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....
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen
From Shane Black, the man who wrote the book on buddy flicks - kicking off the "Lethal Weapon" series, comes this astonishing and hilarious directoria... Read more
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
6.8/10
Director: Carl Reiner
Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner's comic salute to the gumshoe noirs of the 1940s stars Steve Martin as Rigby Reardon, Private Eye and a scene-stealing Rachel Ward as a ha... Read more
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
8.1/10
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring: Alain Delon, Yves Montand, Francois Perier, Gian Maria Volonte, Andre Bourvil
This heist classic from Jean-Pierre Melville ("Le Samourai") features Alain Delon as a crook just out of the slammer who joins forces with suspect-on-... 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
Angel Heart (1987)
7.3/10
Director: Alan Parker
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling
Mickey Rourke is thrown into a head-bending world of violence and voodoo that moves from the streets of New York to the swamps of Louisiana. Lisa Bone... Read more
Twin Peaks: Season 2 - Part 2 (1991)
8.8/10
Director: Caleb Deschanel, David Lynch, Duwayne Dunham, Lesli Linka Glatter, Mark Frost, Tim Hunter
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Joan Chen, Piper Laurie, Madchen Amick, Dana A...
Agent Cooper finds himself under investigation by his bosses as the search for Laura's killer heats up and things just get weirder and weirder. Creat... Read more
Twin Peaks: Season 2 - Part 1 (1990)
8.8/10
Director: Caleb Deschanel, David Lynch, Duwayne Dunham, Lesli Linka Glatter, Tim Hunter, Tina Rathborne, Todd Holland
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Joan Chen, Piper Laurie, Madchen Amick, Dana A...
The long-awaited Second Season DVDs are here! In Part One Agent Cooper is shot by a mysterious assailant, and receives some bizarre clues from a gian... Read more
Klute (1971)
7.2/10
Director: Alan J Pakula
Starring: Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Nathan George, Dorothy Tristan, R...
Jane Fonda deservedly won the Academy Award as the high priced call girl used as bait to lure a killer in this astutely written and powerfully directe... Read more
Basic Instinct (1992)
6.9/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Michael Douglas, George Dzundza, Sharon Stone, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Controversial, sexually-charged suspenser stars Michael Douglas as a burned-out San Francisco police detective investigating a brutal ice-pick murder... Read more
Drive (2011)
7.8/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Albert Brooks, Ron Perlman, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Bryan Cranston, Ryan Go...
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