Gangster & Noir Archive

  • Share! Tweet 2011 | USA | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Logline: A Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman becomes involved with his new neighbour, and then deals...

    Drive

    Share! Tweet 2011 | USA | Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Logline: A Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman becomes involved with his new neighbour, and then deals...

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  • Share! Tweet France | 1994 | Directed by Luc Besson Logline: A lonely professional hitman is befriended by a desperate young girl, a neighbor whose parents were murdered, and reluctantly...

    Léon (The Professional)

    Share! Tweet France | 1994 | Directed by Luc Besson Logline: A lonely professional hitman is befriended by a desperate young girl, a neighbor whose parents were murdered, and reluctantly...

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  • Share! Tweet Australia | 2010 | Directed David Michôd Logline: A naïve, orphaned teenager is embraced into his aunt’s criminal family and becomes embroiled in their dangerous activities, while a...

    Animal Kingdom

    Share! Tweet Australia | 2010 | Directed David Michôd Logline: A naïve, orphaned teenager is embraced into his aunt’s criminal family and becomes embroiled in their dangerous activities, while a...

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  • Share! Tweet France/Canada/Italy | 2008 | Directed by Jean-Francois Richet Logline: The story of France’s public enemy #1; Jacques Mesrine, and his colourful criminal career as a gangster. This is...

    Mesrine: L’instinct du Mort & L’ennemi Public N°1 (The Death Instinct & Public Enemy #1)

    Share! Tweet France/Canada/Italy | 2008 | Directed by Jean-Francois Richet Logline: The story of France’s public enemy #1; Jacques Mesrine, and his colourful criminal career as a gangster. This is...

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  • Share! Tweet South Korea | 2003 | Directed by Chan-wook Park Logline: An ordinary man is kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, then suddenly released, confused and bewildered, only to...

    Oldboy

    Share! Tweet South Korea | 2003 | Directed by Chan-wook Park Logline: An ordinary man is kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, then suddenly released, confused and bewildered, only to...

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  • Share! Tweet Hong Kong | 1995 | Directed by Wong Kar-wai Logline: In an urban nightscape the lives of a contract killer and his agent working at a distance, a...

    Doh Lok Tin Si (Fallen Angels)

    Share! Tweet Hong Kong | 1995 | Directed by Wong Kar-wai Logline: In an urban nightscape the lives of a contract killer and his agent working at a distance, a...

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  • Share! Tweet USA | 1983 | Directed by Brian DePalma Logline: The rise of Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who becomes an immensely wealthy, powerful and ruthless drug lord in...

    Scarface

    Share! Tweet USA | 1983 | Directed by Brian DePalma Logline: The rise of Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee who becomes an immensely wealthy, powerful and ruthless drug lord in...

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  • Share! Tweet USA | 1990 | directed by Phil Joanou Logline: An undercover cop returns to his NYC stomping ground in order to bring an Irish-blooded criminal family and associates...

    State of Grace

    Share! Tweet USA | 1990 | directed by Phil Joanou Logline: An undercover cop returns to his NYC stomping ground in order to bring an Irish-blooded criminal family and associates...

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  • Share! Tweet Italy | 2008 | Directed by Matteo Garrone Logline: Five interwoven stories describe life and work in the province of Naples and Caserta where residents are forced to...

    Gomorrah

    Share! Tweet Italy | 2008 | Directed by Matteo Garrone Logline: Five interwoven stories describe life and work in the province of Naples and Caserta where residents are forced to...

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  • Share! Tweet Japan | 1993 | Directed by Takashi Kitano Logline: A jaded, but suspicious Yakuza in Tokyo is assigned to take his men to Okinawa to help settle a...

    Sonatine

    Share! Tweet Japan | 1993 | Directed by Takashi Kitano Logline: A jaded, but suspicious Yakuza in Tokyo is assigned to take his men to Okinawa to help settle a...

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  • Share! Tweet USA | 1993 | Directed by Peter Medak Logline: A duplicitous NYC sergeant’s dangerous career as both witness protection guard and Mafioso informant, begins to catch up with...

    Romeo is Bleeding

    Share! Tweet USA | 1993 | Directed by Peter Medak Logline: A duplicitous NYC sergeant’s dangerous career as both witness protection guard and Mafioso informant, begins to catch up with...

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