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A list of thriller films released in the before 1940.
| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/notes | ||
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| 1926 | ||||||
| The Bat | Roland West | Tullio Carminatti, Charles Herzinger, Jewel Carmen, Louise Fazenda | United States | [1] | ||
| The Bells | James Young | Gustav von Seyffertitz, E. Alyn Warren | United States | [2] | ||
| The Lodger | Alfred Hitchcock | Ivor Novello | United Kingdom | [3] | ||
| 1928 | ||||||
| Spies | Fritz Lang | Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Craighall Sherry | Germany | [4] | ||
| 1929 | ||||||
| Blackmail | Alfred Hitchcock | Anny Ondra, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton | United Kingdom | [5] | ||
| 1930 | ||||||
| The Bat Whispers | Roland West | Spencer Charters, Chester Morris, Una Merkel | United States | [6] | ||
| 1931 | ||||||
| Charlie Chan Carries On | Hamilton MacFadden | Warner Oland, John Garrick, Marguerite Churchill | United States | Crime thriller[7] | ||
| M | Fritz Lang | Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Gustaf Gründgens | Germany | [8] | ||
| 1932 | ||||||
| Freaks | Tod Browning | Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova | United States | [9] | ||
| The Most Dangerous Game | Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks | United States | [10] | ||
| Number 17 | Alfred Hitchcock | Leon M. Lion, Anne Grey, Donald Calthrop | United Kingdom | [11] | ||
| Rome Express | Walter Forde | Conrad Veidt, Esther Ralston, Joan Barry | United Kingdom | [12] | ||
| Tangled Destinies | Frank Strayer | Lloyd Whitlock, Doris Hill, Glenn Tryon | United States | [13] | ||
| Thirteen Women | George Archainbaud | Irene Dunne, Myrna Loy, Ricardo Cortez | United States | [14] | ||
| 1933 | ||||||
| Charlie Chan's Greatest Case | Hamilton MacFadden | Warner Oland, Heather Angel, Roger Imhof | United States | Crime thriller[15] | ||
| 1934 | ||||||
| Charlie Chan in London | Eugene J. Forde | Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Douglas Walton | United States | Crime thriller[16] | ||
| The Man Who Knew Too Much | Alfred Hitchcock | Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre | United Kingdom | [17] | ||
| The Thin Man | W.S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Myrna Loy | United States | [18] | ||
| 1935 | ||||||
| The 39 Steps | Alfred Hitchcock | Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll | United Kingdom | [19] | ||
| Mad Love | Karl W. Freund | Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive | United States | [20] | ||
| 1936 | ||||||
| After the Thin Man | W.S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Myrna Loy | United States | Comedy thriller[21] | ||
| Black Gold | Russell Hopton | Frankie Darro, LeRoy Mason, Gloria Shea | United States | Crime thriller[22] | ||
| The Invisible Ray | Lambert Hillyer | Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton | United States | [23] | ||
| Sabotage | Alfred Hitchcock | Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka, Desmond Tester | United Kingdom | [24] | ||
| 1937 | ||||||
| L'alibi | Pierre Chenal | Louis Jouvet, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean | France | [25] | ||
| Love From a Stranger | Rowland V. Lee | Ann Harding, Basil Rathbone, Binnie Hale | United Kingdom | [26] | ||
| Night Must Fall | Richard Thorpe | Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell | United States | [27] | ||
| Young and Innocent | Alfred Hitchcock | Nova Pilbeam, Derrick de Marney, Percy Marmont | United Kingdom | [28] | ||
| 1938 | ||||||
| They Drive by Night | Arthur B. Woods | Emlyn Williams, Ernest Thesiger, Anna Konstam | United Kingdom | [29] | ||
| The Lady Vanishes | Alfred Hitchcock | Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas | United Kingdom | [30] | ||
| 1939 | ||||||
| Another Thin Man | W.S. Van Dyke | William Powell, Myrna Loy | United States | [31] | ||
| Clouds over Europe | Tim Whelan, Sr. | Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson | United Kingdom | [32] | ||
| Exile Express | Otis M. Garrett | Anna Sten, Alan Marshal, Jerome Cowan | United States | [33] | ||
| The Human Monster | Walter Summers | Bela Lugosi, Hugh Williams, Great Gynt | United Kingdom | [34] | ||
| Jamaica Inn | Alfred Hitchcock | Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara | United Kingdom | |||
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- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Bells". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "The Lodger". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Spies". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
- ^ Brenner, Paul. "Blackmail". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
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- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Charlie Chan Carries On - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "M - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Freaks - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Most Dangerous Game - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Number 17 - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Rome Express - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans J. "Tangled Destinies - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erlewine, Iotis. "Thirteen Women - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erikson, Hal. "Charlie Chan's Greatest Case - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Charlie Chan in London - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Man Who Knew Too Much - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on May 28, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on November 25, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "The 39 Steps - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Mad Love - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "After the Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans J. "Black Gold - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "The Invisible Ray - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Sabotage - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ Rasmussen, Linda. "The Alibi - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Love From a Stranger - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Night Must Fall - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Young and Innocent - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Hastings, Michael. "They Drive by Night - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Brenner, Paul. "The Lady Vanishes - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Another Thin Man - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Clouds over Europe - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Exile Express - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 16, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "The Human Monster - Cast, Reviews, Summary and Awards - Allrovi". Allrovi. Archived from the original on July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.