swap_horiz Trouble in Mind 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 Jour se leve

Le Jour se leve is a 1939 French film by Marcel Carne, notable as poetic realism with Jean Gabin and a rare flashback st...

Crime 1930S Poetic Realism Proto Noir

8.9 Great

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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 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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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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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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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

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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 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 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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Cold in July

Cold in July is a 2014 American thriller directed by Jim Mickle, adapted from Joe R. Lansdale's novel and set around a T...

Crime Neo Noir Texas 2010S

6.9 Fair

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Hammett

Hammett is a 1982 American mystery film directed by Wim Wenders, imagining writer Dashiell Hammett drawn into a case in...

Detective 1980S Neo Noir Writer

6.6 Fair

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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