Of course, there are the essential classics, such asChinatown,The Conversation, andL.A.
Gone Baby Gone is a crime drama centering on a detective investigating the disappearance a little girl.
But soon after he begins digging for the truth, he is victim to a personal and professional crisis.
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Night Movesis a highly overlooked neo-noir crime thriller, which also starsKenneth Mars,James Woods, andSusan Clark.
Private detective Harry Moseby takes on a case to find the missing daughter of a former movie star.
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Chinatownis considered to bean essential New Hollywood neo-noiranda must-see neo-noir that essentially set the standard for the film genre.
Originally released in 1974, Chinatown is an American neo-noir mystery movie starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.
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In 1970s Los Angeles, a mismatched pair of private eyes investigate a missing girl and the mysterious death of a porn star.
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When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
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Gone Baby Gone is a crime drama centering on a detective investigating the disappearance a little girl. But soon after he begins digging for the truth, he is victim to a personal and professional crisis.
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Private detective Harry Moseby takes on a case to find the missing daughter of a former movie star. His search leads him from Los Angeles to the murky waters of the Florida Keys, where he encounters a mix of dubious individuals connected to the girl’s disappearance. As Harry digs deeper, he uncovers secrets that intertwine with his own life, complicating his sense of justice and duty.
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The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston–the victim’s gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
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A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
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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.
