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Florence Carala and her lover Julien Tavernier, an ex - paratrooper want to murder her husband by faking a suicide. But after Julien has killed him and he puts his things in his car, he finds he has forgotten the rope outside the window and he returns to the building to remove it...
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | police investigationmurder of husbandunfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymurderfriendshipdeathlove |
| Mood: | euro noircar chaseneo noirrain |
| Locations: | car theftmotelpolice stationelevatorparis francemotorcyclebar |
| Characters: | germansecurity guardlove trianglethiefphotographerpolicemangirlprostitutefriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | algiers algeriaoil businessoil pipelinedoor keystealing a carmotel desk clerktrapped in an elevatorelevator shaftnewspaper headlineminiature cameraflash camerapocket knifedeveloping a photographpassionate lovemurder disguised as suicide …reference to rommelinterior monologueex paratrooperfrench indochina warsleepless nightfrench foreign legionrear ending a carpencil sharpenernouvelle vaguereference to goethefeature film directorial debutirony of fatedouble suicidesalesgirlfrench new wavecroissantjazz scoretelephone operatorgrappling hookgeneva switzerlandparking ticketfake suicidesidewalk cafepolice sirennorth africanight watchmanvoice over inner thoughtspinball machineraincoatflower shopfloristsleeping pillalibitalking to selfmercedesalgeriamotor scooterdressingblack cattitle same as bookfamous scoreweekendcarjackingoffscreen killingcoincidenceclimbingarms dealerjazz musicwar heroglovesgateleather jacketreckless drivingcigarette lighteroilthunderpillsfollowing someonephone boothstealingrecordingcaptainropecharacter says i love yourecord playerchessdeath of husbandgaragemistaken identitypassionpay phonechampagnekeybusinessmanconfessionbartendercoffeecigar smokingsuicide attemptjournalistnewspaperrevolverinterrogationshootingdrinkcameratelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelkissgun (See All) |
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | police investigationtheftinvestigationlovemurderdeath |
| Mood: | euro noirneo noirrain |
| Locations: | car theftpolice stationelevatorparis francebar |
| Characters: | love trianglethiefpolicemanprostitutepolice |
| Story: | stealing a caralibijazz musicglovesfollowing someonephone boothgaragekeybartendercigar smokingrevolverinterrogationshootingtelephone callcigarette smoking …based on novelkissgun (See All) |
In London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for th …eir marriage. When Mark arrives from America to visit the couple, Margot tells him that she had destroyed all his letters but one that was stolen. Subsequently she was blackmailed, but she had never retrieved the stolen letter. Tony arrives home, claims that he needs to work and asks Margot to go with Mark to the theater. Meanwhile Tony calls Captain Lesgate (aka Charles Alexander Swann who studied with him at college) and blackmails him to murder his wife, so that he can inherit her fortune. But there is no perfect crime, and things do not work as planned. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymurderlovedeath |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | newspaper headlineflash cameraraincoatalibiglovesphone boothstealingpay phonekeyconfessioncigar smokingdrinkcameratelephone callphotograph …cigarette smoking (See All) |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftinvestigationdrinkingmurderdeath |
| Mood: | neo noirrain |
| Locations: | police stationmotorcyclebar |
| Characters: | thiefphotographerpolicemangirlhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | door keynewspaper headlineglovesphone boothropepay phoneconfessioncoffeejournalistnewspaperinterrogationshootingdrinkcameratelephone call …photographcigarette smokinggun (See All) |
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother. …As his chaotic profession steadily destroys his personal life, Guido must find a balance between creating art and succumbing to its obsessive demands. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelity |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | love trianglephotographerprostitutehusband wife relationship |
| Story: | flash camerasidewalk cafevoice over inner thoughtscigarette lighterpillsfollowing someonephone boothropepassionchampagnesuicide attemptshootingdrinkcameratelephone call …photographcigarette smokingbare chested malekiss (See All) |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe …s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftinvestigationdrinkinginfidelityfriendshipmurderdeath |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | car theftmotelbar |
| Characters: | security guardthiefpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | stealing a carnewspaper headlinepocket kniferecordingcharacter says i love yourecord playergaragedeath of husbandbartendershootingdrinktelephone callknifekissgun |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
| Themes: | theftdrinkingfriendshipdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | motorcyclebar |
| Characters: | germanthiefphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | oil pipelinereckless drivingcigarette lighteroilstealingchampagnecigar smokingnewspaperdrinkcameratelephone callknifecigarette smokingbased on novelgun |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noirrain |
