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....
Invisible Waves (2006)
6.7/10
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Hye-jeong Kang, Eric Tsang, Toon Hiranyasup, Ken Mitsuishi, Mari...
Kyoji is a chef in a mobster-run restaurant who, unwisely, has been having an affair with his boss' wife. When they are discovered the husband orders... Read more
The Singing Detective (1986)
8.7/10
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Michael Gambon, Janet Suzman, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide
Writer Dennis Potter's legendary, award-winning masterpiece is the story of Philip Marlow, a mystery writer striken with a crippling skin disorder who... Read more
Miller's Crossing (1990)
7.8/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, J E...
A very stylish, intelligent offering from the Coen Brothers ('Raising Arizona', 'Blood Simple') set in 1929 and perfectly recreating the look and feel... Read more
The Driver (1978)
7.2/10
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani
Ryan O'Neal is The Driver, Bruce Dern is The Detective and Isabelle Adjani is The Player in this minamalist noir-inspired offering. O'Neal is an ice-c... Read more
Trouble In Mind (1985)
6.7/10
Director: Alan Rudolph
Starring: Keith Carradine, Kris Kristofferson, Lori Singer, Genevieve Bujold, Joe Morton,...
The lives of an ex-con, a coffee-shop owner, and a young couple looking to make it rich intersect in the fictional and hypnotic Rain City. With Kris K... Read more
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
7.5/10
Director: Tom Ford
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Laura Linney, Michael Shannon, Michael Sheen, Amy Adams, Isla F...
From the wholly unexpected opening credit sequence, in which overweight women dance joyously in a cloud of glitter, Tom Ford challenges expectations a... Read more
Crime Story: Season 1 (1986)
8.4/10
Starring: Dennis Farina, Anthony Denison, William Smitrovich, Bill Campbell, Steve Ryan, P...
Following the success of 'Miami Vice', Michael Mann teamed up with co-creator and legendary Chicago detective Chuck Adamson for this hard-edged crime... Read more
Veronica Mars: Season 3 (2006)
6.7/10
Starring: Francis Capra, Tina Majorino, Enrico Colantoni, Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, J...
Hearst College, jewel of the Pacific. A citadel of higher education set amid rolling lawns and swaying palms. But since Hearst is in Neptune, Californ... 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
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