Playing God

Playing God (1997) is a neo-noir crime thriller you can watch online on iFILM, with David Duchovny in a rare big-screen lead. Surgeon Eugene Sands loses his license after a patient dies under his knife while he's high on amphetamines.

Drifting and strung out, Eugene patches up a gunshot victim in a bar — and that bit of bloody handiwork catches the eye of Raymond Blossom, a slick counterfeiter played by Timothy Hutton. Ten grand a job, no hospitals, no questions. Eugene gets pulled deeper into the LA underworld and tangled up with Blossom's girlfriend, an early role for Angelina Jolie.

Andy Wilson directs, with Peter Stormare lurking in the supporting cast. It's a grimy, cynical slice of late-'90s pulp — short on heroes, long on dangerous charm. Stream Playing God (1997) online on iFILM.