Subgenre Sampler
Film Noir: 238 Films to Buy & Rent
- Final Analysis (1991)
- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman
- Modern attempt at an old–fashioned mystery is more ambitious than it is convincing. Fans of Richard Gere and Kim Basinger may think otherwise.
- Kiss Before Dying, A (1991)
- Dir. James Dearden
Feat. Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow…
- Handsome remake of the 1956 thriller stars Matt Dillon as an ambitious young sicko who charms and murders his way into a powerful family. Sean Young…
- Poison (1991)
- Dir. Todd Haynes
Feat. Edith Meeks, Millie White, Buck Smith…
- Personal, arty dissertation about AIDS, alienation and childhood rebellion cross–cutting three disparate stories – a mock–tabloid…
- Shattered (1991)
- Dir. Wolfgang Petersen
Feat. Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi…
- Tom Berenger plays an amnesia victim perturbed with the fragments of his former life and the suspicious antics of his friends. An innocent victim or…
- Catchfire (1990)
- Dir. Alan Smithee
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Jodie Foster
- An engaging oddity directed by Dennis Hopper under a pseudonym, after producers cut the film from its original 3hr length. Hopper himself plays a…
- Everybody Wins (1990)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton…
- Arthur Miller's first screenplay since THE MISFITS tells the story of a private eye, hired for a murder enquiry by a strange woman who claims to know…
- Grifters, The (1990)
- Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
- Small time con–artists Anjelica Huston, John Cusack and Annette Bening cross paths but come to discover little honour among thieves. A quirky,…
- Hot Spot, The (1990)
- Dir. Dennis Hopper
Feat. Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly…
- Don Johnson drifts into nowheresville, where things are more than a little strange and everybody chainsmokes. Steamy modern noir with a sultry blues…
- Love at Large (1990)
- Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Anne Archer…
- Beautifully shot and styled like a '40s detective thriller, this sexy, romantic comedy sees Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins and Anne Archer embroiled…
- One False Move (1990)
- Dir. Carl Franklin
Feat. Bill Paxton, Cynda Williams, Billy Bob Thornton
- Naive county sheriff Bill Paxton gets a chance at the big–time when two vicious criminals sweep through his sleepy town. Things lighten up…