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2. Category:American neo-noir films - Wikipedia

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   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 .

3. List of neo-noir films - Wikipedia

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   [10] Le Samouraï: Jean-Pierre Melville: 1967 France [13] [14] Sandra: Luchino Visconti: 1965 Italy [10] Seance on a Wet Afternoon: Bryan Forbes 1964 United Kingdom [47] Seconds: John Frankenheimer 1966 United States [1] The Secret Ways: Phil Karlson: 1961 United States [8] The Servant: Joseph Losey 1963 United Kingdom [47] Seven Days in May ...

4. Chinatown (1974 film) - Wikipedia

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   Chinatown is a 1974 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Roman Polanski from a screenplay by Robert Towne.The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.It was inspired by the California water wars: a series of disputes over southern California water at the beginning of the 20th century that resulted in Los Angeles securing water rights in the Owens Valley. [4]

5. Night Moves (1975 film) - Wikipedia

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   Night Moves is a 1975 American neo-noir film [3] [4] directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, with supporting performances from Melanie Griffith and James Woods. Its plot follows a Los Angeles private investigator who uncovers a series of sinister events while searching for the missing teenage daughter ...

6. Cotton Comes to Harlem - Wikipedia

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   Cotton Comes to Harlem is a 1970 American neo-noir [2] action comedy film [3] co-written and directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge, Raymond St. Jacques, and Redd Foxx. [4] The film, later cited as an early example of the blaxploitation genre, is based on Chester Himes ' novel of the same name . [ 5 ]

7. List of 1970s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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   Dirty Harry (1971) – neo-noir action thriller film based on the real-life case of the Zodiac Killer [46] Doc (1971) – Western drama film which tells the story of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists, Doc Holliday [47] Elizabeth R (1971) – biographical drama miniseries about the life and reign of Elizabeth I [48]

8. Category:Neo-noir - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Neo-noir - Wikipedia

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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 ...