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Jules Winnfield ('Samuel L. Jackson' (qv)) and Vincent Vega ('John Travolta (I)' (qv)) are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace ('Ving Rhames' (qv)). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia ('Uma Thurman' (qv)) out a few da…ys later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge ('Bruce Willis' (qv)) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | drug addiction drug use near death experience humiliation redemption brutality corruption robbery voyeurism deception gangster torture rape drugs revenge …murder (See All) |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | two on a motorcycle brothel strip club motel elevator taxi los angeles california motorcycle restaurant bar |
| Characters: | talking to oneself in a mirror gay rape homosexual rape actor director writer actor director military officer hitman actress gay sex nurse boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Period: | 1970s 1990s |
| Story: | drug overdose acura nsx honda civic rolling a joint tongue piercing secret code body piercing marijuana joint drug snorting gold watch katana sword military dress uniform cup of coffee drug dealing telling a joke …cocaine snorting woman smoker snorting cocaine drug dealer armed robbery riding motorcycle pump action shotgun restaurant owner male rape anal rape blue panties male in shower girl in panties white panties knocked out with gun butt slurping a drink with a straw chapterwise storytelling reel to reel tape recorder cult tv reference abdomen slashed slot car racing eeny meeny miny moe problem solver kept in a box black suit clad killer sprite soda tied up and gagged biblical passage fake blood blowing a kiss male sitting on a toilet no background score celebrity impersonator number 666 collision course male wearing an earring gun held to one's head pop tart leather mask muzzle acura killed with a gun reading book shot repeatedly garden hose fixed fight twist the dance interruption claw hammer sprayed with water number in character's name divine intervention two killers killed with a sword directed by co star sexual reference male with long hair playing against type honda postmodern pack of money shop owner crime gone awry implied cunnilingus bullet hole female bare feet person in car trunk heirloom gourmet kamikaze milkshake pulp fiction mullet adrenaline interlinked stories movie reference fool finger gun caged human afro extreme closeup off screen murder bloody mouth shot through a wall running for your life falling asleep chopper moral ambiguity foot massage murder by gunshot multiple time frames multiple perspectives dance contest automatic weapon toaster extreme violence payphone zippo lighter talking while driving shot in the crotch famous line intercom phonograph some scenes in black and white chapter headings in medias res surrender blood stain gun held to head bullet wound code pawnshop n word bare feet joint accidental shooting macguffin hamburger foreplay piercing stolen money shouting two man army mini dress restroom sex slave head blown off alarm wallet head wound overdose car driving hit in the face multiple storyline vietnam veteran director cameo homage impersonating a police officer junkyard robber katana torso cut in half shot multiple times blood on shirt brushing teeth wrestler trophy briefcase tuxedo accidental killing blood on face hit on the head ensemble cast bible quote plot twist shot in the face gunshot wound ball gag buddy covered in blood apartment building barefoot mexican standoff rapist phone booth wristwatch blockbuster nosebleed assault boxer lifting someone into the air nipples visible through clothing hypodermic needle drug pot smoking loyalty syringe gold uzi crime boss chainsaw machismo record player freeze frame heroin cult director shot in the arm silencer basement long take convertible baseball bat knocked out pay phone fantasy sequence uniform prologue organized crime shot in the forehead on the run racial slur coffee shot in the leg anthology controversy double cross hit by a car scantily clad female anti hero nonlinear timeline joke tied to a chair boxing diner cocaine woman bound and gagged foot chase cleavage f word voyeur bathroom interrogation car crash lingerie held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun blonde shot in the chest mirror machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call shower panties singing two word title flashback blood violence bondage kiss gun (See All) |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | near death experience humiliation brutality robbery gangster drugs revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | los angeles california |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1970s 1990s |
| Story: | drug overdose marijuana joint drug dealing drug dealer n word overdose car driving blood on shirt bible quote covered in blood uzi crime boss machismo heroin shot in the arm …long take organized crime racial slur controversy anti hero cocaine foot chase f word interrogation held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death shootout gun blood flashback violence (See All) |
Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won't get too close and will concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is… going to be a success. But, when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members, and two of them are killed in the subsequent shootout, along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | robbery deception gangster torture drugs murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | los angeles california |
| Characters: | actor director writer african american father son relationship |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | black suit clad killer no background score directed by co star crime gone awry off screen murder multiple time frames multiple perspectives payphone extreme violence in medias res n word homage shot multiple times blood on shirt blood on face …ensemble cast plot twist covered in blood mexican standoff loyalty crime boss machismo cult director long take pay phone organized crime shot in the forehead racial slur controversy nonlinear timeline tied to a chair diner foot chase f word bathroom held at gunpoint shot in the head blonde shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death shootout two word title violence flashback blood (See All) |
Porter is bad, but his neighbours are worse. Street-wise and tough, an ex-marine, he is betrayed by a one-time partner, and shot in the back by his junkie wife. He survives and returns, looking to recover his share from the robbery of an Asian crime gang. The money has passed into the hands of "the …Outfit", a slick gangster organisation that runs the city. He has to make his way through a world populated by heroin dealers, prostitutes, sado-masochists, gunmen and crooked cops, a place where torture is a way of life. His only friend is a former employer, a prostitute, and her loyalty is in question, given she now works for the Outfit. He makes good early progress, but then falls into the hands of Fairfax, the crime boss. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | brutality corruption robbery deception gangster torture drugs revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | taxi restaurant |
