By Vlad Zakh · January 26, 2026
Ida Lupino brought tough, streetwise intelligence to American film noir and later became one of Hollywood’s few female directors, bringing the same unflinching perspective behind the camera. On Dangerous Ground sends a burned-out city cop to the countryside, Road House risks a woman and a friendship on a nightclub owner’s jealousy, Ladies in Retirement brings two unstable sisters into a housekeeper’s job, and The Sea Wolf captures survivors under a sadistic captain. High Sierra and They Drive by Night round out the list.
01 A burned-out, violent city cop is sent to the countryside, where he finds unexpected redemption.
Directed by Nicholas Ray · 1h 22m · Rated NR
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02 A nightclub owner's jealous obsession with his new singer threatens the woman and his own business.
Directed by Jean Negulesco · 1h 35m · Rated NR
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03 A housekeeper's two mentally unstable sisters move in with her employer, with increasingly dark consequences.
Directed by Charles Vidor · 1h 31m
04 Alexander Knox features in this adventure about a shipwrecked writer forced aboard a brutal sealing schooner ruled by its sadistic captain.
Directed by Michael Curtiz · 1h 40m · Rated NR
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05 An ageing gangster fresh out of prison plans one last big heist at a mountain resort.
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 40m · Rated NR
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06 Two trucking brothers face danger on the road and a dangerous woman's obsessive scheming.
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 35m · Rated NR
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