There's No Business Like Show Business - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[bryan]

Goodfellas 1990

The true story of Henry Hill a half-Irish half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Goodfellas features rough, suspense, realistic, epic and brutal style.

[Pereguda805]

The Usual Suspects 1995

Held in an L.A. interrogation room Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord Keyser Soze not only exists but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...

The Usual Suspects features neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever and confusing style.

[RafaelDet 0]

To Live and Die in L.A. 1985

A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.

To Live and Die in L.A. features neo noir, suspense, tense, suspenseful and cult classic style.

[ella]

The Way of the Gun 2000

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.

The Way of the Gun features neo noir, suspense, intense, cynical and rough style.

[linda]

Dead Presidents 1995

Depicts a heist of old bills retired from circulation and destined by the government to be quotmoney to burnquot. However more broadly it addresses the issues of Black Americans involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...

Dead Presidents features realistic, suspense, disturbing, intense and neo noir style.

[jessie]

The Untouchables 1987

Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone but its not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...

The Untouchables features suspense, suspenseful, stylized, clever and tense style.

[Covavaft]

Bonnie and Clyde 1967

Bonnie and Clyde is based on the true stories of the gangster pair Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow who in the 1930s began robbing banks in U.S. cities until they were eventually killed. The film is a major landmark in the aesthetic movement known as ...

Bonnie and Clyde features road movie, controversial, suspenseful, suspense and disturbing style.

[Mai Lan]

L.A. Confidential 1997

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

L.A. Confidential features neo noir, captivating, tense, noir and suspense style.

[kyle]

The Italian Job 2003

Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didnt plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding ...

The Italian Job features suspense, clever, exciting, action packed and funny style.

[Timothyfap]

Payback 1999

With friends like these who needs enemies Thats the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later ...

Payback features neo noir, suspense, black comedy, exciting and suspenseful style.

[lonnie]

Burkes Law 1994

Burkes Law a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name aired on CBS from 1994 to 1995. The series centers on Amos Burke a senior Los Angeles police officer and millionaire and his son Peter who is a detective under his ...

Burkes Law features detective, thrilling, realistic, serious and suspenseful

[riley]

Blue Heelers 1994

Blue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.

Blue Heelers features detective, exciting, realistic, serious and touching style.

[mishanob]

Thief 1981

Frank is an expert professional safecracker specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life for himself complete with a home wife and kids. To accelerate the process he ...

Thief features neo noir, cerebral, cult classic, retro and realistic style.

[clayton]

Sicario 2015

A young female FBI agent joins a secret CIA operation to take down a Mexican cartel boss a job that ends up pushing her ethical and moral values to the limit.

Sicario features suspense, realistic, serious, tense and neo noir style.

[PatrickPurry]

Chaos 2005

Two cops a rookie and a grizzled vet pursue an accomplished bank robber.

Chaos features exciting, surprise ending, realistic, serious and suspenseful style.

[cameron]

Drive 2011

A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.

Drive features neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious and intense style.

[bryan]

On the Decca soundtrack album, Marilyn Monroe's voice was replaced by singer Dolores Gray because Monroe was under contract to RCA Victor, which would not release the rights for use on the album. Monroe's four vocals, including the outtake "You'd Be Surprised," we're released by RCA on a 45rpm Extended Play issue.