Three blue-collar acquaintances come across millions of dollars in lost cash and make a plan to keep their find from the authorities, but it isn't long before complications and mistrust weave their way into the plan. So The film falls into the deeper subgenre of surf/beach noir since it's set in the parts of Los Angeles that are seedy but also sandy. Characters of this archetype will use seduction and exploitation to manipulate men to some deadly ends. A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O. He takes a practically voyeuristic interest in the case, leading him astray to the suspect Dorothy's apartment. A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner. a list of 94 titles A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc A mod London photographer finds something very suspicious in the shots he has taken of a mysterious beauty in a desolate park. After his last crime has him looking at a long prison sentence for repeat offenses, a low level Boston gangster decides to snitch on his friends to avoid jail time. When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, California, where they replicate the residents into emotionless automatons one body at a time. And someone uses a damn sword.Many people consider this film to be "postmodern." A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done. February 12, 2020 A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her lover. Mathilda, a 12-year-old girl, is reluctantly taken in by Léon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. From dawn to dusk, a few hours in the shadowy life of a mystic man named Monsieur Oscar. The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. After a bizarre encounter at a party with a stranger, a jazz saxophonist is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to prison, where he inexplicably morphs into a young mechanic, gets released, and begins leading a new life. In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. After developing an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, an exterminator accidentally kills his wife, and becomes involved in a secret government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in a port town in North Africa. And director Then there’s the musical score — which substitutes the smooth jazz for an uptempo beat that drives the action along at a more brisk pace than its predecessors. And, where film noir loves a cynical detective, the Coen brothers give us Frances freaking McDormand.We behave as though the coastal elite cities are gatekeeping villainy, but ruthless killers can be found even in the most docile of middle-American towns. With that, they replace the condemnation of immorality and temptation with a hedonistic embracement of them.It's a drug trip, a sexcapade, and a DMT-fueled meditation on life and death. Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it. A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential. A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. A New York City doctor embarks on a harrowing, night-long odyssey of sexual and moral discovery after his wife reveals a painful secret to him.
It’s hard to tell. After being released on parole, a career burglar assaults his former probation officer, returns to a life of crime, and goes on the run. If the plot bewilders you and the pacing bores you, watch it for the classical motifs and haunting vibes that so blatantly permeate it. A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends. These qualities don't lessen the realism, they just enable it to be muddy and frantic — like a frenzied revenge should be.But the qualities that puts me off to it are the same qualities that make its impact on the genre unquestionable. A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
A laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong. A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams. A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death. The following is a list of films belonging to the neo-noir genre. A grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.