Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Film Noir: 207 Films to Rent on DVD
American Gigolo (1980)
- Dir. Paul Schrader
Feat. Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Hector Elizondo
- Low–key but effective drama. Richard Gere is suspected in a Hollywood murder.
Union City (1980)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Mark Reichart
Feat. Debbie Harry, Dennis Lipscomb
- Underrated low–budget film noir starkly depicts urban neurosis in a seedy apartment. Grungy lead performances from Debbie Harry and Dennis…
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…
Enforcer, The (1976)
- Dir. James Fargo
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Bradford Dillman…
- For sheer hokey excitement, Clint's third outing as Dirty Harry is worth a revisit.
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.
Chinatown (1974)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, John Huston…
- Classic detective thriller in the Hammett–Chandler tradition, with Jack Nicholson as P.I. Jake Gittes, whose simple case leads to murder and…
Long Goodbye, The (1973)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- 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…
Cercle Rouge, Le (The Red Circle) (1970)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand…
- A precisely–crafted colour 'noir' from the French master, dir. Melville, which rejigs the usual ingredients into an exemplary heist…
Boucher, Le (The Butcher) (1969)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne
- Psychological thriller probes the perhaps dangerous liaison between a celibate school–teacher and a murder suspect, the local butcher. Rich in…
Le Samourai (The Samurai) (1967)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon
- Alain Delon plays an ultra–cool assassin whose flawless disposition is impenetrable to the Gendarmerie but not to a sexy key witness. Steely…