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....
Sin City ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
8/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Bruce Willis, Clive Owen, Elijah Wood, Michae...
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller together adapted three of Miller's noir-drenched stories from his famous comic series. With a stellar cast (includin... Read more
Sin City (Special Edition) (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 (includin... Read more
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis, Christopher Lloyd, Dennis Haysbert, Jeremy Piven, Joseph Gordon-Le...
This film is the sequel to 2005s 'Sin City' and is based on Frank Miller's popular, violent and sexy comic series. 'Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame... Read more
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Blu-ray/3D) (2014)
6.5/10
Director: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller
Starring: Bruce Willis, Christopher Lloyd, Dennis Haysbert, Jeremy Piven, Joseph Gordon-Le...
This film is the sequel to 2005s 'Sin City' and is based on Frank Miller's popular, violent and sexy comic series. 'Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame... Read more
Strange Days (1995)
7.2/10
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott, Vi...
As the racially-torn city of 1999 Los Angeles prepares to welcome in the new millennium, ex-cop Ralph Fiennes, eking out a living by peddling computer... Read more
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Ha-kyun Shin, Bae Doo-na, Ji-Eun Lim, Bo-bae Han
The first part of Chan-wook Park's revenge trilogy, precursor to the incredible 'Old Boy', centres around a young deaf man, Ryu and his dying sister.... Read more
Taxi Driver (1976)
8.3/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Robert...
A disturbingly brutal depiction of a lonely, unstable New York City cab driver (Robert De Niro) who stalks a presidential candidate, then turns his vi... Read more
The Black Dahlia (2006)
5.6/10
Director: Brian De Palma
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Mia Kirshner, Mi...
Brian de Palma tackles one of Hollywood's grisliest and most sensational unsolved murders, adapted from the fictional novel by James Ellroy. Elizabet... Read more
The Canyons (2013)
3.8/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Gus Van Sant, Amanda Brooks, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk, Tenil...
Notorious writer Bret Easton Ellis ("American Psycho") and acclaimed director Paul Schrader ("Auto Focus") join forces for this explicitly erotic thri... Read more
The Dark Knight (2008)
9/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, G...
Christian Bale is back in black, but arguably Christopher Nolan's sequel to 'Batman Begins' is stolen by the villain - Heath Ledger in his final (comp... Read more