The Neo-B's:
Noir in the Nineties, Non-PI Division

The nineties has seen a renaissance of the crime film. Generally small, independent productions, often barely appearing in theatres before rushing to video, they've nevertheless prove that the great tradition of the B crime film is not dead, and have in a few cases even reached a mass audience.

• ONE FALSE MOVE
  (1991)
  Directed by Carl Franklin
  Screenplay by Tom Epperson and Billy Bob Thornton
  Starring Bill Paxton, Michael Beach, Billy Bob Thornton, Cynda Williams, Jim Metzler, Earl Billings
  An Arkansas sheriff tangles with a killer. Billy Bob Thornton, who also wrote the screenplay, appears as a lowlife.
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• RESERVOIR DOGS
  (1992)
  Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
  Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  Starring Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Eddie Bunker, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Penn, Lawrence Tierney, Quentin Tarantino
  A heist goes wrong, very wrong. First time director Tarrantino hits one over the fence first time out, and pisses off half the world.
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• RED ROCK WEST
  (1993)
  Screenplay by John Dahl
  Directed by John Dahl
  Starring Nicholas Cage, Dennis Hopper, Lara Flynn Boyle, J.T. Walsh, DwightYoakam
  A down-on-his-luck drifter wanders into a small town and is mistaken for a hired killer.
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• THE LAST SEDUCTION
  Directed by John Dahl
  Starring Linda Fiorentino
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• PULP FICTION
  Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  Tarrantino proves Reservoir Dogs wasn't a fluke. The crime film arrives in the nineties. He also digs up John Travolta's corpse of a career and has fun with it.
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• THE USUAL SUSPECTS
  Starring Kevin Spacey
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• GET SHORTY
  Based on the novel by Elmore Leonard
  Starring John Travolta, Dennis Farrina
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• LA CONFIDENTIAL
  Based on the novel by James Ellroy
  Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe
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• JACKIE BROWN
  Directed by Quentin Tarantino
  Based on the novel Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
  Starring Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Robert DeNiro, Michael Keaton, Bridget Fonda, Samuel Jackson
  Tarrantino slows down the pace, and shows he may just be around for a while. He also brings back seventies actors Pam Grier and Robert Forster to star, and throws DeNiro, Michael Keaton, Bridget Fonda and Pulp Fiction vet Samuel Jackson into the mix.