6 Best Dan Duryea Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 18, 2026

Dan Duryea brought a sniveling, menacing charm to Hollywood’s golden age and became one of film noir’s most memorable, reliably slimy villains. Scarlet Street and The Woman in the Window drag mild men into murder and ruin, Criss Cross draws an armoured car guard into a heist, and The Flight of the Phoenix rebuilds a plane after a Sahara crash. Sahara and The Little Foxes round out the list.

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Dan Duryea appears as survivors of a plane crash in the Sahara try an audacious plan to build a new aircraft.

Directed by Robert Aldrich · 2h 22m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Criss Cross (1949)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Dan Duryea is in this noir about an armoured car guard whose obsession with his ex-wife draws him into a dangerous heist orchestrated by her gangster husband.

Directed by Robert Siodmak · 1h 28m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Scarlet Street (1945)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A meek clerk's infatuation with a manipulative woman drags him into fraud, murder and ruin.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 43m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, YouTube TV, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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The Woman in the Window (1944)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Arthur Loft features in this noir about a mild-mannered professor whose chance encounter with a mysterious woman spirals into murder.

Directed by Fritz Lang · 1h 39m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, ScreenPix Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ScreenPix Amazon Channel , Bloodstream · Rent: Apple TV Store · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Sahara (1943)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A small group of Allied soldiers stranded in the desert makes a desperate stand against a much larger force.

Directed by Zoltan Korda · 1h 37m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Little Foxes (1941)

TMDB ★ 7.5

Bette Davis plays a ruthless Southern matriarch scheming against her own greedy brothers to seize control of the family fortune.

Directed by William Wyler · 1h 57m

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Dan Duryea Movies

The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)

Criss Cross (1949)

Scarlet Street (1945)

The Woman in the Window (1944)

Sahara (1943)

The Little Foxes (1941)

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