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Double Indemnity (1944)

NR ★ 8.1/10 107 min Crime, Thriller United States English
Director: Billy Wilder
Screenplay by: Raymond Chandler, Billy Wilder
Novel: James M. Cain
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It's love and murder at first sight!

Description

An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

Trailer

Top Cast

Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray Walter Neff
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck Phyllis Dietrichson
Edward G. Robinson
Edward G. Robinson Barton Keyes
Porter Hall
Porter Hall Mr. Jackson
Jean Heather
Jean Heather Lola Dietrichson
Tom Powers
Tom Powers Mr. Dietrichson
Byron Barr
Byron Barr Nino Zachetti
Richard Gaines
Richard Gaines Edward S. Norton Jr.

Double Indemnity Appears on 36 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #830
AFI’S 100 YEARS…100 MOVIES — 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
American Film Institute #29
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #158
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1121
IMDb Top 250
IMDb #103
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #108
Metacritics Top 250 Movies Of All Time
Metacritic #62
National Film Registry
National Film Registry #175
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #204

Critic Curated

50 Greatest Films Of All Time By Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair #14
Alltime Chicago Tribune Top 100
Chicago Tribune #65
BBC Culture: 100 Greatest American Films
BBC #35
Collider’s 100 Essential Movies Any Serious Film Fan Should See
Collider #33
Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Movies as of 2013
Entertainment Weekly #39
Paste Magazine The 100 Best Film Noirs Of All Time
Paste Magazine #03
Paste Magazines 50 Best Films Of The 1940s
Paste Magazine #05
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #102
Rotten Tomatoes 300 Best Movies Of All Time
Rotten Tomatos #56
Slashfilms 95 Best Thrillers Ever Made
SlashFilm #21
The Guardian: The Greatest Films of All Time
The Guardian #136
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #207
Yahoo Movies 100 Movies To See Before You
Yahoo Movies #28

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #087
James Gray's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #26
William Friedkin's 50 Favorite Films
LaCinetek #16

Fun Lists

American Film Institutes 50 Greatest Villains
American Film Institute #08

Genre Curation

100 Essential Thrillers by BFI
British Film Institute #12

Jimmy Lists

Jimmy Weber's 100 Favorite Movies
Jimmy Weber #093

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 Highest Rated 1940-1949 Films
Letterboxd #11
Showdown Body Of Evidence
Letterboxd Showdown #06
Showdown Fatal Attraction
Letterboxd Showdown #01
Showdown Pulp Fiction
Letterboxd Showdown #03
Showdown Sin City
Letterboxd Showdown #01
Showdown The Sting
Letterboxd Showdown #16
The Top-Rated Movie of Every Year by Letterboxd Users
Letterboxd #30

Movements

Film Noir
CinemaWaves Blog #02

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