| Locations: | elevatorbar |
| Characters: | security guardthiefpolicemanprostitutehusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | following someonebusinessmanbartendershootingdrinktelephone callcigarette smokingbased on novelkissgun |
After five years in prison, Tony le Stephanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the … gangster owner of the night-club L' Age d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back for being unfaithful. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the Don Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | murder of husbandtheftdrinkinginfidelitydeathlovemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevatorparis francebar |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | jazz musicreckless drivingcigarette lighterphone boothropedeath of husbandpay phonechampagnekeycigar smokingnewspaperinterrogationshootingdrinktelephone call …cigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelgun (See All) |
Two Irish brothers accidentally kill mafia thugs. They turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and start knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he comes to catching the … Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftinvestigationdrinkingfriendshipdeathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noirrain |
| Locations: | police stationelevatorbar |
| Characters: | thiefphotographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | phone boothrecordingropegaragepay phoneconfessionbartendercoffeecigar smokingnewspapershootingdrinkcameratelephone callknife …cigarette smokingkissgun (See All) |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
| Mood: | car chaserain |
| Locations: | motelbar |
| Characters: | photographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | following someonepassionpay phonekeybartenderjournalistdrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smoking |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymurderdeathfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | police stationelevatorparis francebar |
| Characters: | photographerpolicemangirlfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | pocket knifesidewalk cafealibikeyconfessionnewspaperrevolvershootingdrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novel …gun (See All) |
Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitymurder |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | germanpolicemangirlhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | door keyelevator shaftsleeping pillcigarette lighterrecordingrecord playerchampagnecoffeeshootingdrinkphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelgun …kiss (See All) |
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an L.A.P.D. detecti …ve... (Read More)
| Themes: | theftfriendshipmurderdeath |
| Mood: | car chase |
| Locations: | police stationelevator |
| Characters: | security guardthiefpolicemanpolice |
| Story: | stealing a carelevator shaftgateleather jacketreckless drivingstealingroperevolverdrinkphotographcigarette smoking |
In 1946, the former boxers Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, workin …g together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress 'Elizabeth Short (I)' is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky's investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths. (Read More)
| Themes: | police investigationinvestigationmurderfriendshiplovedeath |
| Mood: | neo noirrain |
| Locations: | motelpolice stationmotorcycle |
| Characters: | germanlove trianglethiefphotographerprostitutefriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | newspaper headlineflash camerafollowing someonechampagneconfessionbartendernewspaperinterrogationknifephotographcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novel |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark …question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
| Themes: | police investigationunfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelpolice stationelevatorbar |
| Characters: | thiefgirlhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | voice over inner thoughtsrecord playerconfessionbartenderinterrogationdrinkcameratelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingbased on novelkiss |
In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next si …x days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkingdeathmurderfriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | car theftbar |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemanfriendpolice |
| Story: | gatereckless drivingthunderfollowing someonedeath of husbandbartendernewspapershootingdrinkknifephotographcigarette smokingbased on novelgun |
Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a pa …st ..... and their own agenda. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | theftdrinkingdeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | motelbar |
| Characters: | security guardthiefphotographerpolicemanhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | offscreen killingarms dealerfollowing someonedeath of husbandpay phonesuicide attemptshootingdrinkcameratelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingbased on novelgun |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai …l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
