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Loading... Jan 12, 2021 · The best neo-noir movies give a nod to all the tropes of the original genre, adding their own modern twists in their stories and characters.
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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.
- Chinatown (1974) Arguably one of the best written films of the last few years, Chinatown is a must-watch for everyone. A noir, thriller in equal measures, the film works as an edge-of-the-seat thriller, with the main element being that of uncertainty.
- Mulholland Drive (2001) Another moody David Lynch film, Mulholland Drive renders a story that diffuses the bounds between surrealism and reality. Operating narratively on a mixture of femme fatale and a whodunit thriller, Mulholland Drive is in equal measures mysterious as it is thrilling.
- Taxi Driver (1976) A case study into life in an urban metro and the loneliness it can cause, Taxi Driver is a stellar portrait of mental decay in a society that feeds off excess.
- Blue Velvet (1986) David Lynch’s films extend a charm of classy noir visuals along with elements of mystique and surrealism. To the point where Lynch’s films are quite similar to his paintings, they focus more on stylistic communication and less about the point their trying to make.
Nov 18, 2019 · Modern film noir ran with that by expanding into ensemble pieces. Each character gets their time in the spotlight, their hidden backstories exposed firsthand, rather than be discovered by a single, driving force.
Nov 3, 2023 · Films like Blade Runner, Chinatown, Oldboy, L.A. Confidential and Se7en (and much of both David Fincher’s and Park Chan-wook’s work, in fact), are very obvious in their...
Jan 31, 2023 · The greatest neo-noirs mix the detective and crime stories of old with new sub-genres, modern settings, and more explicit violence.
May 24, 2022 · 8 Road to Perdition. Dreamworks Distribution. In Road to Perdition, Tom Hanks takes a hiatus from always playing good heroes to play a villainous hitman in this dark thriller based on a...
