The Best Modern Film Noir & Neo-noir Movies
“What are the best Modern Film Noir & Neo-noir Movies?” We looked at 449 of the top Modern Noirs, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 29 films, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Modern Film Noir” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 400+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Top 29 Modern Film Noir Movies
29 .) Basic Instinct directed by Paul Verhoeven
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Murder & Mayhem
- Wikipedia
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
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28 .) Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) directed by Diao Yinan
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Taste Of Cinema 2
- Wikipedia
Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.
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27 .) Blade Runner (1982) directed by Ridley Scott
Lists It Appears On:
- Indie Wire
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
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26 .) Body Heat directed by Lawrence Kasdan
Lists It Appears On:
- Independent
- Indie Wire
- Wikipedia
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
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25 .) Cold in July (2014) directed by Jim Mickle
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Taste Of Cinema 2
- Wikipedia
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben, rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
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24 .) Dark City (1998) directed by Alex Proyas
Lists It Appears On:
- Murder & Mayhem
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
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23 .) Drive (2011) directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
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22 .) Insomnia (1997) directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia
Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik’s death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.
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21 .) Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) directed by Shane Black
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who’s been training him for his upcoming role…
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20 .) Night Moves (1975) directed by Arthur Penn
Lists It Appears On:
- BFI
- Independent
- Wikipedia
Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.
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19 .) No Country for Old Men (2007) directed by Joel Coen
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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18 .) Point Blank (1967) directed by John Boorman
Lists It Appears On:
- Independent
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
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17 .) Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Indie Wire
- Wikipedia
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster’s moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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16 .) Reservoir Dogs (1992) directed by Quentin Tarantino
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors — veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie — unravel.
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15 .) The Long Goodbye directed by Robert Altman
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Independent
- Indie Wire
Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.
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14 .) The Usual Suspects (1995) directed by Bryan Singer
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- IMDB
- The Cinemaholic
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord’s almost supernatural prowess.
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13 .) Training Day directed by Antoine Fuqua
Lists It Appears On:
- Taste Of Cinema
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn’t what he appears.
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12 .) Blood Simple (1984) directed by Joel Coen
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Independent
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
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11 .) Cape Fear directed by Martin Scorsese
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- IMDB
- Wikipedia
- Wikipedia
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady’s rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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10 .) Collateral (2004) directed by Michael Mann
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- Taste Of Cinema
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
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9 .) Fargo (1996) directed by Joel Coen
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- IMDB
- Indie Wire
- Wikipedia
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt… but he’s got a plan. He’s going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It’s going to be a snap and nobody’s going to get hurt… until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing – and extremely pregnant – investigator who’ll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom… you betcha!
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8 .) Gone Baby Gone (2007) directed by Ben Affleck
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- IMDB
- Taste Of Cinema
- Wikipedia
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl’s aunt, Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives, Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons – they’re not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve the case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that tears them apart.
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7 .) L.A. Confidential (1997) directed by Curtis Hanson
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Independent
- Murder & Mayhem
- The Cinemaholic
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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6 .) Mulholland Drive (2001) directed by David Lynch
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- Indie Wire
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
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5 .) Oldboy (2003) directed by Park Chan-wook
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
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4 .) Sin City directed by Robert Rodriguez
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Murder & Mayhem
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
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3 .) Chinatown (1974) directed by Roman Polanski
Lists It Appears On:
- IMDB
- Independent
- Indie Wire
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikipedia
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband’s extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
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2 .) Memento (2000) directed by Christopher Nolan
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- IMDB
- Taste Of Cinema
- The Cinemaholic
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman’s noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby snaps Polaroids of people and places, jotting down contextual notes on the backs of photos to aid in his search and jog his memory. He even tattoos his own body in a desperate bid to remember.