| Story: | drug overdose drug dealing gun held to one's head postmodern pack of money finger gun in medias res overdose shot multiple times hit on the head mexican standoff hypodermic needle loyalty syringe crime boss …machismo heroin shot in the arm organized crime shot in the forehead shot in the leg double cross scantily clad female anti hero woman interrogation car crash lingerie shot in the head shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call shower panties gun flashback violence blood (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: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | redemption deception gangster torture revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | brothel motel elevator bar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | pump action shotgun pulp fiction shot through a wall shot in the crotch bullet wound two man army blood on shirt blood on face gunshot wound mexican standoff hypodermic needle shot in the arm pay phone organized crime on the run …coffee shot in the leg double cross anti hero diner f word interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call shower violence gun blood (See All) |
In Detroit, Clarence Worley goes to the movie theater alone on the day of his birthday to watch some movies. The gorgeous Alabama Whitman accidentally drops her popcorn on Clarence and they watch the movie together. Later they go to a diner for pie, and end up having a one night stand. In the mornin…g, Alabama confesses that she is a call-girl hired to spend the night with him, but she has fallen in love with him. In the morning they get married and Clarence goes to the club where she worked to bring her some clothes. However, her pimp Drexl Spivey and his partner beat up Clarence and he reacts by killing them both. Clarence asks for Alabama's suitcase with her clothes and the other girls mistakenly give another one with cocaine. When Clarence discovers the mistake, he decides to travel with Alabama to the house of his friend, the aspiring actor Dick Ritchie, to sell the drug and travel to Mexico. He visits his father Clifford Worley and gives his address to him. But the Sicilian Mafia is the owner of the drug and a group of killers are sent to hunt down Clarnece and Alabama. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | drug use gangster torture drugs murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | motel los angeles california |
| Characters: | hitman boyfriend girlfriend relationship husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | marijuana joint drug dealing snorting cocaine drug dealer pump action shotgun extreme violence shot in the crotch gun held to head n word hamburger shot multiple times briefcase shot in the face mexican standoff phone booth …drug pot smoking uzi crime boss shot in the arm silencer convertible pay phone organized crime shot in the forehead on the run racial slur shot in the leg diner cocaine f word shot in the head shotgun machine gun blood splatter shot to death shootout shower violence (See All) |
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey ('Will Smith (I)' (qv)) and Marcus Burnett ('Martin Lawrence (I)' (qv)) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin Johnny Tapia ('Jordi Molla' (qv)), whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched… off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd ('Gabrielle Union' (qv)), Marcus's sister. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | deception gangster drugs murder |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug dealing drug dealer n word accidental shooting two man army head blown off hit in the face torso cut in half shot multiple times buddy mexican standoff drug uzi crime boss shot in the arm …silencer knocked out organized crime shot in the forehead racial slur shot in the leg hit by a car foot chase f word interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout violence gun blood (See All) |
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house… and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | near death experience humiliation brutality deception torture rape murder revenge |
| Mood: | gore |
| Locations: | brothel motel bar |
| Characters: | nurse boyfriend girlfriend relationship husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | marijuana joint cocaine snorting drug dealer white panties homage blood on shirt covered in blood rapist phone booth freeze frame cult director shot in the arm basement knocked out pay phone …shot in the forehead on the run racial slur shot in the leg double cross anti hero tied to a chair cocaine bound and gagged foot chase f word interrogation held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout shower panties blood flashback violence (See All) |
Tony Montana manages to leave Cuba during the Mariel exodus of 1980. He finds himself in a Florida refugee camp but his friend Manny has a way out for them: undertake a contract killing and arrangements will be made to get a green card. He's soon working for drug dealer Frank Lopez and shows his met…tle when a deal with Colombian drug dealers goes bad. He also brings a new level of violence to Miami. Tony is protective of his younger sister but his mother knows what he does for a living and disowns him. Tony is impatient and wants it all however, including Frank's empire and his mistress Elvira Hancock. Once at the top however, Tony's outrageous actions make him a target and everything comes crumbling down. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | drug addiction brutality corruption gangster drugs revenge murder |
| Mood: | gore |
| Locations: | motel restaurant |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug dealing cocaine snorting drug dealer shot repeatedly talking while driving famous line restroom car driving apartment building phone booth drug uzi machismo chainsaw shot in the arm …silencer long take convertible pay phone organized crime shot in the forehead shot in the leg controversy anti hero cocaine woman cleavage f word bathroom interrogation watching tv shot in the head shotgun blonde machine gun blood splatter shot to death shootout telephone call panties violence blood gun (See All) |
After the murder of his beloved wife, Danny Parker is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey he befriends slacker Jimmy the Finn and becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons. Danny is antagonized by undercover narcotics agents and sadistic dea…ler Pooh-Bear. (Read More)
