Romeo Is Bleeding

1993 Peter Medak drama stars Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider.

Crooked cop ordered by mob boss to kill a female assassin. Sounds dark and depressing, and sometimes is, but also entertaining and quite funny at times. Oldman is great (can he do anything wrong?) but the stand out is Olin as the hit woman.

Very different, contemporary stab at film noir.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107983/

The Professional

1994 Luc Besson drama starring Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman.

Young girl seeks revenge against a crooked cop who killed her parents and takes up with a hit man who trains her to be a "fixer".

Great cast: Portman's first film, Reno is always fantastic, and Gary Oldman, a chameleon, has a field day.

Interesting character study and unusual relationship between Reno and Portman make this different, unusual, and worth seeing.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/