D.O.A.

D.O.A. (1988) is an American neo-noir thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton and starring Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan. A college English professor walks into a police station to report a murder. The victim is himself — already poisoned, with roughly 24 hours left.

Dexter Cornell has no antidote and no time to waste. He has to track down whoever wanted him dead before his body catches up with the facts. Student Sydney Fuller (Meg Ryan) turns out to be the one person he can trust, while Charlotte Rampling and Daniel Stern fill in a supporting cast full of people with reasons to lie. The investigation moves fast because it has to.

The film reworks the 1950 noir original with neon-lit Texas locations, a pulsing synth score, and the feverish energy of a man who knows his own ending. What makes it work is the inversion: the mystery isn't who dies but why. Stream D.O.A. (1988) online on iFILM.