The Nice Guys (2016)

There's something profoundly reassuring about Shane Black movies. They're all more or less the same, a comfortingly chunky combination of witty dialogue and satisfyingly thwacky action, with endearing heroes whose masculinity seems to be a direct result of their flaws. The Nice Guys, then, is distilled essence of Black, and possibly the first example of the up-and-coming genre that is buddy noir. Exciting, funny and warmhearted in equal measure, it's a delight from start to finish.