Freelance reporter “Scoop” Machida is hot on the trail of a prostitution ring called the Black Line, when he is framed for the murder of a young woman. Forced to clear his own name, the handsome journalist sinks deeper into the Black Line’s rotten swamp of drugs, prostitution, and murder and finds unexpected help in Maya, a steamy female gambler familiar with the neon-lit streets, shadowy alleyways, and seedy nightclubs he must navigate. The closest film in the Line series to classic American film noir, Ishii’s Black Line is a pulpy assortment of crime film conventions including the starkly expressionistic black and white cinematography by Jûgyô Yoshida, a jazzy music score by Michiaki Watanabe, and a sleazy screenplay by Ishii and Ichirô Miyagawa.
Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord
Documentary, Crime
7.5
Blade Runner 2049
Science Fiction, Drama
7.6
Passengers
Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
7.0
Avatar
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
7.6
The Conjuring
Horror, Thriller
7.5
Mad Max: Fury Road
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.6
It
Horror, Thriller
7.2
Joker
Crime, Thriller, Drama
8.1
Inception
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
8.4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Crime, Drama, Comedy
8.0
The Platform
Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
7.0
Sicario
Action, Crime, Thriller
7.4
Deadpool
Action, Adventure, Comedy
7.6
Captain Marvel
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
6.8
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama, Crime
8.7
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.5
Titanic
Drama, Romance
7.9
Cruella
Comedy, Crime, Adventure
8.0
Knives Out
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
7.8
Wreck-It Ralph
Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
7.3
Dillinger
Action, Crime, Drama
6.6
A Weapon in My Heart
Crime
0.0
Sun and Stars
Drama, Crime, Action
0.0
The Yakuza
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action
7.1
The Bad Boss
Drama, Crime, Action
0.0
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 6
Drama, Action, Crime
0.0
Contemporary Tales of Chivalry: The Traitor Shall Die
Crime, Action, Drama
0.0
Olga's House of Shame
Crime, Drama
4.6
Pigs and Battleships
Crime, Drama
7.1
Adrenaline Drive
Comedy, Crime, Romance
7.1
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Crime, Fantasy, Drama
7.4
Down by Law
Crime, Drama, Comedy
7.3
Blue in Isezaki
Crime
0.0
Angel
Action, Crime, Thriller
5.9
Dirty Pretty Things
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.9
Gray Wall Gear
Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
7.3
Unification of Japan 27
Crime
5.0
Tattoo
Thriller, Drama, Crime
6.1
Crying Freeman
Action, Crime
6.3
Chopper
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.8