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....
Moonlighting: Season 1 & 2 (1985)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Butler
Starring: Cybill Shepherd, Bruce Willis, Allyce Beasley, James Karen, Dennis Lipscomb, Jim...
Golden Globe Award-winners Cybill Shephard and Bruce Willis welcome you to the Blue Moon Detective Agency, where danger is their businessâ?| as long a... Read more
To Die For (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Matt Dillon, Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Illeana Douglas
A biting look at pop celebrity and the drive for fame, this wickedly funny black comedy from scripter Buck Henry and director Gus Van Sant stars Nicol... Read more
Blue Velvet ( Blu-ray ) (1986)
7.8/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan,...
Director David Lynch crafted this hallucinogenic mystery-thriller that probes beneath the cheerful surface of suburban America to discover sadomasochi... Read more
Dark Blue (2002)
6.6/10
Director: Ron Shelton
Starring: Kurt Russell, Brendan Gleeson, Scott Speedman, Michael Michele, Lolita Davidovic...
Based on an original story by James Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential"), this gritty police thriller is set in the days leading up to the LA riots where adre... Read more
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
6.1/10
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Bill Pullman, Elias Koteas, Kate Hudson, Ned Beatty, Tom Bower, Casey Affleck, S...
Based on the 1952 Jim Thompson novel, director Michael Winterbottom's ("A Mighty Heart") disturbing crime drama follows the self-told story of outward... Read more
The Long Goodbye (1973)
7.7/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
A quirky, semi-satiric, updating of Raymond Chandler stars Elliott Gould as laid-back gumshoe Philip Marlowe, investigating the murder of his friend's... Read more
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
The Grifters (1990)
7/10
Director: Stephen Frears
Starring: Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening
A classy, suspenseful and erotic thriller acclaimed as one of the best films of the year about a mother, son (only fourteen years her junior) and son'... Read more
The Hot Spot (1990)
6.4/10
Director: Dennis Hopper
Starring: Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly
Based on Charles William's 1952 novel 'Hell Hath No Fury', this atmospheric, erotic drama features Don Johnson as a drifter who embarks on a wild rela... Read more
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
7.2/10
Director: Dick Richards
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Harry Dean Stanton, John Ireland, Robert Mitchum, Sylvester...
Wonderfully evoking the time and mood of Raymond Chandlers 1940s Los Angeles, this film noir detective drama stars Robert Mitchum as an aging, down-on... Read more