| Mood: | car chaserain |
| Locations: | motelelevatormotorcyclebar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlinedressinggatefollowing someonechampagnebartendernewspaperinterrogationshootingdrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novel …kissgun (See All) |
Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's lif …e is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeathmurder |
| Mood: | car chaserain |
| Locations: | paris francemotorcyclebar |
| Characters: | security guardphotographerpolicemanpolice |
| Story: | motor scootercoincidencethunderfollowing someonechesspay phonekeyinterrogationshootingdrinkcameratelephone callphotographbased on novelgun |
A frustrated and clumsy bank clerk overhears the conversation of three coworkers in the toilet about a fix in a horse race, and bets a large amount. He loses the bet and owes the money to the dangerous and powerful mobster Fingers. A gangster who works for Fingers has the ability of foreseeing piece …s of the future; he is assigned to collect money for the boss, with his troublemaker nephew Tony, and is beaten up by a gang. The manager of pop-star Trista loses her contract to Fingers without her agreement and she is threatened by the gangster. A dedicated doctor seeks a blood donor that might have a rare blood type to save the life of his secret and unrequited passion, a beautiful epidemiologist who's married to a friend. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkinglovedeathfriendshipmurder |
| Mood: | neo noirrain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | love trianglethiefphotographerpolicemangirlprostitutefriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | flash camerareckless drivingcharacter says i love youpassionbusinessmansuicide attemptshootingdrinkcameraphotographcigarette smokinggunkiss |
1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde's criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and …bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Regardless, they decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don't plan on hurting anyone physically or killing anyone despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde's older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck's nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher's daughter. The gang's life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. Following, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one's opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, t… (Read More)
| Themes: | theftmurderdeathlove |
| Mood: | car chaserain |
| Locations: | car theftmotelpolice station |
| Characters: | security guardthiefphotographerpolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | stealing a carnewspaper headlinereckless drivingstealingdeath of husbandpay phoneconfessioncigar smokingnewspaperrevolverinterrogationshootingcameratelephone callphotograph …cigarette smokingbare chested malegunkiss (See All) |
Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violen …t war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment, many of whom have a Nazi past. Their aim is to create a more human society but by employing inhuman means they not only spread terror and bloodshed, they also lose their own humanity. The man who understands them is also their hunter: the head of the German police force Horst Herold. And while he succeeds in his relentless pursuit of the young terrorists, he knows he's only dealing with the tip of the iceberg. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairinvestigationinfidelitydeathmurder |
| Locations: | car theftmotorcycle |
| Characters: | germanthiefphotographerhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | stealing a carnewspaper headlineflash camerapolice sirenleather jacketpillsconfessionjournalistnewspaperinterrogationshootingcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smoking …bare chested malegunkiss (See All) |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin …ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitylove |
| Locations: | elevatorparis francebar |
| Characters: | germanlove trianglephotographergirlhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | flash camerafamous scorewar herocaptaincharacter says i love youpay phonebartendercoffeecigar smokingnewspaperdrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbased on novel …kiss (See All) |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | extramarital affairinfidelitydeathmurderfriendship |
| Mood: | car chaseneo noir |
| Locations: | motelpolice stationelevatorbar |
| Characters: | girlprostitutehusband wife relationship |
| Story: | stealing a caroffscreen killingpay phonecoffeerevolverinterrogationtelephone callcigarette smokingbare chested malegun |
