The Killers (1946)
Robert Siodmak's 1946 Hemingway adaptation. The murder happens in the first ten minutes.
1940sRobert Siodmak's 1946 Hemingway adaptation. The murder happens in the first ten minutes.
1970sRobert Altman's 1973 Chandler revisionism. The Long Goodbye is Robert Altman's 1973 American neo-noir adapting Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel.
1940sHoward Hawks' 1946 Chandler adaptation. Plot incomprehensible even to the screenwriters.
1970sSidney Lumet's 1975 Brooklyn bank heist. Attica, Wyoming, sweltering New York summer.
2000sJonathan Glazer's 2000 British crime debut. Ben Kingsley terrifying as Don Logan.
1950sSterling Hayden, Sam Jaffe, brief Marilyn Monroe. The original ensemble heist film.
1980sRandall Adams case in Texas. The film that freed an innocent man.
1960sJacques Becker's 1960 French prison drama. Five inmates plan escape from La Sante.
1930sMervyn LeRoy's 1932 chain gang drama. Paul Muni plays James Allen.
1950sKubrick's 1956 racetrack robbery. Non-linear structure that became Tarantino's vocabulary.
1970sScorsese's 1973 breakthrough. Harvey Keitel and De Niro as Little Italy hustlers.
1980sBrian De Palma's 1987 Eliot Ness biopic. Costner, Connery, De Niro as Capone.
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