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1	Chinatown (1974) more movies like this 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-private eye J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) starts nosing around Cross's water diversion scheme. That proves to be the ominous lesson of Chinatown, Roman Polanski's critically lauded 1974 revision of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.27!
2	Trouble in Mind (1985) more movies like this directed by Alan Rudolph featuring Kris Kristofferson, Keith Carradine, Lori Singer, Geneviève Bujold, Joe Morton The time is The Future: the place is Rain City, formerly Seattle. The city is a police state, while the citizens have adopted the manner and dress of 1940s gangsters. Recently released from prison, ex-cop Kris Kristofferson tries to touch base with his ex-girlfriend Genevieve Bujold, who runs a 1950s-style cafe. Hoping to make up for past sins, ... see all copies from $2.95!
3	The Usual Suspects (1995) more movies like this directed by Bryan Singer featuring Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Baldwin, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Pete Postlethwaite, Kevin Spacey Near the end of The Usual Suspects, Kevin Spacey, in his Oscar-winning performance as crippled con man Roger "Verbal" Kint, says, "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." This may be the key line in this story; the farther along the movie goes, the more one realizes that not everything is quite what it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.12!
4	Lucky Number Slevin (2006) more movies like this directed by Paul McGuigan featuring Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis An innocent man visiting a friend in New York City becomes embroiled in a dangerous series of events after being mistaken for the very man he has come to the city to see in director Paul McGuigan's labyrinthine murder mystery. Upon arriving at the empty apartment of his old friend Nick, the unassuming Slevin (Josh Hartnett) is troubled to hear the ... see all copies from $3.03! new only from $5.64!
5	L.A. Confidential (1997) more movies like this 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, this award-winning crime drama explores both the dark side of the Los Angeles police force and Southern California's criminal underbelly in the early '50s, when Hollywood was still seen as America's capital of sophistication, glitter, and glamour. Dudley Smith (James Cromwell) is the head of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32!
6	Dead Again (1991) more movies like this directed by Kenneth Branagh featuring Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi, Robin Williams Set in contemporary Los Angeles as well as the Los Angeles of the 1940s, Dead Again explores a romance between two star-crossed lovers -- and the doomed passion they shared in their last lifetime. Los Angeles detective Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh) comes to the aid of mute, amnesia-victim Grace (Emma Thompson) and falls in love with her. He sets ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.12!
7	The Hot Spot (1990) more movies like this directed by Dennis Hopper featuring Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, Bill Sadler This hard-boiled throwback to the film noir dramas of the 1940s and '50s is directed by filmmaker and actor Dennis Hopper, based on the novel Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams. Don Johnson stars as Harry Madox, a drifter who settles in a small Texas town and begins secretly setting small fires, setting up his planned heist of the local bank ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $11.05!
8	Body Heat (1981) more movies like this directed by Lawrence Kasdan featuring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke Lawrence Kasdan's first directorial effort is a throwback to the early days of film noir. The scene is a beastly hot Florida coastal town, where naive attorney Ned (William Hurt) is entranced by the alluring Matty (Kathleen Turner in her film debut). Ned is manipulated into killing Matty's much older husband (Richard Crenna), the plan being that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.90!
9	Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) more movies like this 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. Ezekiel Rawlins (Washington), known to his friends as "Easy," has just lost his job at an aircraft plant in post-WW II Los Angeles, a time when good-paying jobs for black men are hard to come by. He ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00!
10	Bound (1996) more movies like this directed by Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski featuring Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Kivel, Christopher Meloni Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly nearly set the screen on fire in this clever, female-powered twist on the standard Mob caper film. Gershon is Corky, an ex-con renovating the apartment next door to where Tilly's Violet lives. Violet is the moll of psychotic gangster Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), who uses the apartment as an occasional location for ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.82!
11 view cover	Memento (2001) more movies like this directed by Christopher Nolan featuring Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Stephen Tobolowsky A man is determined to find justice after the loss of a loved one, even though he is incapable of fully remembering the crime, in this offbeat thriller. Leonard (Guy Pearce) is a man who is struggling to put his life back together after the brutal rape and murder of his wife. But Leonard's problems are different from those of most people in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.33!
12 view cover	Rounders (1998) more movies like this directed by John Dahl featuring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro, Gretchen Mol, Famke Janssen John Dahl directed this exploration of New York private clubs devoted to high-stakes poker, with first-person narration from the film's central figure, law student Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), who loses his entire savings to Russian club owner Teddy KGB (John Malkovich). Mike then turns away from cards, devoting his attentions to his law studies ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99!
13 view cover	Heist (2001) more movies like this directed by David Mamet featuring Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay Esteemed writer/director David Mamet fashioned this homage to the elegant, character-driven "tough guy" genre pictures of Warner Bros. in the 1930s and '40s, even using vintage scores in the soundtrack. Gene Hackman stars as Joe Moore, an accomplished thief whose career is jeopardized after he's caught on security cameras during a job. Broke, Joe ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00!
