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1. Rear Window (1954)
Approved | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Writers: John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
2. The Window (1949)
Approved | 73 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
To avoid the heat of a sweltering summer night a 9 year old Manhattan boy decides to sleep on the fire escape and witnesses a murder, no one will believe him.
Writers: Mel Dinelli, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart
3. No Man of Her Own (1950)
98 min | Drama, Film-Noir
Helen Ferguson, pregnant, penniless and dumped by her boyfriend Steve Morley, takes the identity of the pregnant Patrice Harkness, when she and her husband are killed in a train crash. The ... See full summary »
Writers: Sally Benson, Catherine Turney, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter
4. Phantom Lady (1944)
Passed | 87 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautiful secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
Writers: Bernard C. Schoenfeld, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Robert Siodmak | Stars: Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Aurora Miranda
5. The Bride Wore Black (1968)
Unrated | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose?
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard | Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner
6. Black Angel (1946)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
When Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer's murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent...aided by the victim's ex-husband.
Writers: Roy Chanslor, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford
7. Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
GP | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Louis Mahe is a tobacco planter at Reunion Island. He is waiting for Julie Roussel to marry her. He only knows her by mail. The woman that comes does not like the picture he got, but he ... See full summary »
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, François Truffaut | Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nelly Borgeaud, Martine Ferrière
8. Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Fantasy, Film-Noir
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Writers: Barré Lyndon, Jonathan Latimer, Cornell Woolrich | Director: John Farrow | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Gail Russell, John Lund, Virginia Bruce
9. Si muero antes de despertar (1952)
66 min
Writers: Alejandro Casona, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Néstor Zavarce, Blanca del Prado, Floren Delbene, Homero Cárpena
10. The Leopard Man (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Horror, Thriller
A seemingly tame leopard used for a publicity stunt escapes and kills a young girl, spreading panic throughout a sleepy new Mexico town.
Writers: Ardel Wray, Edward Dein, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell
11. Deadline at Dawn (1946)
Approved | 83 min | Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance
When a woman he meets is murdered, a soon to be drafted sailor has until dawn to find the killer, aided by a weary dance hall girl.
Writers: Clifford Odets, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Harold Clurman | Stars: Susan Hayward, Bill Williams, Paul Lukas, Joseph Calleia
12. No abras nunca esa puerta (1952)
85 min | Mystery, Thriller
Two separate episodes that have in common the door which separates good from evil. In the first segment, "Alguien al teléfono", Ángel Magaña tries to avenge the death of his sister, a girl ... See full summary »
Writers: Alejandro Casona, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Carlos Hugo Christensen | Stars: Ángel Magaña, Roberto Escalada, Ilde Pirovano, Nicolás Fregues
13. The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
60 min | Drama
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a ... See full summary »
Writers: George Bricker, Cornell Woolrich | Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall, Paul Guilfoyle
14. I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
Approved | 70 min | Mystery, Film-Noir, Crime
A dancer is pinned for murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene of the crime. His wife follows the trail of clues to the genuine killer.
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Steve Fisher | Director: William Nigh | Stars: Don Castle, Elyse Knox, Regis Toomey, Charles D. Brown
15. The Chase (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Film-Noir
Chuck Scott gets a job as chauffeur to tough guy Eddie Roman; but Chuck's involvement with Eddie's fearful wife becomes a nightmare.
Writers: Philip Yordan, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Arthur Ripley | Stars: Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan
16. Aa bakudan (1964)
95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Writers: Kihachi Okamoto, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Kihachi Okamoto | Stars: Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani, Hideo Sunazuka
17. The Guilty (1947)
Approved | 71 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
Two guys, sharing an apartment, meet twin girls. One is Shirley Temple grown-up, and the other is a major piece of bad news. The nice one is murdered and her boyfriend is accused of the crime. The wrong man-wrong victim plot strikes again.
