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....
Black Widow (1987)
6.3/10
Director: Bob Rafelson
Starring: Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Dennis Hopper
Debra Winger and Theresa Russell star in this stylish story about an obsessive investigation of a young woman who seduces, marries and murders wealthy... Read more
I, Anna (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Barnaby Southcombe
Starring: Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Eddie Marsan, Hayley Atwell
London-set noir thriller about the relationship between femme fatale Anna (Charlotte Rampling) and the detective investigating a brutal murder (Gabrie... Read more
Blood Simple (1983)
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M Emmet Walsh
A critically acclaimed thriller set in rural Texas combines chilling suspense with offbeat black humour. Double and triple crosses build to a blood-cu... Read more
A History of Violence ( Blu-ray ) (2005)
7.5/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Ed Harris, Maria Bello, Viggo Mortensen, William Hurt, Stephen McHattie, Ashton...
Adapted from a graphic novel, Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is a quiet man living a quiet life in Indiana. A quiet shattered when a pair of fugitives wa... Read more
Hammett (1982)
6.5/10
Director: Wim Wenders
Starring: Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner
The atmospheric and exciting tale of young Dashiell Hammett, who really lives the hard-boiled life he writes about. Wenders explores the central tensi... Read more
Chinatown ( Blu-ray ) (1974)
8.2/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Burt Young, Faye Dunaway, Jack Nicholson, John Huston, John Hillerman, Perry Lop...
Roman Polanski's classic detective yarn sees murder and scandal emerge from the drought of 1930s Southern California. Private Eye Jake Gittes (Jack Ni... Read more
Final Analysis (1992)
5.8/10
Director: Phil Joanou
Starring: Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts
A stylish thriller about a psychiatrist who becomes involved with a patient's unhappily married sister - only to find himself enmeshed in an elaborate... Read more
Zulu (2013)
6.7/10
Director: Jerome Salle
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom
Ali Neuman survived the violence that rocked Apartheid era South Africa when he was a child to become head of the homicide branch of the Cape Town pol... 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
Body Heat (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Starring: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, Mickey Rourke
Attorney Ned Racine's life coasts along in neutral - until he meets a siren in white (with a well-to-do husband) named Matty Walker. Ned knows Matty i... Read more