Double Indemnity (1944)
Chandler co-wrote with Wilder. Double Indemnity is the Billy Wilder-directed Paramount Pictures noir that became the canonical template for the genre's mature middle period.
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1970sThe Mother and the Whore (1973)
Eustache's 1973 French three-and-a-half-hour relationship drama. Post-1968 disillusionment captured in continuous long takes.
1990s
2010sHer (2013)
Spike Jonze's 2013 near-future drama. Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson as voice.
1990sPresumed Innocent (1990)
Pakula's 1990 legal thriller. Harrison Ford as compromised prosecutor accused of murder.
2000sVanilla Sky (2001)
Tom Cruise psychological thriller. Substantial ambitions, uneven execution.
1990sAmerican Beauty (1999)
Sam Mendes's 1999 suburban satire. Kevin Spacey as a midlife-crisis dad, Annette Bening as the wife.
1980sRaging Bull (1980)
Scorsese's 1980 boxing biopic of Jake LaMotta. Black-and-white, Schoonmaker-cut, De Niro at 60 pounds heavier.
1950sThe Searchers (1956)
Wayne as Ethan Edwards, racism poisons his own rescue mission. The film that taught New Hollywood to subvert genre.
2010sThe Hustle (2019)
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Dale Launer, and Jac Schaeffer wrote across the various adaptations. The film made approximately ninety-seven million dollars worldwide on a twenty-one million dollar budget.
2020sDon’t Worry Darling (2022)
Don't Worry Darling is the psychological thriller whose production controversies generated more public discussion than the film itself. Katie Silberman wrote from a story by Carey Van Dyke, Shane Van Dyke, and Silberman.
2010sWhat Men Want (2019)
Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, and Alex Gregory wrote. The film made approximately seventy-three million dollars worldwide on a twenty million dollar budget.