Movies: Best "neo noir" Movies

Neo-noir is a revival of film noir, a genre that had originally flourished during and after World War II in the United States—roughly from 1940 to 1960. The French term film noir translates literally to English as "dark film" or "black film”, because they were quite dark both in lighting and in sinister stories often presented in a shadowy cinematographic style. Neo-noir has a similar style but with updated themes, content, style, and visual elements. ()

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The Batman(2022)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 55min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

3.9/5 (with 4,396 votes)

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

Directed by Matt Reeves - With Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Andy Serkis, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, ...

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John Wick: Chapter 4(2023)

FSK: 18+ years

| 2h 49min | Action, Thriller, Crime

3.9/5 (with 2,498 votes)

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Directed by Chad Stahelski - With Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, Rina Sawayama, Donnie Yen, ...

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Pulp Fiction(1994)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 34min | Thriller, Crime

4.2/5 (with 12,727 votes)

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino - With Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Rosanna Arquette, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Walken, ...

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Taxi Driver(1976)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 54min | Crime, Drama

4.1/5 (with 5,628 votes)

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks, ...

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Se7en(1995)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 7min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

4.2/5 (with 9,525 votes)

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Directed by David Fincher - With Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kevin Spacey, R. Lee Ermey, John C. McGinley, ...

Sicario(2015)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 2min | Action, Crime, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 3,843 votes)

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve - With Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, ...

Shutter Island(2010)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 18min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery

4.1/5 (with 11,268 votes)

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow, ...

Heat(1995)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 50min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 3,084 votes)

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

Directed by Michael Mann - With Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, ...

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Léon: The Professional(1994)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 51min | Crime, Drama, Action

4.2/5 (with 6,908 votes)

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

Directed by Luc Besson - With Natalie Portman, Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Danny Aiello, Michael Badalucco, Ellen Greene, ...

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu(2019)

FSK: 6+ years

| 1h 45min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

3.5/5 (with 3,191 votes)

In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

Directed by Rob Letterman - With Justice Smith, Ryan Reynolds, Kathryn Newton, Ken Watanabe, Bill Nighy, Suki Waterhouse, ...

Knives Out(2019)

FSK: 12+ years

| 2h 11min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

3.9/5 (with 5,655 votes)

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

Directed by Rian Johnson - With Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Chris Evans, LaKeith Stanfield, Don Johnson, Christopher Plummer, ...

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Blade Runner(1982)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 57min | Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 6,459 votes)

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Directed by Ridley Scott - With Harrison Ford, Edward James Olmos, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Brion James, ...

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Prisoners(2013)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 33min | Drama, Thriller, Crime

4.0/5 (with 5,260 votes)

Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the driver, but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve - With Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, ...

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Fargo(1996)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 38min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.9/5 (with 3,485 votes)

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

Directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen - With Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Harve Presnell, Peter Stormare, Tony Denman, ...

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Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)

FSK: 18+ years

| 2h 2min | Action, Crime, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 1,532 votes)

Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.

Directed by Stefano Sollima - With Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Donovan, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Isabela Merced, Catherine Keener, ...

Drive(2011)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 40min | Drama, Thriller, Crime

3.8/5 (with 5,915 votes)

Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn - With Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac, ...

No Country for Old Men(2007)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 2min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 5,549 votes)

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen - With Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, ...

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Nightcrawler(2014)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 58min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.9/5 (with 5,062 votes)

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

Directed by Dan Gilroy - With Ann Cusack, Bill Paxton, Éric Lange, Jake Gyllenhaal, Kathleen York, Kevin Rahm, ...

Dark City(1998)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 40min | Mystery, Science Fiction

3.7/5 (with 1,179 votes)

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

Directed by Alex Proyas - With Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Bruce Spence, ...

Chinatown(1974)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 10min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

4.0/5 (with 1,631 votes)

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Directed by Roman Polanski - With Jack Nicholson, John Huston, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski, ...

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True Romance(1993)

FSK: 18+ years

| 2h | Action, Crime, Romance / Love

3.8/5 (with 1,153 votes)

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

Directed by Tony Scott - With Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, ...

Uncut Gems(2019)

2h 16min | Drama, Thriller, Crime

3.6/5 (with 2,011 votes)

A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Directed by Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie - With Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Idina Menzel, Judd Hirsch, Eric Bogosian, Pom Klementieff, ...

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Looper(2012)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 58min | Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

3.4/5 (with 4,661 votes)

In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Directed by Rian Johnson - With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, ...

Sin City(2005)

FSK: 18+ years

| 2h 4min | Thriller, Action, Crime

3.7/5 (with 3,599 votes)

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino - With Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Nick Stahl, Powers Boothe, ...

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Bound(1996)

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 45min | Drama, Thriller

3.6/5 (with 393 votes)

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski - With Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, Christopher Meloni, Richard C. Sarafian, Kevin Michael Richardson, ...

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Blue Velvet(1986)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 1,406 votes)

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.

Directed by David Lynch - With Dennis Hopper, Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Hope Lange, Dean Stockwell, ...

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Oldboy(2003)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h | Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action

4.1/5 (with 3,682 votes)

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.

Directed by Park Chan-wook - With Choi Min-sik, Yu Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jung, Ji Dae-han, Oh Tae-kyung, Yoon Jin-seo, ...

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Training Day(2001)

FSK: 16+ years

| 2h 2min | Action, Crime, Drama

3.7/5 (with 2,620 votes)

On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua - With Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Cliff Curtis, ...

The Crow(1994)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 42min | Fantasy, Action, Thriller

3.7/5 (with 1,684 votes)

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven—watched over by a hypnotic crow—returns from the grave to exact revenge.

Directed by Alex Proyas - With Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, David Patrick Kelly, Michael Massee, ...

Cop Land(1997)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 44min | Action, Crime, Drama

3.4/5 (with 655 votes)

Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.

Directed by James Mangold - With Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Michael Rapaport, Robert Patrick, ...

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Movies: Best "neo noir" Movies

The Batman(2022)

John Wick: Chapter 4(2023)

Pulp Fiction(1994)

Taxi Driver(1976)

Se7en(1995)

Sicario(2015)

Shutter Island(2010)

Heat(1995)

Léon: The Professional(1994)

Pokémon Detective Pikachu(2019)

Knives Out(2019)

Blade Runner(1982)

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Prisoners(2013)

Fargo(1996)

Sicario: Day of the Soldado(2018)

Drive(2011)

No Country for Old Men(2007)

Nightcrawler(2014)

Dark City(1998)

Chinatown(1974)

True Romance(1993)

Uncut Gems(2019)

Looper(2012)

Sin City(2005)

Bound(1996)

Blue Velvet(1986)

Oldboy(2003)

Training Day(2001)

The Crow(1994)

Cop Land(1997)

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