Items11The creator’s order
  1. 1Chinatown (1974)Chinatown (1974) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased 20 Jun 1974Jake Gittes believes his sharp suits and street smarts give him mastery over Los Angeles, yet his vanity blindfolds him until the final fatal gunshot. By prying into the Cross family secrets and playing amateur saviour, he directly leads the predatory Noah Cross straight to his vulnerable prey. It…0
  2. 2The Long Goodbye (1973)The Long Goodbye (1973) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased 8 Mar 1973Robert Altman's mumbling, cat-feeding Philip Marlowe wanders through sun-dazed southern California under the delusion that old-school loyalty still means something. His passive complicity allows a sociopathic companion to manipulate him into shielding a murderer and precipitating multiple violent…0
  3. 3Night Moves (1975)Night Moves (1975) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased 11 Jun 1975Harry Moseby runs away from his crumbling marriage by chasing a runaway teenager, mistaking petty sleuthing for moral clarity. His stubborn refusal to step back when the case turns poisonous pulls innocent bystanders into a smuggling racket that leaves a trail of corpses across the Florida Keys.…0
  4. 4Blood Simple (1985)Blood Simple (1985) 7.5/10 on IMDbReleased 18 Jan 1985Hired to document a routine marital betrayal in dusty Texas, private operative Loren Visser immediately spots a far dirtier angle for personal profit. His double-crossing scheme to manufacture photographic proof of a murder and assassinate his own client unleashes an avalanche of gory…0
  5. 5Angel Heart (1987)Angel Heart (1987) 7.2/10 on IMDbReleased 6 Mar 1987Harry Angel accepts what looks like a routine missing persons gig from an ominous benefactor, completely unaware that every lead he pulls tightens a noose around his own neck. His clumsy, heavy-handed inquiries leave a trail of slaughtered witnesses and ritualistic butchery in his wake across humid…0
  6. 6Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) 6.8/10 on IMDbReleased 29 Sept 1995Easy Rawlins takes an ostensibly simple tracking job to save his mortgage, only to discover how quickly white power brokers sacrifice black investigators. His persistence stirs up mayoral corruption and brutal police retaliation, placing his close friends and neighbours in immediate mortal…0
  7. 7Se7en (1995)Se7en (1995) 8.6/10 on IMDbReleased 22 Sept 1995David Mills brings hot-headed hubris and moral arrogance to a bleak metropolis, stubbornly convinced he can bring a meticulous serial murderer to heel through brute determination. Somerset repeatedly warns that their quarry dictates the tempo, but Mills barrels forward until he stands in a desolate…0
  8. 8Memento (2000)Memento (2000) 8.4/10 on IMDbReleased 11 Oct 2000Leonard Shelby turns his anterograde amnesia into a lethal weapon of self-deception, using Polaroid snaps and ink to construct a bogus quest for vengeance. His desperate need to play the noble vigilante leaves manipulated innocents murdered and crooked cops dead in abandoned warehouses. He is the…0
  9. 9Memories of Murder (2003)Memories of Murder (2003) 8.1/10 on IMDbReleased 25 Apr 2003Investigating a wave of brutal killings in rural South Korea, detectives Park and Seo respond to their own procedural helplessness with coercive beatings, fabricated evidence, and reckless tunnel vision. Their frantic bungling not only destroys the lives of innocent suspects and drives a vulnerable…0
  10. 10Brick (2006)Brick (2006) 7.1/10 on IMDbReleased 31 Mar 2006High school gumshoe Brendan Frye carries the clipped cadences of Sam Spade into suburban locker rooms, treating teenage drug networks like a hardboiled playground. His arrogant insistence on unravelling his ex-girlfriend's murder triggers a ruthless gang war and piles up adolescent bodies. His cold…0