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Subgenre Sampler
Finally Sunday (Vivement Dimanche!) (1983)- Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant - A businessman in trouble with the police over the murder of his wife's lover finds solace in his secretary who decides to investigate the case…
Boucher, Le (The Butcher) (1969)
- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne - Psychological thriller probes the perhaps dangerous liaison between a celibate school–teacher and a murder suspect, the local butcher. Rich in…
Samourai, Le (The Samurai) (1967)
- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon - Alain Delon plays an ultra–cool assassin whose flawless disposition is impenetrable to the Gendarmerie but not to a sexy key witness.…
Alphaville (1965)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff… - A private eye is sent to a futuristic city run by a computer to rescue a trapped scientist. Amalgam of film noir and science fiction illustrates the…
Doulos, Le (The Finger Man) (1963)- Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani - Eschewing the French New Wave movement in favour of homage to the then ‘passe’ genre of film noir, dir. Jean–Pierre Melville adds shades of…
High and Low (1963)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune - Adapted from a crime–novel by Ed McBain, this kidnapping–thriller is a central work in dir. Kurosawa’s series of film noirs, combining…
Cape Fear (1962)- Dir. J. Lee-Thompson
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck - The original chiller that inspired the recent remake, complete with Bernard Herrmann's bombastic score. Robert Mitchum plays the ex–con…
Blast of Silence (1961)- Dir. Allen Baron
Feat. Allen Baron - Grumpy, low–fi noir presides over the movements of a tetchy contract killer (dir. Baron) as he prepares to whack a two–bit mobster during…
Bad Sleep Well, The (1960)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune - A contemporary gangster saga that uses a Hamlet–esque narrative to indict corporate and political corruption. Government officials were not…
Criminal, The (1960)- Dir. Joseph Losey
Feat. Sam Wanamaker, Gregoire Aslan - Joseph–Losey–directed crime drama of a con sent to prison after a profitable robbery who is tortured by his fellow prisoners to leak…
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