Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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…
Untouchables, The (1987)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro - Well–cast and generally classy update of the adventures of Elliot Ness, the earnest law enforcer who took on Al Capone during the prohibition…
Better Tomorrow, A (1986)- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat - Chow Yun–Fat stars in the high–octane gangster flick that literally changed the face of the genre. A cop becomes ostracized by the force…
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…
Crime Story (TV Series) (1986-1988)- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Dennis Farina, Andrew Dice Clay - Genre stylist Michael Mann (COLLATERAL) followed up MIAMI VICE with this good–looking crime story set in hardboiled 60s Chicago. Dennis Farina…
Tampopo (1986)- Dir. Juzo Itami
Feat. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Nobuko Miyamoto, Ken Watanabe… - A crazy, satirical comedy in which heroine Tampopo and her cronies strive to create the perfect noodle. A wonderful movie full of hilarious madness…
Tough Guys (1986)- Dir. Jeff Kanew
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Charles Durning… - A low–brow but likeable vehicle for macho Hollywood icons Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster who play two elderly gangsters who are released from…
Wise Guys (1986)- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Danny De Vito, Joe Piscopo, Harvey Keitel… - Mob comedy in which Danny De Vito and Joe Piscopo play errand boys who run off to Atlantic City after losing $250,000 and are set up to kill each…
2019: The New Barbarians (Nuovi barbari, I) (1985)- Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Fred Williamson, Giancarlo Prete - Third and final episode in the post–apocalyptic BRONX WARRIORS series, escapes the bloody rubble of New York City for a MAD MAX–style…
No Surrender (1985)- Dir. Peter Smith
Feat. Bernard Hill, Michael Angelis, Joanne Whalley… - Black comedy has the unfortunate Angelis getting himself into some hot water when he takes over the managment of a seedy Liverpool club. From the pen…
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