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1 .) Brick (2005) directed by Rian Johnson
Lists It Appears On:
- Fandango
- Independent
- Indie Wire
- Murder & Mayhem
- Taste Of Cinema
- What Culture
- Wikipedia
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
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The 400+ Additional Best Neo-noir Movies
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| 30 | Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead | Sidney Lumet | IMDB |
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| 31 | Blue Velvet (1986) | Wikipedia | |
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| 32 | Bound | IMDB | |
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| 33 | Breathless | Wikipedia | |
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| 34 | Devil in a Blue Dress |
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| 35 | Fight Club | IMDB | |
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| 36 | Following | IMDB | |
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| 37 | Hardcore (1979) | Wikipedia | |
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| 38 | Heat | IMDB | |
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| 39 | High and Low | Akira Kurosawa | Indie Wire |
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| 40 | Hollywoodland (2006) | Wikipedia | |
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| 41 | In the Shadow (2012) | Wikipedia | |
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| 42 | Infernal Affairs |
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| 43 | Inherent Vice (2014) | Wikipedia | |
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| 44 | Jackie Brown | IMDB | |
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| 45 | Kill Me Again | IMDB | |
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| 46 | Killing Them Softly (2012) | BFI | |
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| 47 | Klute | Alan J. Pakula | Indie Wire |
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| 48 | Le Samouraï (1967) | Jean-Pierre Melville | Indie Wire |
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| 49 | Looper (2012) | Wikipedia | |
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| 50 | Lost Highway | IMDB | |
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| 51 | Lost River (2014) | Wikipedia | |
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| 52 | Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | Indie Wire |
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| 53 | Nightcrawler (2014) | Wikipedia | |
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| 54 | Nocturnal Animals (2016) | Wikipedia | |
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| 55 | Only God Forgives (2013) | Wikipedia | |
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| 56 | Out of Sight | IMDB | |
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| 57 | Red Rock West (1993) | Wikipedia | |
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| 58 | Se7en (1995) | IMDB | |
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| 59 | Sexy Beast | Jonathan Glazer |
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| 60 | Shock Corridor | IMDB | |
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| 61 | State of Play | IMDB | |
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| 62 | Taxi Driver | IMDB | |
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| 63 | The Grifters | Stephen Frears | IMDB |
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| 64 | The Last Seduction (1994) | IMDB | |
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| 65 | The Late Show (1977) | Robert Benton |
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| 66 | The Nice Guys (2016) |
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| 67 | True Romance | IMDB | |
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| 68 | Witness | IMDB | |
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| 69 | Zodiac |
