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....
Red Rock West (1993)
7/10
Director: John Dahl
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dennis Hopper
Nicolas Cage comes to town looking for work. He goes into the pub, where the barman mistakes him for a hired killer, and pays him to murder his wife.... Read more
Reservoir Dogs (1991)
6.6/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Tim Roth, Lawrence Tie...
Writer-director Quentin Tarantino makes a startling debut with this story of a diamond heist gone wrong. A brain-twisting array of unexpected plot tur... Read more
Reservoir Dogs ( Blu-ray ) (1991)
6.6/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney, Michael Ma...
Writer-director Quentin Tarantino makes a startling debut with this story of a diamond heist gone wrong. A brain-twisting array of unexpected plot tur... Read more
Road to Perdition ( Blu-ray ) (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Paul Newman, Stanley Tucci, Tom Ha...
"American Beauty" director Sam Mendes' powerful drama of Irish-American gangsters in early '30s Illinois features Tom Hanks as a hit man for mob boss... Read more
Seven (1995)
5.2/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C McGinley, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, R Lee...
An unmissable, atmospheric thriller about a serial killer who slays victims according to the seven deadly sins (gluttony, sloth, envy, etc). Assigned... Read more
Seven ( Blu-ray ) (1995)
5.2/10
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C McGinley, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, R Lee...
An unmissable, atmospheric thriller about a serial killer who slays victims according to the seven deadly sins (gluttony, sloth, envy, etc). Assigned... Read more
Shadowboxer (2005)
5.6/10
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr, Helen Mirren, Vanessa Ferlito, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Macy Gray,...
Attempting to re-invigorate the fatigued gun-for-hire genre, this bizarre, if not somewhat deranged thriller stars Helen Mirren as a trained assassin... Read more
Shattered (1991)
6.5/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Corbin Bernsen, Joanne Whalley
Based on Richard Neely's novel this intricate spy/thriller stars Tom Berenger who begins to think the car accident that caused his memory loss may not... Read more
Shinjuku Incident (2009)
7.1/10
Director: Tung-Shing Derek Yee
Starring: Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Jinglei Xu, Bingbing Fan
Jackie Chan takes a break from kung fu and flexes his dramatic muscle as a Chinese immigrant living illegally in Tokyo. In search of his girlfriend, t... Read more
Sin City (2005)
8/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Benicio Del Toro, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Brittan...
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller together adapted three of Miller's noir-drenched stories from his famous comic series. With a stellar cast (includi... Read more