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Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during and after World War II in the United States—roughly from 1940 to 1960. The French term film noir translates literally to English as "dark film" or “black film”, because they were quite dark both in lighting and in sinister stories often presented in a shadowy cinematographic style.
Film Noir Blu-Ray & DVD Releases. PHANTOM LADY. (1944) Arrow - Blu-ray. Robert Siodmak made his first indelible mark on noir with this striking adaptation of Cornell Woolrich's novel (written under the pseudonym William Irish), produced by former Hitchcock screenwriter Joan Harrison. With generic studio sets and a low budget, he produced superb ...
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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.
FilmDirectorYearCountry1962United States1960United States1960Japan1962United KingdomJul 7, 2021 · Though released in late 1989, Kill Me Again is essentially the first ’90s noir, featuring all the hallmarks that would dominate the decade ahead: an A-list star, a B-movie title, and a...
Mar 15, 2024 · Classic film noir thrived in the 1940s and ’50s. The genre was characterized by dark stylized cinematography and a pessimistic mood, perhaps reflecting the uncertainty of the postwar era. Plots typically featured troubled cynical characters involved in the underworld. The earliest neo-noirs came in the decades after, typically in the 1960s ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Guillermo Del Toro's neo-noir ... (1940) — which, by the way, has low lighting, flashbacks and Elisha Cook Jr. — is often cited as the first true noir ... originally released under ...
Pulp Fiction (1994) R | 154 min | Crime, Drama. 8.9. Rate. 95 Metascore. The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis.