14 view cover	Angel Heart (1987) more movies like this 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 who reneged on a debt. Harry ventures into Harlem, the first step of a Heart of Darkness-inspired odyssey. Each time Harry makes contact with someone who might know the singer's whereabouts, he or she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.15!
15 view cover	Sin City (2005) more movies like this directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez featuring Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Rosario Dawson The Eisner Award-winning comic series Sin City comes to life in this live-action feature adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and creator Frank Miller. Interweaving multiple storylines from the series' history, this violent crime noir paints the picture of the ultimate town without pity through the eyes of its roughest characters. There's the ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95!
16 view cover	No Good Deed (2003) more movies like this directed by Bob Rafelson featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård, Doug Hutchison, Joss Ackland, Grace Zabriskie Based on a story of the same name by Dashiell Hammett, the crime thriller The House on Turk Street was directed by veteran filmmaker Bob Rafelson. Cello-playing cop Jack Friar (Samuel L. Jackson) searches for a teenage runaway on Turk Street and ends up in the home of an elderly couple (Joss Ackland and Grace Zabriskie). The house also turns out ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.01!
17 view cover	Insomnia (2002) more movies like this directed by Christopher Nolan featuring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan Director Christopher Nolan follows up his breakthrough sophomore film Memento with this remake of a stylish Norwegian thriller. Al Pacino stars as Detective Will Dormer, a Los Angeles Police Department legend who temporarily escapes an internal affairs investigation that may ruin his career by traveling to Nightmute, AK, the remote site of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99!
18 view cover	Heaven's Prisoners (1996) more movies like this directed by Phil Joanou featuring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric Roberts, Teri Hatcher An ex-cop trying to stay away from trouble finds it literally crashing into his backyard in this crime thriller. Dave Robicheaux (Alec Baldwin) is a former New Orleans police detective who, after kicking an addiction to alcohol and confronting some serious problems with his partners, has left law enforcement behind to run a bait shop in a small ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.44!
19 view cover	Color of Night (1994) more movies like this directed by Richard Rush featuring Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Scott Bakula When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa (Bruce Willis, in an uncharacteristically un-smirking performance) visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into (literally) Rosa (Jane March) and begins a torrid affair. Double-identities, death threats and love ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.51!
20 view cover	The Last Seduction (1994) more movies like this directed by John Dahl featuring Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman, J.T. Walsh, Bill Nunn Director John Dahl's The Last Seduction is an updated film noir centering around a seductive, cheerfully lethal femme fatale. Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) talks her gullible, easily manipulated, doctor-husband Clay (Bill Pullman) into pulling off a $700,000 drug deal to pay off his gambling debts. But while Clay is in the shower, Bridget ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.32!
21 view cover	Twilight (1998) more movies like this 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 with a Puerto Vallarta prologue showing private eye Harry Ross (Newman) accidentally shot by 17-year-old Mel Ames (Reese Witherspoon) during his efforts to get her to return home. Two years later, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.12!
22 view cover	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) more movies like this directed by Shane Black featuring Robert Downey, Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok A thesp-turned-crook gets a chance at career in movies as well as crime scene investigation in this offbeat action comedy with nods to Raymond Chandler. Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) is a struggling New York actor who high-tails it to Los Angeles. Once there, Lockhart winds up at the posh home of the aptly-named homosexual private eye Gay ... see all copies from $9.98! new only from $14.65!
23 view cover	Brick (2006) more movies like this 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 Dashiell Hammett mystery. An outsider by nature, Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is forced to penetrate the elaborate ranks of the high-school social scene and its more insidious underbelly when the ... see all copies from $11.03! new only from $11.03!
24 view cover	The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) more movies like this directed by Bob Rafelson featuring Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, John Ryan Bob Rafelson's remake of 1946's The Postman Always Rings Twice, with a screenplay by the award-winning playwright David Mamet, stars Jack Nicholson as Frank Chambers, a depression-era drifter who ends up at a diner run by Nick Papadakis (John Colicos), who offers Frank a job. Frank takes him up on the offer, but quickly begins a torrid affair with ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.44!
25 view cover	Deep Cover (1992) more movies like this directed by Bill Duke featuring Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Victoria Dillard, Charles Martin Smith, Gregory Sierra Laurence Fishburne plays no-nonsense LAPD narc Russell Stevens, Jr., who has worked all his life to expunge the memory of his dope-addict father, whom he saw die in a liquor-store robbery. DEA agent Jerry Carver (Charles Martin Smith) orders Stevens to work as an undercover operative on a major case. The cop is to pose as a dealer in order to get ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.60!

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