In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

1946 film by Howard Hawks

When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

1970 film by Jean-Pierre Melville

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy.

　　莱斯特（马丁·弗瑞曼 Martin Freeman 饰）只是一介小小的保险销售员，在家里，他饱受强势妻子的压迫和轻视，在外面，曾经的高中同学亦能当街给他下马威，对于所经历的一切，个性懦弱温顺的莱斯特选择了忍气吞声。一次偶然中，莱斯特在医院里结识了名为马尔沃（比利·鲍伯·松顿 Billy Bob Thornton 饰）的男子，让莱斯特没有想到的是，这名神秘男子竟然是一位冷酷残暴的职业杀手。 　　在长久的压抑之下，莱斯特终于爆发将妻子杀死，惊慌失措的他打电话给马尔沃向他求助，没想到等来的却是小镇警长，随后赶来的马尔沃杀死了警长之后逃之夭夭，情急之下，莱斯特将妻子的死也归结到了马尔沃的头上。女警莫利（艾莉森·托尔曼 Allison Tolman 饰）并不相信莱斯特所言，而是将莱斯特家发生的血案与近日里镇上的一连串死亡事件串联到了一起。

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.