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....
Thief (1981)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson, James Belushi
Aka "Violent Streets". James Caan stars in this superb study of a jewel thief who desperately tries to create the life he visualised while in prison -... Read more
Body Heat (Blu-ray) (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
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
Union City (1980)
6.5/10
Director: Marcus Reichert
Starring: Deborah Harry, Dennis Lipscomb, Everett McGill, Irina Maleeva, Sam McMurray, Pat...
Echoing the film noirs of the 1950s, Marcus Reichert's powerful production is the epitome of understated, yet deeply affecting film making. A represse... Read more
Radio On (1979)
6.5/10
Director: Christopher Petit
Starring: David Beames, Lisa Kreuzer, Sandy Ratcliff, Sting
Following a young London DJ (David Beames) on the road to Bristol to investigate the mysterious death of his brother, "Radio On" offers a unique, comp... Read more
Quadrophenia (1979)
7.3/10
Director: Franc Roddam
Starring: Phil Daniels, Mark Wingett, Philip Davis, Sting , Leslie Ash, Toyah Wilcox, Mich...
Phil Daniels is a pill-popping, scooter-riding Mod coming to terms with growing up, who heads off with his mates for a headline-grabbing clash in Brig... 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
Taxi Driver (1976)
8.3/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Albert Brooks, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Jodie Foster, Peter Boyle, Robert...
A disturbingly brutal depiction of a lonely, unstable New York City cab driver (Robert De Niro) who stalks a presidential candidate, then turns his vi... 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
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