The film tells the story of organized crime's tight control over Chicago during the Prohibition era. The main character is Tony Carmonte, an ambitious criminal who knows no pity. Tony is on his way to his goal: he intends to become the crime boss of the city.

The boy John and his little sister Pearl are "lucky" to see their father being taken away by the police for robbing and killing two people. The father is sentenced to death and hanged, the children inherit the stolen money, which the father hid, taking John and Pearl's word that they will not tell anyone about the stash, not even his mother. In prison, he meets preacher Harry Powell, and in reality - a ruthless killer, obsessed with religion, with the words "love" and "hate" tattooed on his fingers. Powell decides to get to the stash and to do so marries a gullible widow.

A man who has lost his memory returns to his hometown to find out who he is and learns that he has been accused of murder.

Private detective Sam Spade embarks on a deadly hunt for a priceless Maltese Falcon statue that has mysteriously disappeared.

Mildred's marriage to Bert has been a failure. While she devotes herself to her daughters, mainly the eldest, Veda, Bert enjoys a pleasant company. Leaving Bert, Mildred takes a job as a waitress. Being ambitious, she works very hard and goes up the career ladder. She meets playboy Monty Beragon and makes a fatal mistake: she marries him. And he lets her savings go to the wind....

Holly Martins, author of tabloid novels, in the hope of getting a job comes to post-war Vienna at the invitation of an old friend Harry Lime. Alas, just the day before, he is killed in an accident.

According to police officer Calloway, Lime was a dark personality, racketeer and speculator. Martins decides to conduct his own investigation to clear his friend of the charges of crimes, which, as he is sure, he did not commit.

Moreover, Martins is sure that his friend was murdered, and his killer is somewhere near...

It's almost Christmas, but Mike Hammer is out on the trail to avenge the death of his battle buddy Jack. A heated Mike sets out to find the killer, working his way through a growing number of suspects (and corpses).

Ex-con Johnny Clay plans a robbery at a racetrack, hoping to pull off a $2 million heist. He enlists four other men to carry out the elaborate plan - a cashier, a corrupt cop, a former alcoholic and a bartender. But things don't go according to plan, because one of his accomplices decides to make changes to the plan.

Boxer Davey Gordon stands up for dancer Gloria Preece when she is attacked by her employer and lover Vincent Rapallo. This event brings them together and they become inseparable, thus awakening resentment on Rapallo's part. He hires men to kill Davey.

Walter Neff, a sweet-tempered insurance agent, goes to renew the car policy of a certain Mr. Dietrichson. At his house he meets Mrs. Dietrichson and is instantly inflamed. The beautiful woman makes Walter an offer he can't refuse.