.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1964
94 Minutes
Frankie Avalon Annette Funicello Don Rickles Luciana Paluzzi John Ashley Peter Turgeon Jody McCrea Candy Johnson Little Stevie Wonder Morey Amsterdam Buddy Hackett
surfer girlfriend trainer bodybuilder contessa manager airy playful uplifting malibu, calif. beach beach culture surfing bodybuilding love triangle culture clash jealousy rivalry revenge love
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
6.8/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1956
170 Minutes
David Niven Cantinflas Shirley MacLaine Robert Newton Charles Boyer Joe E. Brown Martine Carol John Carradine Charles Coburn Ronald Colman Melville Cooper
explorer servant police officer princess airy charming playful london spain paris india japan san francisco expedition class distinctions culture clash theft adventure pursuit quest
A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.
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