Movies by Lists - While the City Sleeps (Neo-noir films) (100 [100]) Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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Across 110th StreetTwo New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war. | 1972 | Barry Shear | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
After Dark, My SweetAn ex-boxer is drifting around after escaping from the mental hospital. He meets a widow who convinces him to help fix up the neglected estate her ex-husband left. Her Uncle talks them both into helping kidnap a rich boy for ransom m | 1990 | James Foley (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (3.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
American Friend, TheTom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man. | 1977 | Wim Wenders (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (15.7K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
American Soldier, The [Der amerikanische Soldat]Ricky is a cold-blooded U.S. German contract killer. After serving in Viet Nam, he returns to his home town of Munich to eliminate a few problem crooks for three renegade cops. He inspects his old neighborhood with his childhood acco | 1970 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*) | Drama | 6.7 (1.8K votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
Angel HeartA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn. | 1987 | Alan Parker | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 7.3 (85.8K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
Basic InstinctA violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist. | 1992 | Paul Verhoeven (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (192.7K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
Big Easy, TheA corrupt lieutenant in the homicide division is threatened by the righteous DA while trying to solve a string of mysterious murders. | 1986 | Jim McBride (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.5 (12.6K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Black Dahlia, TheTwo policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation. | 2006 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 5.6 (73.6K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Blade RunnerA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator. | 1982 | Ridley Scott (*) | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (738.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
Blast of SilenceA hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York, but a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way. | 1961 | Allen Baron | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (4.4K votes) | 77 | 20211228 |
Blood SimpleThe owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered. | 1984 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.6 (94K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Blue VelvetThe discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child. | 1986 | David Lynch (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.7 (192.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
Body DoubleA young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences. | 1984 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.8 (32.4K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Body HeatIn the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. | 1981 | Lawrence Kasdan (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.4 (34.2K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
BoundTough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar. | 1996 | Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (54.2K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
BrickA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. | 2005 | Rian Johnson | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (104.7K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
BullittAn all-guts, no-glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection. | 1968 | Peter Yates | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (66.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Cercle Rouge, LeAfter leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist. | 1970 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.0 (24.6K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder. | 1974 | Roman Polanski (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (315K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
CollateralA cab driver finds himself the hostage of an engaging contract killer as he makes his rounds from hit to hit during one night in Los Angeles. | 2004 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (385.4K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
Conversation, TheA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered. | 1974 | Francis Ford Coppola (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (108K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
Cutter's WayRichard spots a man dumping a body, and decides to expose the man he thinks is the culprit with his friend Alex Cutter. | 1981 | Ivan Passer | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (6.3K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Dark CityA man struggles with memories of his past, which include a wife he cannot remember and a nightmarish world no one else ever seems to wake up from. | 1998 | Alex Proyas | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (196.1K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
DeceiverA hooker is found cut in two. Two cops give polygraph tests to the only suspect, James Wayland (Tim Roth), an unstable genius. After some time, the roles change. | 1997 | Jonas Pate, Josh Pate | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.6 (6.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Deuxieme Souffle, LeA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in. | 1966 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.9 (5.9K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
Devil in a Blue DressAn African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal. | 1995 | Carl Franklin | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.7 (19.5K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Dirty HarryWhen a madman calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces the city, tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath. | 1971 | Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.7 (151.8K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Doulos, LeA burglar betraying other criminals, prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend that might be as untrustworthy as he. | 1962 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Thriller | 7.8 (10.4K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
DriveAn action drama about a mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic who moonlights as a getaway driver, and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor. | 2011 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Action, Drama | 7.8 (607.6K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
Driver, TheA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective. | 1978 | Walter Hill | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.2 (15.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Drowning Pool , TheHarper's a big-city PI, who travels to Louisiana to help an old girlfriend who's worried her husband will find out she's been cheating on him. | 1975 | Stuart Rosenberg (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (5.2K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