Writers: Robert Presnell Sr., Cornell Woolrich | Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Bonita Granville, Don Castle, Regis Toomey, John Litel
18. Manhattan Love Song (1934)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly wealthy socialites Jerry and Carol discover that they owe their chauffeur and maid back wages they ... See full summary »
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, David Silverstein, Leonard Fields | Director: Leonard Fields | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Dixie Lee, Nydia Westman, Franklin Pangborn
19. Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help about one of her fathers guests shortly before his planed departure. Her suspects about that ... See full summary »
Writers: Abraham Merritt, Benjamin Christensen, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale, Sheldon Lewis, William V. Mong
20. Cloak & Dagger (1984)
PG | 101 min | Action, Family, Adventure
11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father doesn't spend nearly enough time with him. So the boy loses himself in video games--and even has an imaginary friend, a ... See full summary »
Writers: Tom Holland, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Richard Franklin | Stars: Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman, Michael Murphy, Christina Nigra
21. Obsession (1954)
100 min | Crime, Drama
Writers: Antoine Blondin, Jean Delannoy, Roland Laudenbach, Gian Luigi Rondi, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Jean Delannoy | Stars: Michèle Morgan, Raf Vallone, Marthe Mercadier, Jean Gaven
22. Fear in the Night (1947)
Passed | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Maxwell Shane | Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Paul Kelly, DeForest Kelley, Ann Doran, Kay Scott
23. Sette orchidee macchiate di rosso (1972)
Unrated | 92 min | Mystery, Thriller
A woman, a survivor of a failed murder attempt by a person dubbed "The Half-Moon Killer" by the police, and her husband must find the connecting thread between herself, six other women, and... See full summary »
Writers: Roberto Gianviti, Paul Hengge, Umberto Lenzi | Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Antonio Sabato, Uschi Glas, Pier Paolo Capponi, Rossella Falk
24. J'ai épousé une ombre (1983)
110 min | Drama
After a train accident, a woman survives and is mistaken for an other woman she just met on a train before the accident.
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Patrick Laurent, Robin Davis | Director: Robin Davis | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Francis Huster, Richard Bohringer, Madeleine Robinson
25. Street of Chance (1942)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A nerd discovers he's wanted for murder, after escaping death from wreckage plummeting from a skyscraper. Passerby Frank Thompson wakes up in the street, believing it's his lucky day, then ... See full summary »
Writers: Garrett Fort, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Sheldon Leonard, Jerome Cowan
26. Union City (1980)
PG | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A man is so obsessed with finding the person responsible for stealing his milk bottles that he ignores his beautiful young wife, who has other ideas on her mind.
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Marcus Reichert | Director: Marcus Reichert | Stars: Dennis Lipscomb, Deborah Harry, Sam McMurray, Terry Walsh
27. Nightmare (1956)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance
A musician has a nightmare in which he killed a man. When he wakes up he finds evidence that the crime really took place and tries to find the truth with the help of his brother-in-law who ... See full summary »
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Maxwell Shane | Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine
28. Escapade (1957)
105 min | Adventure
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Marcel Achard, Albert Valentin | Director: Ralph Habib | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Dany Carrel, Roger Hanin, Lise Delamare
29. El ojo de cristal (1956)
92 min | Crime
Writers: Joaquina Algars, Ignacio F. Iquino, Cornell Woolrich, José Antonio de la Loma | Director: Antonio Santillán | Stars: Carlos López Moctezuma, Armando Moreno, Beatriz Aguirre, Carolina Jiménez
30. The Return of the Whistler (1948)
Approved | 60 min | Mystery
On the eve of his marriage, a young man's fiance disappears. He hires a private detective to help him track her down, but soon finds himself entangled in a web of lies, intrigue and murder ... See full summary »
Writers: Edward Bock, Maurice Tombragel, Cornell Woolrich | Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Michael Duane, Lenore Aubert, Richard Lane, James Cardwell
31. Fall Guy (1947)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Tom Cochrane (Leo Penn'), full of dope (cocaine) and covered with blood, is picked up by the police and then questioned by detectives Shannon (Douglas Fowley) and Taylor (Harry Strang), but... See full summary »
Writers: Jerry Warner, John O'Dea, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Robert Armstrong, Leo Penn, Teala Loring, Elisha Cook Jr.
32. Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Connie Doyle is eighteen and pregnant when her boyfriend kicks her out. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife Patricia who is pregnant. The ... See full summary »
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Phoef Sutton, Lisa-Maria Radano | Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser, Miguel Sandoval
33. The Boy Cried Murder (1966)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Writers: Robin Estridge, Cornell Woolrich | Director: George P. Breakston | Stars: Fraser MacIntosh, Veronica Hurst, Phil Brown, Tim Barrett
34. El pendiente (1951)
72 min | Thriller
Writers: Samuel Eichelbaum, Ulises Petit de Murat, Cornell Woolrich | Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Graciliano Batista, María Esther Buschiazzo, Héctor Calcaño, Carlos Campagnale
35. Original Sin (2001)
R | 116 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp. Remake of François Truffaut's 1969 film 'Mississippi Mermaid'
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Michael Cristofer | Director: Michael Cristofer | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson
36. Convicted (1938)
Approved | 58 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Police Detective Burns (Charles Quigley) is helping Jerry Wheeler (Rita Hayworth), a night-club singer, track down the killer of a gold-digger, for which crime her brother, "Chick," (Edgar ... See full summary »
Writers: Cornell Woolrich, Edgar Edwards | Director: Leon Barsha | Stars: Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, Marc Lawrence, George McKay
37. Bire on vardi (1963)
Crime, Thriller
Writers: Lütfi Akad, Cornell Woolrich, Memduh Ün | Director: Memduh Ün | Stars: Fatma Girik, Tamer Yigit, Hüseyin Baradan, Reha Yurdakul
38. La pupa del gangster (1975)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
A happy-go-lucky prostitute gets mixed up with the Mafia.
Writers: Ernesto Gastaldi, Tom Rowe, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Giorgio Capitani | Stars: Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Maccione, Pierre Brice
39. House of Horror (1929)
Unrated | 65 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Writers: Benjamin Christensen, Tom Miranda, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, James Ford, Thelma Todd
40. Corsa in discesa (1989)
118 min | Drama
Writers: Corrado Franco, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Corrado Franco | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Deborah Jones, Bruno Stori, Francesco Ventura
41. La huella de unos labios (1952)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Writers: Juan Bustillo Oro, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Juan Bustillo Oro | Stars: Rosario Granados, Carlos López Moctezuma, Rubén Rojo, Luis Beristáin
42. Children of the Ritz (1929)
71 min | Drama
A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long ... See full summary »
Writers: Adelaide Heilbron, Paul Perez, Cornell Woolrich | Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Jack Mulhall, James Ford, Richard Carlyle
43. The Haunted House (1928)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
Four heirs to a family fortune are summoned to appear at the family estate for the reading of the will, where they meet the estate's staff, which includes a nurse, a crazed doctor and a sinister handyman.
Writers: Owen Davis, Lajos Biró, Benjamin Christensen, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Larry Kent, Thelma Todd, Edmund Breese, Sidney Bracey
44. It Had to Be Murder
Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Announced
By observing his surroundings through binoculars, an injured, wheelchair-bound man becomes convinced that he's witnessed a murder.
Writer: Cornell Woolrich
45. Shisha to no kekkon (1960)
96 min
Writers: Osamu Takahashi, Tsutomu Tamura, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Osamu Takahashi | Stars: Tsutomu Haruyama, Chieko Higashiyama, Reiko Hitomi, Keiko Hori
46. Dro itsureba gantiadisas (1965)
90 min | Crime, Romance
Writers: Neli Nenova, Geno Tsulaya, Cornell Woolrich | Directors: Neli Nenova, Geno Tsulaya | Stars: Ariadna Shengelaya, Merab Tavadze, Guranda Gabunia, Tengiz Daushvili
47. Yoru no wana (1967)
85 min | Drama, Mystery
Writers: Kazuro Funabashi, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Sokichi Tomimoto | Stars: Ayako Wakao, Masaya Takahashi, Masahiko Naruse, Kôji Nanbara