| Themes: | drug addiction corruption robbery deception torture murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel los angeles california motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug overdose drug dealer male in shower kamikaze gun held to head shot in the face hypodermic needle syringe heroin silencer fantasy sequence shot in the leg double cross hit by a car nonlinear timeline …cocaine bathroom car crash held at gunpoint shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse flashback blood violence (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)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | drug addiction drug use redemption robbery gangster torture rape murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | brothel motel motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | nurse boyfriend girlfriend relationship father son relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | marijuana joint drug dealing snorting cocaine drug dealer armed robbery chapter headings in medias res multiple storyline shot in the face pot smoking uzi crime boss machismo record player freeze frame …organized crime shot in the forehead racial slur controversy nonlinear timeline cocaine car crash watching tv shot in the head shot in the chest car accident blood splatter shot to death shootout telephone call flashback violence kiss blood gun (See All) |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge…ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | near death experience brutality corruption robbery deception gangster torture drugs murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | strip club elevator restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | marijuana joint cocaine snorting drug dealer bullet wound code blood on shirt accidental killing shot in the face pot smoking uzi crime boss machismo baseball bat organized crime shot in the forehead …racial slur double cross cocaine bound and gagged foot chase f word interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout two word title violence blood (See All) |
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | corruption deception gangster torture drugs revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | elevator motorcycle restaurant |
| Story: | drug dealer n word two man army mexican standoff wristwatch uzi crime boss machismo shot in the arm silencer baseball bat knocked out organized crime racial slur anti hero …tied to a chair diner foot chase interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun machine gun car accident shootout shower two word title flashback violence (See All) |
Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller's popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who's looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City's corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who… risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | brutality corruption gangster torture rape murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | strip club motel elevator motorcycle |
| Characters: | hitman |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | katana sword caged human off screen murder extreme violence shot in the crotch multiple storyline katana shot multiple times blood on face hit on the head ensemble cast rapist uzi cult director shot in the arm …silencer convertible pay phone organized crime shot in the forehead anthology hit by a car scantily clad female anti hero nonlinear timeline tied to a chair woman cleavage car crash punched in the face rescue shot in the chest car accident blood splatter shot to death telephone call shower panties two word title blood violence (See All) |
Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licens…ed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | near death experience redemption brutality corruption deception torture murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | elevator taxi los angeles california motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | hitman african american |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | marijuana joint pump action shotgun afro macguffin two man army car driving barefoot phone booth nosebleed pot smoking machismo shot in the arm silencer baseball bat knocked out …pay phone fantasy sequence prologue shot in the forehead on the run racial slur coffee shot in the leg double cross hit by a car anti hero diner foot chase f word interrogation car crash held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout blood violence flashback (See All) |
After a clumsy operation trying to capture a drug dealer, the N.Y.P.D Detectives Jimmy Monroe and Paul Hodges are suspended for one month by their Captain Romans. Jimmy decides to sell his rare baseball card to pay for his daughter's expensive wedding while his jealous partner believes that his wife… is cheating on him with their next-door neighbor. When Jimmy sells his card to a memorabilia store, the place is burgled by two small-time thieves and the detective loses his card. They track down the thieves. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | robbery deception gangster torture murder |
| Locations: | motel restaurant bar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug dealer movie reference gun held to head macguffin two man army blood on shirt tuxedo mexican standoff drug uzi baseball bat fantasy sequence shot in the forehead racial slur hit by a car …tied to a chair diner bound and gagged foot chase f word interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout shower kiss flashback blood violence (See All) |
El Mariachi just wants to play his guitar and carry on the family tradition. Unfortunately, the town he tries to find work in has another visitor...a killer who carries his guns in a guitar case. The drug lord and his henchmen mistake El Mariachi for the killer, Azul, and chase him around town tryin…g to kill him and get his guitar case. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | brutality corruption deception gangster revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | hitman |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | drug dealer pump action shotgun blood on shirt barefoot wristwatch drug uzi crime boss machismo silencer knocked out prologue organized crime on the run racial slur …double cross hit by a car scantily clad female anti hero foot chase cleavage held at gunpoint punched in the face shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout singing two word title gun blood violence (See All) |
Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very di…fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | brutality corruption deception drugs murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | strip club motorcycle restaurant bar |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | drug dealing drug dealer vietnam veteran hit on the head hypodermic needle drug syringe uzi machismo heroin shot in the arm knocked out organized crime shot in the forehead racial slur …shot in the leg double cross hit by a car anti hero diner woman foot chase f word car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death shootout violence blood (See All) |
| Subgenre: | black comedy independent film |
| Themes: | redemption brutality deception gangster drugs revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | hitman boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | cocaine snorting drug dealer vietnam veteran crime boss machismo heroin knocked out pay phone organized crime shot in the forehead on the run racial slur shot in the leg double cross anti hero …diner cocaine f word held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death shootout telephone call two word title violence blood gun (See All) |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto…n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy independent film |