In 1999, retired Argentinian federal justice agent Benjamin Esposito is writing a novel, using an old closed case as the source material. That case is the brutal rape and murder of Liliana Coloto. In addition to seeing the extreme grief of the victim's husband Ricardo Morales, Benjamin, his assistan …t Pablo Sandoval, and newly hired department chief Irene Menendez-Hastings were personally affected by the case as Benjamin and Pablo tracked the killer, hence the reason why the unsatisfactory ending to the case has always bothered him. Despite the department already having two other suspects, Benjamin and Pablo ultimately were certain that a man named Isidoro Gomez is the real killer. Although he is aware that historical accuracy is not paramount for the novel, the process of revisiting the case is more an issue of closure for him. He tries to speak to the key players in the case, most specifically Irene, who still works in the justice department and who he has always been attracted to but never pursued due to the differences in their ages and social classes. The other issue is that Gomez is still at large, no one aware if he is alive or dead. But as Pablo at the time mentioned that passion is one thing that cannot be changed in behavior, Benjamin learns now that that premise still holds true. (Read More)
| Themes: | police investigationmurder of husbandinvestigationdrinkingfriendshiplovemurderdeath |
| Locations: | police stationelevatorbar |
| Characters: | security guardphotographerpolicemangirlfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | flash cameragaterecordingrecord playerdeath of husbandpassionkeyconfessioncoffeeinterrogationdrinktelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbased on novel …kissgun (See All) |
Struggling private investigator Louis Simo treats his work more as a means to make a living than a want to do right by what few clients he has. Through connections with the investigation firm for which he used to work, Simo is hired by Helen Bessolo to investigate the death of her son, actor 'George … Reeves (I)' (qv). Reeves was best known for his title role in _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), a role which he always despised, in part since it typecast him as a "cartoon", despite it bringing him a certain fame. His June 16, 1959 death by a single gunshot wound while in his bedroom in his Los Angeles home was ruled a suicide by the police, the death which occurred when the house was filled with people. Reeves' story is told in part in flashback as Simo, who is trying to make a name for himself with this case, talks to or tries to talk to some of the players involved, most specifically the wife of MGM General Manager 'E.J. Mannix' (qv), Toni Mannix, with whom Reeves was having a relatively open and gift-lucrative affair (she bought him that house), and Reeves' fiancee at the time of his death, Lenore Lemmon, an aspiring actress who some felt didn't love Reeves (or vice versa). As Simo proceeds with his high-profile investigation, he learns that someone doesn't want him snooping around. Through the process, Simo evaluates his own professional and personal life, the latter of which includes a somewhat strained relationship with his wife and son. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationdrinkingadulteryinfidelitydeathmurderlove |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | security guardphotographerpolicemangirlhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | flash camerarecordingrecord playercigar smokingnewspaperrevolvershootingdrinkcameraphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malekissgun |
The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.
| Themes: | drinkinglovefriendshipdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | germanphotographergirlfriend |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | flash camerapay phonebartendercigar smokingnewspaperdrinkcameratelephone callcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novel |
Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Now wanted by the authorities, he renews his relationship with Patricia Franchini, a hip American girl studying journalism at the Sorbonne, whom he had met … in Nice a few weeks earlier. Before leaving Paris, he plans to collect a debt from an underworld acquaintance and expects her to accompany him on his planned getaway to Italy. Even with his face in the local papers and media, Poiccard seems oblivious to the dragnet that is slowly closing around him as he recklessly pursues his love of American movies and libidinous interest in the beautiful American. (Read More)
| Themes: | extramarital affairlovefriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | paris francemotorcycle |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemangirlpolice |
| Story: | newspaper headlinenouvelle vaguefrench new wavevoice over inner thoughtsjournalistnewspaperrevolvercigarette smokinggun |
Wong Kar-Wai's movie about two love-struck cops is filmed in impressionistic splashes of motion and color. The first half deals with Cop 223, who has broken up with his girlfriend of five years. He purchases a tin of pineapples with an expiration date of May 1 each day for a month. By the end of tha …t time, he feels that he will either be rejoined with his love or that it too will have expired forever. The second half shows Cop 663 dealing with his breakup with his flight attendant girlfriend. He talks to his apartment furnishings until he meets a new girl at a local lunch counter. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkinglovemurderdeath |
| Mood: | neo noirrain |
| Locations: | motorcyclebar |
| Characters: | policemangirlhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | voice over inner thoughtsraincoatsleeping pilltalking to selfcoincidencerecordingpay phonerevolvershootingdrinkcameratelephone callcigarette smokingkissgun |
