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Five Men of Edo
Five Men of Edo (大江戸五人男, Ōedo gonin otoko) is Daisuke Itō's 1951 Shochiku 30th-anniversary jidaigeki starring Tsumasaburō Bandō as Banzui-in Chōbei against Utaemon Ichikawa's Mizuno Jūrōzaemon, adapted from Kabuki plays and Japan's second-highest earner of 1951.
Following
Following (1998) is Christopher Nolan's black-and-white 16mm neo-noir debut feature, made for about $6,000 over weekends in London, starring Jeremy Theobald and Alex Haw, with a non-linear triple-cross plot and a Tiger Award from Rotterdam.
Force of Evil
Force of Evil (1948) is Abraham Polonsky's film noir directorial debut, starring John Garfield as lawyer Joe Morse in an adaptation of Ira Wolfert's Tucker's People about the New York numbers racket; a box office failure later named to the National Film Registry in 1994.
Friend (친구) (2001 film)
Friend (친구) is a 2001 Korean crime drama by Kwak Kyung-taek about four Busan boyhood friends split by rival gangs. It sold 8,181,377 tickets, breaking JSA's Korean box office record, and inspired a 2009 drama and 2013 sequel.
Galveston (film)
Galveston (film) is a 2018 American crime drama, featuring Ben Foster as Roy Cady, a debt collector who flees a setup from New Orleans.
Gilda
Gilda (1946) is a Columbia Pictures film noir directed by Charles Vidor, starring Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, and George Macready. Set in a Buenos Aires casino, famous for "Put the Blame on Mame" and the black satin gown; added to the National Film Registry in 2013.
Goodbye Lover
Goodbye Lover is a 1998 American comic noir thriller directed by Roland Joffé, in which police investigate after a man having an affair with his brother's wife disappears.
Green Fish (초록물고기)
Green Fish (초록물고기, Chorok mulgogi) is Lee Chang-dong's 1997 South Korean directorial debut, a crime drama starring Han Suk-kyu, Shim Hye-jin, and Moon Sung-keun about a discharged soldier drawn into Seoul's gangland; it swept the 1997 Blue Dragon, Grand Bell, and Paeksang awards.
Gun Crazy
Gun Crazy (Deadly Is the Female) is a 1950 film noir by Joseph H. Lewis starring John Dall and Peggy Cummins as armed robbers in love, famous for its single-take bank robbery and influence on Bonnie and Clyde.
Hand Rolled Cigarette
Hand Rolled Cigarette (手捲煙, Sau Gyun Jin) is a 2020 Hong Kong crime film and Chan Kin-long's directorial debut, starring Gordon Lam and Bipin Karma; an allegory of post-2019 Hong Kong identity set at Chungking Mansions, it won Best New Director at the 40th Hong Kong Film Awards.
He Walked by Night
He Walked by Night is a 1948 American film noir police procedural by Alfred L. Werker with uncredited Anthony Mann, starring Richard Basehart, photographed by John Alton, based on the Erwin Walker case, and inspiring Dragnet.
Headshot (ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า) (2011 film)
Headshot (ฝนตกขึ้นฟ้า, Fon Tok Kuen Fah) is a 2011 Thai-French Buddhist noir by Pen-ek Ratanaruang, adapted from Win Lyovarin's novel, about a hitman who sees upside down after a headshot; it won four Thai Film Awards and was Thailand's 2012 Oscar candidate.
Heat (1986 film)
Heat (1986) is an American crime thriller directed by Dick Richards, starring Burt Reynolds as Las Vegas bodyguard Nick Escalante, from William Goldman's 1985 novel; released 1986-87, grossed about $2.79 million, remade as Wild Card (2015).
Inherent Vice (film)
Inherent Vice (2014) is Paul Thomas Anderson's film adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, starring Joaquin Phoenix as stoned detective Doc Sportello in 1970 Los Angeles; the first Pynchon screen adaptation, 148 minutes, Warner Bros., $8.1M US gross.
Intimidation (ある脅迫) (1960 film)
Intimidation (ある脅迫, Aru kyōhaku) is a 1960 Nikkatsu black-and-white noir directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara, adapted from Kyō Takigawa's Naoki Prize story, in which a blackmailed bank executive played by Nobuo Kaneko robs his own bank while Kō Nishimura's meek clerk watches.
