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.

A police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.

Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover,...

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...

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

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

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

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he...

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

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

Nightclub employee Joan Foster (Kay Callard) assists the brother of a murdered reporter to expose a drug ring.

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

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...

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...

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

Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.

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

A young boxer falls in with a crooked fight promoter.