Romeo is Bleeding

Gary Oldman and Lena Olin star in this Baz Luhrmann film from 1993. Definitely cool.

Noir atmosphere prevails in story of a crooked cop who is ordered to kill a VERY sexy hitwoman. Over the edge performances drive this dark tale. Not to everyone's taste but interesting and different.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0107983/

The Big Sleep

Bogart and Bacall in a 1946 classic from Howard Hawks.

Their chemistry is evident in this noir mystery about a rich family that hires detective Philip Marlowe to protect the patriarch's younger daughter. But Marlowe falls for the older sister. Can she be trusted?

Great thriller-mystery with killer cast.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038355/

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/

Blood Simple

Love Coen Brothers movies. From Raising Arizona and O Brother Where Art Thou to The Big Liebowski.

Almost all of their films seem to be about crimes gone wrong. But each is instilled with its own unique personality and great characters. And Bllod Simple was the start of it all.

Made in 1984 by Joel and Ethan Coen and starring Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya (remember him as Nick Tortelli on Cheers?), John Getz, and M. Emmet Walsh, Blood Simple is a modern day film noir.

Bar owner husband is being cheated on and hires someone to kill his wife and her lover. But that's only the beginning. The plot twists and turns keeping us in suspense and, at the same time, laughing at the twisted humor.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086979/