Query: American neo-noir films that are also Films about social issues in the United States excluding Films about organized crime
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Hustle (1975 film)
The Naked Kiss
Marnie (film)
Chinatown (1974 film)
Nocturnal Animals
Sharky's Machine
Taxi Driver
Brick (film)
Klute
Sin City (film)
Death Wish (1974 film)
American Gigolo
Evidence from documents: Hustle (1975 film): American neo-noir films: a 1975 American neo-noir crime film
that are also Films about social issues in the United States excluding Films about organized crime: The case appears to be a suicide but things do not add up. The deceased, Gloria Hollinger, overdosed, yet the trail leads back to Leo Sellers, a wealthy and corrupt attorney.
The Naked Kiss: American neo-noir films: '''''The Naked Kiss''''' is a 1964 American neo-noir melodrama film,
hat are also Films about social issues in the United States excluding Films about organized crime: The film follows a former prostitute who attempts to assimilate in suburbia after fleeing her pimp, but finds that the small town to which she has relocated is not as picturesque as she had believed.
Marnie (film): '''''Marnie''''' is a 1964 American psychological thriller film
Chinatown (1974 film): '''''Chinatown''''' is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery drama film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne, starring Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. The film was inspired by the California water wars, a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century, by which Los Angeles interests secured water rights in the Owens Valley. The Robert Evans production, released by Paramount Pictures, was the director's last film in the United States and features many elements of film noir, particularly a multi-layered story that is part mystery and part psychological drama.
Nocturnal Animals: '''''Nocturnal Animals''''' is a 2016 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written, produced and directed by Tom Ford in his second feature, based on the 1993 novel ''Tony and Susan'' by Austin Wright. The film stars Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Isla Fisher, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Andrea Riseborough, and Michael Sheen. The plot follows an art gallery owner as she reads the new novel written by her first husband and begins to see the similarities between it and their former relationship.
Sharky's Machine: American neo-noir films: '''''Sharky's Machine''''' is a 1981 neo-noir action thriller film
that are also Films about social issues in the United States excluding Films about organized crime: writing that "'Sharky’s Machine' contains all of the ingredients of a tough, violent, cynical big-city cop movie, but what makes it intriguing is the way the Burt Reynolds ... plays against those conventions.... The result of his ambition and restraint is a movie much more interesting than most cop thrillers."
Taxi Driver: neo-noir films: Some critics have described the film as "neo-noir".
American: '''''Taxi Driver''''' is a 1976 American film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader, and starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Leonard Harris, and Albert Brooks.
Films about social issues: Experiencing an existential crisis and seeing various counts of prostitution throughout the city,
Brick (film): American neo-noir films: a 2005 American neo-noir mystery thriller film
that are also Films about social issues in the United States excluding Films about organized crime: The film's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story set in a California suburb. Most of the main characters are high school students. The film draws heavily in plot, characterization, and dialogue from hardboiled classics, especially those by Dashiell Hammett. The title refers to a block of heroin, compressed roughly to the size and shape of a brick.
Klute: also Films about social issues in the United States excluding Films about organized crime: The film follows a high-priced call girl who assists a detective in solving a missing persons case.
American neo-noir films: a 1971 American neo-noir crime thriller film
Sin City (film): 'Sin City''''' (also known as '''''Frank Miller's Sin City''''') is a 2005 American neo-noir crime anthology film produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is based on Miller's graphic novel ''Sin City''.


Much of the film is based on the first, third, and fourth books in Miller's original comic series. ''The Hard Goodbye'' is about an ex-convict who embarks on a rampage in search of his one-time sweetheart's killer. ''The Big Fat Kill'' follows a private investigator who gets caught in a street war between a group of prostitutes and a group of mercenaries, the police and the mob. ''That Yellow Bastard'' focuses on an aging police officer who protects a young woman from a grotesquely disfigured serial killer. The intro and outro of the film are based on the short story "The Customer is Always Right" which is collected in ''Booze, Broads & Bullets'', the sixth book in the comic series.
Death Wish (1974 film): '''''Death Wish''''' is a 1974 American vigilante drama thriller film, loosely based on the 1972 novel of the same title by Brian Garfield. The film was directed by Michael Winner and stars Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey, an architect who becomes a vigilante after his wife and daughter are attacked during a home invasion with his wife dying from her wounds. This was the first film in the ''Death Wish'' film series; it was followed eight years later with ''Death Wish II'' and other similar films.