Thriller movies – 1940s

Genre: Thriller. Period: 1940s. 6 movies, best first.

1. Rebecca (1940) · Thriller · ⭐ 8.1
   A young bride lives in the shadow of her husband's late first wife at Manderley.
2. The Third Man (1949) · Thriller · ⭐ 8.1
   A writer arrives in postwar Vienna to investigate his friend's mysterious death.
3. Notorious (1946) · Thriller · ⭐ 7.9
   An agent recruits a Nazi's daughter to infiltrate a conspiracy in Brazil.
4. Rope (1948) · Thriller · ⭐ 7.9
   Two young men murder a friend and host a dinner party over the body.
5. Gaslight (1944) · Thriller · ⭐ 7.8
   A husband manipulates his wife into doubting her own sanity.
6. Key Largo (1948) · Thriller · ⭐ 7.8
   Gangsters take hostages in a Florida hotel during a hurricane.