Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
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…
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…
Two Jakes, The (1990)- Dir. Jack Nicholson
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel - Long–awaited sequel to CHINATOWN, with Jack Nicholson reprising his role as the laconic P.I. whose petty burrowing upturns homicide and…
Kill Me Again (1989)- Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen, Val Kilmer - Joanne Whalley–Kilmer asks naive P.I. Val Kilmer to fake her death to throw short–fused Michael Madsen off her trail. Plot nicely twists…
Kill Off, The (1989)
- Dir. Maggie Greenwald
Feat. Andrew Lee Barrett, Jorja Fox, Ralph Graff - In a small New Jersey town, everyone has a motive to kill off the town gossip. Fascinating, off–beat story based on Jim Thompson's novel. A…
Angel Dust (1987)- Dir. Edouard Niermans
Feat. Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottencon - Accomplished thriller in the film noir tradition about an out–of–luck cop who falls for a woman he later begins to suspect of murder.
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,…
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