Best Crime Movies of 1944

The highest-rated crime films from 1944, ranked by MovieMagicScore based on authentic viewer ratings.

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Double Indemnity

1944

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

8.1

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

7.6

Gaslight

1944

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

7.5

The Woman in the Window

1944

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

7.4

Obsession

1944

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.

7.5

Murder, My Sweet

1944

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

7.2

Phantom Lady

1944

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.

7.0

Best Crime Movies of 1944

This ranking features the top crime movies released in 1944, sorted by MovieMagicScore viewer ratings. Looking for more? Browse all genres from 1944 or see the best crime movies of all time.