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Subgenre Sampler
Krays, The (1990)- Dir. Peter Medak
Feat. Billie Whitelaw, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp - Excellent biographical account of the rise and fall of London's notorious Kray twins, with Spandau Ballet's Kemp brothers doing an admirable job in…
Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. Gabriel Byrne, John Turturro - Crossings and double–crossings punctuate this complex yet rewarding mobster flick loaded with heart–pounding violence and black humour.
Narrow Margin (1990)- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking… - Gene Hackman stars in this remake of the 1952 classic about a protected witness who must testify against a mob killing. All set on a fast moving…
As Tears Go By (Wong gok ka moon) (1988)- Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung - Dir. Wong Kar–Wai debuted with this ambitious remake of MEAN STREETS, where best buddies Andy Lau and Jacky Cheung struggle through the…
Stormy Monday (1987)- Dir. Mike Figgis
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Tommy Lee Jones, Sting… - Mix some American mobsters with Polish avant–garde jazz musicians and set it in Newcastle, England and you have something of a one–off…
Camorra (1986)- Dir. Lina Wertmuller
Feat. Angela Molina, Harvey Keitel - Complicated but well–judged thriller about the Naples underworld and specifically the use of children in the drug trade. More conventional than…
Police (1985)- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina - Brilliantly idiosyncratic crime thriller co–written by French auteurs Maurice Pialat (who also directs) and Catherine Breillat (A MA SOEUR!),…
Year of the Dragon (1985)- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Mickey Rourke, John Lone - Mickey Rourke leads a clean–up of corruption in New York's Chinatown. An arresting melodrama with gut–wrenching violence in the league of…
Balance, La (1982)- Dir. Bob Swaim
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry - Money, loyalty and death hang in the balance in this gritty, Cesar–winning thriller. A crime king–pin is exposed by an…
Contraband (The Smuggler) (1980)- Dir. Lucio Fulci
Feat. Fabio Testi - A slight change of pace for dir. Fulci, here concocting a vicious criminal thriller about rival smugglers on the Naples waterfront, but which manages…
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