| Are These Our Children? (1931) | Eric Linden | Edward 'Eddie' Brand | leading man, murderer, thief | Dreams, Makes You Forget Your Troubles, Moonbeams |
| The Most Dangerous Game (1932) | Leslie Banks | Count Zaroff | count, villain, murderer | Zaroff, Russian Waltz, The Iron Door |
| Is My Face Red? (1932) | Sidney Toler | Tony Mugatti | worker, murderer | [none] |
| Men of America (1932) | Frank Mills | Frank | criminal, murderer | [none] |
| Penguin Pool Murder (1932) | Robert Armstrong | Barry Costello | lawyer, murderer, suspect | [none] |
| Secrets of the French Police (1932) | Gregory Ratoff | Han Moloff | leading man, thief, murderer | [none] |
| State’s Attorney (1932) | William Boyd | Valentine 'Vinny' Powers | gangster, murderer, victim | [none] |
| The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) | Pauline Frederick | Faith Andes | murderer, aunt | [none] |
| The Roadhouse Murder (1932) | Bruce Cabot | Fred Dykes | murderer, thief | [none] |
| Thirteen Women (1932) | Myrna Loy | Ursula Georgi | leading lady, murderer, antagonist, hypnotist, classmate, femme fatale | Ursula, Thirteen Women |
| Thirteen Women (1932) | Peg Entwistle | Hazel Clay | murderer, victim, classmate | [none] |
| Before Dawn (1933) | Warner Oland | Dr. Paul Cornelius | psychologist, murderer, antagonist | [none] |
| Emergency Call (1933) | Wynne Gibson | Mabel Weenie | leading lady, nurse, murderer | [none] |
| The Life of Vergie Winters (1934) | Helen Vinson | Laura Shadwell | wife, murderer | [none] |
| His Greatest Gamble (1934) | Richard Dix | Philip Eden | leading man, murderer, prisoner, fugitive, father | Morning Glory Waltz |
| Murder on the Blackboard (1934) | Bruce Cabot | Addison Stevens | leading man, murderer | [none] |
| Star of Midnight (1935) | Ralph Morgan | Roger Classon | murderer, suspect | [none] |
| Don’t Turn ‘em Loose (1936) | Bruce Cabot | Robert Webster (alias Bat Williams) | leading man, gangster, murderer, imposter | [none] |
| Kid Galahad (1937) | Humphrey Bogart | Turkey Morgan | gangster, murderer | [none] |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) | Edward G. Robinson | Dr. Clitterhouse | leading man, doctor, criminal, thief, murderer, mob boss | The Amazing Doctor |
| Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) | James Cagney | Rocky Sullivan | leading man, prisoner, gangster, murderer | The Gangster, Rocky and Laury |
| They Made Me a Criminal (1939) | Robert Gleckler | Doc Ward | murderer | [none] |
| Each Dawn I Die (1939) | George Raft | Hood Stacey | gangster, murderer, prisoner, escapee, avenger, friend | [none] |
| All This, and Heaven Too (1940) | Charles Boyer | Duc de Praslin | leading man, royalty, murderer | The Duke |
| City for Conquest (1940) | Elia Kazan | Googi | gangster, criminal, murderer | Mysterioso |
| The Letter (1940) | Bette Davis | Leslie Crosbie | leading lady, murderer, victim | Leslie, Leslie B, Robert and Leslie |
| The Letter (1940) | Gale Sondergaard | Mrs. Hammond | widow, antagonist, victim, murderer | Mrs. Hammond, Glass Curtains |
| In This Our Life (1942) | Bette Davis | Stanley Timberlake | leading lady, sister, criminal, suspect, murderer | Stanley, Stanley B, Stanley Introduction, South American Way |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Raymond Massey | Jonathan Brewster | leading man, brother, murderer, crazy person | Jonathan, Jonathan 2, Scar, Home Sweet Home |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Josephine Hull | Abby Brewster | aunt, murderer, crazy person | The Aunts, Happy Land |
| Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) | Jean Adair | Martha Brewster | aunt, murderer, crazy person | The Aunts, Happy Land |
| Mildred Pierce (1945) | Ann Blyth | Veda Pierce | daughter, child, antagonist, murderer | Kay and Veda |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | Zachary Scott | Steve Maddux | leading man, gambler, murderer, criminal, victim | It Had to Be You |
| Her Kind of Man (1946) | George Tobias | Joe Marino | husband, widow, victim, murderer, avenger | [none] |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Martha Vickers | Carmen Sternwood | femme fatale, suspect, daughter, murderer | Carmen, Sternwood |
| The Big Sleep (1946) | Bob Steele | Lash Canino | criminal, murderer | Canino's Death |
| The Woman in White (1948) | Sydney Greenstreet | Count Alessandro Fosco | leading man, antagonist, criminal, murderer, hypnotist, victim, royalty | Fosco, Hypnosis |
| The Woman in White (1948) | Agnes Moorehead | Countess Fosco | wife, victim, mother, royalty, murderer | Ann |
| The Woman in White (1948) | John Emery | Sir Percival Glyde | criminal, murderer, husband | [none] |
| Beyond the Forest (1949) | Bette Davis | Rosa Moline | leading lady, murderer, suspect, wife, crazy person | Rosa, Chicago, Running, Hurrying |
| White Heat (1949) | James Cagney | Cody Jarrett | leading man, gangster, murderer, prisoner | Cody, Cody 2, Cody 3, Madness, Headache, Struggle |
| White Heat (1949) | Virginia Mayo | Verna Jarrett | leading lady, moll, murderer | Verna, Moll |
| Caged (1950) | Betty Garde | Kitty Stark | prisoner, murderer | [none] |
| Lightning Strikes Twice (1951) | Mercedes McCambridge | Liza McStringer | rancher, murderer | Liza, Menace |
| Mara Maru (1952) | Raymond Burr | Brock Benedict | antagonist, criminal, murderer | Benedict |
| Illegal (1955) | Jan Merlin | Andy Garth | criminal, gangster, murderer | Menace, Frank Garland |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Edward G. Robinson | Victor Amato | leading man, gangster, mob boss, murderer | Amato, Menace, Menace 2 |
| Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) | Paul Stewart | Joe Lye | gangster, murderer, victim | Lye |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | George Sanders | Clementi Sabourin | leading man, criminal, seducer, thief, suspect, murderer, victim | Clementi A, Clementi B, Clementi C, Death 1 |
| Death of a Scoundrel (1956) | John Hoyt | Mr. O'Hara | banker, blackmailer, partner, murderer | [none] |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Nick Adams | John Gilbert 'Jack' Graham | murderer, mass murderer | [none] |
| The FBI Story (1959) | Fay Roope | Dwight McCutcheon | criminal, murderer, banker | [none] |