Thursday, April 30, 2015

You Really Should Watch...A Private Eye's Starter Kit Of Classic Crime Flicks

These aren't the best private eye flicks of all time. Heck, many of them don't even contain private eyes as such. (Nick and Nora are amateurs, really, who stumble upon crimes. Others are cops or claims adjusters for insurance companies. But they all "feel" like private eyes.) Here's a starter kit of classic and recent crime films (usually with private dicks) for the aspiring gumshoe.

THE BIG SLEEP (1946)

OUT OF SIGHT (1998)

A SHOT IN THE DARK (1964)

THE THIN BLUE LINE (1988)

VERTIGO (1958)

WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988)

SHAFT (1971)

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1939)

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997)

THE THIN MAN (1934)

THE BIG EASY (1987)

NIGHT MOVES (1975)

OUT OF THE PAST (1947)

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (1995)

DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)

SHERLOCK JR. (1924)

KLUTE (1971)

THE NICE GUYS (2016)

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)

CHINATOWN (1974)

ZOOTOPIA (2016)

STOLEN KISSES (1968)

LONE STAR (1996)

KISS ME DEADLY (1955)

BRICK (2006)

LAURA (1944)

BLOOD SIMPLE (1984)

REAR WINDOW (1954)

THEY ALL LAUGHED (1981)

THE BIG HEAT (1953)


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