Shades

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Quentin Tarantino

Cast

Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

François Ozon

Cast

Charlotte Rampling, Ludivine Sagnier, Charles Dance

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

John Singleton

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Vanessa Williams, Jeffrey Wright

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Z...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Roger Avary

Cast

Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, Jean-Hugues Anglade

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Runtime

2h

Director

David Lynch

Cast

Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper