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Title	Director	Cast	Country	Notes
1950
Armored Car Robbery	Richard Fleischer	Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman	United States	^[1]
The Asphalt Jungle	John Huston	Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore	United States	^[2]
The Blue Lamp	Basil Dearden	Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde	United Kingdom	^[3]
The File on Thelma Jordon	Robert Siodmak	Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly	United States	Crime drama^[4]
Gunman in the Streets	Frank Tuttle, Boris Lewin	Simone Signoret, Dane Clark, Fernand Gravey	France	^[5]
House by the River	Fritz Lang	Louis Hayward, Lee Bowman, Jane Wyatt	United States	Crime drama^[6]
Black Hand	Richard Thorpe	Gene Kelly, J. Carrol Naish, Teresa Celli,	United States	Crime drama^[7]
In a Lonely Place	Nicholas Ray	Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy	United States	Crime drama^[8]
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye	Gordon Douglas	James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter	United States	^[9]
Night and the City	Jules Dassin	Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers	United Kingdom	^[10]
No Way Out	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally	United States	Crime drama^[11]
Los Olvidados	Luis Buñuel	Alfonso Mejía, Roberto Cobo, Estela Inda	Mexico	Juvenile delinquency film^[12]
Side Street	Anthony Mann	Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig	United States	^[13]
Where the Sidewalk Ends	Otto Preminger	Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill	United States	Crime drama^[14]
1951
Another Man's Poison	Irving Rapper	Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams	United Kingdom	^[15]
La Città si difende	Pietro Germi	Gina Lollobrigida, Renato Baldini, Cosetta Greco	Italy	^[16]
Detective Story	William Wyler	Kirk Douglas, Eleanor Parker, William Bendix	United States	Crime drama^[17]
The Enforcer	Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh	Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia	United States	^[18]
The Family Secret	Henry Levin	John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Jody Lawrance	United States	^[19]
Green Grow the Rushes	Derek N. Twist	Roger Livesey, Honor Blackman, Richard Burton	United Kingdom	^[20]
He Ran All the Way	John Berry	John Garfield, Shelley Winters, Wallace Ford	United States	^[21]
His Kind of Woman	John Farrow	Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price	United States	^[22]
The Lavender Hill Mob	Charles Crichton	Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sid James	United Kingdom	^[23]
Rashomon	Akira Kurosawa	Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō	Japan	Crime drama^[24]
Roadblock	Harold Daniels	Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore	United States	^[25]
Strangers on a Train	Alfred Hitchcock	Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman	United States	Crime thriller^[26]
1952
Angel Face	Otto Preminger	Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman	United States	^[27]
Casque d'or	Jacques Becker	Simone Signoret, Serge Reggiani, Claude Dauphin	France	Crime drama^[28]
Rancho Notorious	Fritz Lang	Arthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer	United States	Crime thriller^[29]
We Are All Murderers	André Cayatte	Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Claude Laydu	France Italy	Prison film^[30]
1953
The Big Heat	Fritz Lang	Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando	United States	^[31]
The Blue Gardenia	Fritz Lang	Anne Baxter, Richard Conte, Ann Sothern	United States	Crime drama^[32]
The Hitch-Hiker	Ida Lupino	Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman	United States	Crime thriller^[33]
I Confess	Alfred Hitchcock	Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden	United States	Crime drama^[34]
Man in the Dark	Lew Landers	Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia	United States	^[35]
1954
Dial M for Murder	Alfred Hitchcock	Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings	United States	Crime thriller^[36]
Human Desire	Fritz Lang	Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford	United States	Crime drama^[37]
Jail Bait	Edward D. Wood, Jr.	Dolores Fuller, Lyle Talbot, Herbert Rawlinson	United States	^[38]
Naked Alibi	Jerry Hopper	Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry	United States	^[39]
Private Hell 36	Don Siegel	Ida Lupino, Steve Cochran, Howard Duff	United States	Crime drama^[40]
Rogue Cop	Roy Rowland	Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh, George Raft	United States	^[41]
The Runaway Bus	Val Guest	Margaret Rutherford, Petula Clark, George Coulouris	United Kingdom	Caper film^[42]
Suddenly	Lewis Allen	Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason	United States	^[43]
