Angel Heart (1987)

Private investigator Mickey Rourke is hired by Robert De Niro to track down a man who owes him a debt. Rourke’s investigation soon leads him from New York to New Orleans, finding the man’s teenaged daughter Lisa Bonet and a supernatural conspiracy people want to keep hidden. There’s some silliness in its telling (De Niro’s 5 inch fingernails being one), but I really enjoyed the performances and the tale as it was being spun. What really sold me though was the climax. The tension palpably swirls around Rourke as he is spun to the solution to his query, the answer more coming for him than him finding it himself.