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99 Francs
99 Francs (2007)
, 1h39
Directed by Jan Kounen
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Noir
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Jean Dujardin, Vahina Giocante, Jocelyn Quivrin, Patrick Mille, Élisa Tovati, Nicolas Marié

The film is a satire on the modern advertisement business. The plot mainly concerns the story of a commercial advertisement designer, Octave Parango (Jean Dujardin), who has an easy-going, highly paid job, and an active free life mainly consisting of drugs and random one-time sexual relationships. However, he starts growing weary of his job, and after having his first ever long-time relationship with fellow worker Sophie (Vahina Giocante) fail miserably, he organises a revolt against the advertisement business and his own life.
Thief
Thief (1981)
, 2h2
Directed by Michael Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Mafia films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, James Belushi, Willie Nelson, Dennis Farina

Frank (James Caan) is a highly experienced jewel thief and hardened ex-convict who has a set structure to his life. With a pair of successful Chicago businesses (a bar and a car dealership) as fronts for his lucrative criminal enterprise, Frank sets out to fulfill the missing part of his life vision: a family beginning with Jessie (Tuesday Weld), a pretty cashier he has begun dating.
Carancho
Carancho (2010)
, 1h47
Directed by Pablo Trapero
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusmán, Pablo Trapero

Sosa is a lawyer recently expelled from the bar association who works as an ambulance chaser - known as "carancho" in Argentina - touring the emergency departments of the public hospitals and the police stations, in search of potential clients for his barely legal law firm. One night he meets Luján, a young doctor recently arrived from the provinces trying to get an internship as a surgeon. The two start a romantic relationship that is threatened when Sosa breaks his bond with his corrupt boss. When Sosa is about to get back his attorney registration, and while making amends for his bad deeds, he and Luján are attacked by former partners of the firm, initiating an escalation of violence.
Miami Blues, 1h37
Directed by George Armitage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alec Baldwin, Fred Ward, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nora Dunn, Charles Napier, Edward Saxon

Frederick Frenger, Jr. (who asks to be called "Junior"), a violent psychopath recently released from a California prison, starts a new life in Miami. Before leaving the airport, he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna after breaking his finger.
V.I.P.
V.I.P. (2017)
, 2h8
Directed by Park Hoon-jeong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jong-suk, Park Sung-woong, Peter Stormare, Choi Jung-woo

Le transfuge Kim Kwang-il (Lee Jong-suk), fils d’un haut-dirigeant nord-coréen, est suspecté d'avoir commis une série de meurtres pendant ses voyages aux quatre coins du monde. Pour l'arrêter, la Corée du Nord et la Corée du Sud collaborent avec Interpol. L'inspecteur Chae Yi-do (Kim Myung-min) est certain de sa culpabilité mais l'agent services de renseignements sud-coréens Park Jae-hyuk (Jang Dong-gun) le protège.
On the Waterfront, 1h48
Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Mafia films, Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Gangster films
Actors Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Leif Erickson

Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront. The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that Friendly is behind a number of murders, but witnesses play "D and D" ("deaf and dumb"), accepting their subservient position rather than risking the danger and shame of informing.
Niagara
Niagara (1953)
, 1h32
Directed by Henry Hathaway, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter, Don Wilson (kickboxeur), Lurene Tuttle

Ray and Polly Cutler (Showalter and Peters) on a delayed honeymoon at Niagara Falls, find their reserved cabin occupied by George and Rose Loomis (Cotten and Monroe). Rose tells them that George is asleep at last, and has recently been discharged from an Army mental hospital. The Cutlers politely accept another, less desirable cabin, and so the two couples become acquainted.
London Boulevard, 1h43
Directed by William Monahan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Gangster films
Actors Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis, Anna Friel, Ben Chaplin, Ray Winstone

The film opens with Harry Mitchel (Colin Farrell) (convicted of GBH under never-explained circumstances) leaving prison. He is propositioned by his friend and former partner-in-crime, Billy Norton (Ben Chaplin), to live in a nice 'acquired' apartment, but on condition he work for Billy's criminal boss. On his way to a 'welcome back' party, Mitchel saves a woman, Penny (Ophelia Lovibond), from being mugged. At the party, Billy propositions Mitchel again. Mitchel is told by Billy and their contact, Danny (Stephen Graham), that his sister, Briony (Anna Friel) is in the basement, and he "saves" her from being raped by a drug addict. Mitchel meets Penny for a drink elesewhere, and she offers him a job to help her friend, a reclusive famous 'retired' young actress, Charlotte.
Key Largo
Key Largo (1948)
, 1h41
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Claire Trevor, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Gomez

