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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.
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 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.
While many Coen Brothers films can be classified as "neo-noir," they took the genre on directly when they made The Man Who Wasn't There, a movie that—if it wasn't for the contemporary actors and ...
Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial. To minimize dispute the films included here should preferably feature a footnote linking to a reliable, published source which states that the mentioned film is considered to be a film noir by an expert in this field, e.g.
American neo-noir films. 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
The Accused (1949 film) Accused of Murder; Ace in the Hole (1951 film) Act of Violence; Adventure in Vienna; Affair in Havana; Affair in Trinidad; Africa (2011 film) Afsporet; Alimony (1949 film) All My Sons (film) All the King's Men (1949 film) Allotment Wives; Among the Living (1941 film) Andha Naal; Angel Face (1953 film) Angels Over ...
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)