Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Crime

What to watch after Kiss Me Deadly

• The Killers (1946) — Same subject: film noir
• Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) — Robert Aldrich directed both
• Murder, My Sweet (1944) — Same subject: film noir, beach house
• The Dirty Dozen (1967) — Robert Aldrich directed both
• This Gun for Hire (1942) — Same subject: film noir
• Dark Passage (1947) — Same subject: film noir