swap_horiz The Seven-Ups Alternatives

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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

3

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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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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Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 American noir by Otto Preminger, reuniting Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney in a story of...

Classic Police 1950S Fox

8.1 Great

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He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night is a 1948 American semidocumentary noir by Alfred L. Werker, with uncredited work by Anthony Mann and...

Classic Police Procedural 1940S

7.9 Good

8

Cry of the City

Cry of the City is a 1948 American film noir by Robert Siodmak, pairing Victor Mature and Richard Conte in a New York cr...

Classic Crime Urban 1940S

7.8 Good

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Blast of Silence

Blast of Silence is a 1961 American neo-noir written, directed by, and starring Allen Baron, about a hitman returning to...

New York Universal 1960S Hitman

7.8 Good

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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

12

Cutter's Way

Cutter's Way is a 1981 American neo-noir directed by Ivan Passer, notable for Jeff Bridges and John Heard in a paranoid...

Mystery 1980S Neo Noir Paranoia

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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House of Games

House of Games is a 1987 American neo-noir written and directed by David Mamet, notable for its con-artist plot and Mame...

1980S Neo Noir Orion Con

7.7 Good

15

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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Crime Wave

Crime Wave is a 1954 American film noir by Andre de Toth, notable for Sterling Hayden's hard police role and Los Angeles...

Police Crime Noir 1950S

7.6 Good

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I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming is a 1941 American noir mystery from 20th Century Fox, starring Victor Mature, Betty Grable, and Lai...

Classic Mystery Celebrity 1940S

7.5 Good

18

Hangover Square

Hangover Square is a 1945 American noir horror film by John Brahm, starring Laird Cregar as a composer drawn into murder...

Composer Classic Psychological 1940S

7.5 Good

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The Late Show

The Late Show is a 1977 American neo-noir by Robert Benton, notable for Art Carney as an aging detective and an Oscar-no...

Detective Crime 1970S Neo Noir

7.5 Good

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The Detective

The Detective is a 1968 American police drama starring Frank Sinatra, notable for its unusually direct treatment of murd...

Police Procedural Neo Noir 1960S

6.8 Fair