Tough to Handle

Murder by Invitation

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard

1941

The Life of David Gale

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

2003

Girl on the Third Floor

A Parisian reporter tries to exonerate a fugitive neighbor of charges he murdered his wife.

1955

State of Play

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

2009

The Parallax View

An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corpora

1974

All the Screams of Silence

Cops and a reporter attempt to capture a mysterious killer plaguing the city.

1975

They Made Me a Criminal

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter l

1939

Christmas Holiday

Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin ma

1944

Night Editor

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

1946

The Banker

High-priced prostitutes are being systematically murdered, their corpses mutilated, and a bizarre South American symbol painted in blood is found at t

1989

The Racket

A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

1928

The Narrowing Circle

A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.

1956

Women Are Trouble

A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.

1936

Midnight Manhunt

Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.

1945

Nancy Drew... Reporter

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter

1939

Call It Luck

A London taxicab driver cashes in on a big sweepstakes ticket and becomes the prey of a confidence-gang that sells him a nag of a cavalry horse on the

1934

Black Diamonds

A reporter on a visit to his hometown hears of dangerous conditions at the local coal mine, and proceeds to investigate.

1940

Doomed to Die

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chine

1940

Red Ink

Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a j

2000