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Movies by Lists - While the City Sleeps (Neo-noir films) (100 [100])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Across 110th StreetTwo New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.1972Barry ShearAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.0 (6K votes)10220211228
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 m1990James Foley (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.6 (3.5K votes)11420211228
American Friend, TheTom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.1977Wim Wenders (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (15.7K votes)12820211228
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 acco1970Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*)Drama6.7 (1.8K votes)8020211228
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.1987Alan ParkerHorror, Mystery, Thriller7.3 (85.8K votes)11320211228
Basic InstinctA violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.1992Paul Verhoeven (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (192.7K votes)12720211228
Big Easy, TheA corrupt lieutenant in the homicide division is threatened by the righteous DA while trying to solve a string of mysterious murders.1986Jim McBride (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.5 (12.6K votes)10220211228
Black Dahlia, TheTwo policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.2006Brian De Palma (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller5.6 (73.6K votes)12120211228
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.1982Ridley Scott (*)Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller8.1 (738.2K votes)11720211228
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.1961Allen BaronCrime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (4.4K votes)7720211228
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.1984Joel Coen, Ethan CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller7.6 (94K votes)9920211228
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.1986David Lynch (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.7 (192.4K votes)12020211228
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.1984Brian De Palma (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.8 (32.4K votes)11420211228
Body HeatIn the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman persuades her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.1981Lawrence Kasdan (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.4 (34.2K votes)11320211228
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.1996Lana Wachowski, Lilly WachowskiCrime, Thriller7.3 (54.2K votes)10920211228
BrickA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.2005Rian JohnsonAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.2 (104.7K votes)11020211228
BullittAn all-guts, no-glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.1968Peter YatesAction, Crime, Thriller7.4 (66.8K votes)11420211228
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.1970Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (24.6K votes)14020211228
ChinatownA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.1974Roman Polanski (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.2 (315K votes)13020211228
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.2004Michael Mann (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (385.4K votes)12020211228
Conversation, TheA paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.1974Francis Ford Coppola (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.8 (108K votes)11320211228
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.1981Ivan PasserCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (6.3K votes)10920211228
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.1998Alex ProyasFantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller7.6 (196.1K votes)10020211228
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.1997Jonas Pate, Josh PateCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.6 (6.4K votes)10620211228
Deuxieme Souffle, LeA gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.1966Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama7.9 (5.9K votes)15020211228
Devil in a Blue DressAn African-American man is hired to find a woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal.1995Carl FranklinCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.7 (19.5K votes)10220211228
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.1971Don Siegel, Clint EastwoodAction, Crime, Thriller7.7 (151.8K votes)10220211228
Doulos, LeA burglar betraying other criminals, prepares for a big heist with a trusted friend that might be as untrustworthy as he.1962Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Thriller7.8 (10.4K votes)10820211228
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.2011Nicolas Winding RefnAction, Drama7.8 (607.6K votes)10020211228
Driver, TheA getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.1978Walter HillAction, Crime, Thriller7.2 (15.8K votes)9120211228
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.1975Stuart Rosenberg (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.5 (5.2K votes)10820211228
EyewitnessA janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.1981Peter YatesCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.0 (4.9K votes)10320211228
Farewell My LovelyLos Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by paroled convict Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend Velma, former seedy nightclub dancer.1975Dick RichardsCrime, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (8.1K votes)9520211228
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.1996Joel Coen, Ethan CoenCrime, Thriller8.1 (654.8K votes)9820211228
Femme FataleA woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.2002Brian De Palma (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (35.4K votes)11420211228
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.1984William TannenAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (2.7K votes)3120220912
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.1981Daniel PetrieCrime, Drama6.7 (6.2K votes)12520211228
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.1971William Friedkin (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (118.5K votes)10420211228
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.1973Peter YatesCrime, Drama7.5 (10.3K votes)10220211228
Getaway, TheAn ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.1994Roger DonaldsonAction, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller5.8 (18.1K votes)11520211228
Getaway, TheA recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.1972Sam Peckinpah (*)Action, Crime, Thriller7.4 (31.4K votes)12320211228
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.1970Rainer Werner Fassbinder (*)Crime, Drama6.5 (1.3K votes)9120211228
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.1990Stephen Frears (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller6.9 (27.3K votes)11020211228
HarperLew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband.1966Jack SmightCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (9.1K votes)12120211228
HeistA career jewel thief finds himself at tense odds with his longtime partner, a crime boss who sends his nephew to keep watch.2001David MametAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.5 (35.6K votes)10920211228
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.1984Stephen Frears (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (8.2K votes)9820211228
HomicideA Jewish homicide detective investigates a seemingly minor murder and falls in with a Zionist group as a result.1991David MametCrime, Drama, Thriller7.0 (7.1K votes)10220211228
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.1990Dennis Hopper (*)Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller6.4 (11.6K votes)13020211228
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.1987David MametCrime, Thriller7.3 (22.1K votes)10220211228
