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May 24, 2022 · 6 Shutter Island. Paramount Pictures. Shutter Island is a Martin Scorsese film, based on the book by Boston native Dennis Lehane, and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, who has frequently collaborated ...
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- 'Drive' (2011) Drive combines deliberate pacing and arthouse sensibilities with 1980s-esque synthpop and a crime/thriller story to intoxicating effect.
- '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).
- 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' (2007) The final movie directed by the great Sidney Lumet, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is a relentlessly intense and downbeat crime movie.
- 'No Country for Old Men' (2007) No Country for Old Men is a movie that fully embraces the way neo-noir films can branch out into different genres. It does this by combining noir elements with a Western setting, taking place in Texas and revolving around a large amount of cash two men are desperate to obtain, all the while both are being tracked by an aging sheriff.
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- 'Widows' (2018) Directed by Steve McQueen. An outstanding though underrated follow-up from his Oscar-winning picture 12 Years a Slave, the 2018 crime-thriller Widows saw Steve McQueen in fine form once more.
- 'Drive' (2011) Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. It would be easy to make a case for Ryan Gosling being the undisputed king of neo-noir cinema, with the actor excelling in both comedic takes on the genre and more violent iterations of it as well.
- 'The Nice Guys' (2016) Directed by Shane Black. Another blending of neo-noir narrative with a dash of comedic brilliance from director Shane Black, The Nice Guys is a true modern comedy classic that functions as a buddy cop film and thrives on the back of the chemistry between stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.
- 'Nightcrawler' (2014) Directed by Dan Gilroy. Running as a shockingly callous though utterly captivating thriller, Nightcrawler is a relentless character study that delves into the mind of a sociopath to be one of the most brilliant and unique neo-noir films ever made.
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10 Best Neo-Noir Movies Of The 21st Century. 1. Mulholland Drive (2001) R | 147 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller. After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Nov 12, 2016 · So it's with due acknowledgement to its vague definitions that we present the greatest neo-noir films to come along since the turn of the century. 10. Collateral. DreamWorks Pictures. Michael Mann ...
May 6, 2022 · 10. Nightcrawler. Open Road Films. Noir pictures tend to dwell in the darker side of life, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun. Nightcrawler is a creepshow that presents its sickening ...
Nov 30, 2022 · I’m Your Woman (dir. Julia Hart, 2020) Julia Hart’s I’m Your Woman is a slow-burn neo-noir set in the ‘70s. Throughout the film, there’s almost a more intense plot going on in the background that Jean (Rachel Brosnahan) is reacting to. Her husband, who she knows is a thief, goes missing after bringing home a baby.