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| 70 | 36th Precinct | Olivier Marchal |
Taste Of Cinema
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| 71 | A Bittersweet Life | Kim Jee-woon |
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| 72 | A Simple Plan | Indie Wire | |
| 73 | Aaranya Kaandam | Wikipedia | |
| 74 | Across 110th Street | Wikipedia | |
| 75 | Affliction | Wikipedia | |
| 76 | Afraid to Die | Wikipedia | |
| 77 | After Dark, My Sweet | Wikipedia | |
| 78 | Against All Odds | Wikipedia | |
| 79 | All Night Long | Wikipedia | |
| 80 | All the President’s Men | Wikipedia | |
| 81 | Alois Nebel | Wikipedia | |
| 82 | Alphaville | Jean-Luc Godard | Indie Wire |
| 83 | Alphaville | Wikipedia | |
| 84 | American Gangster | Wikipedia | |
| 85 | American Gigolo | Wikipedia | |
| 86 | American Psycho | Wikipedia | |
| 87 | Angel Heart | Wikipedia | |
| 88 | Any Number Can Win | Wikipedia | |
| 89 | Army of Shadows | Wikipedia | |
| 90 | At Close Range | Wikipedia | |
| 91 | Bad Boys | Wikipedia | |
| 92 | Bad Education | Wikipedia | |
| 93 | Bad Influence | Wikipedia | |
| 94 | Bad Lieutenant | Wikipedia | |
| 95 |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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| 96 | Badlands | Wikipedia | |
| 97 | Bande à part | Wikipedia | |
| 98 | Bandits in Milan | Wikipedia | |
| 99 | Batman | Wikipedia | |
| 100 | Batman Begins | Wikipedia | |
| 101 | Batman Returns | Wikipedia | |
| 102 | Beat Girl | Wikipedia | |
| 103 | Best Laid Plans | Wikipedia | |
| 104 | Best Seller | Wikipedia | |
| 105 | Betrayed | Wikipedia | |
| 106 |
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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| 107 | Black Eye | Wikipedia | |
| 108 | Black Rain | Wikipedia | |
| 109 | Black Sunday | Wikipedia | |
| 110 | Black Widow | Wikipedia | |
| 111 | Blast of Silence | Wikipedia | |
| 112 | Blind Shaft | Wikipedia | |
| 113 | Blink | Wikipedia | |
| 114 | Blood and Black Lace | Wikipedia | |
| 115 | Blowup | Wikipedia | |
| 116 | Blue Ruin (2013) |
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| 117 | Bonnie and Clyde | Wikipedia | |
| 118 | Brainstorm | Wikipedia | |
| 119 | Branded to Kill | Wikipedia | |
| 120 | Breakdown | IMDB | |
| 121 | Broken City (2013) |
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| 122 | Bunny Lake Is Missing | Wikipedia | |
| 123 | Capricorn One | Wikipedia | |
| 124 | Carnival of Souls | Wikipedia | |
| 125 | Cash on Demand | Wikipedia | |
| 126 | Cast a Deadly Spell |
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| 127 | Castle of Blood | Wikipedia | |
| 128 | Chandler | Wikipedia | |
| 129 | Charley Varrick | Wikipedia | |
| 130 | China Moon | Wikipedia | |
| 131 | City of God | Wikipedia | |
| 132 | City on Fire | Wikipedia | |
| 133 | Classe Tous Risques | Wikipedia | |
| 134 | Coffy | Wikipedia | |
| 135 | Cool Breeze | Wikipedia | |
| 136 | Cop | Wikipedia | |
| 137 | Cop Land | Wikipedia | |
| 138 | Cotton Comes to Harlem | Wikipedia | |
| 139 | Crash | IMDB | |
| 140 | Croupier | Wikipedia | |
| 141 | Cruising | Wikipedia | |
| 142 | Cul-de-sac | Wikipedia | |
| 143 | Cutter’s Way (1981) | BFI | |
| 144 | Dark Blue | Wikipedia | |
| 145 | Dark Country | Wikipedia | |
| 146 | Dead Again | Wikipedia | |
| 147 | Dead Man Down (2013) |
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| 148 | Deadfall | Wikipedia | |
| 149 | Deadly Strangers | Wikipedia | |
| 150 | Death Wish | Wikipedia | |
| 151 | Deceiver | Wikipedia | |
| 152 | Deception | Wikipedia | |
| 153 | Deep Cover | Wikipedia | |
| 154 | Deep Crimson | Wikipedia | |
| 155 | Delusion | Wikipedia | |
| 156 | Derailed | Wikipedia | |
| 157 | Desperate Hours | Wikipedia | |
| 158 | Detroit 9000 | Wikipedia | |
| 159 | Diary of a Hitman | Wikipedia | |
| 160 | Dirty Harry | Wikipedia | |
| 161 | Disturbia | IMDB | |
| 162 | Dog Day Afternoon | Wikipedia | |
| 163 | Dressed to Kill | Wikipedia | |
| 164 | Drug War (2012) |
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| 165 | Duplicity | Wikipedia | |
| 166 | Eastern Promises | IMDB | |
