Contemporary Noir
While a film noir movies lists generally include films from the 1940s and 1950s, it is also possible to find examples of new film noir movies, as well as those made in the 1970, 1980, 1990s and 2000s. French for black film, noir movies routinely feature morally ambiguous characters committing crimes with greed or lust as a motivation. Hard-boiled private eyes and treacherous dames are also staples of the genre....
Drive ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
7.8/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Carey Mul...
What drives a man like the Driver (Ryan Gosling)? The character at the center of this brutal modern noir is a true enigma - stunt car operator and mec... Read more
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
7.2/10
Director: Dick Richards
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Harry Dean Stanton, John Ireland, Robert Mitchum, Sylvester...
Wonderfully evoking the time and mood of Raymond Chandlers 1940s Los Angeles, this film noir detective drama stars Robert Mitchum as an aging, down-on... Read more
Fargo (1996)
8.1/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Peter Stormare, William H Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Frances McDormand
A lovingly mocking tale of a kidnapping scheme that goes horribly wrong in the snow-clad Mid-West. A pregnant Sheriff (Oscar-winning Frances McDormand... Read more
Fight Club (1999)
8.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Meat Loaf, Tom Waits, Jared Leto, Helena Bonham Carter, Edward Norton, Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton deliver grand performances in this stunningly original, darkly comic film from the director of 'Seven'. A chance encounter... Read more
Fight Club ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
8.8/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Jared Leto, Tom Waits, Meat Loaf
Brad Pitt and Edward Norton deliver grand performances in this stunningly original, darkly comic film from the director of 'Seven'. A chance encounter... Read more
Final Analysis (1992)
5.8/10
Director: Phil Joanou
Starring: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts
A stylish thriller about a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a patient's unhappily married sister - only to find himself enmeshed in an elaborate... Read more
Hammett (1982)
6.5/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner
The atmospheric and exciting tale of young Dashiell Hammett, who really lives the hard-boiled life he writes about. Wenders explores the central tensi... Read more
Headshot (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Nopachai Chaiyanam, Sirin Horwang, Chanokporn Sayoungkul
A darkly turbulent crime noir from Thai new wave director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, "Headshot" is an existential thriller, ripe with shadowy paranoia that w... Read more
Heat (1995)
8.2/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Diane Venora, A...
This intense police story showcases Al Pacino as a frazzled Los Angeles detective out to stop a group of thieves headed by mastermind Robert De Niro,... Read more
Homicide (1991)
7.1/10
Director: David Mamet
Starring: Joe Mantegna, William H Macy, Natalija Nogulich
Award winning playwright David Mamet's third outing as director is a gritty crime drama about a cop taken off the biggest case of his life into a seem... Read more