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The Night of the Hunter: Children drift in a small boat through layered paper reeds beneath a crescent moon.
The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Charles Laughton92 min · Thriller

Two children flee a murderous preacher through an American landscape turned into a dream.

MysteryBleakModerate
THE 39 STEPS lettering above a train crossing a continuous steel bridge, with Momo reading a map on a red diagonal path.
The 39 Steps
1935 · Alfred Hitchcock86 min · Thriller

An ordinary theatre-goer becomes the chief suspect in a murder and crosses Britain with both the police and a spy ring close behind.

TenseFunnyEasy
The Lady Vanishes: Momo examines a railway carriage with a magnifying glass as a paper train crosses mountain arches.
The Lady Vanishes
1938 · Alfred Hitchcock96 min · Thriller

A missing passenger turns a crowded train into a brisk puzzle of memory, manners, and danger.

MysteryFunnyEasy
Original illustration for An Unseen Enemy: An antique black wall telephone dominates close foreground, its taut cord leads through a partially open interior door toward a second warmly lit room, two distant female silhouettes only.
An Unseen Enemy
1912 · D. W. Griffith17 min · Thriller

Two sisters are trapped in a house while a threat remains hidden behind a wall and help races towards them.

TenseMysteryEasy
1927 poster for The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927 · Alfred Hitchcock91 min · Thriller

A landlady begins to suspect that her strange new lodger may be connected to a series of killings across London.

MysteryTenseEasy
M: A monumental red M towers over a streetlamp, an empty balloon string and cobbled shadows.
M
1931 · Fritz Lang110 min · Thriller

A child-killer hunted by the whole underworld. Electric.

TenseBleakModerate
The Third Man: Huge cream lettering rises above a dark Viennese alley and a distant Ferris wheel.
The Third Man
1949 · Carol Reed104 min · Thriller

A writer investigates his friend’s death in Vienna, where accounts of the accident refuse to agree.

MysteryTenseModerate
THE WAGES OF FEAR lettering on a timber crate below a mountain bridge and two cargo trucks, with Momo crouching to check a bridge plank.
The Wages of Fear
1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot152 min · Thriller

Four men, two trucks, and a road where every bump can end the film.

TenseBleakModerate
Diabolique: An empty engraved swimming pool, a key and a long doorway shadow create a quiet green interior.
Diabolique
1955 · Henri-Georges Clouzot117 min · Thriller

A carefully planned murder leaves behind one impossible problem: the body will not stay where it belongs.

TenseMysteryModerate
The Housemaid — A staircase, piano keys and a maid are assembled from black, red and ochre paper.
The Housemaid
1960 · Kim Ki-young108 min · Thriller

A music teacher hires a housemaid, and the family’s new middle-class home becomes a volatile system of desire, labour, and revenge.

TenseStrangeModerate
Knife in the Water: Huge blue and ivory lettering rises above a small sailboat and a dark knife-shaped reflection.
Knife in the Water
1962 · Roman Polanski94 min · Thriller

A couple invite a young stranger onto their yacht, where status and rivalry have nowhere to escape.

TenseBleakModerate

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