O.J.: Made in America (2016)
Simpson trial through race-and-celebrity prism. Won Oscar despite TV format.
Genre: Crime
Stories and exercises built around the break, the cover-up, and the catch. Crime fiction works because the rules are clear and the people keep breaking them, and this genre covers both sides of the badge.
CrimeThe Killers (1946)
Robert Siodmak's 1946 Hemingway adaptation. The murder happens in the first ten minutes.
CrimeThe Long Goodbye (1973)
Robert Altman's 1973 Chandler revisionism. The Long Goodbye is Robert Altman's 1973 American neo-noir adapting Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel.
CrimeDog Day Afternoon (1975)
Sidney Lumet's 1975 Brooklyn bank heist. Attica, Wyoming, sweltering New York summer.
CrimeSexy Beast (2000)
Jonathan Glazer's 2000 British crime debut. Ben Kingsley terrifying as Don Logan.
CrimeThe Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Sterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, brief Marilyn Monroe. The original ensemble heist film.
CrimeThe Thin Blue Line (1988)
Randall Adams case in Texas. The film that freed an innocent man.
CrimeLe Trou (1960)
Jacques Becker's 1960 French prison drama. Five inmates plan escape from La Sante.
CrimeI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mervyn LeRoy's 1932 chain gang drama. Paul Muni plays James Allen.
CrimeThe Killing (1956)
Kubrick's 1956 racetrack robbery. Non-linear structure that became Tarantino's vocabulary.
CrimeMean Streets (1973)
Scorsese's 1973 breakthrough. Harvey Keitel and De Niro as Little Italy hustlers.
CrimeThe Untouchables (1987)
Brian De Palma's 1987 Eliot Ness biopic. Costner, Connery, De Niro as Capone.