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Films with the genre "Noir", sorted by revenue
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The Phenix City Story (1955)
, 1h40Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Noir, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Crosby, Edward Andrews, James Edwards, Lenka Peterson
In a corrupt Alabama town, the law can do little to stop the criminal activities of Rhett Tanner, particularly in the wide-open "red-light district" area. Most of the police don't even try, being on Tanner's payroll.
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
, 2h19Directed by David Robert Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Zosia Mamet, Jimmi Simpson, Riki Lindhome
Sam, un jeune homme apathique, fait la connaissance de sa nouvelle voisine, Sarah. Il en tombe aussitôt sous le charme. Alors que celle-ci disparaît subitement sans laisser de traces, Sam décide de partir à sa recherche et entreprend une enquête des plus surréalistes aux abords de la ville de Los Angeles. Il plongera dans les profondeurs les plus ténébreuses qui soient de la Cité des Anges où il devra élucider disparitions douteuses et meurtres mystérieux sur fond de scandales et de machinations en tout genre.
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
, 1h36Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes La corruption policière, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Paul Calderon, Zoë Lund, Bianca Hunter, Vincent Laresca
In The Bronx, the Lieutenant drops his two sons off at Catholic school. After they leave the car, and before he drives to work, the Lieutenant takes a few small bumps of cocaine. His first case is a double murder. He wanders away from the scene to get some coffee, and across the street, he watches a petty thief rifling through the trunks of parked cars, which the Lieutenant ignores. He approaches a group of drug dealers, who run off as he approaches. The Lieutenant follows one dealer into an apartment building and up the stairs. The dealer waits for him in the hallway, and the Lieutenant gives him a bag of drugs from a crime scene. The Lieutenant quickly smokes some crack, and then sets aside a portion of the drugs for himself. The thief promises to give him the money he makes from selling the drugs in a few days. At an apartment, the Lieutenant gets drunk and engages in a threesome with two women. Meanwhile, a nun is raped in a church by two young hoodlums.
Laura (1944)
, 1h28Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams
New York City police detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of beautiful and highly successful advertising executive, Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney). Laura has apparently been killed by a shotgun blast to the face, just inside the doorway of her apartment, before the start of the film.
Blowing Wild (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Hugo Fregonese, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Noir, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Ruth Roman, Anthony Quinn, Ward Bond, Ian MacDonald
After the bandit El Gavilan destroys their South American oil field, partners Jeff Dawson and Dutch Peterson need jobs. "Paco" Conway offers them work, but his marriage to Jeff's old love Marina makes the situation awkward. Jeff refuses until another employer cons them out of their pay and Dutch is injured, so he accepts the offer to help with Paco's 18 oil wells.
The Wrong Man (1957)
, 1h45Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about families, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff, Esther Minciotti
For the only time in his many films, Alfred Hitchcock starts this picture talking to the camera and says that "every word is true" in this story.
Hell on Frisco Bay (1956)
, 1h38Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson, Joanne Dru, William Demarest, Jayne Mansfield, Paul Stewart
After five years in San Quentin prison, former policeman Steve Rollins is released. Unjustly convicted of manslaughter in an arrested man's death, Steve is met by a friend from the force, Dan Bianco, and by wife Marcia, whom he shuns because she has been unfaithful to him.
His Kind of Woman (1951)
, 2hDirected by John Farrow, Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Charles McGraw, Raymond Burr
Down on his luck, professional gambler Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum) accepts a mysterious job that will take him out of the country for a year but pays $50,000. He accepts a $5,000 down payment and tickets that will take him to an isolated Mexican resort, Morro's Lodge, where he will receive further instructions. Milner is attracted to the only other passenger on his chartered flight to the resort, Lenore Brent (Jane Russell).
Pickup on South Street (1953)
, 1h20Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films, Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley, Murvyn Vye, Willis Bouchey
On a crowded New York City subway train, pickpocket Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) steals Candy's (Jean Peters) wallet. Unbeknownst to Skip or Candy, in the wallet is microfilm of top-secret government information. Candy was delivering an envelope as a final favor to her ex-boyfriend, Joey (Richard Kiley). Joey told her it contains stolen business secrets,and she believed him, unaware that Joey is actually a communist spy.
Hangover Square (1945)
, 1h17Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Alan Napier, Faye Marlowe
In Victorian London (the date 1899 is shown in the opening scene), the police suspect that a composer who suffers from periods of amnesia may be a murderer.
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
, 1h38Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Nigel Bruce, Jessie Ralph
When Lord Francis Kelton (Frank Morgan) finds a beautiful woman in his stateroom, he is flustered, but his playboy friend, Lord Arthur Dilling (Robert Montgomery), is fascinated by her. He finds out from the ship's purser that she is American widow Fay Cheyney on her way to stay in England. In London, she becomes the darling of English society, impressing everyone, including Arthur's wealthy aunt, the Duchess of Ebley (Jessie Ralph), who invites her to stay with her for the weekend. Arthur tries to impress Fay, but is rejected by her, even though she is becoming attracted to him.
The Big Shot (1942)
, 1h22Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson
Duke Berns (Humphrey Bogart) est approché par deux malfrats pour commetre un cambriolage chez le riche avocat Martin T. Fleming (Stanley Ridges). Ayant raccroché, il refuse cette proposition mais se rend chez Fleming par curiosité. Il y fait la rencontre de son épouse, Lorna (Irene Manning), qui est l'une de ses anciennes petites amies. Ils reprennent leurs relations, mais Berns est ensuite accusé du cambriolage sanglant qui endeuille peu après la maison de Fleming ...
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
, 1h40Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Elisha Cook, Jr.
In 1539 the Knight Templars of Malta, paid tribute to Charles V of Spain, by sending him a Golden Falcon encrusted from beak to claw with rarest jewels—but pirates seized the galley carrying this priceless token and the fate of the Maltese Falcon remains a mystery to this day —
Johnny O'Clock (1947)
, 1h35Directed by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb, Ellen Drew, Nina Foch, Thomas Gomez
Johnny O'Clock (Dick Powell) is a junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis (Thomas Gomez). Complicating their longtime working relationship is Guido's wife Nelle (Ellen Drew), who is still in love with former boyfriend Johnny. She gives Johnny an expensive custom pocket watch, the twin of a birthday present she gave her husband, except Johnny's has a romantic engraving on the back.
The Racket (1951)
, 1h28Directed by John Cromwell, Tay Garnett, Nicholas Ray, Mel Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, Ray Collins, William Conrad
The plot is very close to the original play and 1928 movie. Racketeer and mobster Nick Scanlon (Ryan) has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials of a large midwestern American city. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg (Mitchum), who refuses all attempts at bribery. The city’s prosecuting attorney, Welch (Collins), and a police detective, Turk (Conrad), are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.