Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- Dir. Carl Reiner
Feat. Steve Martin - Martin's most clever vehicle has him interacting with vintage film footage of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney and Lauren Bacall, to dazzling effect. A…
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…
Cutter's Way (1981)- Dir. Ivan Passer
Feat. John Heard, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Eichhorn - Low–key mystery set in the hazy South Californian boondocks, that gets under your skin in its own moody, mordant way. Story concerns lippy…
Postman Always Rings Twice, The (1981)- Dir. Bob Rafelson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange - Highly–charged remake of the steamy film–noir classic based on the 1934 novel by James M. Cain. Written by David Mamet (in his…
True Confessions (1981)- Dir. Ulu Grosbard
Feat. Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall - Roberts' De Niro and Duvall act their socks off as cop and priest who happen to be brothers. Conflicting loyalties come to a head through a…
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)- 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.
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