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If you can find it, view Bob Rafelson's R-rated neo-noir dramatic psychological crime-thriller Black Widow (1987) about two strong women (Theresa Russell and Debra Winger) engaged in a cat-and-mouse game to outsmart each other - See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://lnkd.in/gS_t2n4R

Writer/director Alan Parker's supernatural-mystery-horror neo-noir Angel Heart (1987) was a twisting, metaphysically-confusing film, including black (and voodoo) magic, a Satanic figure and Faustian theme, and multiple bloody murders. Spoilers abound in Filmsite's (illustrated) review at: https://lnkd.in/grmgEQzJ

The Coen Brothers' off-beat, diabolical, violent, neo-noir, independent horror-crime drama Blood Simple (1984) - their directorial debut film, is a clever and complex crime-gone-wrong thriller you have to see if you haven't - see Filmsite's (illustrated) review at: https://lnkd.in/gbv3FA6z

Are you in the mood for an introspective, neo-noir crime thriller about justice, alienation, murder, and revenge? Director Ivan Passer's R-rated, gloomy, cynical and downbeat film Cutter's Way (1981) reflected profound discontent and disillusionment about the state of America following the prolonged Vietnam War. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review at https://lnkd.in/gw7UDg6Z

Director Martin Scorsese's gritty, disturbing, nightmarish modern film classic Taxi Driver (1976) provided a visceral examination of alienation in urban society, viewed as a NYC cabbie's slow descent into violent insanity due to his corrupted environment, see Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://lnkd.in/gatWiZ7w

Director Arthur Penn's moody, neo-noirish, psychological detective film and mystery-thriller Night Moves (1975) involved smuggling and murder, with Gene Hackman as an LA investigator searching for a runaway and failing to understand the sinister plot he uncovered, see Filmsite's (illustrated) review at: https://lnkd.in/grHv6DgU

Director Roman Polanski's superb neo-noir mystery-detective story Chinatown (1974) was about deception, conspiracy, political, urban and capitalist corruption and sexual scandal surrounding a water conspiracy set in 1930s Los Angeles. Follow it closely at Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://lnkd.in/gt56KqV2

Chain-smoking, laconic gumshoe PI Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) in director Robert Altman's deconstructed, post-noir mystery crime-thriller/drama The Long Goodbye (1973) was not your typical detective - how so? Read Filmsite's (illustrated) review at: https://lnkd.in/gnK_rDQm

Lee Marvin and Angie Dickinson were great in John Boorman's crime classic neo-noir Point Blank (1967); the stylistic, brutal and dramatic thriller was basically the dream of a dead man on a quest for his stolen $93,000. See Filmsite's illustrated review at: https://lnkd.in/gMEMcMhY

Director Sam Fuller's unorthodox, bold and raw, feminist B-film and sordid, film-noirish melodrama The Naked Kiss (1964) is amazing. A unique film about a prostitute's desire to go straight in a small, rural town! See Filmsite's (illustrated) review at https://lnkd.in/gXh3-8gf