Lesser U.S. Neo-Noirs 1967-2018
Posted by Solomon on 10/28/2019, 10:51 am
Edited by Solomon on 10/30/2019, 4:24 am
This list has films below tier 3, what I call "lesser". This too is an incomplete list. Again, in certain cases, it's hard to say that they are distinctly below tier 3. The sorting is based upon my own reviews over the past 5 years or more after watching them.
1975 The Specialist
1983 Murder 1, Dancer 0
1984 Against All Odds*
1987 The Killing Time
1987 P.I. Private Investigations
1988 Call Me* (Patricia Charbonneau is worth a look even in a piece of dreck...)
1988 Criminal Law
1988 Midnight Crossing
1989 Blue Steel*
1989 Paint It Black
1989 Prime Suspect
1990 Genuine Risk
1990 Silhouette
1991 Femme Fatale
1991 Kiss Me a Killer
1991 Murder Blues
1991 Out of the Rain
1991 Point Break*
1991 Scissors
1992 Consenting Adults
1992 Fatal Instinct*
1992 The Heart of Justice
1992 Light Sleeper*
1992 Prey of the Chameleon
1992 Ruby Cairo aka Deception 90m
1993 Body of Evidence
1993 Boiling Point*
1993 Midnight Witness
1993 Snapdragon
1994 Dangerous Touch
1994 Dead On
1994 Double Cross
1994 The Glass Shield*
1994 Improper Conduct
1995 Bloodknot
1995 Bodily Harm
1995 First Degree
1995 The Last Word
1995 Malicious
1995 Mercy
1995 Man with a Gun*
1995 True Crime
1995 Wild Side
1996 Albino Alligator* (don't ask me why...)
1996 Escape Clause
1996 The Fan*
1996 The Funeral
1996 Persons Unknown
1996 Widow’s Kiss
1997 Lifebreath
1997 After the Game
1997 Dog Watch
1998 Ambushed
1998 Body Count
1998 Break Up
1998 For Hire
1998 Hard Time
1998 Indiscreet
1998 Johnny Skidmarks
1998 New Rose Hotel*
1998 The Pass
1999 Eye of the Beholder*
1999 In Her Defense
1999 The Witness Files
2000 The Guilty
2002 Spider’s Web
2003 The Falls*
2003 Written in Blood
2004 Never Die Alone
2004 Suspect Zero
2004 Three Way
2005 Slow Burn
2005 Edmond*
2005 Little Fish
2005 Ripley Under Ground
2005 The River King
2006 A Crime
2006 Deceit
2006 The Night Listener
2008 Pathology
2009 Stripped Naked
2013 Broken City
2014 The Bag Man
2014 Catch Hell
2014 The Outsider
2015 Too Late
2016 Wolf Mother
2016 The Neon Demon
2016 Misconduct
2016 I Am Wrath
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