| 167 | Empire of the Wolves | Chris Nahon |
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| 168 | Endless Night | Wikipedia | |
| 169 | Eva | Wikipedia | |
| 170 | Executive Action | Wikipedia | |
| 171 | Experiment in Terror | Wikipedia | |
| 172 | Eyes of Laura Mars | Wikipedia | |
| 173 | Eyes Without a Face | Wikipedia | |
| 174 | Eyewitness | Wikipedia | |
| 175 | Fallen Angels | Wikipedia | |
| 176 | Fantômas | Wikipedia | |
| 177 | Farewell, My Lovely | Wikipedia | |
| 178 | Fat City | Wikipedia | |
| 179 | Fatal Attraction | Wikipedia | |
| 180 | Fear | Wikipedia | |
| 181 | Fear City | Wikipedia | |
| 182 | Femme Fatale | Wikipedia | |
| 183 | Final Analysis | Wikipedia | |
| 184 | Fingers | Wikipedia | |
| 185 | Five Minutes to Live | Wikipedia | |
| 186 | Flesh and Bone | Wikipedia | |
| 187 | Foreign Land | Wikipedia | |
| 188 | Foxy Brown | Wikipedia | |
| 189 | Framed | Wikipedia | |
| 190 | Frantic | Wikipedia | |
| 191 | Frenzy | Wikipedia | |
| 192 | Friday Foster | Wikipedia | |
| 193 | Get Carter | Wikipedia | |
| 194 | Glass Chin (2014) |
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| 195 | Going Home | Wikipedia | |
| 196 | Goodfellas | IMDB | |
| 197 | Guncrazy | Wikipedia | |
| 198 | Gunn | Wikipedia | |
| 199 | Hammett | Wikipedia | |
| 200 | Hana-bi | Wikipedia | |
| 201 | Hands over the City | Wikipedia | |
| 202 | Hard Boiled | Wikipedia | |
| 203 | Hard Contract | Wikipedia | |
| 204 | Hard Eight | Wikipedia | |
| 205 | Harper | Wikipedia | |
| 206 | Harry Brown | IMDB | |
| 207 | Heist | Wikipedia | |
| 208 | Hell Is a City | Wikipedia | |
| 209 | Hell Up in Harlem | Wikipedia | |
| 210 | Hidden City | Wikipedia | |
| 211 | High Plains Drifter | Wikipedia | |
| 212 | Hit Man | Wikipedia | |
| 213 | Homicide | Wikipedia | |
| 214 | Hoodlum Priest | Wikipedia | |
| 215 | Hostage | Wikipedia | |
| 216 | House of Games | Wikipedia | |
| 217 | Hustle | Wikipedia | |
| 218 | I Walk the Line | Wikipedia | |
| 219 | In Bruges | Wikipedia | |
| 220 | In Cold Blood | Wikipedia | |
| 221 | In the Cut | Wikipedia | |
| 222 | Inception | Wikipedia | |
| 223 | Inside Man | Wikipedia | |
| 224 | Internal Affairs | Wikipedia | |
| 225 |
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| 226 | Jagged Edge | Wikipedia | |
| 227 | John Wick | Wikipedia | |
| 228 | Johnny Cool | Wikipedia | |
| 229 | Johnny Gaddaar | Wikipedia | |
| 230 | Johnny Handsome | Wikipedia | |
| 231 | Joy House | Wikipedia | |
| 232 | Judex | Wikipedia | |
| 233 | Just Another Love Story | Wikipedia | |
| 234 | Key Witness | Wikipedia | |
| 235 | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Wikipedia | |
| 236 | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Wikipedia | |
| 237 | King of New York | Wikipedia | |
| 238 | Kiss of Death | Wikipedia | |
| 239 | Kiss or Kill | Wikipedia | |
| 240 | Kitten with a Whip | Wikipedia | |
| 241 | La Femme Nikita | IMDB | |
| 242 | Lady in Cement | Wikipedia | |
| 243 | Lady Vengeance | IMDB | |
| 244 | Landru | Wikipedia | |
| 245 | Lantana | Wikipedia | |
| 246 | Last Embrace | Wikipedia | |
| 247 | Léon: The Professional | IMDB | |
| 248 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Wikipedia | |
| 249 | Liebestraum | Wikipedia | |
| 250 | Life Love Death | Wikipedia | |
| 251 | Live Flesh | Wikipedia | |
| 252 |
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| 253 | Love Crimes | Wikipedia | |
| 254 | Love Is Colder Than Death | Wikipedia | |
| 255 | Lower City | Wikipedia | |
| 256 | Lucky Number Slevin | Wikipedia | |
| 257 | Mad Detective | Wikipedia | |
| 258 | Made in U.S.A. | Wikipedia | |
| 259 | Madigan | Wikipedia | |
| 260 | Magnet of Doom | Wikipedia | |
| 261 | Magnum Force | Wikipedia | |
| 262 | Manhunter | Wikipedia | |
| 263 | Marlowe | Wikipedia | |
| 264 | Marnie | Wikipedia | |
| 265 | Max Payne | Wikipedia | |
| 266 | Mean Streets | Wikipedia | |
| 267 | Medium Cool | Wikipedia | |
| 268 | Memories of Murder | Wikipedia | |
| 269 | Merci pour le chocolat | Wikipedia | |
| 270 | Miami Blues | Wikipedia | |
