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The Man from Nowhere (아저씨) (2010 film)
The Man from Nowhere (아저씨) is a 2010 South Korean action thriller directed by Lee Jeong-beom, starring Won Bin as an ex-agent rescuing a kidnapped girl.
The Moon in the Gutter
The Moon in the Gutter (La lune dans le caniveau) is Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1983 French drama, his follow-up to Diva, adapted from David Goodis's 1953 novel, starring Gérard Depardieu and Nastassja Kinski; it competed at Cannes, flopped, and won three 1984 Césars.
The Thirteenth Floor
The Thirteenth Floor (1999), Josef Rusnak's sci-fi noir adapted from Galouye's Simulacron-3 and remaking Fassbinder's Welt am Draht, follows Douglas Hall investigating his mentor's murder inside a simulated 1937 Los Angeles.
The Wild Goose Lake
The Wild Goose Lake (南方车站的聚会) is Diao Yinan's 2019 Chinese-French neo-noir crime film set in Wuhan, starring Hu Ge as a fugitive gang boss. Premiered in Cannes 2019 main competition; released in China December 6, 2019.
Tightrope
Tightrope (1984) is an American psychological crime thriller, Richard Tuggle's directorial debut, starring Clint Eastwood as New Orleans detective Wes Block hunting a killer of prostitutes whose tastes mirror his own; it grossed $48.1 million and holds an 86% Tomatometer.
Under the Silver Lake
Under the Silver Lake is a 2018 American neo-noir mystery film directed by David Robert Mitchell, starring Andrew Garfield as a young man searching for his missing neighbor in Los Angeles.
White Sands
White Sands (1992) is an American neo-noir thriller directed by Roger Donaldson, written by Daniel Pyne, starring Willem Dafoe, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Mickey Rourke, and Samuel L. Jackson; a New Mexico sheriff impersonates a dead man with $500,000 and enters an FBI sting.
Who Killed Cock Robin
Who Killed Cock Robin? is an English nursery rhyme first published in 1744 as Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin, in which a sparrow confesses to the killing; adapted by Disney (1935), detective fiction, children's books, and a 2017 Taiwanese neo-noir film.
Witness (1985 film)
Witness (1985) is a Peter Weir thriller-romance starring Harrison Ford as detective John Book, who hides among the Amish after Lukas Haas's character witnesses a murder; it won two of eight Oscars.
You Were Never Really Here
You Were Never Really Here: 2017 Lynne Ramsay thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix as traumatized rescuer Joe, adapted from Jonathan Ames's novella; Cannes Best Actor and Best Screenplay winner, Amazon Studios release.