Invisible Waves
Invisible Waves (อินวิซิเบิล เวฟส์; 보이지 않는 물결) is a 2006 Pen-ek Ratanaruang psychological thriller starring Tadanobu Asano and Kang Hye-jeong, shot by Christopher Doyle, in Berlin Competition 2006 and first Thai film there in 25 years.
Key Largo (film)
Key Largo is John Huston's 1948 Warner Bros. film noir starring Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, and Lauren Bacall, adapted from Maxwell Anderson's 1939 play; a gangster holds a Florida Keys hotel during a hurricane, and Claire Trevor won a supporting-actress Oscar.
Kiss of Death (1947 film)
Kiss of Death (1947) is a Henry Hathaway film noir for 20th Century Fox, starring Victor Mature as informant Nick Bianco and Richard Widmark, Oscar-nominated in his debut, as killer Tommy Udo; written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer from Eleazar Lipsky's story.
Klute
Klute (1971) is Alan J. Pakula's neo-noir psychological thriller starring Jane Fonda, who won the Best Actress Oscar as call girl Bree Daniels, and Donald Sutherland as detective John Klute; first of Pakula's paranoia trilogy.
Lady Vengeance (친절한 금자씨)
Lady Vengeance (친절한 금자씨) is Park Chan-wook's 2005 South Korean thriller, the final film of his Vengeance Trilogy, starring Lee Young-ae as Lee Geum-ja, wrongfully imprisoned 13 years, who takes revenge on Mr. Baek (Choi Min-sik); it won the Little Golden Lion at Venice.
Laura (1944 film)
Laura (1944), Otto Preminger's film noir for Twentieth Century-Fox from Vera Caspary's novel, stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, and Vincent Price; a detective falls for the woman whose murder he investigates, and she turns up alive.
Le Corbeau
Le Corbeau (The Raven) is Henri-Georges Clouzot's 1943 French thriller about anonymous poison-pen letters in an occupied provincial town, made for German-backed Continental Films, banned after the Liberation, and later recognized as the first classic French film noir.
Le Doulos
Le Doulos, 1962 French-Italian film noir by Jean-Pierre Melville from Pierre Lesou's 1957 novel, starring Belmondo as suspected informer Silien and Reggiani as Faugel; released in France 8 February 1963.
Limbo (2021 film)
Limbo is a 2021 Hong Kong crime thriller and neo-noir directed by Soi Cheang, starring Gordon Lam, Mason Lee, and Cya Liu, adapted from Lei Mi's novel Wisdom Tooth.
Lost Highway (film)
Lost Highway is a 1997 neo-noir thriller directed by David Lynch and co-written with Barry Gifford, starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, and Robert Blake, about a jazz musician accused of murdering his wife and a looping double identity.
Malice (1993 film)
Malice is a 1993 American thriller directed by Harold Becker and written by Aaron Sorkin, Scott Frank, and Jonas McCord, starring Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, and Bill Pullman.
Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag
Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light) is Lino Brocka's 1975 Filipino drama, adapted from Edgardo Reyes's novel, about Julio Madiaga searching Manila for Ligaya Paraiso; it swept the 1976 FAMAS Awards and was restored in 2013.
Memento (film)
Memento (2000), Christopher Nolan's neo-noir thriller based on Jonathan Nolan's story "Memento Mori," stars Guy Pearce as amnesiac Leonard Shelby; its reverse-running color narrative, $5 million budget, and Oscar-nominated screenplay made Nolan's breakthrough.
Mississippi Mermaid
Mississippi Mermaid (La Sirène du Mississipi) is François Truffaut's 1969 romantic thriller starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve, adapted from Cornell Woolrich's novel Waltz into Darkness, set on Réunion, a 1969 box office flop reappraised after restoration.
Mother (2009 film)
Mother (마더, Madeo) is Bong Joon-ho's 2009 South Korean thriller starring Kim Hye-ja and Won Bin, about a mother investigating her disabled son's murder accusation; Cannes Un Certain Regard premiere and Korea's 82nd Academy Awards submission.