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Gritty, fatalistic, and relentlessly bleak. Why Watch: If you think modern cinema is dark, you haven’t met Al Roberts. Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer, Detour is the definitive B-movie noir. Made on a shoestring budget, it tells the story of a pianist hitchhiking to California who falls into a web of unexplainable bad luck and a woman who is pure trouble.

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A gripping crime thriller directed by David Fincher, based on the real-life search for the notorious Zodiac Killer.

A psychological sci-fi film exploring the boundaries between human and artificial intelligence.

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