Hustler, TheAn up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.1961Robert Rossen (*)Drama, Sport8.0 (80.3K votes)13420211228
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.1993Roger AvaryCrime, Thriller6.5 (20.4K votes)9620211228
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.2005Shane BlackComedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (223.5K votes)10320211228
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.1997Curtis Hanson (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.2 (563.7K votes)13820211228
LantanaThe relationships of four couples unravel after the discovery of a young woman's body in Lantana bush in suburban Sydney.2001Ray LawrenceDrama, Mystery, Romance7.3 (19.2K votes)12120211228
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.1994John DahlCrime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.1 (22.9K votes)11020211228
Late Show, TheA grumpy semi-retired private investigator partners with a quirky female client to catch the people who murdered his partner.1977Robert Benton (*)Comedy, Mystery, Thriller6.9 (2.8K votes)9320211228
Lone StarWhen the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.1996John Sayles (*)Drama, Mystery, Western7.4 (29.3K votes)13520211228
Long Good Friday, TheAn up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.1980John MackenzieCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.6 (21.2K votes)11420211228
Long Goodbye, ThePrivate investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.1973Robert Altman (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.5 (30.5K votes)11220220414
Lost HighwayAnonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.1997David Lynch (*)Mystery, Thriller7.6 (138.4K votes)13420211228
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.2001Joel Coen (*)Crime, Drama7.5 (107.9K votes)11620211228
Manchurian Candidate, TheAn American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.1962John Frankenheimer (*)Drama, Thriller7.9 (74.3K votes)12620211228
MementoA man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife's murderer.2000Christopher Nolan (*)Mystery, Thriller8.4 (1.2M votes)11320211228
Miami BluesAn ex-con's first act of freedom is moving to Miami where he restarts his old criminal ways with even more potency.1990George ArmitageComedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.4 (8.5K votes)9720211228
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.1990Joel Coen, Ethan CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (132.6K votes)11520211228
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.2001David Lynch (*)Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.9 (343.7K votes)14720211228
Mulholland FallsIn 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.1996Lee TamahoriCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.3 (16.9K votes)10720211228
Narrow MarginA Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.1990Peter HyamsAction, Crime, Thriller6.6 (8.9K votes)9720211228
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.1975Arthur Penn (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.1 (14.4K votes)10020211228
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.2014Dan GilroyCrime, Drama, Thriller7.8 (510.4K votes)11720211228
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.2007Ethan Coen, Joel CoenCrime, Drama, Thriller8.1 (924.5K votes)12220211228
No Way OutA coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.1987Roger DonaldsonAction, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller7.1 (39.1K votes)11420211228
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.2003Park Chan-wook (*)Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.4 (553.3K votes)12020211228
One False MoveA small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.1992Carl FranklinCrime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (11.4K votes)10520211228
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.1998Steven Soderbergh (*)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller7.0 (90.6K votes)12320211228
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.1989Andrew DavisAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.4 (9.6K votes)10820211228
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.1974Alan J. Pakula (*)Drama, Thriller7.1 (17.9K votes)10220211228
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.1967John Boorman (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (20.4K votes)9220211228
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.1960Michael GordonCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.4 (1.4K votes)11220211228
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.1994Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama8.9 (2M votes)15420211228
Red Rock WestUpon arriving to a small town, a drifter is mistaken for a hitman, but when the real hitman arrives, complications ensue.1993John DahlCrime, Drama, Thriller7.0 (21.7K votes)9820211228
Reservoir DogsWhen a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.1992Quentin Tarantino (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller8.3 (976.6K votes)9920211228
Rolling ThunderA returning war veteran loses his family to a violent home invasion and decides to seek and retaliate against those responsible.1977John FlynnCrime, Drama, Thriller7.0 (8.5K votes)9520211228
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.1993Peter MedakCrime, Drama, Romance6.6 (13.8K votes)11020211228
Samourai, LeAfter professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.1967Jean-Pierre Melville (*)Crime, Drama8.1 (49.6K votes)10120211228
SevenTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.1995David Fincher (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.6 (1.6M votes)12720211228
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.1973Buzz KulikAction, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery6.1 (1.3K votes)10620211228
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.1998Sam Raimi (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller7.5 (67.8K votes)12120211228
Sin CityAn exploration of the dark and miserable Basin City and three of its residents, all of whom are caught up in violent corruption.2005Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Robert RodriguezCrime, Thriller8.0 (755.6K votes)12420211228
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.1972Roberto Bianchi MonteroCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller6.1 (831 votes)8820211228
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?1974Joseph SargentAction, Crime, Thriller7.7 (29.7K votes)10420211228
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.1976Martin Scorsese (*)Crime, Drama8.2 (780.5K votes)11420211228
ThiefAn ace safe cracker wants to do one last big heist for the mob before going straight.1981Michael Mann (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.4 (29.5K votes)12320211228
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.1975Sydney Pollack (*)Crime, Mystery, Thriller7.4 (53.2K votes)11720211228
To Live and Die in L AA fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.1985William Friedkin (*)Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (32.5K votes)11620211228
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.1967Gordon DouglasCrime, Drama, Mystery6.6 (2.8K votes)11020211228
Two Jakes, TheThe sequel to Chinatown (1974) finds J.J. "Jake" Gittes investigating adultery and murder, and the money that comes from oil.1990Jack NicholsonCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance6.2 (13.7K votes)13720211228
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.1988Zalman KingDrama, Romance5.1 (5.6K votes)10420211228
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.1995Bryan Singer (*)Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller8.5 (1M votes)10620211228
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.1992Roger DonaldsonAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.0 (7.8K votes)10120211228