| Themes: | brutality corruption deception gangster torture murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | drug dealing drug dealer shot multiple times ensemble cast shot in the face drug loyalty crime boss machismo heroin shot in the arm pay phone organized crime shot in the forehead on the run …racial slur shot in the leg double cross nonlinear timeline tied to a chair cocaine woman f word interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse two word title violence blood flashback (See All) |
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | brutality deception gangster revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | elevator motorcycle restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman african american |
| Story: | shot through a wall blood on shirt shot in the face crime boss machismo shot in the arm silencer basement long take prologue organized crime shot in the forehead on the run shot in the leg double cross …hit by a car anti hero foot chase f word car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest mirror machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout gun blood flashback violence (See All) |
Robert Trench, an undercover DEA agent, takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman's idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss. However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench's forces not stopping the getaway. Complicating things still more, Stigman tur…ns out to be a Naval Intelligence agent who shoots Trench and takes the money. The interservice debacle suddenly finds Trench and Stigman in a bloody web of corrupt clandestine rivalries as they are hunted, blackmailed and isolated for the money on both sides of the law. Now, the fugitives must work together to find a way out of this situation with no one to turn to but themselves. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | brutality corruption deception gangster torture revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel elevator |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | drug dealer honda bullet hole automatic weapon toaster zippo lighter bullet wound macguffin head blown off alarm gunshot wound mexican standoff uzi crime boss freeze frame …shot in the arm silencer convertible baseball bat organized crime shot in the forehead on the run shot in the leg double cross hit by a car nonlinear timeline tied to a chair diner cocaine bound and gagged foot chase interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest mirror machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout two word title blood flashback violence (See All) |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser…ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | drug addiction near death experience brutality corruption deception gangster torture drugs murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | motorcycle restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | drug dealing drug dealer directed by co star drug uzi crime boss machismo heroin baseball bat organized crime racial slur double cross anti hero tied to a chair cocaine …f word interrogation lingerie held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call panties blood violence flashback gun (See All) |
A successful cocaine dealer, who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite, plans an early retirement from the business. However, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construc…tion business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal Serbian gang and a whole series of double crossings. The title "LAYER CAKE" refers to the layers or levels anyone in business goes through in rising to the top. What is revealed is a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families' and respect lasts as long as a line. Not knowing who he can trust, he has to use all his 'savvy', 'telling' and skills which make him one of the best, to escape his own. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy, and an international drug ring threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | drug addiction drug use robbery deception gangster torture drugs revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motel motorcycle restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Period: | 1970s 1990s |
| Story: | drug overdose marijuana joint drug dealing snorting cocaine drug dealer girl in panties impersonating a police officer trophy nipples visible through clothing drug pot smoking silencer organized crime shot in the forehead double cross …scantily clad female anti hero diner cocaine foot chase cleavage voyeur lingerie shot in the head shot in the chest mirror blood splatter corpse telephone call shower panties gun violence blood flashback (See All) |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an…d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | redemption brutality gangster revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | taxi restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | drug dealer shot through a wall in medias res apartment building boxer crime boss machismo freeze frame heroin organized crime shot in the forehead on the run anti hero nonlinear timeline boxing …diner cocaine foot chase f word interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout violence flashback blood (See All) |
After her father, mother, older sister and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer is forced to take refuge in the apartment of a professional hitman who at her request teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge on th…e corrupt DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her beloved brother. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | drug addiction redemption drugs revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | elevator restaurant |
| Characters: | hitman |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | drug dealing drug dealer pump action shotgun pack of money running for your life zippo lighter bullet wound macguffin restroom shot multiple times accidental killing apartment building drug uzi silencer …organized crime shot in the forehead racial slur cocaine f word bathroom shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death shootout shower flashback violence (See All) |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh…o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | humiliation brutality corruption robbery deception gangster torture drugs murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | elevator restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american |
