M

From early 30s, this is definitely an impressive film. The storyline is interesting and very straightforward, easy to follow.

This is touted as one of the first great thrillers, but I didn't know what to expect. What is a Weimar Republic-era black and white German proto-suspense film supposed to feel like?

One could say that cinema has been copying M throughout the decades. With impeccable cinematography—save one very odd and disturbing shot of Inspector Lohmann—fantastic editing and montage work, a mesmerizing performance from Peter Lorre, and a careful use of sound, there is very little to fault.

Since the turn of the 20th century, children have grown up with the cautionary parable of 'Captain Hooks' - charismatic, likable strangers with sinister intent of whisking them away. Regardless, there's a ferocious urgency in Fritz Lang's M, and its operatic hunt for the unassuming killer with the human face (you can practically feel Alfred Hitchcock leaning in for a fist bump) perhaps, sniffing out a shifting sociopolitical climate, he could tell "indolent" adults needed a 'Captain Hook' of their own.

This is an early German film (with subtitles for those that fear them) about a child molester and murderer. It's quite an interesting film that slowly draws you in and before you know it, you're hooked.

I've decided to see this movie only for entertainment purpose but I didn't expected to encounter with one of my best experiences on watching movies. This is absolutely a masterpiece!

Essentially M is just an artwork, a collage of moving images without an inner logic, neither plot. It is cheap, distanting and boring as a film, but to some it may be an artwork to interpret in different ways.

Early German thriller from Fritz Lang ("Metropolis"), spotlighting a young Peter Lorre as a crazed child murderer. He selects innocent young girls and discreetly walks off with them, leaving the police force baffled as to trying to apprehend him and bring him to justice.

A child murderer terrorizes a German city in this classic thriller. Lang's expressionistic camera work is quite remarkable, efficiently conveying information visually.