EyewitnessA janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story. | 1981 | Peter Yates | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 6.0 (4.9K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
Farewell My LovelyLos Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer. | 1975 | Dick Richards | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (8.1K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
FargoMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson. | 1996 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Thriller | 8.1 (654.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Femme FataleA woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her. | 2002 | Brian De Palma (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.2 (35.4K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
FlashpointTwo U.S. border patrolmen find a buried 20+ year old jeep in the desert with a skeleton, rifle and $800,000. They keep the money. Suddenly, the FBI shows a lot of interest in the car. | 1984 | William Tannen | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (2.7K votes) | 31 | 20220912 |
Fort Apache the BronxIn New York City, South Bronx's main police precinct is nicknamed Fort Apache by its employees who feel like troopers surrounded by hostiles in a wild west isolated outpost. | 1981 | Daniel Petrie | Crime, Drama | 6.7 (6.2K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
French Connection, TheA pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal. | 1971 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (118.5K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
Friends of Eddie Coyle, TheAfter 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. | 1973 | Peter Yates | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (10.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Getaway, TheAn ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned. | 1994 | Roger Donaldson | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 5.8 (18.1K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
Getaway, TheA recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. | 1972 | Sam Peckinpah (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.4 (31.4K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
Gods of the Plague [Gotter der Pest]A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing. With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend. | 1970 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*) | Crime, Drama | 6.5 (1.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
Grifters, TheA small-time conman has torn loyalties between his estranged mother and new girlfriend, both of whom are high-stakes grifters with their own angles to play. | 1990 | Stephen Frears (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.9 (27.3K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
HarperLew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband. | 1966 | Jack Smight | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (9.1K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
HeistA career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch. | 2001 | David Mamet | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (35.6K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
Hit, TheTen years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong. | 1984 | Stephen Frears (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (8.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
HomicideA Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result. | 1991 | David Mamet | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (7.1K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Hot Spot, TheUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities - and the local women - after he robs a bank. | 1990 | Dennis Hopper (*) | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 6.4 (11.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
House of GamesA psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men. | 1987 | David Mamet | Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (22.1K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Hustler, TheAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match. | 1961 | Robert Rossen (*) | Drama, Sport | 8.0 (80.3K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
Killing ZoeThe cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank. | 1993 | Roger Avary | Crime, Thriller | 6.5 (20.4K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
Kiss Kiss Bang BangAfter being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery. | 2005 | Shane Black | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (223.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
L.A. ConfidentialAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. | 1997 | Curtis Hanson (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.2 (563.7K votes) | 138 | 20211228 |
LantanaThe relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney. | 2001 | Ray Lawrence | Drama, Mystery, Romance | 7.3 (19.2K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Last Seduction, TheA devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme. | 1994 | John Dahl | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.1 (22.9K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Late Show, TheA grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner. | 1977 | Robert Benton (*) | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller | 6.9 (2.8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
Lone StarWhen the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town. | 1996 | John Sayles (*) | Drama, Mystery, Western | 7.4 (29.3K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
Long Good Friday, TheAn up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat. | 1980 | John Mackenzie | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (21.2K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
Long Goodbye, ThePrivate investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder. | 1973 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (30.5K votes) | 112 | 20220414 |
Lost HighwayAnonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray. | 1997 | David Lynch (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 7.6 (138.4K votes) | 134 | 20211228 |
Man Who Wasn't There, TheA laconic, chain-smoking barber blackmails his wife's boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning, but his plan goes terribly wrong. | 2001 | Joel Coen (*) | Crime, Drama | 7.5 (107.9K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
Manchurian Candidate, TheAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. | 1962 | John Frankenheimer (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (74.3K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer. | 2000 | Christopher Nolan (*) | Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (1.2M votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
Miami BluesAn ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency. | 1990 | George Armitage | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (8.5K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Miller's CrossingTom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties. | 1990 | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.7 (132.6K votes) | 115 | 20211228 |
Mulholland DrAfter a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. | 2001 | David Lynch (*) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (343.7K votes) | 147 | 20211228 |
Mulholland FallsIn 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman. | 1996 | Lee Tamahori | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (16.9K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
