The Top 10 Crime Movies of the 1950s

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Rashômon

1950    Akira Kurosawa    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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The Night of the Hunter

1955    Charles Laughton    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Film Noir

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Touch of Evil

1958    Orson Welles    Not Rated

Crime    Film Noir    Mystery

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Strangers on a Train

1951    Alfred Hitchcock    Rated PG

Crime    Crime Thriller    Film Noir

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On the Waterfront

1954    Elia Kazan    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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The Killing

1956    Stanley Kubrick    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Thriller    Femme Fatale

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Dial M for Murder

1954    Alfred Hitchcock    Not Rated

Based-on-Theatre    Crime    Crime Thriller

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Diabolique

1955    Henri-Georges Clouzot    Not Rated

Crime    Film Noir    Foreign Language Film

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Rififi

1955    Jules Dassin    Not Rated

Caper    Crime    Crime Thriller

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In a Lonely Place

1950    Nicholas Ray    Not Rated

Crime    Crime Drama    Drama

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