| Story: | drug dealer pump action shotgun blood on shirt accidental killing ensemble cast shot in the face gunshot wound apartment building mexican standoff uzi crime boss heroin silencer long take prologue …organized crime shot in the forehead racial slur shot in the leg double cross scantily clad female diner cocaine bound and gagged cleavage interrogation car crash lingerie held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face shot in the head shotgun blonde shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death shootout telephone call shower panties singing two word title kiss violence blood gun flashback (See All) |
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a …murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | brutality robbery gangster drugs murder |
| Mood: | gore |
| Locations: | brothel strip club elevator |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | pump action shotgun shot repeatedly two man army buddy mexican standoff blockbuster machismo heroin baseball bat shot in the leg anti hero foot chase f word car crash held at gunpoint …shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout panties blood violence gun kiss (See All) |
| Themes: | near death experience humiliation brutality robbery deception gangster torture rape murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | elevator motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | hitman boyfriend girlfriend relationship husband wife relationship |
| Story: | telling a joke pump action shotgun blowing a kiss caged human junkyard robber rapist nosebleed crime boss knocked out prologue organized crime shot in the forehead on the run coffee …double cross hit by a car anti hero nonlinear timeline joke foot chase interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter corpse shootout violence flashback gun blood kiss (See All) |
When "The Dude" Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he knows nothing about. While attempting to gain recompense for the ruined rug from his wealthy counterpart, he accepts a one-time job with high pay-off. He enlists the help… of his bowling buddy, Walter, a gun-toting Jewish-convert with anger issues. Deception leads to more trouble, and it soon seems that everyone from porn empire tycoons to nihilists want something from The Dude. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | corruption deception torture drugs |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | taxi los angeles california motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | marijuana joint girl in panties white panties playing against type macguffin vietnam veteran homage briefcase hit on the head ensemble cast buddy assault lifting someone into the air drug pot smoking …uzi convertible fantasy sequence racial slur double cross scantily clad female diner cleavage f word voyeur interrogation car crash lingerie held at gunpoint punched in the face car accident telephone call panties gun flashback (See All) |
When the hit-man Chev Chelios is poisoned by the criminal Verona, his friend and doctor Miles advises him that he must keep his adrenaline levels elevated to stay alive. Chev meets his girlfriend Eve and together they look for Verona to kill him.
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | voyeurism revenge |
| Mood: | gore |
| Locations: | elevator taxi los angeles california motorcycle restaurant |
| Characters: | hitman |
| Story: | snorting cocaine drug dealer girl in panties white panties adrenaline finger gun nipples visible through clothing syringe machismo silencer organized crime shot in the forehead racial slur scantily clad female anti hero …cocaine cleavage voyeur bathroom shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death shootout panties blood (See All) |
After completing a lengthy prison sentence, one-time drug kingpin Frank White returns to New York intent on reestablishing his empire and making things as they were before he left. Others of course have taken over the business during his absence but that clearly isn't going to stop White. While he i…s gunning down the opposition, he decides he's going to give away the money he'll make to modernize the hospital in his old neighborhood. Drug dealers aren't the only thing he has to worry about however: a group of rogue cops decide they are going to take him down. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | drug use redemption brutality robbery deception gangster drugs murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | brothel taxi restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman nurse african american |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | drug dealing drug dealer briefcase phone booth drug uzi crime boss machismo pay phone organized crime racial slur anti hero cocaine foot chase f word …lingerie watching tv shot in the head shotgun machine gun car accident shootout telephone call shower panties singing violence (See All) |
Baby is a young and partially hearing impaired getaway driver who can make any wild move while in motion with the right track playing. It's a critical talent he needs to survive his indentured servitude to the crime boss, Doc, who values his role in his meticulously planned robberies. However, just …when Baby thinks he is finally free and clear to have his own life with his new girlfriend, Deborah, Doc coerces him back for another job. Now saddled with a crew of thugs too violently unstable to keep to Doc's plans, Baby finds himself and everything he cares for in terrible danger. To survive and escape the coming maelstrom, it will take all of Baby's skill, wits and daring, but even on the best track, can he make it when life is forcing him to face the music? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | brutality robbery deception gangster revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | elevator motorcycle restaurant |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | marijuana joint armed robbery pump action shotgun bloody mouth some scenes in black and white surrender car driving hit in the face junkyard robber blood on shirt wristwatch pot smoking uzi crime boss …record player shot in the arm long take knocked out fantasy sequence organized crime shot in the forehead on the run racial slur coffee shot in the leg hit by a car anti hero diner foot chase f word car crash held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call singing two word title flashback violence blood kiss gun (See All) |
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | drug use brutality deception torture rape drugs murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | taxi restaurant bar |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Story: | cocaine snorting snorting cocaine mini dress restroom briefcase tuxedo covered in blood barefoot rapist phone booth lifting someone into the air chainsaw machismo pay phone shot in the forehead …racial slur controversy double cross scantily clad female cocaine woman foot chase cleavage f word voyeur interrogation car crash lingerie held at gunpoint watching tv shot in the head blonde shot in the chest mirror car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout shower panties two word title violence kiss blood gun (See All) |
Martin Riggs is an L.A. cop with suicidal tendencies and Roger Murtaugh is the unlucky police officer with whom Riggs is assigned. Together they uncover a huge drug-smuggling operation, and as their success rate grows so does their friendship.
