Cult Cinema Archive
Crime
127 films curated
The Crime collection at Dbcult brings together 127 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 Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)IMDb 7.8, A Scandal in Bohemia (1921)IMDb 7.1, While New York Sleeps (1920)IMDb 7.1.
Browse the full Crime archive below. Each film page includes synopsis, cast, IMDb rating, and expert editorial analysis from the Dbcult team.

Her First Elopement
Sam Wood

There Are No Villains
Bayard Veiller

The Bargain
Henry Edwards

What Ho, the Cook
Rowland V. Lee

Heliotrope
George D. Baker

A Daughter of the Law
Jack Conway

The Haunted Castle
F.W. Murnau

Heart Strings
J. Gordon Edwards

The City of Silent Men
Tom Forman

The Shark
Dell Henderson

Bolla di sapone
Charles Krauss

She Couldn't Help It
Maurice Campbell

Alias Ladyfingers
Bayard Veiller

Ambrose in Turkey
Mack Swain

Maulwürfe
Artur Holz

Love Madness
Joseph Henabery

Out of the Storm
William Parke

The Law of the Yukon
Charles Miller

A Broadway Cowboy
Joseph Franz

The Fatal Sign
Stuart Paton

A Voice in the Dark
Frank Lloyd

The Wonderful Chance
George Archainbaud

The Green Flame
Ernest C. Warde

Mountain Madness
Lloyd B. Carleton

The Master Mind
Kenneth S. Webb

Proxies
George D. Baker

Wits vs. Wits
Harry Grossman

Blackbirds
John Francis Dillon

Der Sprung ins Dunkle
Ernst Reicher

The Princess of New York
Donald Crisp

Fate
John Gorman

The Daredevil
Tom Mix

Sure Fire
John Ford

Wanted at Headquarters
Stuart Paton

A Daughter of Two Worlds
James Young

Away Goes Prudence
John S. Robertson

The White Dove
Henry King

The Silver Car
David Smith

Pilgrims of the Night
Edward Sloman

Chang and the Law
Carl Harbaugh

The Man Who Dared
Emmett J. Flynn

The Five Dollar Plate
J. Gordon Cooper

The Man Who Lost Himself
Clarence G. Badger

Kaksen på Øverland
Gustav Adolf Olsen

The Dying Detective
Maurice Elvey

Die goldene Pest
Louis Ralph

The Ace of Hearts
Wallace Worsley

Riders of the Dawn
Jack Conway

Angelo, das Mysterium des Schlosses Drachenegg
Franjo Ledic

Le ultime avventure di Galaor
Mario Restivo

Duds
Thomas R. Mills

The Greatest Love
Henry Kolker

Die Tophar-Mumie
Johannes Guter

Even as Eve
Chester M. De Vonde

Otrávené svetlo
Jan S. Kolár

The Great London Mystery
Charles Raymond

The Silver Lining
Roland West

The Son of Wallingford
George Randolph Chester

Jim the Penman
Kenneth S. Webb

The Man with the Twisted Lip
Maurice Elvey

The Silkless Bank Note
J. Gordon Cooper

The Fighting Chance
Charles Maigne

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

The Strange Boarder
Clarence G. Badger

Whitechapel
Ewald André Dupont

Hurricane Hutch
George B. Seitz

The Branded Soul
F. Martin Thornton

The Price of Redemption
Dallas M. Fitzgerald

A Manhattan Knight
George Beranger

Monte Carlo
Fred Sauer

Parted Curtains
Bertram Bracken

Body and Soul
Charles Swickard

His Brother's Keeper
Wilfrid North

Stop Thief
Harry Beaumont

Rose of Nome
Edward LeSaint

The Price of Silence
Fred LeRoy Granville

Footfalls
Charles Brabin

The Mask
Bertram Bracken

Someone in the House
John Ince

Miss 139
B.A. Rolfe

Voices of the City
Wallace Worsley

A Daughter of 'the Law'
Grace Cunard

The Street Called Straight
Wallace Worsley

The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes
George Archainbaud

The Money Changers
Jack Conway

Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Fritz Lang

The Bait
Maurice Tourneur

Das rote Plakat
Emil Justitz

Play Square
William K. Howard

The Last Door
William P.S. Earle

Die Schmuggler von San Diego
Valy Arnheim

The Hound of the Baskervilles
Maurice Elvey

Alias Jimmy Valentine
Edmund Mortimer

A Scandal in Bohemia
Maurice Elvey

Dice of Destiny
Henry King

Earthbound
T. Hayes Hunter

Everyman's Price
Burton L. King

$30,000
Ernest C. Warde

The False Road
Fred Niblo

Der Meisterschuß
Rolf Brunner

Partners of the Night
Paul Scardon

Live and Let Live
Christy Cabanne

Frontier of the Stars
Charles Maigne

While New York Sleeps
Charles Brabin

Fight in a Thieves' Kitchen
Edward Gordon

Shadows of the West
Paul Hurst

The Ghost in the Garret
F. Richard Jones

The Mother of His Children
Edward LeSaint

Tangled Trails
Charles Bartlett

Das Geheimnis der Mumie
Victor Janson

My Lady's Latchkey
Edwin Carewe

The Valley of Tomorrow
Emmett J. Flynn

The Forged Bride
Douglas Gerrard

The Kelly Gang
Harry Southwell

The Village Sleuth
Jerome Storm

Beating the Game
Victor Schertzinger

The Prey
George L. Sargent

The Greater Profit
William Worthington

The White Circle
Maurice Tourneur

Always Audacious
James Cruze

Eyes of the Heart
Paul Powell

The White Moll
Harry F. Millarde

The Devil's Foot
Maurice Elvey

Black Roses
Colin Campbell

From Now On
Raoul Walsh

The Invisible Power
Frank Lloyd

Der unsichtbare Dieb
Gernot Bock-Stieber
