Golden Age Hollywood: 1930–1959

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair Gittes is swept into a…

'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and…

A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings the partners in crime plan the perfect…

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.

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time" who with the help of his strange friends filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.

After moving to a new town troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability Stark forms a bond with a…

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over Marlowe sees murder blackmail deception and what might…

Los Angeles 1949. Ruthless Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs the guns the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of…

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958 thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises Valens has conflicts with his jealous…

A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space her dark inner desires…