Cult Cinema Archive
Crime
221 films curated
The Crime collection at Dbcult brings together 221 curated cult films that exemplify the style, atmosphere, and cultural weight that define this genre. Each title is selected for its distinctive qualities, devoted audience following, and lasting impact on cult cinema.
Standout titles in this collection include The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax (1923)IMDb 8.8, Mist in the Valley (1923)IMDb 7.9, Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)IMDb 7.8.
Browse the full Crime archive below. Each film page includes synopsis, cast, IMDb rating, and expert editorial analysis from the Dbcult team.

Eyes of the Heart
Paul Powell

The Man Between
Finis Fox

Always Audacious
James Cruze

Das Gespensterschloß
Unknown Director

Chang and the Law
Carl Harbaugh

The Greatest Love
Henry Kolker

The West Case
A.E. Coleby

The Flirt
Hobart Henley

The Exiles
Edmund Mortimer

The Social Buccaneer
Robert F. Hill

Live and Let Live
Christy Cabanne

Don't Shoot
Jack Conway

Sure Fire
John Ford

A Daughter of Two Worlds
James Young

While New York Sleeps
Charles Brabin

The Blue Carbuncle
George Ridgwell

Single Handed
Edward Sedgwick

Kärlekens ögon
John W. Brunius

Bleak House
Harry B. Parkinson

Mountain Madness
Lloyd B. Carleton

Im letzten Augenblick
Ernst Reicher

The Eternal Struggle
Reginald Barker

The Master Mind
Kenneth S. Webb

The Temptation of Carlton Earle
Wilfred Noy

Rose of Nome
Edward LeSaint

Die goldene Pest
Louis Ralph

The Wonderful Chance
George Archainbaud

Sherlock Brown
Bayard Veiller

Boston Blackie
Scott R. Dunlap

The Forged Bride
Douglas Gerrard

The Net
J. Gordon Edwards

If You Believe It, It's So
Tom Forman

Frontier of the Stars
Charles Maigne

Der unsichtbare Dieb
Gernot Bock-Stieber

Miss 139
B.A. Rolfe

Duds
Thomas R. Mills

The First Degree
Edward Sedgwick

Proxies
George D. Baker

Earthbound
T. Hayes Hunter

The Money Changers
Jack Conway

The White Moll
Harry F. Millarde

The Last Hour
Edward Sloman

Fate
John Gorman

The Kelly Gang
Harry Southwell

The Crimson Circle
George Ridgwell

Whitechapel
Ewald André Dupont

The Man Who Lost Himself
Clarence G. Badger

The Devil's Foot
Maurice Elvey

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Maurice Elvey

Die Schmuggler von San Diego
Valy Arnheim

Wanted at Headquarters
Stuart Paton

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
George Ridgwell

The Kentucky Derby
King Baggot

The Bait
Maurice Tourneur

The Street
Karl Grune

A Broadway Cowboy
Joseph Franz

Love Madness
Joseph Henabery

Destroying Angel
W.S. Van Dyke

Riders of the Dawn
Jack Conway

The Satin Girl
Arthur Rosson

Everyman's Price
Burton L. King

Trimmed in Scarlet
Jack Conway

The Village Sleuth
Jerome Storm

Play Square
William K. Howard

Away Goes Prudence
John S. Robertson

La maison du mystère
Alexandre Volkoff

The White Circle
Maurice Tourneur

Angel of Crooked Street
David Smith

The Law of the Yukon
Charles Miller

His Brother's Keeper
Wilfrid North

Only a Shop Girl
Edward LeSaint

Le ultime avventure di Galaor
Mario Restivo

The Acquittal
Clarence Brown

The Dying Detective
Maurice Elvey

Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg
Franjo Ledic

Love's Boomerang
John S. Robertson

The Branded Soul
F. Martin Thornton

Pilgrims of the Night
Edward Sloman

The Shock
Lambert Hillyer

The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes
George Archainbaud

Cordelia the Magnificent
George Archainbaud

It Happened Out West
Unknown Director

Charles Augustus Milverton
George Ridgwell

A Daughter of 'the Law'
Grace Cunard

The Price of Redemption
Dallas M. Fitzgerald

Blackbirds
John Francis Dillon

My Lady's Latchkey
Edwin Carewe

Le crime du Bouif
Henri Pouctal

The Lights of London
Charles Calvert

Footfalls
Charles Brabin

Out to Win
Denison Clift

What Ho, the Cook
Rowland V. Lee

The Green Flame
Ernest C. Warde

The Bargain
Henry Edwards

Monte Carlo
Fred Sauer

Das rote Plakat
Emil Justitz

Gas, Oil and Water
Charles Ray

The Invisible Power
Frank Lloyd

The Mask
Bertram Bracken

The False Road
