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Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic depictions of violence and sexuality. [1] During the late 1970s and the early 1980s, the term "neo-noir" surged in popularity, fueled by movies such as Sydney Pollack 's Absence of Malice ...
The following is a list of films belonging to the neo-noir genre. Following a common convention of associating the 1940s and 1950s with film noir , the list takes 1960 to date the beginning of the genre.
The neo-noir subgenre refers to crime dramas and mysteries produced from the mid-1960s to the present that, while they are generally shot in color and do not always emulate the visual style of classic film noir, often borrow the themes, archetypes, and plots made famous by the film noir genre.
The film plays with an awareness not only of classic noir but also of neo-noir reflexivity itself. [143] With ultra-violent films such as Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Thirst (2009), Park Chan-wook of South Korea has been the most prominent director outside of the United States to work regularly in a noir mode in the new millennium. [144]
South Korean neo-noir films (3 C, 48 P) Spanish neo-noir films (26 P) T. Taiwanese neo-noir films (4 P) V. Vietnamese neo-noir films (3 P)
Pages in category "Neo-noir anime and manga" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. The Big O;
Neo-noir anime and manga (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Neo-noir television series" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Neo-noir novels. Neo-noir film directors refer to 'classic noir' in the use of tilted camera angles , interplay of light and shadows, unbalanced framing ; blurring of the lines between good and bad and right and wrong , and thematic motifs including revenge , paranoia , and alienation .