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The following is a list of films belonging to the neo-noir genre. Following a common convention of associating the 1940s and 1950s with film noir, the list takes 1960 to date the beginning of the genre.
Feb 19, 2019 · The Docks is a Neo Noir Short film originally created for the #FilmRiot #OneMinuteChallenge where filmmakers had to make a film that was one minute or less a...
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Feb 27, 2019 · Neo-noir places the genre in new contexts and settings, and even cross-pollinates with other genres, as Blade Runner (1982) demonstrates. By the 1960s, noir had become self-referential and ...
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- Chinatown (1974) Written by Robert Towne and directed by Roman Polanski, Chinatown is one of the most stylish movies ever made and the quintessential neo-noir.
- Blow Out (1981) Written and directed by Brian De Palma and featuring impressive cinematography by the master Vilmos Zsigmond, Blow Out is an outright masterpiece.
- Prince of the City (1981) Prince of the City was co-written and directed by Sidney Lumet, and it is based on the homonymous novel by Robert Daley that fictionalized the true story behind this neo-noir gem.
- Year of the Dragon (1985) Year of the Dragon was written by Michael Cimino and Oliver Stone, who based it on the homonymous novel by Robert Daley. Directed by Cimino and featuring Mickey Rourke, Ariane Koizumi, John Lone, Raymond J. Barry, and Dennis Dun, this 1985 neo-noir is set in New York.
- Chinatown (1974) Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Drama, Mystery, Thriller (2h 10m) 8.2 on IMDb — 99% on RT.
- L.A. Confidential (1997) Directed by Curtis Hanson. Starring Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce. Crime, Drama, Mystery (2h 18m) 8.2 on IMDb — 99% on RT.
- Se7en (1995) Directed by David Fincher. Starring Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey. Crime, Drama, Mystery (2h 7m) 8.6 on IMDb — 82% on RT. Se7en is easily David Fincher's darkest film, which is no easy feat given how many dark films this director has under his belt (like Fight Club, Zodiac, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, and Gone Girl).
- Gone Baby Gone (2007) Directed by Ben Affleck. Starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman. Crime, Drama, Mystery (1h 54m) 7.6 on IMDb — 95% on RT.
Dec 22, 2021 · Eddie Muller, TCM’s sharp-dressed noir man and the most reliable tipster on the genre’s inside dope, calls film noir “the gateway drug to classical Hollywood cinema.”. Get the Gen Z-ers ...
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Jan 31, 2023 · 2 'Looper' (2012) Rian Johnson's first foray into neo-noir was not 2012's Looper, seeing as 2005's Brick also takes film noir tropes and transplants them to a new setting (a high school). However ...
