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....
The Silence of the Lambs ( Blu-ray ) (1990)
8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more
L.A. Confidential ( Blu-ray ) (1997)
8.3/10
Director: Curtis Hanson
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromw...
Smashing translation of James Ellroy's celebrated pulp novel of life in the L.A. police department in the 1950s. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Kevin S... Read more
Thirst (2009)
7.2/10
Director: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Hae-sook Kim, Ok-vin Kim, Young-chang Song, Kang-ho Song
Top Korean star Kang-ho Song plays a devout, kind priest whose life (after-life?) is forever changed by a transfusion of vampire blood that unleashes... Read more
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini, Michael Badalucco, Rich...
In the Coen Brothers' black and white take on film noir, Billy Bob Thornton is a quiet barber in a small California town in 1949 who sees an opportuni... Read more
Veronica Mars: Season 1 (2004)
8.4/10
Starring: Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Enrico...
A little bit Buffy. A little bit Bogart. A dash of Nancy Drew. Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) is an outcast in a trendy SoCal beach town. Once she ran 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
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
The Paperboy (2012)
5.8/10
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: John Cusack, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Macy Gray, Zac Efron, David Oye...
A sexually and racially charged film noir from director Lee Daniels ("Precious"), "The Paperboy" takes audiences deep into the backwaters of steamy 19... Read more
The Dark Knight Rises ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
8.4/10
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman...
Set eight years on from the events of 'The Dark Knight', the film sees Batman (Christian Bale) returning to save Gotham City from the evil clutches of... Read more
Veronica Mars: Season 2 (2005)
8.4/10
Starring: Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring, Francis Capra, Ryan Ha...
Season 2 of this cult favourite begins when Veronica misses the bus - a school bus that minutes later plunges off a cliff into the Pacific. It may be... Read more