Best Thriller Movies & TV Series of the 1940s

The 56 best-rated Thriller movies and TV series of the 1940s on 3eyedraven, ranked by a weighted audience score so the genuinely great rises above one-off perfect ratings. Every title has cast, ratings, trailers and where to watch.

Double Indemnity 1944 ★ 8.1
Rope 1948 ★ 7.9
Rebecca 1940 ★ 7.9
The Third Man 1949 ★ 7.9
The Maltese Falcon 1941 ★ 7.7
Notorious 1946 ★ 7.7
Out of the Past 1947 ★ 7.7
The Big Sleep 1946 ★ 7.6
White Heat 1949 ★ 7.6
Shadow of a Doubt 1943 ★ 7.5
Stray Dog 1949 ★ 7.6
Gaslight 1944 ★ 7.5
Gilda 1946 ★ 7.5
Spellbound 1945 ★ 7.4
Leave Her to Heaven 1945 ★ 7.4
The Woman in the Window 1944 ★ 7.4
Dark Passage 1947 ★ 7.3
Brute Force 1947 ★ 7.3
The Big Clock 1948 ★ 7.3
The Naked City 1948 ★ 7.2
Nightmare Alley 1947 ★ 7.2
Suspicion 1941 ★ 7.1
The Fallen Idol 1948 ★ 7.2
Night Train to Munich 1940 ★ 7.3