Genre: Film Noir
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I, Anna (2012)
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Hayley Atwell …
Directed by: Barnaby Southcombe
In this modern noir thriller set in London, a police detective pursues a woman he encountered at a crime scene, following her to a speed-dating event. They develop an instant attraction, but…
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The Big Bang (2011)
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner …
Directed by: Tony Krantz
This noir thriller from director Tony Krantz stars Antonio Banderas as Los Angeles detective Ned Cruz, who signs on to a missing persons case to find a wayward stripper but winds up knee-deep…
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Motherland (2009)
Cast: Françoise Yip, Kenneth Tsang, Byron Mann …
Directed by: Doris Yeung
When Asian American Raffi Tang (Françoise Yip) returns to the home of her birth following the murder of her estranged mother, she quickly finds that she's estranged from far more…
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Blue Blood (2007)
Cast: Bill Sage, Roy Scheider, Susan Misner …
Directed by: Ben Cummings, Orson Cummings
This noir thriller set in an exclusive Hamptons seaside resort follows trophy husband Davis Meyers (Bill Sage) as he schemes with his lover (Susan Misner) to off his Manhattan power lawyer…
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness Into Light (2006)
Cast: Christopher Nolan, Frank Miller
A companion piece to the Film Noir Classic Collection: Volume 3, this documentary examines the shady genre that brought us such classics as On Dangerous Ground and Border Incident. Coined by…
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Fade to Black (2006)
Cast: Danny Huston, Diego Luna, Paz Vega …
Directed by: Oliver Parker
Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, iconic filmmaker Orson Welles (Danny Huston) makes his way to Rome, where he gets pulled into a tangled…
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Cast: Deanna Dozier, Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer …
Directed by: Shane Black
Petty thief Harry Lockhart gets caught up in a murder investigation by posing as an actor and heading to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition, where he finds an authentic acting coach in…
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Beat the Devil / That Uncertain Feeling (2000)
Cast: Merle Oberon, Humphrey Bogart, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: John Huston, Ernst Lubitsch
A dab of film noir colors these two classic comedies. In Beat the Devil, four travelers (including Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones) board a ship with a quartet of gangsters in search of…
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The Best of Film Noir (1999)
Cast: Lana Turner, Cary Grant, Orson Welles …
Tough-talking private investigators meet melodramatic dames in this documentary about the film noir genre of the 1940s and '50s. Jeffrey Wells discusses the history of the genre, and…
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Kansas City (1996)
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Blowsy Blondie O'Hara (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is on the hunt for her low-life husband, Jack (Dermot Mulroney), who's been kidnapped by vicious casino kingpin "Seldom Seen" (Harry…
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Underworld (1996)
Cast: Denis Leary, Joe Mantegna, Annabella Sciorra …
Directed by: Roger Christian
A crook sets out to get revenge on the thugs who hurt his father in this bloody noir-style crime drama. After being released from prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) goes after Frank (Joe…
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Bulletproof Heart (1994)
Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Mimi Rogers, Matt Craven …
Directed by: Mark Malone
This lyrical, modern-day film noir finds cynical hit man Mick (Anthony LaPaglia) tiring of his job and asking his boss, mob kingpin George (Peter Boyle), for time off. George gives him the…
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Europa (1991)
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier …
Directed by: Lars von Trier
When American pacifist Leopold Kessler journeys to post-World War II Germany, he lands a job as a sleeping-car conductor on the nightmarish Europa railway line, where he discovers a group of…
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Mona Lisa (1986)
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine …
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Writer-director Neil Jordan's breakthrough film is a brilliant, noirish love story. Bob Hoskins (who snagged an Oscar nomination for his performance) plays George, a small-time loser…
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The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Cast: Susan Tyrrell, Tisha Sterling, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Burt Kennedy
Behind cop Lou's easygoing, likable shell is an intensely violent core resulting from a brutal childhood. When he snaps after getting involved with a prostitute's scheme, he tries…
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Eliza's Horoscope (1975)
Cast: Elizabeth Moorman, Tommy Lee Jones, Rose Quong …
Directed by: Gordon Sheppard
When country girl Eliza (Elizabeth Moorman) moves to Montreal, she's determined to find success and love. She soon locates a Chinese astrologer (Rose Quong) who predicts she will meet…
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Hustle (1975)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
In this thrilling drama directed by Robert Aldrich, when the body of a teenage girl who was moonlighting as a hustler is discovered, Lt. Phil Gaines (Burt Reynolds) is put on the case. The…
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Chinatown (1974)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston …
Directed by: Roman Polanski
With a suspicious, porcelain-skinned femme fatale (Faye Dunaway) bankrolling his snooping, private eye J.J. Gittes (Jack Nicholson) uncovers intricate dirty dealings in the Los Angeles…
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The Long Goodbye (1973)
Cast: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden …
Directed by: Robert Altman
Robert Altman updates the exploits of 1940s hard-boiled gumshoe Phillip Marlowe, who ferrets out a killer in the City of Angels circa 1974. Now, he's a wisecracking cynic who deals with…
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Crawlspace (1972)
Cast: Arthur Kennedy, Teresa Wright, Tom Happer …
Directed by: John Newland
When childless middle-aged couple Albert and Alice Graves (Arthur Kennedy and Teresa Wright) discover an odd young man (Tom Happer) living in the crawlspace under their home, they take him in…
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The Naked Kiss (1964)
Cast: Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante …
Directed by: Samuel Fuller
Looking to start a new life, a prostitute named Kelly (Constance Towers) moves to a small town but finds the residents' wholesome facades to be deceiving. Even the sheriff (Anthony…
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Woman of Straw (1964)
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson …
Directed by: Basil Dearden
When he learns that his cruel but fantastically wealthy uncle Charles (Ralph Richardson) intends to deny him an inheritance, greedy Anthony Richmond (Sean Connery) hatches a scheme with the…
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The Girl Hunters (1963)
Cast: Mickey Spillane, Shirley Eaton, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: Roy Rowland
Mickey Spillane, author of the Mike Hammer novels, stars as his own fictional main character in Roy Rowland's 1963 private eye action-mystery. The murder of his secretary, Velda, had…
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Naked City: Prime of Life (1962)
Cast: Harry Bellaver, Horace McMahon, Paul Burke …
Directed by: Denis Sanders, Walter Grauman, David Lowell Rich …
This 1950s TV series, inspired by the movie of the same name, was one of the first crime dramas filmed on the streets of the city it depicts. Starring John McIntire and James Franciscus, it…
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Carnival of Crime / The Hostage (1962)
Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Jean-Pierre Aumont, John Carradine …
Directed by: Russell S. Doughten Jr., George Cahan
Get set for a double dose of murder and suspense with this pair of film noir thrillers. After being wrongly accused of his wife's murder, suave architect Mike Voray (Jean-Pierre Aumont)…