Wonderland

Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 23 Oct 2003 · English

On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 18 Sept 2014 · English

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

The Salton Sea

Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 12 Feb 2002 · English

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 22 May 1998 · English

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 14 Sept 2005 · English

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

Brick

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 31 Mar 2006 · English

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

Devil in a Blue Dress

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 29 Sept 1995 · English

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

Filth

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 23 Sept 2013 · English

A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.

Too Late

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 25 Mar 2016 · English

Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.

Gone Baby Gone

Movie · 7.3 / 10 · 18 Sept 2007 · English

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons—they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live.

Thursday

Movie · 6.9 / 10 · 25 Sept 1998 · English

A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a slew of violent unsavory characters.

The Long Goodbye

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 8 Mar 1973 · English

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.