| Subgenre: | cult film |
| Themes: | drug addiction torture drugs |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | los angeles california |
| Story: | drug dealer pump action shotgun mullet famous line two man army vietnam veteran buddy blockbuster drug machismo heroin shot in the arm shot in the forehead shot in the leg anti hero …boxing cocaine foot chase rescue shot in the head shotgun blonde shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death shootout blood violence (See All) |
An elite DEA team raids the safe house of a drug cartel and hide $10 million in the plumbing. When they go back to retrieve the money it is not there. The team is under investigation for the missing $10 million. Then after a couple months the investigation is lifted. The team trains together again a…nd then celebrates at a strip club. Then one of the team is murdered. He wakes up in his RV on railroad tracks. Then a second team member is nailed to the ceiling. The third team member is gunned down at his remote cabin. There is a female City of Atlanta investigator in charge of the murders. After investigating the cartel angle, the twisted truth comes to light. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | brutality corruption deception torture revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | strip club motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | husband wife relationship |
| Story: | playing against type shot through a wall gun held to head torso cut in half shot multiple times covered in blood drug machismo shot in the arm shot in the forehead shot in the leg double cross hit by a car anti hero cocaine …woman bound and gagged f word interrogation car crash punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout flashback violence blood (See All) |
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
| Themes: | brutality deception gangster revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Story: | cocaine snorting drug dealer shot in the face mexican standoff assault pot smoking crime boss machismo silencer baseball bat prologue shot in the forehead racial slur shot in the leg anti hero …cocaine woman foot chase f word held at gunpoint shot in the head shotgun blonde shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death shootout kiss blood violence (See All) |
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo ('Mark Wahlberg (I)' (qv)) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal ('Anthony Mackie' (qv)) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilde…r Paul Doyle ('Dwayne Johnson (I)' (qv)). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy |
| Themes: | robbery deception torture revenge murder |
| Locations: | strip club motel restaurant |
| Characters: | nurse boyfriend girlfriend relationship husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | drug overdose cocaine snorting snorting cocaine drug dealer anal rape sprayed with water playing against type pulp fiction accidental killing hypodermic needle machismo chainsaw freeze frame long take knocked out …racial slur shot in the leg hit by a car nonlinear timeline tied to a chair cocaine foot chase f word interrogation car crash punched in the face shotgun machine gun car accident blood splatter corpse panties flashback blood (See All) |
A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a n…ightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust. (Read More)
| Themes: | voyeurism gangster drugs murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | strip club elevator taxi |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | drug dealing cocaine snorting girl in panties shot in the face nipples visible through clothing drug crime boss silencer long take baseball bat organized crime racial slur scantily clad female anti hero cocaine …cleavage voyeur shot in the head blonde shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death shootout panties violence flashback blood kiss (See All) |
Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, star…ting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise. (Read More)
| Themes: | near death experience redemption brutality deception gangster torture murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | drug overdose slurping a drink with a straw shot through a wall in medias res bullet wound shot multiple times plot twist nosebleed gold crime boss silencer knocked out prologue organized crime shot in the forehead …on the run shot in the leg double cross anti hero nonlinear timeline tied to a chair foot chase f word interrogation held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout two word title gun flashback blood violence (See All) |
In England, retired Royal Marine Harry Brown spends his lonely life between the hospital, where his beloved wife Kath is terminally ill, and playing chess with his only friend Leonard Attwell in the Barge pub owned by Sid Rourke. After the death of Kath, Len tells his grieving friend that the local …gang is harassing him and he is carrying an old bayonet for self-defense; the widower suggests him to go to the police. When Len is beaten, then stabbed to death in an underground passage, Inspector Alice Frampton and her partner Sergeant Terry Hicock are sent to investigate. They pay Harry a visit but don't have good news; the police have not found any other evidence, other than the bayonet, in order to arrest the hoodlums. This mean that should the case go to trial the gang would claim self-defense. Harry Brown sees that justice will not be granted and decides to take matters into his own hands. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | cult film independent film |
