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Marathon Man

IMDB Rating: 7.60
14066 votes

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Babe's brother appears out of the blue. He does this from time to time because his family never knows where he is, working as a government spy. One of his charges is a nazi war criminal who he has just told is no longer welcome in the United States. The doctor has a fortune hidden in a safety deposit box and is convinced that Babe knows whether or not it is safe to go to pick it up and will stop at nothing to find out.
Actors
Thomas 'Babe' LevyDustin Hoffman
Dr. Christian SzellLaurence Olivier
Henry 'Doc' LevyRoy Scheider
Also posted in 1976, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Devil in a Blue Dress

IMDB Rating: 6.50
5296 votes

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It is 1948 in LA and Ezikeal "Easy" Rawlins, an African-American World War II veteran, is looking for work. At his friend's bar, he is introduced to a white man, DeWitt Albright, who is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman assumed to be hiding somewhere in LA's Black community. This woman, Daphane Monet, happens to be the fiancée of a wealthy "blue blood," Todd Carter, who is currently the favorite in the city's mayoralty race. Daphane Monet is known to frequent the Black jazz clubs in LA. Easy, innocently, accepts Albright's offer; however, he quickly finds himself amidst murder, crooked cops, ruthless politicians, and brutalizing hoodlums. This is a Chandler-esque "who-done-it" with an African-American theme.
Actors
Ezekiel 'Easy' RawlinsDenzel Washington
DeWitt AlbrightTom Sizemore
Daphne MonetJennifer Beals
Also posted in 1995, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Romeo Is Bleeding

IMDB Rating: 6.20
5217 votes

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A corrupt New York police officer's double life as a witness protection guard, and as a mafia informant, begins to catch up with him when he's bribed to kill a deadly female Russian assassin in custody while keeping his lifestyle a secret from both his wife and teenage mistress.
Actors
JackGary Oldman
WaiterWallace Wood
SheriJuliette Lewis
Also posted in 1993, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Kiss Me Deadly

IMDB Rating: 7.70
4375 votes

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Tough L.A. private eye Mike Hammer gives a ride to Christina, a frightened young woman he finds running along the road one night. His car is run off the road by unseen thugs. Hammer is knocked out and Christina is tortured in an unsuccessful attempt to get information from her. They are put back into Hammer's car which then is forced off a cliff. Hammer wakes up in the hospital. Velda, his trusty secretary, informs him that Christina is dead. Pat Chambers, Mike's policeman friend, tells him to stay off the case, but Mike thinks it might be a big story—meaning big money for him—because the FBI is interested. He, Velda, and Nick, his garage mechanic friend, start investigating in hopes of finding out why Christina was killed.
Actors
Mike HammerRalph Meeker
Dr. G.E. SoberinAlbert Dekker
Carl EvelloPaul Stewart
Also posted in 1955, Crime, Film-Noir, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Out of the Past

IMDB Rating: 8.10
7987 votes

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For the last three years, Jeff Bailey has been laying low and trying to live a normal life. He's been running his own gas station but prior to that, had been a pretty good private detective. His last job had been for a gangster, Whit Sterling, who him to find Kathy Moffat, who just happens to have shot him, and recover the $40,000 she stole. Jeff found her in Mexico but fell in love with her. She eventually ran out on him and he decided it might be better if he found a new line of work. When one of Sterling's henchmen happens to see him pumping gas, he's summoned to the gangster's Lake Tahoe estate. Sterling's offer is quite simple: recover some incriminating tax files and all will be forgotten. Jeff soon realizes however that he's being set up and framed for murder.
Actors
Jeff BaileyRobert Mitchum
Kathie MoffatJane Greer
Whit SterlingKirk Douglas
Also posted in 1947, Drama, Film-Noir, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

IMDB Rating: 6.60
7460 votes

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Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are "The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta." Searching for answers, Rigby encounters assorted low-lifes: dangerous men and women who were the hallmarks of the classic detective movies of the 40's and 50's. Filming in black and white allows scenes from old movies to be cut into this film. It is through this process that Rigby's assistant is none other than Philip Marlowe himself.
Actors
Rigby ReardonSteve Martin
Juliet ForrestRachel Ward
Field Marshall VonKluckCarl Reiner
Also posted in 1982, Comedy, Crime, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Chinatown

IMDB Rating: 8.50
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Los Angeles detective Jake Gittes is hired by a woman claiming to be a Mrs. Mulwray to spy on her husband. Shortly after Gittes is hired, the real Mrs. Mulwray appears in his office threatening to sue if he doesn't drop the case immediately. Gittes pursues the case anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy centering on water management, state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate, and involving at least one murder.
Actors
J.J. 'Jake' GittesJack Nicholson
Evelyn Cross MulwrayFaye Dunaway
Noah CrossJohn Huston
Also posted in 1974, Crime, High IMDB rating, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Body Heat

IMDB Rating: 7.30
9337 votes

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Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull it off?
Actors
Ned RacineWilliam Hurt
Matty Walker/Mary Ann RussellKathleen Turner
Edmund WalkerRichard Crenna
Also posted in 1981, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Mr. Destiny

IMDB Rating: 5.90
3899 votes

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Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks..
Actors
Larry Joseph BurrowsJames Belushi
Ellen Jane Burrows/RobertsonLinda Hamilton
Mike/Mr. DestinyMichael Caine
Also posted in 1990, Comedy, Fantasy | Comments (0)

Chicago

IMDB Rating: 7.30
55155 votes

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Fame hungry Roxie Hart dreams of a life on the Vaudville stage, and spends her nights jazzing it up in the bright lights of Chicago, continually hoping that she'll find her lucky break, and be shot into 1920's stardom, so able to flee her boring husband Amos. In awe of seductive club singer Velma Kelly (who is subsequantly arrested for the murder of her husband and sister - after discovering their affair), Roxie meets Fred Cassely a man who convinces her he can 'make her showbiz career take off'. However after Roxie has undergone the 'casting couch' treatment, and Fred has had his wicked way with her, he reveals that he has no more connections in showbusiness than she does. This is the final straw for Roxie, and her constant anger at rejection explodes. She shoots Fred Cassely and kills him. Upon discovering her infidelity, Roxie's husband Amos refuses to take the blame for the murder and Roxie is sent to jail, pending hanging. In jail she finally meets tabloid darling Velma Kelly, currently receiving huge media attention for the double murder she committed earlier in the tale. Sharing the clink with Velma, are a collection of other sly females, all awaiting trial for the murders of their own partners. Velma is aloof to Roxie, however the prison Warden Mrs Morton offers Roxie the opportunity of representation by slick Chicago lawyer Billy Flynn. Billy is more a showbiz P. R agent than a legal lawyer and minipulates the tabloids into thinking Roxie is no more than an innocent 'good time girl' who took the wrong path, than a scheming murderess. The tabloids go crazy for the new girl on the cell block, and Roxie finally becomes a star. However due to Roxie's new found fame, Velma is forgotten about. She is forced to approach Roxie with an offer of a part in her Vaudville act (filling the gap left by her murdered sister), but Roxie turns down her offer flat, thinking she needs no support in topping the bill. However, just as Velma's star fell, so does Roxie's, when Go-to-hell Kitty arrives at the jail on a multiple murder charge, the press forget Roxie and now she and Velma are in the same boat. With one more trick up her sleave Roxie manages to bring the media attention back onto her, and her day in court arrives. Billy is now ready to play the ultimate showman!
Actors
BandleaderTaye Diggs
Stage ManagerCliff Saunders
Velma KellyCatherine Zeta-Jones
Also posted in 2002, Comedy, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Musical | Comments (0)
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