Movies tagged as "film noir"

Charley Varrick [1973, USA ] starting from $1.99

He stole from the Mob, now he's running for his life.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Walter Matthau, Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Felicia Farr, Andrew Robinson, Andrew Robinson, Sheree North, Sheree North, Norman Fell, Norman Fell, Benson Fong, Benson Fong, Woodrow Parfrey, Woodrow Parfrey, William Schallert, William Schallert, Jacqueline Scott, Jacqueline Scott, Marjorie Bennett, Marjorie Bennett, Rudy Diaz, Rudy Diaz, Colby Chester, Colby Chester, Charlie Briggs, Charlie Briggs, Priscilla Garcia, Priscilla Garcia, Directors: Don Siegel, Don Siegel Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Charley Varrick and his friends rob a small town bank. Expecting a small sum to divide amongst themselves, they are surprised to discover a very LARGE amount of money. Quickly figuring out that the money belongs to the MOB, they must now come up with a plan to throw the MOB off their trail.

Da Vinci Code, The [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

Seek The Truth

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Actors: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Paul Bettany, Jean Reno, Etienne Chicot, Alfred Molina, Clive Carter, Seth Gabel, Daisy Doidge-Hill Directors: Ron Howard, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Professor Robert Langdon is in Paris on business when he's summoned to The Louvre. A dead body has been found, setting Langdon off on an adventure as he attempts to unravel an ancient code and uncover the greatest mystery of all time.

Devil in a Blue Dress [1995, USA ] starting from $1.99

Private detective Easy Rawlins has been caught on the wrong side of the most dangerous secret in town.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller Actors: Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals, Don Cheadle, Maury Chaykin, Terry Kinney, Mel Winkler, Albert Hall, Lisa Nicole Carson, Jernard Burks, David Wolos-Fonteno, John Roselius, Beau Starr, Steven Randazzo, Scott Lincoln, Directors: Carl Franklin Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   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.

Eye of the Beholder [1999, Canada, UK, Australia ] starting from $1.99

Obsession is in the eye of the beholder.

Genres: Mystery, Thriller Actors: Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, Geneviève Bujold, k.d. lang, Jason Priestley, Anne-Marie Brown, Kaitlin Brown, David Nerman, Steven McCarthy, Vlasta Vrana, Janine Theriault, Don Jordan, Maria Revelins, Lisa Forget Directors: Stephan Elliott, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A nameless private eye (Ewan McGregor) shadows the same woman (who happens to be a serial killer of men) all over the U.S. for 10 + years, without her ever knowing and he strangely enough occasionally acts as her guardian angel.

Good German, The [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

If war is hell then what comes after?

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller Actors: Jack Thompson, John Roeder, George Clooney, Tobey Maguire, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Comperatore, Dave Power, Tony Curran, Ravil Isyanov, J. Paul Boehmer, Igor Korosec, Boris Kievsky, Vladimir Kulikov, Yevgeniy Narovlyanskiy, Aleksandr Sountsov, Directors: Steven Soderbergh Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Berlin, July, 1945. Journalist Jake Geismer arrives to cover the Potsdam conference, issued a captain's uniform for easier passage. He also wants to find Lena, an old flame who's now a prostitute desperate to get out of Berlin. He discovers that the driver he's assigned, a cheerful down-home sadist named Corporal Tully, is Lena's keeper. When the body of a murdered man washes up in Potsdam (within the Russian sector), Jake may be the only person who wants to solve the crime: U.S. personnel are busy finding Nazis to bring to trial, the Russians and the Americans are looking for German rocket scientists, and Lena has her own secrets.

History of Violence, A [2005, Germany, USA ] starting from $1.99

Everyone has something to hide.

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Peter MacNeill, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Sumela Kay, Kyle Schmid, Deborah Drakeford, Gerry Quigley, Heidi Hayes, Aidan Devine, Bill MacDonald Directors: David Cronenberg, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Tom Stall, a humble family man and owner of a popular neighborhood restaurant, lives a quiet but fulfilling existence in the Midwest. One night Tom foils a crime at his place of business and, to his chagrin, is plastered all over the news for his heroics. Following this, mysterious people follow the Stalls' every move, concerning Tom more than anyone else. As this situation is confronted, more lurks out over where all these occurrences have stemmed from compromising his marriage, family relationship and the main characters' former relations in the process.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [2005, USA ] starting from $1.99

SeX. MurdEr. MyStery. Welcome to the party.

