86 Peter Lorre Movies, Ranked Best to Worst

The multiple ‘Academy Award’ winning classic set during World War II depicts the story of American expatriate Rick Blaine who owns a night club in Casablanca, Morocco. It serves as a safe haven for refugees. Things get complicated when he tries to help his former lover Ilsa Lund and her husband, Victor Laszlo, a Czech resistance leader escape the Germans.  

In the streets of Berlin, a murderer is on the prowl, killing innocent children. As the children keep vanishing, the city police become especially vigilant and their regular raids make it hard for the underworld to operate. In desperation, the crime lords meet together to decide that they will undertake a parallel search for the murderer. 

Soon after San Francisco detective Sam Spade takes a case from beautiful Ruth Wonderly, his partner and another man are found dead, and he is implicated in at least one murder. While investigating the murders, he finds out that she faked her identity, and encounters three dangerous criminals who are looking for a valuable Maltese Falcon statuette.

Writer Mortimer Brewster falls in love with Elaine Harper and marries her. While preparing for their honeymoon trip, Mortimer returns home to find that his aunts Abby and Martha, who raised him, and his mentally ill brother Teddy, are deranged serial murderers. Soon, his serial killer brother Jonathan returns with the intention to kill him. 

Mad Love is a romantic science fiction horror film which tells the story of Dr Gogol, a renowned surgeon, who is in love with Yvonne, a stage actress. However, she gets married to another man named Stephen Orlac. Things get ugly when Stephen’s hands are crashed in a train accident, and it seems that there is no cure for him. Yvonne approaches Dr Gogol for help, and he manages to surgically graft the hands of an executed murderer onto Stephen. Yvonne is unaware of the fact that the surgery is going to have terrible side effects.

In 1866, Professor Pierre M Aronnax and his assistant come across reports of a giant sea monster that is attacking ships in the Pacific Ocean. They are asked to investigate the disappearances, and therefore they set out on an expedition. But soon they discover that the monster is actually an advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.   

Fortune seeker and adventurer, Kentaro Moto, is assigned the task to protect the treasure and lost grave of Genghis Khan, by the Chinese Prince Chung and his family. But a deadly game begins with enemies like Schneider, Madame Tchernov, and Herr Koerger also on the hunt for the treasure. 

Bob, along with his wife Jill, is on a family vacation in Switzerland, where they meet and become friendly with a man who is staying in the same hotel. However, their life takes a dangerous turn when he is assassinated in their presence, and he passes on a secret to Jill before dying. In order to keep them silent, Bob and Jill’s daughter is kidnapped by a group of assassins.

During WWII, Dr. Rothe, a German scientist working on important research for Nazis, murders his fiancée after learning that she has been selling his secrets to the enemy. He kills every woman who reminds him of his fiancée’s betrayal, but the German Government covers-up for him. Later, an encounter with the Nazi who covered-up his crimes, reminds a guilt-ridden Rothe of his wrongdoings.  

This romantic comedy crime film revolves around a young and beautiful singer, who suffers from kleptomania. However, things take a turn when she finds the thrill of love.

Around the World in 80 Days is an Oscar winning adventure comedy film which is based on a novel of the same name by Jules Verne. The story revolves around Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman, living in the 19th century, who makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.  Along with his French valet Passepartout, he sets out on an adventurous journey.

Adapted from the Margaret Kennedy novel of the same name, the film The Constant Nymph tells the story of a poor Belgian composer who is struggling in his professional life and the unrequited love his friend’s young daughter has for him. 

Millionaire Tony Newlander is fed up with his life. While on his yacht, he spots a drowning tramp and saves his life. The next morning, Tony takes away the tramp's clothes and leaves behind his clothes and money for the tramp. The tramp announces that a millionaire disguised as a vagrant will give millions to the next kind man he meets. 

Tales of Terror is an anthology horror thriller film which is based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe. The first story is about a father and a daughter, who are reunited after a long time. However, problem is that the father still blames the daughter for the death of her mother. The second story is about Fortunato Luchresi, who is challenged to a wine tasting by his rival. The third story is about a dying man in great pain, who decides to take the help of a hypnotist to cheat death.

In a small South African mining town, Diamondstad, a safari guide, Mike, and one of his customers steal diamonds by illegally entering into a diamond company’s land. The company’s chief of security beats him up mercilessly to find the location of the diamond but in vain. Mike flees and returns two years later. Now the company’s manager devises another plan to extract the information.

Andre Desormeaux is a master con artist and a jewel thief, whose partner Tanya falls in love with one of their victims. Therefore, she decides to resign from the team.  

When thirteen large suitcases arrive mysteriously in a hotel in a small town, it sparks a lot of curiosity. Soon, rumors begin to spread that they belong to a millionaire.  

