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even the hays code couldn’t stop them from fucking

old hollywood movies containing some absolutely insane sexual tension. unfortunately pre-code movies aren’t included here (see: hays code reference in title)

a lot of these are recommendations that i haven’t seen, so i apologize if some of them don’t completely apply to the theme!

There are 34 thrillers in this list.

  • Out of the Past
  • Double Indemnity
  • Gun Crazy
  • Gilda
  • North by Northwest
  • Psycho
  • Notorious
  • Rope
  • Thieves' Highway
  • Spellbound
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • The Strange Woman
  • The Big Sleep
  • The Postman Always Rings Twice
  • To Catch a Thief
  • Born to Kill
  • Kiss Me Deadly
  • Rear Window
  • The Maltese Falcon
  • The Defiant Ones
  • Criss Cross
  • Rebecca
  • Where Danger Lives
  • Odds Against Tomorrow
  • The Killers
  • His Kind of Woman
  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • Vertigo
  • Pickup on South Street
  • Niagara
  • Kiss of Death
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Gaslight
  • While the City Sleeps