College student Lewis decides to drive across the country to see Venna, a friend who doesn't know that Lewis is interested in her romantically. Unfortunately for his plans, Lewis gets saddled with his raucous-spirited older brother, Fuller, whose on-the-road pranks get the brothers and Venna sucked …into a nightmare when a psychotic truckdriver takes offense. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | theftmurderfriendship |
| Mood: | car chaserain |
| Locations: | car theftmotelpolice stationbar |
| Characters: | friend |
| Story: | stealing a cargatephone boothpay phonechampagnebartenderknife |
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the …rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | investigationdeathmurder |
| Mood: | car chaseneo noirrain |
| Locations: | motelpolice stationmotorcycle |
| Characters: | security guardpolicemanpolice |
| Story: | newspaper headlinestealingchampagnerevolverinterrogationshootingknifekiss |
Tomas is a doctor and a lady-killer in 1960s Czechoslovakia, an apolitical man who is struck with love for the bookish country girl Tereza; his more sophisticated sometime lover Sabina eventually accepts their relationship and the two women form an electric friendship. The three are caught up in the … events of the Prague Spring (1968), until the Soviet tanks crush the non-violent rebels; their illusions are shattered and their lives change forever. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendshipmurderdeathlove |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | love trianglephotographerpolicemangirlfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | geneva switzerlandchesspassionchampagnebartenderinterrogationdrinkcameraphotographcigarette smokingbased on novel |
The true story of serial killer Aileen Wuernos who was convicted of luring men to their death and eventually executed in 2002. In 1989, she was working as a prostitute and finally makes a friend when she meets and begins a relationship with a young woman, Selby. Determined to straighten out her life …, she tries to find legitimate work but with little education and limited social skills, she fails at every turn. She starts working as a hooker hitching rides along the local interstate highway and after robbing a few clients has an encounter with a vicious client whom she kills in self-defense. After that however she just takes to killing clients taking their money and car. Once arrested she claims self-defense but is eventually convicted. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelitylovedeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | car theftmotelpolice stationbar |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemangirlprostitutefriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | bartenderrevolvershootingdrinkcigarette smokingkissgun |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
| Themes: | drinkingfriendshipmurderlovedeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | motelelevatorparis france |
| Characters: | photographergirlfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | talking to selfphone boothrecordingrecord playerpay phonenewspaperinterrogationshootingdrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malegun …kiss (See All) |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplovemurder |
| Locations: | paris france |
| Characters: | photographergirlfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | flash cameratelephone operatorrecordingrecord playernewspaperdrinkcameratelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingbare chested malebased on novelkiss |
Cal (Steve Carell) and Emily (Julianne Moore) have the perfect life together living the American dream... until Emily asks for a divorce. Now Cal, Mr Husband, has to navigate the single scene with a little help from his professional bachelor friend Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). Make that a lot of hel …p... (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | policemangirlfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | reckless drivingrecordingrecord playercharacter says i love youbartendercoffeedrinkcameratelephone callphotographbare chested malekiss |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp …ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingfriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | photographerpolicemanfriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | newspaper headlineflash cameracoincidencejazz musicrecordingrecord playerbartendercigar smokingsuicide attemptnewspaperdrinkcameraphotographcigarette smokinggun …kiss (See All) |
In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th …e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationadulteryinfidelitymurderdeath |
| Mood: | neo noirrain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | prostitute |
| Story: | stealing a carnewspaper headlinefollowing someonepay phonekeyconfessionbartenderinterrogationshootingtelephone callknifephotographcigarette smokingbare chested malegun |
A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. "Condor" must find out who did this and get in from the cold before the hitmen get him.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | murderfriendshipdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevator |
| Characters: | photographerpolicemanfriendpolice |
| Story: | police sirenoilfollowing someonephone boothrecordingrecord playerpay phonenewspapershootingtelephone callphotographbased on novelkissgun |
