
Ron, a young man in his late teens or early 20s, but emotionally younger Read More »
Crime
Underworld (1927) Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson, George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent

‘Nobody helps me — I help them!’ boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed Read More »
Target (1978) Guido Zurli, Luc Merenda, Gabriella Giorgelli, Kadir Inanir

This is surely one of the lamest poliziotteschi I’ve ever come across Read More »
Repo Man (1984) Alex Cox, Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter

Frustrated punk rocker Otto quits his supermarket job after slugging a co-worker, and is later dumped by his girlfriend at a party. Read More »
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We’re Dead (1995) Agustín Díaz Yanes, Victoria Abril, Pilar Bardem, Federico Luppi

Escaping gangsters trying to kill her because of being witness to a crime Read More »
Ten Cents a Dance (1931) Lionel Barrymore, Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, Monroe Owsley

Men pay a dime to dance with Barbara and her fellow taxi dancers. Read More »
Owning Mahowny (2003) Richard Kwietniowski, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt

Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Read More »
Dogora (1964) Ishirô Honda, Yôsuke Natsuki, Yôko Fujiyama, Hiroshi Koizumi

Several satellites have been destroyed without explanation. Read More »
V.I. Warshawski (1991) Jeff Kanew, Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning

Victoria “V.I” Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Read More »
Jeff (1969) Jean Herman, Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Georges Rouquier

Jeff is a gangster who’s disappeared with a million dollars Read More »