| 271 | Miami Vice | Wikipedia | |
| 272 | Mickey One | Wikipedia | |
| 273 | Midnight Express | Wikipedia | |
| 274 | Midnight Lace | Wikipedia | |
| 275 | Miller’s Crossing | IMDB | |
| 276 | Million Dollar Baby | Wikipedia | |
| 277 | Minority Report | Wikipedia | |
| 278 | Mirage | Wikipedia | |
| 279 | Misery | IMDB | |
| 280 | Mississippi Mermaid | Wikipedia | |
| 281 | Money Movers | Wikipedia | |
| 282 | Ms. 45 | Wikipedia | |
| 283 | Mulholland Falls | Wikipedia | |
| 284 | Murder, Inc. | Wikipedia | |
| 285 | Mute | Wikipedia | |
| 286 | Mystic River | Wikipedia | |
| 287 | Narc | Wikipedia | |
| 288 | Narrow Margin | Wikipedia | |
| 289 | Never Let Go | Wikipedia | |
| 290 | New Jack City | Wikipedia | |
| 291 | Night and the City | Wikipedia | |
| 292 | Night Train | Wikipedia | |
| 293 | Nightmare | Wikipedia | |
| 294 | Nikita | Wikipedia | |
| 295 | Nine Queens | Wikipedia | |
| 296 | No Way Out | Wikipedia | |
| 297 | Obsession | Wikipedia | |
| 298 | Ocean’s 11 | Wikipedia | |
| 299 | Once a Thief | Wikipedia | |
| 300 | One False Move | Wikipedia | |
| 301 | Out of Time | Wikipedia | |
| 302 | P.J. | Wikipedia | |
| 303 | Pale Flower | Wikipedia | |
| 304 | Palmetto | Wikipedia | |
| 305 | Panic in the City | Wikipedia | |
| 306 | Panic Room | IMDB | |
| 307 | Paranoiac | Wikipedia | |
| 308 | Pay or Die | Wikipedia | |
| 309 | Payback | Wikipedia | |
| 310 | Peeping Tom | Wikipedia | |
| 311 | Performance | Wikipedia | |
| 312 | Pi | Wikipedia | |
| 313 | Pickings | Wikipedia | |
| 314 | Pierrot le Fou | Wikipedia | |
| 315 | Play Misty for Me | Wikipedia | |
| 316 | Pocket Listing | Wikipedia | |
| 317 | Point Break | IMDB | |
| 318 | Poison Ivy | Wikipedia | |
| 319 | Poodle Springs | Wikipedia | |
| 320 | Portrait in Black | Wikipedia | |
| 321 | Pretty Poison | Wikipedia | |
| 322 | Prime Cut | Wikipedia | |
| 323 | Prince of the City | Wikipedia | |
| 324 | Prisoners (2013) |
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| 325 | Psycho | Wikipedia | |
| 326 | Public Enemies | Wikipedia | |
| 327 | Pulp | Wikipedia | |
| 328 | Purple Noon | Wikipedia | |
| 329 | Pusher | Wikipedia | |
| 330 | Raging Bull | Wikipedia | |
| 331 | Reindeer Games | Wikipedia | |
| 332 | Renaissance | Wikipedia | |
| 333 | Repulsion | Wikipedia | |
| 334 | Rider on the Rain | Wikipedia | |
| 335 | Road to Perdition | Wikipedia | |
| 336 | Rolling Thunder | Wikipedia | |
| 337 | Romeo Is Bleeding | Wikipedia | |
| 338 | Rounders | IMDB | |
| 339 | Rush | Wikipedia | |
| 340 | Salvatore Giuliano | Wikipedia | |
| 341 | Sandra | Wikipedia | |
| 342 | Sea of Love | Wikipedia | |
| 343 |
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| 344 | Seconds | Wikipedia | |
| 345 | Serpico | Wikipedia | |
| 346 | Seven | Wikipedia | |
| 347 | Seven Days in May | Wikipedia | |
| 348 | Seven Thieves | Wikipedia | |
| 349 | Shaft | Wikipedia | |
| 350 | Shallow Grave | Wikipedia | |
| 351 | Shamus | Wikipedia | |
| 352 | Shattered | Wikipedia | |
| 353 | Sheba, Baby | Wikipedia | |
| 354 | Shoot the Piano Player | Wikipedia | |
| 355 | Shutter Island | Wikipedia | |
| 356 | Simpatico | Wikipedia | |
| 357 | Sisters | Wikipedia | |
| 358 | Sitting Target | Wikipedia | |
| 359 | Slam Dance | Wikipedia | |
| 360 | Sleepers | IMDB | |
| 361 | Sleeping with the Enemy | Wikipedia | |
| 362 | Slice |
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| 363 | Sling Blade | Wikipedia | |
| 364 | Sonatine | Wikipedia | |
| 365 | Soylent Green | Wikipedia | |
| 366 | Special Delivery | Wikipedia | |
| 367 | Spotlight on a Murderer | Wikipedia | |
| 368 | Spring Breakers | Wikipedia | |
| 369 | Still of the Night | Wikipedia | |
| 370 | Stormy Monday | Wikipedia | |
| 371 | Straight Time | Wikipedia | |
| 372 | Strange Days | IMDB | |
| 373 | Sudden Impact | Wikipedia | |
| 374 | Super Fly | Wikipedia | |
| 375 | Suspect Zero | Wikipedia | |
| 376 | Suture | Wikipedia | |
| 377 | Suzhou River | Wikipedia | |
| 378 |
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
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| 379 | Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | Park Chan-wook |