Erasmus Craven is a magician who is still suffering from depression two years after the death of Lenore, his beloved wife. One day, he is visited a Adolphus Bedlo, who has been transformed into a raven after he lost a duel against Dr Scarabus, an evil wizard. After Erasmus turns him back into a human, Bedlo claims that Lenore may still be alive, as he thinks that he saw her in the castle of Dr Scarabus.

During the Spanish Civil War, Luis Denard, arrives in England to stop British firms from selling oil to Fascists. On the way, he meets wealthy heiress Rose Cullen, whose father’s firm is his target. But when he is betrayed by his own contacts, Contreras and Mrs. Melandez, he is helped by Rose. 

During the First World War, three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy. However, things get complicated when two of them find themselves in conflict with their conscience, regarding the morality of their mission.

Gerald and Anya are jewel thieves in British occupied India, planning separately to steal the priceless diamond ‘Star of Asia’. They are forced to team up when a police inspector starts to hunt them down. As they fall in love and escape to Hong Kong, the Japanese invade China, and Gerald becomes a war hero. 

When defeated by the Nazis in WWII, surrendered troop of Frenchmen find themselves in military prison instead of being sent back home. As they endure difficult conditions, Paul and others like him resist, willing to take beatings, while some like Duval cooperate with Nazi jailors to obtain better conditions. Paul helps his troop-mates to escape, who then join the French Resistance.

A group of rogues are on their way to Africa, hoping that they can get rich there.  They get stranded in Italy, where they meet a seemingly innocent British couple.

After serving seventeen years in jail, a crook meets the girl whom he had kidnapped as baby. She now believes that he is her father. However, he decides to return her back to her real father, but things get complicated when his former cellmate tries to get in the way.

Vincent Van Der Lyn also known as the ‘Flying Dutchman’ is a resistance fighter during World War II. After the Nazis place a bounty on his head, he is forced to escape to Portugal where he joins a group of resistance fighters. Unfortunately, one of them is a traitor. 

Hank Whirling, owner of the big circus, is facing financial troubles after splitting from his corrupt partner. He tries to get heavy loan, for which he has to appoint their accountant Randy Sherman. But along with dipping finances, when a series of accidents plague the circus, Whirling starts suspecting the presence of some mysterious saboteur who seemed determined to destroy the show.

A band of musicians has been hired by an heiress to entertain her guests at her 21st birthday party to be held at a gloomy manor owned by her late father. But once there, they realize that a plot has been hatched to kill their hostess and decide to intervene. Little did they know that the sinister murders are ready to kill them if they stand in their way.  

Upon learning that the Van Allen radiation belt has been burning, US Navy Admiral Harriman tries to come up with a plan to save mankind before the world goes up in smoke. However, a psychiatrist begins to question Harriman’s sanity.

Yearly, rancher Chuck Rodwell travels to Las Vegas for gambling, but invariably ends up losing. Maria Corvier is the ballet-dancer at ‘Sand’s’ where Chuck discovers that she is lucky for him as he wins whenever he holds her hands. Aspiring for stardom, Maria is indifferent initially; but gradually they fall in love. Will they continue to hold hands up to the altar?  

Scent of Mystery is a mystery film which revolves around a novelist, who discovers a plan to murder an American heiress. He decides to prevent the crime, and save her life, and for this, he enlists the help of a taxi driver.

A documentary World War II training film, plays on heartstring to undercover agent techniques like how to avoid enemy capture, camouflage and ambush techniques by agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines. Each type of possible agent behaviour is demonstrated with their pros and cons, advantages and detriments.  

Based on the eponymous Harvey Comics character, the film focuses on Private Meredith Bixby, who has not been able to complete his training even after 17 months and a session with a psychologist. His only plus point is that he has a photographic memory, which is put to test when he is  finally assigned to a base in Morocco and kidnapped by some Arabian renegades.

Professor Fergusson is commissioned by the British Parliament to travel to Africa in his hot air balloon within five weeks to claim uncharted land before a group of slavers reaches there. Apart from pilot Jacques, he is also accompanied by an expert on Africa and a neutral reporter, and picks up more colorful characters on the way.

Stepping out of family vaudeville act, Buster Keaton starts with bit roles in films, and soon gains popularity with his own films. Casting director Gloria Brent falls for him, but he adores film-star Peggy Courtney, whose rejection drives him to drinking. His career suffers with advent of talkies, worsening his alcoholism. Now only Gloria’s love can bring him back to his comedy.

Along with his crew and his chimp, Captain Jim Knight is sailing across the South Seas looking for adventure. They soon come across a gang of criminals, who have taken over a small island. The criminals are forcing the natives to dive for pearls for them, even beyond safe limits. Knight manages to defeat and capture the gang, and takes them to Tahiti for a trial, but unfortunately the men manage to escape.

Loosely based on Hendrik Willem van Loon nonfiction book of the same name, this movie has a devil and an angel acting as prosecutor and defender respectively in the Great Court of Outer Space. The argument revolves around whether to allow humanity to continue existing despite its faults or let it get destroyed by the Super H-bomb invented by earth scientists.