Genres: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen, Dash Mihok, Larry Miller, Rockmond Dunbar, Shannyn Sossamon, Angela Lindvall, Indio Falconer Downey, Ariel Winter, Duane Carnahan, Josh Richman, Martha Hackett, Nancy Fish Directors: Shane Black, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

L.A. Confidential [1997, USA ] starting from $1.99

Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush...

Genres: Crime, Mystery, Thriller Actors: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, James Cromwell, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, Adam Rifkin, Matt McCoy, Paul Guilfoyle, Paolo Seganti, Graham Beckel, Sandra Taylor, Steve Rankin, Elisabeth Granli Directors: Curtis Hanson, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime.

Madigan [1968, USA ] starting from $1.99

"If Detective Madigan kept his eyes on the killer instead of the broad..."

Genres: Crime, Drama Actors: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino, James Whitmore, Susan Clark, Michael Dunn, Steve Ihnat, Don Stroud, Sheree North, Warren Stevens, Raymond St. Jacques, Bert Freed, Harry Bellaver, Frank Marth, Directors: Don Siegel Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Policemen Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, the two NYC detectives are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While Bonaro and Madigan follow up on various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.

Narrow Margin, The [1952, USA ] starting from $1.99

"Okay, copper - you rigged it! Let her stop a bullet!"

Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Actors: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Peter Virgo, Don Beddoe, Paul Maxey, Harry Harvey, Peter Brocco, Ivan Browning, George Chandler, George Chandler, James Conaty, Directors: Richard Fleischer Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When a mobsters wife decides to testify against his evil deeds she goes undercover to avoid being killed. Now that he's coming to trial she has to be escourted across country via train in order to testify. Cop Walter Brown and his partner are assigned the task, but the mob are on their trail.

Night and the City [1992, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Crime, Drama Actors: Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King, Jack Warden, Eli Wallach, Barry Primus, Gene Kirkwood, Ignazio Spalla, David W. Butler, Gerard Murphy, Clem Caserta, Anthony Canarozzi, Byron Utley, Margo Winkler Directors: Irwin Winkler, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Robert DeNiro and Jessica Lange are the most impossible couple. He's a failed lawyer. She's a common waitress. Together they get in a downward spiral, as they can't seem to deal with there problems. The lawyer just failed winning a case in court against a famous boxing organiser and he wants revenge by catching the organizer on his own territory: boxing. Although he knows nothing about boxing, with his fine talk he finds the help of a couple of people like the brother of his new enemy. But the relationship with his waitress doesn't make things double as hard.

Out of the Past [1947, USA ] starting from $1.99

A MAN - Trying to run away from his past... A WOMAN - Trying to escape her future!

Genres: Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Richard Webb, Steve Brodie, Virginia Huston, Paul Valentine, Dickie Moore, Ken Niles, Brooks Benedict, Oliver Blake, Eumenio Blanco, Wesley Bly, Hubert Brill, Directors: Jacques Tourneur Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   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.

Outlaw Josey Wales, The [1976, USA ] starting from $1.99

...an army of one.

Genres: Action, Drama, Western Actors: Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman, Sam Bottoms, Geraldine Keams, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Matt Clark, John Verros, Will Sampson, Directors: Clint Eastwood Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Josey Wales is a peaceful farmer in the days near the end of the Civil War. After his home is burned and his family murdered, he hardens into a human bullet - dedicated to destroying the renegades who took his "life." He joins a band of unreconstructed rebel guerilla fighters who continue to fight the Union - even after the official surrender of the Confederacy - an action which makes them, legally, outlaws. Josey is driven by vengeance, but after a while, that's not enough. Back before his own personal Holocaust, he had been a builder - of home, family, farm, and life. And no matter how much ice he's wrapped himself in, down inside there's still the soul of a living man. While Wales exists, he's pulled by this hidden yearning to Live. Each day offers him chances to remember, to assuage his yearning, to begin again. And the movie shows us how Josey Wales - a mere seeker of vengeance - learns to live again, rededicated to the values he chose so long ago.