The Big Clock (1948)

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

Genres: Crime, Thriller

What to watch after The Big Clock

• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) — Same feel: tense, suspenseful
• Dial M for Murder (1954) — Same subject: murder, crime fiction writer
• Foreign Correspondent (1940) — Same feel: tense, suspenseful
• The Big Sleep (1946) — Same subject: film noir, murder
• Ministry of Fear (1944) — Ray Milland appears in both
• The Night of the Hunter (1955) — Charles Laughton worked on both