Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
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    Movies

    The Black Dahlia (2006)

    In 1940s Los Angeles two cops (Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart) enter a world of greed, obsession and...

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    Movies

    City of Ghosts (2003)

    A New York insurance man (Matt Dillon) travels to Cambodia to locate his partner (James Caan), who...

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    Movies

    Max Payne (2008)

    A maverick cop (Mark Wahlberg) faces a supernatural battle when he descends into a dark underworld...

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    Movies

    Broken Embraces (2009)

    Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14...

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    Movies

    Ice Harvest (2005)

    A mob lawyer (John Cusack) tries to keep his cool after he and his pornographer partner (Billy Bob...

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    Movies

    The Burial Society (2004)

    After a large sum of money disappears, an accountant (Rob LaBelle) must convince his brother and his...

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    Movies

    Albino Alligator (1997)

    Three robbers fleeing a botched heist stumble into a New Orleans bar staked out by ATF agents...

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    Movies

    Brick (2006)

    A teenage loner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) infiltrates his high school's roughest circles to find the...

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    Movies

    Sin City (2005)

    Lawmen, prostitutes (Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel), a hulking thug and other sordid characters run amok...

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    Movies

    Chinatown (1974)

    A 1930s gumshoe named Jake (Jack Nicholson) sticks his nose into a sordid mess over Los Angeles land...

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    Movies

    Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

    Ex-convict Moose Malloy wants 1940s Los Angeles private eye Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) to find...

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    Movies

    Where the Truth Lies (2005)

    An ambitious reporter (Alison Lohman) probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy...

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    Movies

    Body Heat (1981)

    A socialite (Kathleen Turner) lures a chump Florida lawyer (William Hurt) to plot the perfect murder...

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    Movies

    The Big Sleep (1978)

    Private eye Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) falls into a porno/blackmail/murder case in 1970s...

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    Movies

    Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)

    Hoping to land a movie role, a thief (Robert Downey Jr.) learns investigative techniques from a...

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    Movies

    I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004)

    A man (Clive Owen) returns to London and seeks revenge against the gangster who killed his brother...

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    Movies

    Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

    A conflict between black and Jewish gangsters in New York City and a case of mistaken identity land...

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    Movies

    L.A. Confidential (1997)

    Policemen (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce) become immersed in corruption, scandal, politics...

  • Never Die Alone picture
    Movies

    Never Die Alone (2004)

    An aspiring writer (David Arquette) learns about the rise and fall of a ruthless Los Angeles drug...

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    Movies

    The Hot Spot (1990)

    Two women (Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly) and a bank tempt a drifter (Don Johnson) working in a...

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    Movies

    Mulholland Falls (1996)

    An ex-lover's murder creates problems for the married head (Nick Nolte) of an elite police unit in...

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    Movies

    The Salton Sea (2002)

    An addict (Val Kilmer) works under cover for two police officers and deals with a sadistic dealer...

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    Movies

    Memento (2001)

    A barmaid (Carrie-Anne Moss) and a friend (Joe Pantoliano) help a man (Guy Pearce) who has...

  • Insomnia (Warner Bros) picture
    Movies

    Insomnia (Warner Bros) (2002)

    A Los Angeles detective (Al Pacino) plays a cat-and-mouse game with a murder suspect (Robin...

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    Movies

    Red

    Neel Oberoi is a billionaire bachelor. The world was his oyster. Truly the man who had it all. But...

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    Movies

    Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (2009)

    Remake of the 1956 film noir film "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" in which a writer's plan to expose a...

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    Movies

    Zift

    Shortly before the Bulgarian Communist coup of 1944, the Moth was thrown into jail under a false...

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    Movies

    China Moon (1994)

    A Florida woman (Madeleine Stowe) lures a police detective (Ed Harris) to cover up the murder of her...

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    Movies

    Bound (1996)

    A mobster's (Joe Pantoliano) disgruntled girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly) steals $2 million from him with...

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    Movies

    Young Adam (2004)

    A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he...