Ex-Major Frank McCloud (Humphrey Bogart) arrives at the Hotel Largo in Key Largo, Florida, to visit the family of George Temple, a friend from the Army who had served under him and was killed in the Italian campaign. He meets with George's widow Nora Temple (Lauren Bacall) and his father James (Lionel Barrymore), who owns the hotel. Because the winter vacation season has ended and a major hurricane is approaching, the hotel has only six guests: the dapper Toots (Harry Lewis), the boorish Curly (Thomas Gomez), stone-faced Ralph (William Haade), servant Angel (Dan Seymour), an attractive woman, Gaye Dawn (Claire Trevor) who suffers from alcoholism, and a sixth man who remains secluded in his room. They claim to have come to the Florida Keys for a fishing trip and have a charter boat waiting.
Vertigo
Vertigo (1958)
, 2h8
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Les fantasmes, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Ellen Corby

After a rooftop chase, where his acrophobia and vertigo result in the death of a policeman, San Francisco detective John "Scottie" Ferguson retires. Scottie tries to conquer his fear, but his friend and ex-fiancée Midge Wood suggests another severe emotional shock may be the only cure.
The Manchurian Candidate, 2h3
Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Themes Films about altered memories, Assassinat, Spy films, Films about families, Politique, Films about sexuality, Political films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory

During the Korean War, the Soviets capture a U.S. platoon and take them to Manchuria in Communist China. Some days later, all but two of the soldiers return to U.S. lines and Staff Sergeant Raymond Shaw is credited with saving their lives in combat. Upon the recommendation of the platoon's commander, Captain Bennett Marco, Raymond is awarded the Medal of Honor for his reported heroism. When asked to describe him, Marco and the other soldiers automatically respond, "Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life." Deep down, however, they know that Shaw is a cold, sad, unsympathetic loner.
Bound
Bound (1996)
, 1h48
Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Erotic thriller films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni, John P. Ryan

Corky (Gina Gershon), an ex-con who has just finished a five-year jail sentence, arrives at an apartment building to start work as a painter and plumber. On her way up to the apartment, she encounters the couple who live next-door, Violet (Jennifer Tilly) and Caesar (Joe Pantoliano). After Caesar has gone out, Violet flirts with Corky and asks her to help retrieve an earring that has fallen down her sink. After Corky extracts the earring, Violet admits she lost it on purpose in order to get closer to Corky, and starts to seduce her. They are interrupted by the arrival of Caesar and Corky goes back to work. When she leaves for the day, Violet follows her to her truck. They go to Corky's apartment and have sex. The next morning, Violet tells Corky that Caesar is a money launderer for the Mafia and they have been together for five years.
Affair in Trinidad, 1h38
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Karel Štěpánek

The film is set in Trinidad while it was still a British colony. Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) works as a nightclub singer and dancer. One night after her performance she receives news from Inspector Smythe (Torin Thatcher) and Anderson (Howard Wendell), a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil was found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby).
Strangers on a Train, 1h37
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Tennis films
Actors Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Marion Lorne

Amateur tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) wants to divorce his vulgar and promiscuous wife Miriam (Laura Elliott), so he can marry the elegant Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a senator, and hopefully have a career in politics. On a train Haines accidentally meets Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who recognizes Guy. Bruno tells Guy about his idea for the perfect murders: Bruno will kill Miriam, and in exchange Guy will kill Bruno's father. They have no identifiable motive for the crimes, and therefore they will not be suspects. Guy hurriedly leaves, but Bruno feels he has agreed. Bruno pockets Guy's monogrammed cigarette lighter.
Gilda
Gilda (1946)
, 1h50
Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Striptease
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Eduardo Ciannelli, Steven Geray

Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford), a small-time American gambler newly arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, narrates. When he wins a lot of money cheating at craps, he has to be rescued from a robbery attempt by a complete stranger, Ballin Mundson (George Macready). Mundson tells him about an illegal high-class casino, but warns him not to practice his skills there. Farrell ignores his advice, cheats at blackjack, and is taken by two men to see the casino's owner, who turns out to be Mundson. Farrell talks Mundson into hiring him and quickly gains his confidence. However, the unimpressed washroom attendant, Uncle Pio (Steven Geray), keeps calling him "Mr.