Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Film Noir: 17 Films to Rent on VHS
- Everybody Wins (1990)
- Dir. Karel Reisz
Feat. Debra Winger, Nick Nolte, Will Patton…
- Arthur Miller's first screenplay since THE MISFITS tells the story of a private eye, hired for a murder enquiry by a strange woman who claims to know…
- Kill Off, The (1989)
- Dir. Maggie Greenwald
Feat. Andrew Lee Barrett, Jorja Fox, Ralph Graff
- In a small New Jersey town, everyone has a motive to kill off the town gossip. Fascinating, off–beat story based on Jim Thompson's novel. A…
- Angel Dust (1987)
- Dir. Edouard Niermans
Feat. Bernard Giraudeau, Fanny Bastien, Fanny Cottencon
- Accomplished thriller in the film noir tradition about an out–of–luck cop who falls for a woman he later begins to suspect of murder.
- Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
- Dir. Norman Mailer
Feat. Ryan O'Neal, Isabella Rossellini
- This curious black comedy–come–film noir enigma will provide fascinating viewing for some. Based on the director's novel, it marked a…
- On Dangerous Ground (1951)
- Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond…
- Grimly rewarding noir, with real–life tough guy Robert Ryan in one of his best roles.
As a cop helping with a protracted rural manhunt, he…
- Dark Passage (1947)
- Dir. Delmer Daves
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
- Smokey Bogie and Bacall noir thriller in which his convicted murderer flees prison and changes his face to prove his innocence. The first third is…
- Journey into Fear (1942)
- Dir. Norman Foster
Feat. Joseph Cotten, Dolores Del Rio, Orson Welles…
- Hitchcockian suspenser set around an American engineer's adventures in WW2 Turkey.
Loaded down with a maze–like plot (written by star Joseph…