After another hard night at McCool's, bartender Randy runs into Jewel. The seductive lady seems to have evaded a rape pretty closely, and when the man comes back, she puts a bullet in his head. After all these events (and others), Randy takes Jewel home, and the two become a couple. Yet Jewel begins … to develop into a very demanding girlfriend and drives Randy into committing crimes for her and her elaborate lifestyle. Randy's cousin Carl is driven crazy by Randy's incredibly sexy girl as well as the investigating officer, Detective Dehling. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftinvestigationdrinkingdeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | car theftmotelbar |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemangirlhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | stealing a carstealingbartendershootingdrinktelephone callgun |
In the end of the Nineteenth Century, in London, Robert Angier, his beloved wife Julia McCullough and Alfred Borden are friends and assistants of a magician. When Julia accidentally dies during a performance, Robert blames Alfred for her death and they become enemies. Both become famous and rival ma …gicians, sabotaging the performance of the other on the stage. When Alfred performs a successful trick, Robert becomes obsessed trying to disclose the secret of his competitor with tragic consequences. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplovedeathmurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | bar |
| Characters: | policemangirlfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | door keyblack catgatethunderropecharacter says i love youchampagnerevolvershootingdrinkphotographbare chested malebased on novelgun |
After years in hiding, ex-Weather Underground militant, Nick Sloan aka Jim Grant, learns about his old compatriot's arrest for a bank robbery turned deadly in the 1970s, which he is wanted for as an accomplice. This puts the ambitious young local reporter, Ben Shepard, on the scent of a story that e …xposes Nick as well. As such, Nick goes on the run while taking his daughter to safety. With that accomplished, Nick stays one step ahead of the FBI while pursuing a faint hope to clear his name. Meanwhile, Shepard digs deeper into the case himself as he discovers the true complexities of another times' determined ideals even as Nick faces their consequences with another. (Read More)
| Themes: | deathfriendshiplovemurder |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | motel |
| Characters: | security guardphotographerpolicemangirlfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | newspaper headlineflash camerapolice sirenthunderfollowing someonecoffeejournalistnewspaperinterrogationcameratelephone callphotographbare chested malebased on novel |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | elevatorbar |
| Characters: | love trianglefriend |
| Story: | reference to goethepillsrecordingrecord playercharacter says i love youpay phoneconfessionsuicide attemptjournalistdrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male …kiss (See All) |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t …he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnesstheftextramarital affairadulteryinfidelitydeathmurderlovefriendship |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motelmotorcyclebar |
| Characters: | thiefphotographerpolicemanprostitutefriendpolice |
| Story: | arms dealerstealingrecord playerjournalistnewspapershootingcameratelephone callknifephotographkissgun |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | elevatorbar |
| Characters: | love trianglephotographerpolicemanprostitutehusband wife relationship |
| Story: | following someonemistaken identitybartenderjournalistcameraphotographcigarette smokingkiss |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | drinkingdeathlovefriendship |
| Mood: | rain |
| Locations: | police stationelevatorbar |
| Characters: | security guardpolicemangirlfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | thunderpay phonesuicide attemptrevolverdrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested malegun |
A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc …tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
| Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdrinkingadulteryinfidelityfriendshiplovemurderdeath |
| Locations: | police station |
| Characters: | love trianglepolicemanprostitutefriendhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | cigarette lighterrecordingrecord playercoffeeshootingdrinktelephone callcigarette smokinggun |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a …lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | suspense |
| Themes: | murder of husbandinvestigationmurderlovefriendshipdeath |
| Mood: | rain |
| Characters: | policemanfriendhusband wife relationshippolice |
| Story: | door keysidewalk cafereckless drivingfollowing someonedeath of husbandchampagnebusinessmannewspapershootingtelephone callphotographkissgun |
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park. The fact that … he may have photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkingdeathmurder |
| Locations: | paris france |
| Characters: | photographerhusband wife relationship |
| Story: | jazz scorefamous scorejazz musicfollowing someonephone boothrecordingrecord playerpay phonecoffeedrinkcameratelephone callphotographcigarette smokingbare chested male …gunkiss (See All) |
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