Fred Niblo

Big Brother
Allan Dwan

The Prey
George L. Sargent

A Voice in the Dark
Frank Lloyd

The Fiery Hand
A.E. Coleby

The Mother of His Children
Edward LeSaint

For You My Boy
William L. Roubert

Flames of Passion
Graham Cutts

Die Tophar-Mumie
Johannes Guter

A Daughter of the Law
Jack Conway

Bolla di sapone
Charles Krauss

The Princess of New York
Donald Crisp

Jim the Penman
Kenneth S. Webb

Alias Jimmy Valentine
Edmund Mortimer

The Final Problem
George Ridgwell

The Knocking on the Door
A.E. Coleby

Dice of Destiny
Henry King

Wits vs. Wits
Harry Grossman

Landru, der Blaubart von Paris
Hans Otto

Heliotrope
George D. Baker

As a Man Lives
J. Searle Dawley

Haldane of the Secret Service
Harry Houdini

Shadows of the West
Paul Hurst

The Man with the Twisted Lip
Maurice Elvey

Mist in the Valley
Cecil M. Hepworth

A Scandal in Bohemia
Maurice Elvey

Ambrose in Turkey
Mack Swain

Love in the Dark
Harry Beaumont

Præsten i Vejlby
August Blom

The Face in the Fog
Alan Crosland

Out of the Storm
William Parke

The Love Letter
King Baggot

Alias Ladyfingers
Bayard Veiller

Quicksands
Jack Conway

The Fatal Sign
Stuart Paton

The White Dove
Henry King

Itching Palms
James W. Horne

The Valley of Tomorrow
Emmett J. Flynn

Lights Out
Alfred Santell

Legally Dead
William Parke

The Greater Profit
William Worthington

A Manhattan Knight
George Beranger

The Midnight Guest
George Archainbaud

Hurricane Hutch
George B. Seitz

Boomerang Bill
Tom Terriss

Trapped by the Mormons
Harry B. Parkinson

Otrávené svetlo
Jan S. Kolár

Kick In
George Fitzmaurice

Why Women Remarry
John Gorman

Someone in the House
John Ince

Driven
Charles Brabin

The Street Called Straight
Wallace Worsley

The Ace of Hearts
Wallace Worsley

Nedbrudte nerver
A.W. Sandberg

Der Meisterschuß
Rolf Brunner

The Mailman
Emory Johnson

The Daredevil
Tom Mix

Beating the Game
Victor Schertzinger

Das rote Plakat, 2. Teil - Die eiserne Acht
Emil Justitz

Black Roses
Colin Campbell

The City of Silent Men
Tom Forman

The Last Door
William P.S. Earle

The Great London Mystery
Charles Raymond

Crooked Alley
Robert F. Hill

McGuire of the Mounted
Richard Stanton

The Silkless Bank Note
J. Gordon Cooper

The Silver Lining
Roland West

She Couldn't Help It
Maurice Campbell

From Now On
Raoul Walsh

Cocaine
Graham Cutts

The Price of Silence
Fred LeRoy Granville

The Light in the Dark
Clarence Brown

Her First Elopement
Sam Wood

The Ghost in the Garret
F. Richard Jones

The Strange Boarder
Clarence G. Badger

The Broadway Madonna
Harry Revier

Heroes of the Street
William Beaudine

The Son of Wallingford
George Randolph Chester

Lovebound
Henry Otto

Suramis tsikhe
Ivane Perestiani

The Haunted Castle
F.W. Murnau

The Fighting Chance
Charles Maigne

Heart Strings
J. Gordon Edwards

The Silver Car
David Smith

Tangled Trails
Charles Bartlett

The Lion's Mouse
Oscar Apfel

Danger Ahead
William K. Howard

One Million in Jewels
J.P. McGowan

The Kickback
Val Paul

Even as Eve
Chester M. De Vonde

Skin Deep
Lambert Hillyer

Stop Thief
Harry Beaumont

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Fritz Lang

The Harbour Lights
Tom Terriss

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
A.E. Coleby

The Man Who Dared
Emmett J. Flynn

Trifling with Honor
Harry A. Pollard

Parted Curtains
Bertram Bracken

Judgement
Unknown Director

Bulldog Drummond
Oscar Apfel

Fair Lady
Kenneth S. Webb

Body and Soul
Charles Swickard

Hate
Maxwell Karger

La Fille sauvage
Henri Étiévant

A Man of Action
James W. Horne

Fight in a Thieves' Kitchen
Edward Gordon

Voices of the City
Wallace Worsley

The Man with the Limp
A.E. Coleby

Missing Millions
Joseph Henabery

The Shark
Dell Henderson

The Sign of Four
Maurice Elvey

Forgive and Forget
Howard M. Mitchell

Partners of the Night
Paul Scardon

The Red Circle
George Ridgwell

Das Geheimnis der Mumie
Victor Janson

There Are No Villains
Bayard Veiller

Human Wreckage
John Griffith Wray

Maulwürfe
Artur Holz

The Five Dollar Plate
J. Gordon Cooper

$30,000
Ernest C. Warde

Kaksen på Øverland
Gustav Adolf Olsen

Der Sprung ins Dunkle
Ernst Reicher
