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1. Chinatown (1974)
directed by Roman Polanski
featuring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman
"You may think you know what you're dealing with, but believe me, you don't," warns water baron Noah Cross (John Huston), when smooth cop-turned ... More
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2. Brick (2006)
directed by Rian Johnson
featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Noah Segan
A tough-talking teen attempts to uncover his ex-girlfriend's killer in director Rian Johnson's hard-boiled high-school noir, told in the style of a ... More
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3. Winter's Bone (2010)
directed by Debra Granik
featuring Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee
Her family home in danger of being repossessed after her meth-cooking dad skips bail and disappears, Ozark teen Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) breaks ... More
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4. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
directed by Carl Franklin
featuring Lisa Nicole Carson, Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin
Denzel Washington stars in this adaptation of the novel by African-American crime author Walter Mosley, the first of his stories to reach the screen. ... More
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5. Night Moves (1975)
directed by Arthur Penn
featuring Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin, Susan Clark
Private eye Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) is dedicated to his job, but his dedication does not make him happy or powerful in his personal life, and his ... More
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6. Klute (1971)
directed by Alan J. Pakula
featuring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider, Dorothy Tristan
The first part of his "paranoia trilogy," Alan J. Pakula's 1971 thriller details the troubled life of a Manhattan prostitute stalked by one of her ... More
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7. Twilight (1998)
directed by Robert Benton
featuring Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing
The Nobody's Fool (1994) team of Paul Newman, director Robert Benton, and scripter Richard Russo reassembled for this L.A. detective drama, beginning ... More
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8. The Missing Person (2009)
directed by Noah Buschel
featuring Michael Shannon, Frank Wood, Amy Ryan, Linda Emond
A sardonic, gin-soaked detective contends with an odd cast of characters while tailing a mysterious, middle-aged man traveling with a Mexican boy ... More
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9. Hustle (1975)
directed by Robert Aldrich
featuring Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan
Director Robert Aldrich (The Longest Yard) re-unites with Burt Reynolds for this hard-edged neo-noir. Lieutenant Phil Gaines (Reynolds) is a cynical ... More
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10. Angel Heart (1987)
directed by Alan Parker
featuring Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu
The time is the 1950s: seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is hired by shady Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate a pop singer ... More
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11. L.A. Confidential (1997)
directed by Curtis Hanson
featuring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, David Strathairn, Danny DeVito
Based on the best-selling novel by James Ellroy and directed by Curtis Hanson, this award-winning crime drama explores both the dark side of the Los ... More
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12. Tony Rome (1967)
directed by Gordon M. Douglas
featuring Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland
Frank Sinatra brings a sneering Rat Pack ethos to his first hard-boiled detective role in Tony Rome. Tony is an ex-cop who lives on a houseboat off ... More
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13. Lord of Illusions (1995)
directed by Clive Barker
featuring Scott Bakula, Kevin J. O'Connor, Famke Janssen, Vincent Schiavelli, Barry Del Sherman
A private investigator hired to protect a popular stage magician finds himself drawn into a dark, occult underworld in this supernatural horror film ... More
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14. White Sands (1992)
directed by Roger Donaldson
featuring Willem Dafoe, Mickey Rourke, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Samuel L. Jackson, M. Emmet Walsh
A suicide found in the desert with 500,000 dollars cash stuffed in a briefcase makes Sheriff Ray Dolezal (Willem Dafoe) curious. What was the dead ... More
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15. Tell Me Something (2000)
directed by Chang Yoon-Hyun
featuring Shim Eun-Ha
This film opens with a young man arriving at an apartment and ending up on a concrete slab getting slowly dismembered with a scalpel by an unseen ... More
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16. Brown's Requiem (1998)
directed by Jason Freeland
featuring Michael Rooker, Tobin Bell, Selma Blair, Jack Conley, Kevin Corrigan
Based on a novel by acclaimed crime writer James Ellroy, this film stars Michael Rooker as Fritz Brown, a former L.A.P.D. detective who was kicked ... More
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17. Yesterday Was a Lie (2009)
directed by James Kerwin
featuring Kipleigh Brown, Chase Masterson, John Newton, Mik Scriba, Nathan Mobley
Writer/director James Kerwin infuses Raymond Chandler-influenced noir with a metaphysical twist by tracing the story of a female detective who's ... More
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18. The Most Terrible Time in My Life (1993)
directed by Kaizo Hayashi
featuring Masatoshi Nagase, Shiro Sano, Hou De Jian
Intrepid Japanese detective Maiku Hama is on the case in this adventure, the first of a three part comedy series. Like the Western detective ... More
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19. Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
directed by Dick Richards
featuring Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Jack O'Halloran
Previously filmed in 1942 as The Falcon Takes Over and in 1944 as Murder, My Sweet, Raymond Chandler's Farewell My Lovely was given its third ... More
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20. The Jack of Spades (2010)
directed by Miceal O'Donnell
featuring Jennifer Coolidge, Joseph Meissner, Ava Santana
A New Orleans detective investigates a pair of homicides that were committed decades apart, yet have one disturbing connecting factor in this pulpy ... More
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21. Harper (1966)
directed by Jack Smight
featuring Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Julie Harris, Arthur Hill, Janet Leigh
Screenwriter William Goldman has claimed that Paul Newman agreed to do Harper, the film that established the grateful writer's career, only because ... More
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22. China Moon (1994)
directed by John Bailey
featuring Ed Harris, Madeleine Stowe, Benicio Del Toro, Charles Dance, Patricia Healy
China Moon is a slick noir thriller, nice to look at, well-acted and directed, but ultimately predictable, even to its "surprise" ending. Kyle ... More
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23. Bob le Flambeur (1955)
directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
featuring Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, Howard Vernon, Guy Decomble
Both a tribute to classic American gangster films and the source of inspiration for French New Wave filmmakers, Bob le Flambeur is the first in a ... More
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24. A Good Night to Die (2003)
directed by Craig Singer
featuring Michael Rapaport, Gary Stretch, Robin Givens, Ally Sheedy, Ralph Macchio
This crime comedy from director Craig Singer is the filmmaker's third independent feature and his second outing with screenwriter Robert Dean Klein ... More
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25. L'Addition (1984)
directed by Denis Amar
featuring Richard Berry, Richard Bohringer, Victoria Abril, Farid Chopel, Fabrice Eberhard
This technically impressive throwback to the early days of film noir stars Richard Berry as Bruno, a young actor who seems to get blamed for ... More
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