swap_horiz Cold in July Alternatives

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Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity is a 1944 American noir by Billy Wilder, adapted from James M. Cain and noted for its fatalistic insura...

Classic Crime 1940S Femme Fatale

9.7 Brilliant

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Heat

Heat is a 1995 American crime epic directed by Michael Mann, famous for pairing Al Pacino and Robert De Niro and for its...

Crime Neo Noir 1990S Heist

9.3 Excellent

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Le Cercle Rouge

Le Cercle Rouge is a 1970 French-Italian crime film by Jean-Pierre Melville, noted for a climactic jewelry heist staged...

Crime 1970S Heist French Noir

8.8 Great

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Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out is a 1947 British film noir by Carol Reed, starring James Mason as a wounded nationalist leader hunted throu...

Crime 1940S British Noir Fugitive

8.7 Great

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The Breaking Point

The Breaking Point is a 1950 American film noir by Michael Curtiz, adapted from Hemingway's To Have and Have Not and sta...

Classic Crime 1950S Warner

8.5 Great

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The Narrow Margin

The Narrow Margin is a 1952 RKO train noir by Richard Fleischer, notable as a low-budget thriller that earned an Oscar n...

Classic Crime 1950S Train

8.4 Great

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A Fugitive from the Past

A Fugitive from the Past is a 1965 Japanese crime drama directed by Tomu Uchida, noted for its long postwar murder story...

Epic Crime 1960S Japanese Noir

8.4 Great

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The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The Friends of Eddie Coyle is a 1973 American crime film directed by Peter Yates, with Robert Mitchum as a weary Boston...

Boston Crime 1970S Neo Noir

8.4 Great

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Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler is a 2014 American neo-noir by Dan Gilroy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a freelance crime videographer explo...

Media Neo Noir Los Angeles 2010S

8.4 Great

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Pepe le Moko

Pepe le Moko is a 1937 French poetic-realist crime film by Julien Duvivier, with Jean Gabin as a fugitive gangster trapp...

French Crime Gangster 1930S

8.3 Great

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Thief

Thief is a 1981 American neo-noir directed by Michael Mann, with James Caan as a professional safecracker and Tangerine...

Crime 1980S Neo Noir Heist

8.3 Great

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Pale Flower

Pale Flower is a 1964 Japanese film noir by Masahiro Shinoda, pairing a released yakuza killer with a thrill-seeking gam...

Crime 1960S Gambling Japanese Noir

8.2 Great

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Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky is a 1976 American crime drama by Elaine May, notable for its tense Cassavetes and Falk performances and...

Crime 1970S Neo Noir Friendship

7.8 Good

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Straight Time

Straight Time is a 1978 American crime drama starring Dustin Hoffman, notable for its unsentimental portrait of an ex-co...

Crime 1970S Neo Noir Warner

7.8 Good

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Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street is a 1972 American crime film set in Harlem, noted for its violent heist plot and Bobby Womack's wid...

Crime 1970S Neo Noir Harlem

7.7 Good

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One False Move

One False Move is a 1992 American crime thriller directed by Carl Franklin, praised for its Arkansas setting and Billy B...

Crime Neo Noir 1990S Rural

7.7 Good

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The Big Easy

The Big Easy is a 1986 American crime romance set in New Orleans, with Dennis Quaid as a police detective caught in corr...

Crime 1980S Neo Noir New Orleans

7.0 Good

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Kill Me Again

Kill Me Again is a 1989 American neo-noir directed by John Dahl, starring Val Kilmer and Joanne Whalley in a Las Vegas d...

Crime 1980S Neo Noir Femme Fatale

6.4 Fair

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Romeo Is Bleeding

Romeo Is Bleeding is a 1993 American neo-noir starring Gary Oldman, notable for its corrupt New York cop and Lena Olin's...

Crime Neo Noir 1990S Corruption

6.3 Fair

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Trouble in Mind

Trouble in Mind is a 1985 American neo-noir by Alan Rudolph, noted for its stylized Rain City setting and Kris Kristoffe...

Crime 1980S Neo Noir Stylized

6.2 Fair