Heat (1995)

Michael Mann’s painstakingly detailed cat-and-mouse thriller, in which an LA cop (Al Pacino) obsessively strives to nail the leader (Robert De Niro) of a gang responsible for a deadly armed robbery, makes imaginative and psychologically expressive use of locations, decor and lighting. From a simple conversation between two men in a coffee-shop to an extraordinary expressionist finale at LAX airport, this is virtuoso fare.