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1) The killing
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Stanley Kubrick's account of an ambitious racetrack robbery is one of Hollywood's tautest, twistiest noirs. Aided by a radically time-shuffling narrative, razor-sharp dialogue from pulp novelist Jim Thompson, and a phenomenal cast of character actors, including Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Timothy Carey, and Elisha Cook Jr., The Killing is both a jaunty thriller and a cold-blooded punch to the gut. With its precise tracking shots and gratifying...
3) Bull
Publisher
General Coffee Company Film Productions
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Confronted by his boss about his lackluster job performance, mild-mannered stockbroker Charlie agrees to earn his keep by doing some ill-defined work for the powerful and mysterious Roland Gow. Before long, Charlie descends into a twisted world of intrigue, duplicity, and murder from which he might never escape.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
English
Description
Beyond its obvious cultural significance as the only classic film noir directed by a woman (actress Ida Lupino), THE HITCH-HIKER is perhaps better remembered as simply one of the most nightmarish motion pictures of the 1950s. Inspired by the true-life murder spree of Billy Cook, THE HITCH-HIKER is the tension-laden saga of two men on a camping trip (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) who are held captive by a homicidal drifter (William Talman). He...
7) Key Largo
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A disillusioned returning World War II veteran has lost the will to fight ... until he arrives at a rundown hotel in Key Largo. There a mobster holes up against a raging storm, holding the veteran, the hotel owner and the owner's widowed daughter-in-law at gunpoint.
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A powerful film about a ruthless journalist and an unscrupulous press agent who'll do anything to achieve success, this fascinating story cuts deep and sends a chilling message. It's late at night in Times Square, and everything's buzzing with nervous energy. But press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) is oblivious to it all as he nervously waits for the early edition of The Globe. Whose career did gossip columnist J. J. Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster)...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1951.
Language
English
Description
A cave collapse in New Mexico traps a man, and all eyes turn toward the tragedy … including those of Charles "Chuck" Tatum (Kirk Douglas), a washed-up newspaper reporter who sees the incident as a ticket back to his former days at the top of the journalism heap. As the media circus begins to swirl around the trapped man's plight, Tatum takes command of the situation, embellishing the unfolding drama and prolonging the rescue effort … while feeding...
10) The Bigamist
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
English
Description
An amazingly sympathetic portrait of a figure historically given very short shrift: the title character is not only a two-timer—he’s a traveling salesman as well. But, as embodied by that perpetually pressured everyman of the 1950s, Edmond O’Brien, the bigamist comes across as a victim of his own sensitivity. Caught between two complementary spouses, O’Brien’s dazed indecisiveness dominates the narrative. As always in Ida Lupino’s directorial...
11) No Escape
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
1953.
Language
English
Description
An innocent couple, seeking to clear themselves of a homicide charge, discover that a jealous enraged detective is the murderer.
12) Shelter
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent is sent to Germany to protect Mona, a Lebanese informant recovering from plastic surgery to assume her new identity. Together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg, the relationship that develops between the two women is soon exposed to the threat of terror that is engulfing the world today. In this game of deception, beliefs are questioned, choices are made, and their fate takes a surprising turn in this suspense-laden,...
14) Impact
Publisher
NYX Channel
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding, and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy.
15) Detective Story
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1951.
Language
English
Description
In this influential crime drama, an embittered cop, Det. James McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim battle with the city's lowlife. But while McLeod fights crime on the streets, his wife suffers from neglect at home. Based on Sydney Kingsley's Broadway play, this seminal movie was a prototype for everything from *Hill Street Blues* to *NYPD Blue*. Nominated for Best Actress (Eleanor Parker), Best Supporting Actress (Lee Grant), Best...
16) The Naked Street
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In order to save his sister Rosalie (Anne Bancroft) from social embarrasment, crime lord Phil Regal (Anthony Quinn) gets the father of her unborn baby, condemned murderer Nicky Bradna (Farley Granger) paroled so he can marry her. Meanwhile, reporter Joe McFarland (Peter Graves) is writing an expose on Regal's criminal empire. When Rosalie miscarries, Nicky returns to his womanizing and criminal ways only to get framed by Regal and put back on Death...
17) The Naked Kiss
Publisher
NYX Channel
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
Description
A former prostitute attempts to assimilate in suburbia after fleeing her pimp. She soon falls in love with a member of the town's wealthiest family, but shortly before her wedding, finds out that her philanthropic fiance has a horrific secret. A searing melodrama thematically ahead of his time, Samuel Fuller's classic film dares to explore taboo subjects with unique style and unforgettable performances. *"THE NAKED KISS finds Sam Fuller's tabloid...
Publisher
NYX Channel
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
In this noir-thriller, three convicts are contracted by a mysterious benefactor to pull a bank heist. The four men, having worn masks during the crime, are complete strangers and are anonymous to one another, but plan to meet up in Mexico to divvy up the loot. Part of their master plan is to frame the robbery on Joe Rolfe, an ex-con himself--but little do they know, Rolfe has convinced the police of his innocence and has now been hired to catch the...
19) The Big Combo
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1955.
Language
English
Description
A noir classic about a police lieutenant who comes under pressure from a gang headed by a vicious thug. He is helped by the gangster's wife, jealous at her husband's affair with another woman, who supplies him with information to help him close the net on his foe. "*Where the usual noir takes place in a nightmare world, this one seems to inhabit a dream: there's no longer fear in the images, but rather a distanced, idealized beauty.*" - Dave Kehr,...
20) Hit and Run
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A prosperous junk-car dealer sees his ex-convict twin brother murdered and assumes his identity to trap the killers.
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