Ford's Westerns like 'The Searchers' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' explore outlaws and lawlessness as fundamental to the American frontier mythology.

Melville's crime films such as 'Le Samouraï' and 'Bob le Flambeur' present fugitives and criminals with existential depth and moral ambiguity.

Fuller's raw, unflinching films like 'Pickup on South Street' and 'The Naked Kiss' examine outlaws and society's margins with brutal honesty and visual intensity.