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Based onJames Ellroy’s best-selling 1990 novel,L.A.
With an all-star cast includingRussell Crowe,Kim Basinger, andGuy Pierce,L.A.
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Confidentialis the epitome of an intoxicating noir.
Between the stellar performances and effective ambiance,Sunset Boulevardis without a doubt an essential and infectious noir.
Originally released in 1974, Chinatown is an American neo-noir mystery movie starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.
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Jeff tracks her to Mexico, where they fall in love and plot to escape Whit’s grasp.
Drawn by desire, Ned and Matty plot to kill her husband and claim his wealth.
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Gilda revolves around Johnny Farrell, a small-time gambler who is saved from a mugging by the enigmatic Ballin Mundson. Farrell becomes Mundson’s right-hand man, only to discover that Mundson’s new wife, Gilda, is his former lover. The film explores the love, betrayal, and revenge in Farrell and Gilda’s tumultuous relationship unfolds against the backdrop of Mundson’s shady casino operations in Buenos Aires.
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Originally released in 1974, Chinatown is an American neo-noir mystery movie starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. Its story was inspired by the California water wars, a series of conflicts between the city of Los Angeles and the people of Owen’s Valley around the beginning of the twentieth century. The movie received 11 Academy Award nominations in total, with Robert Towne winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
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Jeff Bailey, a seemingly ordinary gas station owner, is drawn back into a web of intrigue and danger when his former employer, Whit Sterling, sends an associate to find him. Revealing his true identity as ex-private detective Jeff Markham, he recalls his assignment to locate Whit’s elusive mistress, Kathie Moffat, who vanished with a fortune. Jeff tracks her to Mexico, where they fall in love and plot to escape Whit’s grasp.
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A seductive crime drama centered on Ned Racine, a lawyer whose life takes a dangerous turn when he meets Matty Walker, the alluring wife of a rich businessman. Drawn by desire, Ned and Matty plot to kill her husband and claim his wealth. As the plan unfolds, Ned finds himself caught in a maze of lies, manipulation, and unforeseen complications.
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A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor’s husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
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A Los Angeles insurance representative lets an alluring housewife seduce him into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, an insurance investigator.
