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24 results for “classic noir”

Fallen Angels

1993 ★ 6.6

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The ep

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Sugar

2024 ★ 7.2

John Sugar is a dashing private eye navigating the dark corners of sunny LA. Though he sees only the good in humanity, Sugar is haunted by a secret too dangerou

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Trouble Is My Business

2018 ★ 4.7

Private eye Roland Drake cracks cases and romances femme fatales in 1940's Los Angeles while corrupt cop Det Barry Tate rules the city. A tale told in the class

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Watching the Detectives

2007 ★ 6.3

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Vio

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The Bad Sleep Well

1960 ★ 7.7

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and marries the crippled daughter of

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The Spanish Prisoner

1997 ★ 6.8

An inventor of a secret process suddenly finds himself alone as both his friends and the corporation he works for turn against him. The Spanish Prisoner is a 19

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Mourning Wife

2001 ★ 3.0

Director Daisuke Goto, the master of the cinematic Pink Eiga, is back with this retelling of the classic film noir, The Postman Always Rings Twice. A married wo

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Key Largo

1948 ★ 7.5

A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at g

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Shoot the Piano Player

1960 ★ 7.2

Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and

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The Asphalt Jungle

1950 ★ 7.5

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran cri

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Caged

1950 ★ 7.1

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison. Caged is a 1950 American film noir and

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The Prowler

1951 ★ 6.8

Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the h

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Mr. Arkadin

1955 ★ 6.8

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything befo

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Detour

1945 ★ 7.2

The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend. Detour is

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Cry of the Hunted

1953 ★ 6.1

A prison convict escapes through the Louisiana swamps. Cry of the Hunted is a 1953 American crime film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis and released by MGM. The

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Bad Day at Black Rock

1955 ★ 7.3

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and m

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Color Me Dead

1969 ★ 6.3

A man discovers that he has been deliberately poisoned and hasn't long to live. In the short time he has left, he determines to find out who poisoned him and wh

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The Late Show

1977 ★ 6.3

Over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen

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The Blue Lamp

1950 ★ 6.6

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going

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The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005 ★ 6.9

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career threaten to de

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Problem Girls

1953 ★ 4.5

A medical student learns about a scheme to drug a girl and pass her off as an heiress to an oil fortune. Problem Girls is a 1953 American drama‑mystery film dir

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The Stranger

1946 ★ 7.2

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distingu

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The Beast Is Loose

1959 ★ 6.4

Paul Lamiani, a wizened mobster, is asked to return to duty following the disappearance of secret documents of extreme importance. It is assumed that they are i

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The Red House

1947 ★ 6.3

An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.

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