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....
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
Shattered (1991)
6.5/10
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Corbin Bernsen, Joanne Whalley
Based on Richard Neely's novel this intricate spy/thriller stars Tom Berenger who begins to think the car accident that caused his memory loss may not... 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
Naked Lunch (1991)
7.1/10
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Roy Scheider
William S. Burroughs' 1959 free-form, underground classic is brought to the screen weaving elements of the author's life with the fictional material.... Read more
Reservoir Dogs (1991)
6.6/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Tim Roth, Lawrence Tie...
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
Darkman (Blu-Ray) (1990)
6.4/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Colin Friels, Dan Hicks, Frances McDormand, Larry Drake, Liam Ne...
When thugs employed by a crime boss lead a vicious assault on Dr. Peyton Wilder (Liam Neeson), leaving him literally and psychologically scarred, an e... Read more
Miller's Crossing (1990)
7.8/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, J E...
A very stylish, intelligent offering from the Coen Brothers ('Raising Arizona', 'Blood Simple') set in 1929 and perfectly recreating the look and feel... Read more
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
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
The Silence of the Lambs (1990)
8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, 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