Subgenre Sampler
Film Noir: 238 Films to Buy & Rent
- U-Turn (1997)
- Dir. Oliver Stone
Feat. Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte…
- The Drifter, Sean Penn, swerves into a small desert town for a round of duelling tangos with Femme Jennifer Lopez and local Kingpin Nick Nolte, while…
- Unforgettable (1997)
- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino
- A modern noir with a conceit lifted straight out of a sci–fi B–movie, cop Ray Liotta's obsession to learn the truth about his wife's…
- Winner, The (1997)
- Dir. Alex Cox
Feat. Vincent D'Onofrio, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley…
- Punk director Alex Cox about breaks even with this stageplay custom fitted for the screen. The action revolves around Las Vegas 'winner' Vincent…
- Bound (1996)
- Dir. Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Feat. Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon
- Modern film noir madeover in lesbian chic – Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon pout, titillate and conspire their way through the moral marshlands…
- Devil in a Blue Dress (1996)
- Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore
- The director's follow–up to ONE FALSE MOVE is a black man's noir, some fifty years overdue! We're in 40s LA, where reluctant gumshoe Denzel…
- Hard Eight (Sydney) (1996)
- Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
Feat. Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow…
- Cucumber–cool first feature set in the thick of Reno's casino culture, boasts four superb character–based performances and extended…
- This World, Then the Fireworks (1996)
- Dir. Michael Oblowitz
Feat. Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Chet Baker…
- Billy Zane and Gina Gershon play bad seed twins seemingly bonded by irrational behaviour and an incestuous streak in 50s California. Stylised noir…
- Underneath, The (1995)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner
- A worldweary return to his home–town finds Peter Gallagher tempted all–too–easily into a dangerous criminal enterprise.
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- Wild Side (1995)
- Dir. Donald Cammell
Feat. Anne Heche, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen…
- Bank exec Anne Heche moonlights as a hooker to service a debt and initiates a twisted game of role–playing with miscreants Christopher Walken…
- China Moon (1994)
- Dir. John Bailey
Feat. Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe
- Contemporary film noir, replete with lust–struck fall–guy (Ed Harris), shadowy femme fatale (Madeleine Stowe), a murdered husband, and…