Subgenre Sampler
Gangsters: 360 Films to Buy & Rent
- Love is Colder Than Death (Liebe ist kälter als der Tod) (1969)
- Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Ulli Lommel, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla…
- The first in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career.
Fassbinder…
- Plot Against Harry, The (1969)
- Dir. Michael Roemer
Feat. Harry Plotnik
- Repentent racketeer Harry Plotnik is released from jail, but his plans to go legit in New York's Jewish community become inadvertently thwarted by…
- Coogan's Bluff (1968)
- Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Lee J. Cobb
- Pre–DIRTY HARRY thriller has tough Arizona ranger Clint Eastwood dealing out the law his way in pursuit of an escaped suspect. Exciting action,…
- Branded to Kill (Koroshi no rakuin) (1967)
- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Joe Shishido
- The height of Seijun Suzuki’s insolence peaked in this coarse and cantankerous tale of rival assassins engaged in a game of…
- Point Blank (1967)
- Dir. John Boorman
Feat. Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn…
- Fascinating, at times jarring, thriller has underworld hitman Lee Marvin hunting for those who double–crossed him in The Organisation, only to…
- St. Valentines Day Massacre (1967)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., George Segal, Ralph Meeker…
- A great, trigger–happy actioner from cult film–maker Corman, based on events that led to the murder of many of Chicago's underworld,…
- Tokyo Drifter (1966)
- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara
- Yakuza thriller dazzlingly exploits the palette of pop art design. Largely incoherent story involves a young punk in a pale blue–suit who gets…
- Mickey One (1965)
- Dir. Arthur Penn
Feat. Warren Beatty, Hurd Hatfield
- A young Warren Beatty plays as an entertainer who assumes a new identity to flee growing debts to the mob, and search for meaning in his life. French…
- Sucker, The (Le Corniaud) (1965)
- Dir. Gerard Oury
Feat. Andre Bourvil, Gerard Oury, Louis de Funès
- Quintessential French farce finds the affable Bourvil tricked into driving a Cadillac to Bordeaux containing thousands of dollars of jewelry and…
- Tattooed Life, A (Irezumi ichidai) (1965)
- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Hideki Takahashi
- Rare period excursion for dir. Seijun Suzuki trades pistols for samurai swords, but not much else as dir’s lurid aesthetic and heady production…