| Themes: | brutality voyeurism deception torture rape drugs murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | elevator motorcycle |
| Characters: | nurse boyfriend girlfriend relationship husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug overdose cocaine snorting snorting cocaine drug dealer macguffin sex slave shot multiple times blood on shirt shot in the face covered in blood mexican standoff hypodermic needle heroin shot in the arm baseball bat …knocked out shot in the forehead shot in the leg double cross anti hero tied to a chair f word voyeur interrogation car crash held at gunpoint rescue shot in the head shot in the chest car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout shower two word title violence flashback gun blood (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)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | drug use brutality robbery revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | strip club elevator restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman gay sex african american husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | telling a joke pack of money gun held to head n word accidental shooting phone booth crime boss machismo freeze frame shot in the arm silencer pay phone prologue organized crime racial slur …coffee shot in the leg nonlinear timeline f word held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face shot in the head shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call flashback violence blood gun kiss (See All) |
Four Jack-the-lads find themselves heavily - seriously heavily - in debt to an East End hard man and his enforcers after a crooked card game. Overhearing their neighbours in the next flat plotting to hold up a group of out-of-their-depth drug growers, our heros decide to stitch up the robbers in tur…n. In a way the confusion really starts when a pair of antique double-barrelled shotguns go missing in a completely different scam. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | robbery gangster torture drugs murder |
| Locations: | strip club elevator bar |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | marijuana joint telling a joke drug dealer accidental killing ensemble cast phone booth drug crime boss machismo freeze frame knocked out organized crime hit by a car bound and gagged foot chase …f word car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call blood violence flashback (See All) |
The highly skilled Federale Machete is hired by some unsavory types to assassinate a senator. But just as he's about to take the shot, he notices someone aiming at him and realizes he's been set up. He barely survives the sniper's bullet, and is soon out for revenge on his former employers, with the… reluctant assistance of his brother Cheech Marin, who has become a priest and taken a vow of nonviolence. If you hire him to take out the bad guys, make sure the bad guys aren't you! (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | corruption deception torture revenge murder |
| Mood: | gore |
| Locations: | two on a motorcycle taxi motorcycle |
| Characters: | hitman nurse husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug overdose katana sword extreme closeup foreplay homage impersonating a police officer shot in the face gunshot wound covered in blood uzi machismo freeze frame cult director shot in the arm silencer …shot in the forehead on the run racial slur shot in the leg double cross hit by a car anti hero bound and gagged interrogation car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face rescue shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout shower flashback violence blood (See All) |
Lazy court-process clerk and stoner Dale Denton has only one reason to visit his equally lazy dealer Saul Silver: to purchase weed, specifically, a rare new strain called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city's most dangerous drug lord, h…e panics and dumps his roach of Pineapple Express at the scene. Dale now has another reason to visit Saul: to find out if the weed is so rare that it can be traced back to him--and it is. As Dale and Saul run for their lives, they quickly discover that they're not suffering from weed-fueled paranoia: incredibly, the bad guys really are hot on their trail and trying to figure out the fastest way to kill them both. All aboard the Pineapple Express. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | drug use corruption deception gangster drugs murder |
| Locations: | motel restaurant |
| Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship african american husband wife relationship father son relationship |
| Story: | marijuana joint drug dealing drug dealer male with long hair multiple time frames intercom accidental shooting head wound buddy wristwatch drug pot smoking crime boss machismo shot in the arm …pay phone prologue on the run shot in the leg hit by a car anti hero tied to a chair f word bathroom car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun car accident blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout telephone call flashback gun kiss blood violence (See All) |
