Against All Odds (1984)
Synopsis: An unemployed football player (Jeff Bridges, Winter Kills) is hired to find the girlfriend (Rachel Ward, Fortress) of a shady night club owner (James Woods, Best Seller). Things get […]
Tag Archives: Neo-Noir
Downbeat crime films made after 1959
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Synopsis: An ex-con (Jack O’Halloran, Superman) hires gumshoe Phillip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum, Out of the Past) to find his girlfriend. Marlowe also agrees to assist another client with a ransom […]
The Naked Face (1984)
Synopsis: Roger Moore (For Your Eyes Only) plays a Chicago psychiatrist, Dr. Judd Stevens, who suddenly becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Reaction & Thoughts: Based upon Sidney Sheldon’s […]
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Synopsis: After a secret affair with a sex worker, a respected, wealthy businessman, played by Roy Scheider (Jaws), finds himself in hot waters with a group of nasty blackmailers. Reaction […]
The Malpaso Collection: Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
Synopsis: Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) is Coogan, an Arizona Sheriff who comes to New York City to pick up a prisoner (Don Stroud, The Buddy Holly Story). The simple task […]
Cohen and Tate (1988)
Synopsis: Two hit-men kill a couple, kidnap their kid, and take the child on a long road trip to meet the mafiosos who ordered the hit. Reaction & Thoughts: From […]
New World (2013, aka Sinsegye)
Synopsis: When the head of a powerful crime organization dies in a car accident, cops see a unique opportunity to influence the internal politics of the corrupt conglomerate. Police department […]
Eyewitness (1981)
Synopsis: A night janitor, played by William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman), discovers a body during his shift. He didn’t see anything, he didn’t hear anything, he doesn’t know […]
The Nickel Ride (1974)
Synopsis: In Los Angeles, California, Cooper (Jason Miller, The Exorcist), a small-time crook, works as the “Key Man” for the mob; the person who literally holds the keys of warehouses […]
The Stone Killer (1973)
Synopsis: A California cop known for his harsh methods, Lou Torrey (Charles Bronson, The Evil That Men Do), gets transferred to New York after he kills a suspect. Torrey is quickly assigned to […]
The Evil That Men Do (1984)
Synopsis: Charles Bronson (The Stone Killer) plays an ex-hitman who comes out of retirement in order to avenge the murder of an old friend. His mission takes him to South America, […]
Chinatown (1974)
Synopsis: In the 1930s, Los Angeles, California, P.I. Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson, The Shining) is hired to tail a government official who is suspected of having an illicit love affair. […]
Windows (1980)
Synopsis: A recently divorced woman with a stuttering problem, Emily Hollander (Talia Shire, Rocky), is assaulted by a stranger in her own home. Although she is comforted by her close friend, Andrea […]
Tap (1989)
Synopsis: Cat burglar and ex-dancer, Max Washington (Gregory Hines, White Nights), has just been released from jail. As he asses his options, Max must decide between returning to his old […]
Best Seller (1987)
Synopsis: A mysterious hitman, Cleve (James Woods, Salvador), wants cop-turned-writer, Dennis Meechum (Brian Dennehy, First Blood), to write a book about his experiences as a henchman to corrupt politician, David […]
The Malpaso Collection: Dirty Harry (1971)
Synopsis: Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven) is a San Francisco cop assigned to capture a vicious serial killer (Andrew Robinson, Charley Varrick) who calls himself “The Scorpio Killer.” When conventional […]
Eye for an Eye (1996)
Synopsis: When her daughter’s murderer is set free thanks to a technicality, a grieving mother (Sally Field, Norma Rae) decides to do something to correct this miscarriage of justice. Frustrated […]
The Late Show (1977)
Synopsis: Aging L.A. gumshoe, Ira Wells’s (Art Carney, Harry and Tonto) glory days are long gone. Once an ace private detective, he is barely making ends meet nowadays. When Ira’s […]
American Gigolo (1980)
Synopsis: Julian (Richard Gere, An Officer and A Gentleman) is a young man who makes a living as a “companion” (aka male prostitute) to wealthy older women. He makes a […]
