Best Neo-Noir Movies
In the 1960s, the return of the noir style yielded movies marked not just with nostalgia, but with a desire to challenge the traditions set by their predecessors -- a genre that came to be known as neo-noir. Rank your favorites here.
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1
Blade Runner
Ridley Scott's visionary epic proved that noir is a style translatable across any genre. 26 48
Ridley Scott's visionary epic proved that noir is a style translatable across any genre. 26 48
2
Memento
Noir had always contained complex, labyrinthine plots; Memento takes it to the next level. 18 40
Noir had always contained complex, labyrinthine plots; Memento takes it to the next level. 18 40
4
L.A. Confidential
A star-studded cast (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Kim Basinger) told the tale of a sordid Hollywood underworld filled with corrupt cops and prostitutes cut to look like stars. 17 33
A star-studded cast (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce and Kim Basinger) told the tale of a sordid Hollywood underworld filled with corrupt cops and prostitutes cut to look like stars. 17 33
5
Body Heat
The heat generated by William Hurt and Kathleen Turner matches that of the film's sultry Florida nights. 10 34
The heat generated by William Hurt and Kathleen Turner matches that of the film's sultry Florida nights. 10 34
7
Basic Instinct
Instantly notorious for its portrayal of kinky, violent sex and homosexual relationships, upping the ante by leaving none of the bedroom behavior of detective Michael Douglas and author/murder suspect Sharon Stone to the imagination. -3 33
Instantly notorious for its portrayal of kinky, violent sex and homosexual relationships, upping the ante by leaving none of the bedroom behavior of detective Michael Douglas and author/murder suspect Sharon Stone to the imagination. -3 33
8
Red Rock West
This under-the-radar sleeper hit evoked the cult following of old B noirs by going from direct-to-video purgatory to art house hit. -4 26
This under-the-radar sleeper hit evoked the cult following of old B noirs by going from direct-to-video purgatory to art house hit. -4 26
9
The Long Goodbye
In his adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, Robert Altman casts Elliot Gould as a sarcastic, flummoxed, cat-attacked version of archetypal private eye Philip Marlowe. -7 25
In his adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel, Robert Altman casts Elliot Gould as a sarcastic, flummoxed, cat-attacked version of archetypal private eye Philip Marlowe. -7 25
10
Lone Star
John Sayles' panoramic survey of a Texas border town's turbulent racial politics is a noirish mystery, with Chris Cooper's sheriff investigating an old murder that might have involved his straight shooting dad. -8 26
John Sayles' panoramic survey of a Texas border town's turbulent racial politics is a noirish mystery, with Chris Cooper's sheriff investigating an old murder that might have involved his straight shooting dad. -8 26
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