The Top 10 Crime Movies of the 1940s

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Double Indemnity

1944    Billy Wilder    Not Rated

Crime    Femme Fatale    Film Noir

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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The Bicycle Thief

1948    Vittorio De Sica    Not Rated

Coming-of-Age    Crime    Crime Drama

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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The Maltese Falcon

1941    John Huston    Not Rated

Crime    Detective Film    Femme Fatale

Up by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Shadow of a Doubt

1943    Alfred Hitchcock    Rated PG

Crime    Crime Thriller    Film Noir

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Rope

1948    Alfred Hitchcock    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Crime    Crime Drama

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Laura

1944    Otto Preminger    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Detective Film

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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Out of the Past

1947    Jacques Tourneur    Not Rated

Crime    Femme Fatale    Film Noir

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944    Frank Capra    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Comedy    Crime

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Key Largo

1948    John Huston    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Film Noir

Down by 1 in the past 45 days 1

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White Heat

1949    Raoul Walsh    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Film Noir

Down by 2 in the past 45 days 2

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