Lady in the Lake (1946)

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime

What to watch after Lady in the Lake

• The Paradine Case (1947) — Same subject: film noir
• Murder! (1930) — Same feel: mysterious, tense
• Young and Innocent (1937) — Same feel: mysterious, tense
• The Blue Dahlia (1946) — Raymond Chandler wrote for both
• Farewell, My Lovely (1975) — Raymond Chandler worked on both
• Dead Reckoning (1946) — Steve Fisher wrote for both