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This Gun for Hire (1942)
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| Starring the beautiful Veronica Lake. |
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Double Indemnity (Special Edition) (1944)
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| imdb's #65 movie of all time. |
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Mildred Pierce (1945)
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| A rare film to be considered both a measured character study and a gay camp classic. |
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The Big Sleep (1946)
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Gun Crazy (1949)
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| aka "Deadly Is the Female" (awesome). |
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White Heat (1949)
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| AFI's #18 movie quote: "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" |
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In a Lonely Place (1950)
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| Twisty delicious murder mystery with Bogart. |
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
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| An endlessly quotable classic, imdb's #30 movie of all time. |
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Kiss Me Deadly (Criterion) (1955)
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| Almost a secret classic, Cloris Leachman's first role. |
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Point Blank (1967)
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| Directed by John Boorman, years later re-made into the crap-tastic Mel Gibson vehicle "Payback" |
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The Long Goodbye (1973)
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Double Indemnity (Televsion Version) (1973)
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| Cheesy 70s remake. |
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Chinatown (1974)
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| imdb's #44 movie of all time. |
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The Man With Bogart's Face (1980)
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Blade Runner (Director's Cut) (1982)
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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Body Double (1984)
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| De Palma caught a lot of heat for the voyeuristic nature of the violence (and sex) in Body Double, critics are really missing out. The beach scene is something that could've been lifted from a Jacques Tati film. |
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Tequila Sunrise (1988)
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The Two Jakes (1990)
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One False Move (1991)
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| Billy Bob Thornton's first screenplay, directed by Carl Frankin (Devil in a Blue Dress). |
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Deep Cover (1992)
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| Laurence F. in his last performance as Larry. |
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
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| Perhaps a noir more in twisty story-telling than its look -- imdb's #9 movie of all time. |
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Strange Days (1995)
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
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| One of Bryan Singer's first films |
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Heat (1995)
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Bound (1996)
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| I don't want to startle you, but this movie has a little GAY in it. |
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Lost Highway (1997)
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
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| imdb's #56 movie of all time. |
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 (Disc 1 of 6) (1997)
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| okay, tv shows count enough to be on the list... but they have to be at the bottom. |
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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
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| Based on a Walter Mosley novel, see a young Don Cheadle in one of his first (and most quotable) film roles |
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Dark City (1998)
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The Limey (1999)
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Memento (Special Edition) (2000)
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Mulholland Dr. (2001)
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| imdb's #250 movie of all time. |
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Veronica Mars: Season 1 (Disc 1 of 6) (2004)
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| Southern CA -- extremely noir-ish storytelling and visuals. Sometimes this show is so good I can't believe it even exists. |
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Criminal (2004)
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| American re-make of the Argentinian "Nine Queens" John C. Reilly once boasted the film had "no rollerblading or frozen yogurt". |
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Dark Blue (2003)
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Collateral (2004)
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| Oscar-nominated for Best Editing and Supporting Actor (Jamie Fox), it also won several cinematography awards. On the short list of films that made Tom Cruise bearable. |
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
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| Brilliantly funny, equally poking fun at the genre as paying tribute to it. |
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The Black Dahlia (2006)
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| Oh Brian DePalma, we need to talk... |
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Veronica Mars: Season 2 (Disc 1 of 6) (2004)
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| ...and again. |
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Sin City (2005)
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