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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 ...
In the 1970s and 1980s, neo-noir and horror noir saw a resurgence, with films like Angel Heart (1987) and Body Double (1984) adding noir aesthetics to horror narratives. These films explored darker psychological themes and were visually influenced by noir’s stylized lighting and shadow effects, often set in urban landscapes .
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]
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.
After making a pseudo-horror neo-noir thriller (Blood Simple) and a wacky comedy (Raising Arizona), the Coens went for a full-on crime film with their third film, Miller's Crossing.
Babylon Berlin is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten, it is loosely based on novels by Volker Kutscher. The series premiered on 13 October 2017 on Sky 1. The first release consisted of a continuous run of 16 episodes, with the first eight officially known ...
Mulholland Drive (stylized as Mulholland Dr.) is a 2001 surrealist neo-noir mystery art film written and directed by David Lynch, and starring Justin Theroux, Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Ann Miller, and Robert Forster.
Frank & Lola is a 2016 American neo-noir erotic thriller film written and directed by Matthew Ross in his directorial debut, and starring Michael Shannon, Imogen Poots, Michael Nyqvist, Justin Long, Emmanuelle Devos and Rosanna Arquette. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2016. [2]