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Rental > Film Noir: 29 Films to Rent on VHS

 
Four DaysFour Days (2001) Recommended
Dir. Curtis Wehrfritz
Feat. Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin Zegers…
This accomplished 'existential thriller', based on 60s crime novel by John Buell, fuses genre conventions with weightier concerns about loneliness…
TrixieTrixie (2000)
Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney…
Uneven attempt at a film–noir spoof by cult dir. Rudolph (who did it better in LOVE AT LARGE) with Emily Watson as a low–wattage…
A Slight Case of MurderA Slight Case of Murder (1999)
Dir. Steven Schachter
Feat. William H. Macy
A light case of noir pastiche, but an engaging one, especially for the film savvy. With confessional asides to the camera, a sly–winking…
Where's Marlowe?Where's Marlowe? (1999)
Dir. Daniel Pyne
Feat. Miguel Ferrar
A sly if uneven low–budget comedy that blends (and parodies) two genres – the film noir detective film and the mockumentary. Shooting a…
UnforgettableUnforgettable (1997)
Dir. John Dahl
Feat. Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino
A modern noir with a conceit lifted straight out of a sci–fi B–movie, cop Ray Liotta's obsession to learn the truth about his wife's…
This World, Then the FireworksThis World, Then the Fireworks (1996)
Dir. Michael Oblowitz
Feat. Billy Zane, Gina Gershon, Chet Baker…
Billy Zane and Gina Gershon play bad seed twins seemingly bonded by irrational behaviour and an incestuous streak in 50s California. Stylised noir…
Underneath, TheUnderneath, The (1995) Recommended
Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner
A worldweary return to his home–town finds Peter Gallagher tempted all–too–easily into a dangerous criminal enterprise. A…
Wild SideWild Side (1995) Recommended
Dir. Donald Cammell
Feat. Anne Heche, Christopher Walken, Joan Chen…
Bank exec Anne Heche moonlights as a hooker to service a debt and initiates a twisted game of role–playing with miscreants Christopher Walken…
Killer (1994)
Dir. Mark Malone
Feat. Anthony LaPaglia, Mimi Rogers
Ace hitman Anthony LaPaglia is hired to bump off glamour informant Mimi Rogers, whom he discovers is suicidal. Pacey and atmospheric, with an…
Golden Gate (1993)
Dir. John Madden
Feat. Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby
Rookie FBI agent Matt Dillon is assigned to expose subversives in McCarthy–era San Fransisco, but years later becomes embroiled with the…

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