Narrow MarginA Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder. | 1990 | Peter Hyams | Action, Crime, Thriller | 6.6 (8.9K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
Night MovesLos Angeles private investigator Harry Moseby is hired by a client to find her runaway teenage daughter. Moseby tracks the daughter down, only to stumble upon something much more intriguing and sinister. | 1975 | Arthur Penn (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.1 (14.4K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
NightcrawlerWhen Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. | 2014 | Dan Gilroy | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.8 (510.4K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
No Country For Old MenViolence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. | 2007 | Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (924.5K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
No Way OutA coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress. | 1987 | Roger Donaldson | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.1 (39.1K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
OldboyAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in five days. | 2003 | Park Chan-wook (*) | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (553.3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
One False MoveA small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers. | 1992 | Carl Franklin | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (11.4K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
Out of SightA career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped. | 1998 | Steven Soderbergh (*) | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.0 (90.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
Package, TheExperienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him. | 1989 | Andrew Davis | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (9.6K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
Parallax View, TheAn ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines. | 1974 | Alan J. Pakula (*) | Drama, Thriller | 7.1 (17.9K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
Point BlankAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him. | 1967 | John Boorman (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (20.4K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
Portrait in BlackAfter a married woman and her lover murder her cruel husband, they find themselves targeted by someone who is aware of their crime. | 1960 | Michael Gordon | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (1.4K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
Pulp FictionThe 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. | 1994 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.9 (2M votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
Red Rock WestUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue. | 1993 | John Dahl | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (21.7K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. | 1992 | Quentin Tarantino (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.3 (976.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
Rolling ThunderA returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible. | 1977 | John Flynn | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (8.5K votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
Romeo Is BleedingA womanizing, crooked cop on the payroll of the mafia is confronted with the reality of his double life after he is asked to kill a beautiful and ruthless Russian gangster. | 1993 | Peter Medak | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (13.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner. | 1967 | Jean-Pierre Melville (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.1 (49.6K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |
SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives. | 1995 | David Fincher (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.6 (1.6M votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
ShamusMillions in diamonds are stolen from a safe in NYC and later the burglar is killed. Shamus is paid $10,000 by the owner to find the diamonds or killer. | 1973 | Buzz Kulik | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.1 (1.3K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
Simple Plan, AThree 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. | 1998 | Sam Raimi (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (67.8K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
Sin CityAn exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption. | 2005 | Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez | Crime, Thriller | 8.0 (755.6K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
So Sweet, So Dead [Rivelazioni di un maniaco sessuale al capo della squadra mobile]A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene. | 1972 | Roberto Bianchi Montero | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (831 votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 TheFour armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away? | 1974 | Joseph Sargent | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.7 (29.7K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
Taxi DriverA mentally unstable veteran works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action. | 1976 | Martin Scorsese (*) | Crime, Drama | 8.2 (780.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
ThiefAn ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight. | 1981 | Michael Mann (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.4 (29.5K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
Three Days of the CondorA bookish CIA researcher in Manhattan finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. | 1975 | Sydney Pollack (*) | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.4 (53.2K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
To Live and Die in L AA fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner. | 1985 | William Friedkin (*) | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (32.5K votes) | 116 | 20211228 |
Tony RomeTough Miami P.I., Tony Rome's hired by a millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter. In the search, he has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami's police. | 1967 | Gordon Douglas | Crime, Drama, Mystery | 6.6 (2.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
Two Jakes, TheThe sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil. | 1990 | Jack Nicholson | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance | 6.2 (13.7K votes) | 137 | 20211228 |
Two Moon JunctionA young Southern débutante temporarily abandons her posh lifestyle and upcoming, semi-arranged marriage to have a lustful and erotic fling with a rugged drifter who works at a local carnival. | 1988 | Zalman King | Drama, Romance | 5.1 (5.6K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
Usual Suspects, TheA sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. | 1995 | Bryan Singer (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.5 (1M votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
White SandsA small southwestern town Sheriff finds a body in the desert with a suitcase and five hundred thousand dollars. He impersonates the man and stumbles into an F.B.I. investigation. | 1992 | Roger Donaldson | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.0 (7.8K votes) | 101 | 20211228 |