A list of thriller films released in the before 1940.
Title Director Cast Country Subgenre/notes 1926The BatRoland WestTullio Carminatti, Charles Herzinger, Jewel Carmen, Louise FazendaUnited StatesThe BellsJames YoungGustav von Seyffertitz, E. Alyn WarrenUnited StatesThe LodgerAlfred HitchcockIvor Novello 1928SpiesFritz LangRudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Craighall SherryGermany 1929BlackmailAlfred HitchcockAnny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton United Kingdom 1930The Bat WhispersRoland WestSpencer Charters, Chester Morris, Una MerkelUnited States 1931Charlie Chan Carries OnHamilton MacFaddenWarner Oland, John Garrick, Marguerite ChurchillUnited StatesCrime thrillerMFritz LangPeter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Gustaf Gründgens Germany 1932FreaksTod BrowningWallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova United States The Most Dangerous GameIrving Pichel, Ernest B. SchoedsackJoel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie BanksUnited States Number 17Alfred HitchcockLeon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald CalthropUnited Kingdom Rome ExpressWalter FordeConrad Veidt, Esther Ralston, Joan BarryUnited Kingdom Tangled DestiniesFrank StrayerLloyd Whitlock, Doris Hill, Glenn TryonUnited StatesThirteen WomenGeorge ArchainbaudIrene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Ricardo CortezUnited States 1933Charlie Chan's Greatest CaseHamilton MacFaddenWarner Oland, Heather Angel, Roger Imhof United StatesCrime thriller 1934Charlie Chan in LondonEugene J. FordeWarner Oland, Drue Leyton, Douglas WaltonUnited StatesCrime thrillerThe Man Who Knew Too MuchAlfred HitchcockLeslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter LorreUnited Kingdom The Thin ManW.S. Van DykeWilliam Powell, Myrna LoyUnited States 1935The 39 StepsAlfred HitchcockRobert Donat, Madeleine CarrollUnited KingdomMad LoveKarl W. FreundPeter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin CliveUnited States 1936After the Thin ManW.S. Van DykeWilliam Powell, Myrna Loy United StatesComedy thriller Black GoldRussell HoptonFrankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria SheaUnited StatesCrime thriller The Invisible RayLambert HillyerBela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank LawtonUnited States SabotageAlfred HitchcockSylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond TesterUnited Kingdom 1937L'alibiPierre ChenalLouis Jouvet, Erich von Stroheim, Albert PréjeanFrance Love From a StrangerRowland V. LeeAnn Harding, Basil Rathbone, Binnie HaleUnited KingdomNight Must FallRichard ThorpeRobert Montgomery, Rosalind RussellUnited States Young and InnocentAlfred HitchcockNova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Percy MarmontUnited Kingdom 1938They Drive by NightArthur B. WoodsEmlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna KonstamUnited Kingdom The Lady VanishesAlfred HitchcockMargaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas United Kingdom 1939Another Thin ManW.S. Van Dyke William Powell, Myrna Loy United States Clouds over EuropeTim Whelan, Sr.Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie HobsonUnited Kingdom Exile ExpressOtis M. GarrettAnna Sten, Alan Marshal, Jerome CowanUnited States The Human MonsterWalter SummersBela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Great GyntUnited KingdomJamaica Inn Alfred HitchcockCharles Laughton, Maureen O'HaraUnited Kingdom
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