Touchez pas au grisbi	Jacques Becker	Jean Gabin, René Dary, Paul Frankeur	France Italy	^[44]
1955
The Big Combo	Joseph H. Lewis	Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy	United States	Gangster film^[45]
Bob le flambeur	Jean-Pierre Melville	Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy	France	^[46]
The Desperate Hours	William Wyler	Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy	United States	^[47]
King of the Carnival	Franklin Adreon	Fran Bennett, Robert Clarke, George de Normand	United States	^[48]
The Ladykillers	Alexander MacKendrick	Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom	United Kingdom	^[49]
The Night of the Hunter	Charles Laughton	Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish	United States	Crime thriller^[50]
The Phenix City Story	Phil Karlson	John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant	United States	^[51]
Razzia sur la chnouf	Henri Decoin	Jean Gabin, Marcel Dalio, Magali Noël	France	^[52]
Rififi	Jules Dassin	Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel	France	^[53]
1956
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	Fritz Lang	Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer	United States	Crime drama^[54]
The Harder They Fall	Mark Robson	Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling	United States	Crime drama^[55]
The Killing	Stanley Kubrick	Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor	United States	^[56]
Ransom!	Alex Segal	Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen	United States	^[57]
Slightly Scarlet	Allan Dwan	John Payne, Arlene Dahl, Rhonda Fleming	United States	^[58]
The Wrong Man	Alfred Hitchcock	Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle	United States	Crime drama^[59]
Yield to the Night	J. Lee Thompson	Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig	United Kingdom	^[60]
1957
The Adventures of Arsène Lupin	Jacques Becker	Robert Lamoureux, Liselotte Pulver, Daniel Ceccaldi	France Italy	^[61]
The Brothers Rico	Phil Karlson	Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant	United States	^[62]
The Burglar	Paul Wendkos	Dan Duryea, Jayne Mansfield, Martha Vickers	United States	^[63]
Crime of Passion	Gerd Oswald	Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr	United States	^[64]
The Devil Strikes at Night	Robert Siodmak	Mario Adorf, Claus Holm, Hannes Messemer	West Germany	^[65]
Porte des Lilas	René Clair	Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal	France Italy	Crime drama^[66]
The River's Edge	Allan Dwan	Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget	United States	^[67]
Speaking of Murder	Gilles Grangier	Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Lino Ventura	France	^[68]
Time Without Pity	Joseph Losey	Michael Redgrave, Ann Todd, Leo McKern	United Kingdom	Crime thriller^[69]
1958
Big Deal on Madonna Street	Mario Monicelli	Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale	Italy	^[70]
The Cry Baby Killer	Jus Addiss	Harry Lauter, Jack Nicholson, Carolyn Mitchell	United States	^[71]
Elevator to the Gallows	Louis Malle	Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly	France	^[72]
I Want to Live!	Robert Wise	Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent	United States	Crime drama^[73]
I, Mobster	Roger Corman	Steve Cochran, Lita Milan, Robert Strauss	United States	^[74]
The Lineup	Don Siegel	Eli Wallach, Robert Keith, Warner Anderson	United States	^[75]
Machine-Gun Kelly	Roger Corman	Charles Bronson, Susan Cabot, Morey Amsterdam	United States	^[76]
Stakeout on Dope Street	Irvin Kershner	Herschel Bernardi	United States	^[77]
Thunder Road	Arthur Ripley	Robert Mitchum, Gene Barry, Keely Smith	United States	^[78]
Touch of Evil	Orson Welles	Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles	United States	^[79]
Underworld Beauty	Seijun Suzuki	Rajo To Kenju	Japan	^[80]
1959
Al Capone	Richard Wilson	Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory	United States	^[81]
Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti	Nanni Loy	Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Claudia Cardinale	France Italy	^[81]
Beast from Haunted Cave	Monte Hellman	Michael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank Wolff	United States	Crime thriller^[82]
Compulsion	Richard Fleischer	Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman	United States	Crime drama^[83]
Crime & Punishment, USA	Denis Sanders	George Hamilton, Mary Murphy, Frank Silvera, Eve McVeagh	United States	^[84]
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England	John Guillermin	Aldo Ray, Elizabeth Sellars, Hugh Griffith	United Kingdom	^[85]
Odds Against Tomorrow	Robert Wise	Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters	United States	^[86]
Pickpocket	Robert Bresson	Martin Lasalle, Marika Green, Pierre Leymarie	France	Crime drama^[87]

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