Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)- Dir. Norman Mailer
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini - This curious black comedy–come–film noir enigma will provide fascinating viewing for some. Based on the director's novel, it marked a…
52 Pick Up (1986)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Roy Scheider, Ann-Margret - A sleak and mean adaptation of Elmore Leonard's crime novel, with Roy Scheider blackmailed over a brief sexual liason by a trio of murderous,…
Against All Odds (1984)- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods - Modern film noir experiment is a loose remake of Out of the Past.
Blood Simple (1984)
- Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya… - A humdinger debut from the Coen Brothers, who teasingly draw out the sinister activities of shady activities of shady rednecks before nailing things…
Finally Sunday (Vivement Dimanche!) (1983)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant - A businessman in trouble with the police over the murder of his wife's lover finds solace in his secretary who decides to investigate the case…
Hammett (1983)- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner… - A chequered production history – conflict between director Wenders and exec producer Coppola, money problems – basically rendered the…
Body Heat (1981)- Dir. Lawrence Kasdan
Feat. William Hurt, Kathleen Turner - Loose remake of DOUBLE INDEMNITY is a noir classic in itself. William Hurt and Kathleen Turner embark on a torrid affair and conspire to murder her…
American Friend, The (1976)- Dir. Wim Wenders
Feat. Bruno Ganz, Samuel Fuller, Nicholas Ray - Twisting thriller stars Bruno Ganz as an apparently terminally–ill man duped into murder. Dennis Hopper plays the American 'friend', while…
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)- Dir. Dick Richards
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland… - With a nailbitten Robert Mitchum as a weathered Marlowe, this complex Raymond Chandler story is an impressive homage to '40s film noirs.
Long Goodbye, The (1973)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt - Elliot Gould portrays a '70s Philip Marlowe, a wildly unkempt version of Chandler's legendary detective. Altman's film noir pastiche is equally…
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