6 Best Neville Brand Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 13, 2026

Drama intense

Neville Brand, one of the most decorated American soldiers of the Second World War, brought menacing intensity to decades of Hollywood crime dramas and westerns. Birdman of Alcatraz makes a lifer a renowned ornithologist, Stalag 17 suspects an informant among POWs, The Tin Star mentors a young sheriff, and Kansas City Confidential tracks the masked robbers who framed an ex-convict. D.O.A. and Where the Sidewalk Ends round out the list.

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) 01

Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence becomes a world-renowned expert on birds from inside his cell.

Directed by John Frankenheimer · 2h 27m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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The Tin Star (1957) 02

The Tin Star (1957)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Neville Brand features in this western about a grizzled bounty hunter who reluctantly mentors an inexperienced young sheriff.

Directed by Anthony Mann · 1h 33m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Essential, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Stalag 17 (1953) 03

Stalag 17 (1953)

TMDB ★ 7.7

POWs suspect one of their own is feeding information to their German captors.

Directed by Billy Wilder · 2h 00m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Philo · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Kansas City Confidential (1952) 04

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A wrongly accused ex-convict tracks down the masked robbers who framed him.

Directed by Phil Karlson · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, FlixFling

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Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) 05

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Dana Andrews plays a violent police detective who covers up an accidental killing while investigating a murder.

Directed by Otto Preminger · 1h 35m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, FlixFling · Rent or buy: FlixFling

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D.O.A. (1949) 06

D.O.A. (1949)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A man who has been fatally poisoned races against time to find his own killer before he dies.

Directed by Rudolph Maté · 1h 23m

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, Brew, Criterion Channel, MGM Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Vlad Zakh

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.