The Grifters

The Grifters (1990) is Stephen Frears' neo-noir crime drama you can watch online on iFILM. Roy Dillon runs small-time cons in Los Angeles — nothing too ambitious. But the two women pulling at him from opposite directions play a much longer game.

His mother Lilly has spent years laundering money for a mob bookmaking operation, surviving by instinct and nerve in a business that chews through men. His girlfriend Myra is charming, warm, and carrying a past she keeps carefully out of sight. Both want something from Roy. John Cusack plays a man who thinks he's in control; Anjelica Huston brings a mother whose warmth and ruthlessness have become indistinguishable; Annette Bening gives Myra a smile that always means the next move.

Based on Jim Thompson's 1963 pulp novel, the film earned four Academy Award nominations — director, actress, supporting actress, and adapted screenplay — and holds up as one of the sharpest American noirs of its era. Stream The Grifters (1990) online on iFILM.