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Liam Neeson is Philip Marlowe, the lonely private detective from John Banville's novel (itself inspired by the character created by Raymond Chandler), in this 1930s-set thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan.

Coming-of-age drama directed by George Clooney, starring Tye Sheridan, Ben Affleck and Christopher Lloyd.

A soul-searching artist (Garrett Hedlund) heads into the desert to find answers, but instead encounters a homicidal drifter (Oscar Isaac) in this psychological thriller. 

Mark Wahlberg has a gambling problem in this remake of the James Caan-starring 1974 drama, making and losing huge sums in the blink of an eye and borrowing his way further into trouble with the Mob... Co-stars Brie Larson, Michael K. Williams, Jessica Lange and John Goodman.

Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's all-star follow-up to the 2005 neo-noir thriller, based on the second book in Miller's Sin City graphic novel series.

A former journalist injured in the Iraq war is hired by the CIA to track down an Al Qaeda leader in Jordan...

Martin Scorsese returns to his gangster roots with this Boston mafia remake of the Hong Kong classic Infernal Affairs. Leonardo Di Caprio is a cop infiltrating the mob, and Matt Damon is a mob kid infiltrating the cops. Best of all, Jack Nicholson steals the show with a ferociousness not seen sinceThe Shining, as loose mob boss Frank Costello. 

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades in this medival epic from director Ridley Scott (Blade Runner).

Colin Farrell stars in this hard-boiled British crime thriller as an ex-con working as a bodyguard for a young actress (Keira Knightley), a gig that re-introduces him to London's gangster underworld.