Directed by Michael Mann
8 Episodes
Whether they’re neonoir thrillers or gripping historical dramas, the films of Michael Mann pulsate with visual adrenaline. Through a propulsive fusion of image, sound, and movement, he creates worlds that feel both heightened and intimately real, with light- and color-saturated frames, unforgettably atmospheric soundtracks, and action sequences that play out as masterclasses in perfectly choreographed chaos. Caught between duty, desire, and fate, his characters—James Caan’s cunning safecracker in THIEF, Al Pacino’s obsessive cop and Robert De Niro’s weary robber in HEAT, Tom Cruise’s ice-cold hit man and Jamie Foxx’s desperate cabbie in COLLATERAL—move through these meticulously constructed spaces with a restless yearning, making his cinema as morally profound as it is visually dazzling.
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01:00Episode 1
Directed by Michael Mann Teaser
Episode 1
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Heat
Episode 2
Directed by Michael Mann • 1995 • United States
Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val KilmerRobert De Niro and Al Pacino face off in this titanic crime epic from pulp poet Michael Mann. A gang of thieves led by snazzy super-criminal Neal McCauley (De Niro) pull off a string of robberies on ba...
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1:59:59Episode 3
Collateral
Episode 3
Directed by Michael Mann • 2004 • United States
Starring Jamie Foxx, Tom Cruise, Jada Pinkett SmithMichael Mann’s ever-stylish eye turns Los Angeles into a sleek neonoir night world in this precision-crafted thriller. Tom Cruise is icy-cool charismatic as Vincent, a silver-haired professional c...
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2:37:48Episode 4
The Insider
Episode 4
Directed by Michael Mann • 1999 • United States
Starring Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher PlummerBased on a true story, Michael Mann’s coolly riveting exposé of corporate corruption recounts the chain of events that pitted an ordinary man against the tobacco industry and dragged two people...
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Ali
Episode 5
Directed by Michael Mann • 2001 • United States
Starring Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon VoightBoxing legend Muhammad Ali (Will Smith) goes from motormouthed upstart to heavyweight champion to 1960s political lightning rod in Michael Mann’s epic, thrillingly kinetic biopic, which masterfully subver...
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1:54:37Episode 6
The Last of the Mohicans
Episode 6
Directed by Michael Mann • 1992 • United States
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Jodhi MayMichael Mann brings his shimmering, high-octane style to this visually dazzling adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s classic adventure novel, in which a Mohican-raised Englishman (Daniel Day-Le...
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Thief
Episode 7
Directed by Michael Mann • 1981 • United States
Starring James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert ProskyThe contemporary American auteur Michael Mann’s bold artistic sensibility was already fully formed when he burst out of the gate with THIEF, his debut feature. James Caan stars, in one of his most ri...
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Manhunter
Episode 8
Directed by Michael Mann • 1986 • United States
Starring William Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan AllenMichael Mann’s hypnotic, hyperstylized adaptation of Thomas Harris’s novel “Red Dragon” was the first film to introduce audiences to the infamous Hannibal Lecter. Will Graham (William Petersen) is a...