Twister (1996)
Jan de Bont's 1996 tornado-chase. Foundation for every storm-chasing production since.
1990sJan de Bont's 1996 tornado-chase. Foundation for every storm-chasing production since.
2000sBennett Miller's 2005 Truman Capote biopic. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor.
2000sBlack-white with red accents. Sin City is Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 American neo-noir adapting three Frank Miller graphic novels from his Sin City series.
2010sDavid Fincher's 2010 Facebook origin drama. Jesse Eisenberg as Zuckerberg, Garfield as Saverin.
1950sMickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. Foundation for Pulp Fiction's briefcase.
1970sRobert Altman's 1973 Chandler revisionism. The Long Goodbye is Robert Altman's 1973 American neo-noir adapting Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel.
1950sThe genre's late masterpiece. Touch of Evil is Orson Welles's 1958 American film noir adapting Whit Masterson's 1956 novel Badge of Evil.
2000sKathryn Bigelow's 2008 Iraq EOD drama. Won Best Picture, Best Director.
1970sSidney Lumet's 1975 Brooklyn bank heist. Attica, Wyoming, sweltering New York summer.
2010s
1990sSnubbed by Oscars in major scandal. Hoop Dreams is Steve James's 1994 American documentary tracking two African-American teenagers from Chicago, William Gates and Arthur Agee, across five years as they pursue careers in professional basketball through high school recruitment, family…
1970sScorsese's 1973 breakthrough. Harvey Keitel and De Niro as Little Italy hustlers.
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