American Gigolo (1980) - Paul Schrader 

Surprisingly excellent film that took its time winning me over. The film is so overly misogynistic at the beginning that it almost puts you off until you realize that that's the character Gere is playing. Which makes it hard for us to really care when he starts asking for help, he is an incredibly selfish character that makes it hard to sympathize, and Gere plays him relatively cold. The direction is largely superb and even on crappy VHS I was still able to get a sense of the tonalities of the production design.