More Film Gris - Borderline Noir ?

Long Voyage Home

Great Gatsby (2013)

Streetcar Named Desire

Duel

Passionate Friends

Bonnie and Clyde

La Notti Bianchi

Born to Be Blue

Twelve Angry Men

Save the Tiger

Pickpocket

Night of the Generals

Brief Encounter

Music of Chance

Hud

After Hours

La Strada

Public Eye

Goodnight and Good Luck

Bird

Exiles

Hard Times

Champion

Scandal

            In other words - Dark themes, stylish images, etc, but maybe not as fatalistic as the full blown Noir ?

Bitter On My Tongue

          Nobody lives forever, nobody stays young long enough. My past seems like so much excess baggage, my future a series of long goodbyes, my present an empty flask, the last good drink already bitter on my tongue.

James Crumley
The Last Good Kiss
1978

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Better Wise Up !

           Some people think the crucifixion only took place on Calvary. They better wise up ! Taking Joey Doyle's life to stop him from testifying is a crucifixion. And dropping a sling on Kayo Dugan because he was ready to spill his guts tomorrow, that's a crucifixion.

Father Barry
On the Waterfront
1954

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Jo King

Lee Sievan

Hunt Me ?

                               What if i go north ? Disappear. Would you come after me ? Hunt me ?
Rachael
Blade Runner
1982

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Red Rocket Tattoo 

Black Dahlia

Le Samourai

Le Samourai
Jean Pierre Melville
1970

Why Destiny Allowed

      I don't understand why destiny allowed some people to meet when there's no way for them to be together.

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Even Bad Luck is Some Kind of Luck #146

Night Moves

Lost Weekend

Union City

Fallen Angel

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Deuxieme Souffle (1966)

Get Carter

Pale Flower

Grifters

Detour

Blade Runner (outtake)

Obsession (1949)

Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Aroused

Body Heat

Night of the Hunter

Plein Soleil

Blast of Silence

They Shoot Horses Don't They

Port of Call

Carol

Third Man

Mulholland Drive

Man Who Wasn't There

Bad Day at Black Rock

Ox Bow Incident

Taxi Driver

Asphalt Jungle

Carol

Out of the Past

Born to Kill

Killer Inside Me (2010)

Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

Basic Instinct

Dementia (1955)

The Driver

Human Desire

Touch of Evil

Vertigo

Ride the Pink Horse

Chinatown

Une Si Jolie Petite Plage

Blood Simple

The Hustler

Armee Des Ombres

Killers Kiss