Martin Blank is a freelance hitman who starts to develop a conscience, which causes him to muff a couple of routine assignments. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he attends his 10th year High School reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (a Detroit suburb where he's also contracted t…o kill someone). Hot on his tail are a couple of over-enthusiastic federal agents, another assassin who wants to kill him, and Grocer, an assassin who wants him to join an "Assassin's Union." (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | drug use redemption corruption deception gangster revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | motorcycle bar |
| Characters: | hitman |
| Period: | 1990s |
| Story: | black suit clad killer pulp fiction shot through a wall moral ambiguity joint blood on shirt mexican standoff uzi record player silencer basement convertible on the run double cross hit by a car …anti hero diner foot chase f word bathroom held at gunpoint watching tv punched in the face shot in the head shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout blood kiss violence (See All) |
Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film independent film |
| Themes: | drug use drugs revenge |
| Locations: | strip club los angeles california |
| Characters: | father son relationship |
| Story: | marijuana joint drug dealing drug dealer interlinked stories multiple time frames multiple perspectives bullet wound joint multiple storyline ensemble cast pot smoking machismo shot in the arm fantasy sequence racial slur …hit by a car nonlinear timeline car crash held at gunpoint punched in the face gun blood flashback (See All) |
This Martin Scorsese film depicts the Janus-like quality of Las Vegas--it has a glittering, glamorous face, as well as a brutal, cruel one. Ace Rothstein and Nicky Santoro, mobsters who move to Las Vegas to make their mark, live and work in this paradoxical world. Seen through their eyes, each as a …foil to the other, the details of mob involvement in the casinos of the 1970's and '80's are revealed. Ace is the smooth operator of the Tangiers casino, while Nicky is his boyhood friend and tough strongman, robbing and shaking down the locals. However, they each have a tragic flaw--Ace falls in love with a hustler, Ginger, and Nicky falls into an ever-deepening spiral of drugs and violence. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy cult film |
| Themes: | drug addiction brutality voyeurism gangster torture drugs murder revenge |
| Mood: | neo noir |
| Locations: | los angeles california |
| Characters: | hitman husband wife relationship |
| Period: | 1970s |
| Story: | drug overdose snorting cocaine blue panties extreme violence in medias res mini dress overdose lifting someone into the air nipples visible through clothing cult director silencer baseball bat organized crime scantily clad female cocaine …woman cleavage f word voyeur held at gunpoint punched in the face shot in the head shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse telephone call panties violence blood (See All) |
It's 1949 Los Angeles, and gangster Mickey Cohen has moved in, with the intention of controlling all criminal activity in the city. He has bought local judges and police, and no one is willing to cross him or testify against him. Everyone except Sergeant John O'Mara, a former World War II soldier, w…hose goal is to settle with his family in a peaceful Los Angeles. Police Chief William Parker decides to form a special unit whose mission is to take down Cohen, and chooses O'Mara to lead the unit. O'Mara chooses 4 cops and asks another cop and vet, Jerry Wooters to join him but Wooters is not interested. But when he witnesses the murder of a young boy by Cohen's people, he joins them, and they decide to take apart Cohen's organization. Cohen wonders if a rival is going after him, but eventually he realizes it's the cops. (Read More)
| Themes: | brutality corruption deception gangster torture revenge murder |
| Mood: | neo noir gore |
| Locations: | brothel los angeles california restaurant bar |
| Characters: | hitman husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug dealer pump action shotgun pulp fiction finger gun extreme violence torso cut in half accidental killing boxer crime boss machismo freeze frame heroin silencer organized crime shot in the forehead …shot in the leg anti hero interrogation car crash punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest machine gun blood splatter shot to death shootout two word title violence kiss blood (See All) |
Frank Darrbo is a hapless fry cook. When his wife Sarah falls off the wagon and dumps him for Jacques, a drug dealer, Frank tries to get her back by reporting her kidnapped, grabbing her from Jacques' car, and wailing for her to return. After watching Christian TV and having a vision, he becomes a s…uperhero to fight evil. He sews a costume, finds a weapon (a pipe wrench) and looks for crimes to stop. He has problems: his wrench inflicts real injury, so the cops want him for being a vigilante, his sense of boundaries is flawed, and Jacques' gang has guns. Libby, a clerk at a comic book store, becomes his sidekick, and it's time to go save Sarah. What chance do they have? (Read More)
| Subgenre: | black comedy independent film |
| Themes: | drug addiction humiliation rape murder revenge |
| Mood: | gore |
| Characters: | talking to oneself in a mirror husband wife relationship |
| Story: | drug dealer pump action shotgun male rape anal rape finger gun shot in the crotch shot multiple times tuxedo drug syringe freeze frame heroin shot in the arm fantasy sequence shot in the forehead …racial slur shot in the leg hit by a car diner punched in the face shot in the head shotgun shot in the chest blood splatter shot to death corpse shootout gun violence blood flashback (See All) |
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