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| 380 | Targets | Wikipedia | |
| 381 | Taste of Fear | Wikipedia | |
| 382 | The Aura | Fabian Bielinsky |
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| 383 | The Chaser | Na Hong-jin |
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| 384 | The Conformist | IMDB | |
| 385 | The Crimson Rivers | Mathieu Kassovitz |
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| 386 | The Dark Knight (2008) | Fandango | |
| 387 | The Driftless Area (2015) |
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| 388 | The Element of Crime | IMDB | |
| 389 | The French Connection | IMDB | |
| 390 | The Girl Who Played With Fire | Daniel Alfredson |
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| 391 | The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo | Niels Arden Oplev |
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| 392 | The Grissom Gang | Wikipedia | |
| 393 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes | Indie Wire |
| 394 | The Last Deadly Mission | aka MR73) |
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| 395 | The Man from Nowhere | IMDB | |
| 396 |
The Man Who Wasn’t There
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| 397 |
The Manchurian Candidate
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| 398 | The Naked Kiss (1964) |
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The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
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| 400 | The Salton Sea | IMDB | |
| 401 | The Silence of the Lambs | IMDB | |
| 402 | Thérèse Desqueyroux | Wikipedia | |
| 403 | Thief | Wikipedia | |
| 404 | Thieves Like Us | Wikipedia | |
| 405 | This Man Must Die | Wikipedia | |
| 406 |
This World, Then the Fireworks
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| 407 | Tightrope | Wikipedia | |
| 408 | To Live and Die in L.A. | Wikipedia | |
| 409 | Tokyo Drifter | Wikipedia | |
| 410 | Too Late (2015) |
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| 411 | Trance | Wikipedia | |
| 412 | Trans-Europ-Express | Wikipedia | |
| 413 | True Confessions | Wikipedia | |
| 414 | Twilight | Wikipedia | |
| 415 | Twisted Nerve | Wikipedia | |
| 416 | U Turn | Wikipedia | |
| 417 | Underworld U.S.A. | Wikipedia | |
| 418 | Union City | Wikipedia | |
| 419 | Unlawful Entry | Wikipedia | |
| 420 | Vanishing Point | Wikipedia | |
| 421 | Victim | Wikipedia | |
| 422 | Villain | Wikipedia | |
| 423 | Violent Cop | Wikipedia | |
| 424 | Viridiana | Wikipedia | |
| 425 | Walking Tall | Wikipedia | |
| 426 | Walking Too Fast | Wikipedia | |
| 427 | War Hunt | Wikipedia | |
| 428 | Warning Shot | Wikipedia | |
| 429 | Watchmen | Wikipedia | |
| 430 | Waz |
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| 431 | We Still Kill the Old Way | Wikipedia | |
| 432 | Weekend | Wikipedia | |
| 433 | Welcome to Hard Times | Wikipedia | |
| 434 | Where the Truth Lies | Wikipedia | |
| 435 | White Sands | Wikipedia | |
| 436 | Who Killed Teddy Bear | Wikipedia | |
| 437 | Why Must I Die? | Wikipedia | |
| 438 | Winter Kills | Wikipedia | |
| 439 | Winter’s Bone | IMDB | |
| 440 | Year of the Dragon | Wikipedia | |
| 441 | Youth of the Beast | Wikipedia | |
| 442 | Z | Wikipedia | |
| 443 | Zero Focus | Wikipedia | |
| 444 | Zootopia | Wikipedia | |
11 Best Neo-noir & Modern Film Noir Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| BFI | 10 great overlooked neo-noirs |
| Fandango | 11 MODERN FILM NOIR MOVIES YOU MUST SEE |
| IMDB | Best Neo-Noirs(Modern film-noirs) |
| Independent | The ten greatest neo-noir films |
| Indie Wire | 15 Must-See Modern Noirs |
| Murder & Mayhem | 9 Modern Film Noir Movies You Need to See |
| Taste Of Cinema | The 20 Best Neo-Noir Films Of The 2000s |
| Taste Of Cinema 2 | The 20 Best Neo-Noir Movies of the Past 5 Years |
| The Cinemaholic | 15 Best Neo-Noir Movies of All Time |
| What Culture | 10 Best Neo-Noir Movies Of The 21st Century |
| Wikipedia | List of neo-noir titles |
