Neo-noir films — modern takes on film noir with neon-lit streets and moral ambiguity.
Neo-noir Movies — 50 entries in the movies category, sortable by Title, Year, Director. Every row is ranked by community votes, giving you a crowd-sourced perspective you won't find on Wikipedia or IMDb.
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Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chao...
Pulp Fiction
1994
Quentin Tarantino
8.5
Thriller, Crime, Comedy
United States of America
154
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.
Se7en
1995
David Fincher
8.4
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
United States of America
127
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. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside th...
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Jonathan Demme
8.3
Crime, Thriller, Drama
United States of America
119
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have i...
Shutter Island
2010
Martin Scorsese
8.2
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
United States of America
138
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.
Memento
2000
Christopher Nolan
8.2
Mystery, Thriller
United States of America
113
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard ca...
Oldboy
2003
Park Chan-wook
8.2
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
South Korea
120
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
No Country for Old Men
2007
Joel Coen
7.9
Crime, Thriller, Western
United States of America
122
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.
Chinatown
1974
Roman Polanski
7.9
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
United States of America
130
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 an...
The Batman
2022
Matt Reeves
7.7
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
United States of America
177
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.
Nightcrawler
2014
Dan Gilroy
7.7
Crime, Drama, Thriller
United States of America
118
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.
The Man from Nowhere
2010
Lee Jeong-beom
7.7
Action, Thriller, Crime
South Korea
119
A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.
Blue Velvet
1986
David Lynch
7.6
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
United States of America
120
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 psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
In Bruges
2008
Martin McDonagh
7.5
Comedy, Drama, Crime
United Kingdom
108
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Insomnia
2002
Christopher Nolan
7
Thriller, Crime, Drama
United States of America
118
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Nightmare Alley
2021
Guillermo del Toro
7
Crime, Drama, Thriller
United States of America
151
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Rounders
1998
John Dahl
7
Drama, Crime
United States of America
121
Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he meets up with best friend Lester 'Worm' Murphy, just out of prison and owing lots of money to the wrong kind of people....
Manhunter
1986
Michael Mann
7
Crime, Horror, Thriller
United States of America
120
FBI Agent Will Graham, who retired after catching Hannibal Lecktor, returns to duty to engage in a risky cat-and-mouse game with Lecktor to capture a new killer.
The Thirteenth Floor
1999
Josef Rusnak
7
Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
United States of America
100
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
Caché
2005
Michael Haneke
7
Mystery, Drama, Thriller
France
118
George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, i...
Arlington Road
1999
Mark Pellington
7
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery
United States of America
117
Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed — and increasingly paranoid — since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. When a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door, Michael begins to suspect there’s more to them than meets the eye.
Shallow Grave
1994
Danny Boyle
7
Crime, Thriller
United Kingdom
93
When David, Juliet, and Alex find their new roommate dead with a large sum of money, they agree to hide the body and keep the cash. However, this newfound fortune gradually corrodes their friendship.
Looper
2012
Rian Johnson
6.9
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
United States of America
118
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 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 dec...
Basic Instinct
1992
Paul Verhoeven
6.9
Thriller, Mystery
United States of America
128
Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
2018
Stefano Sollima
6.9
Action, Crime, Thriller
Mexico
122
Agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the United States border.
Layer Cake
2004
Matthew Vaughn
6.9
Drama, Thriller, Crime
United Kingdom
105
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
Drew Goddard
6.8
Thriller, Mystery, Crime
United States of America
141
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
Payback
1999
Brian Helgeland
6.8
Action, Drama, Crime, Thriller
United States of America
100
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail l...
A Scanner Darkly
2006
Richard Linklater
6.8
Animation, Science Fiction, Thriller
United States of America
100
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
Cop Land
1997
James Mangold
6.8
Crime, Drama, Thriller
United States of America
104
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 th...
Blue Ruin
2014
Jeremy Saulnier
6.8
Crime, Thriller
United States of America
90
When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Fallen
1998
Gregory Hoblit
6.8
Crime, Drama, Thriller
United States of America
124
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
Brick
2006
Rian Johnson
6.8
Drama, Mystery, Crime
United States of America
110
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Death Sentence
2007
James Wan
6.8
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
United States of America
105
Nick Hume is a mild-mannered executive with a perfect life, until one gruesome night he witnesses something that changes him forever. Transformed by grief, Hume eventually comes to the disturbing conclusion that no length is too great when protecting his family.
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
Edward Norton
6.7
Drama, Thriller
United States of America
145
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
Frantic
1988
Roman Polanski
6.7
Mystery, Crime, Drama
United States of America
120
The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.
Out of the Furnace
2013
Scott Cooper
6.6
Thriller, Drama, Crime
United States of America
116
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
Street Kings
2008
David Ayer
6.6
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
United States of America
109
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to qu...
The Neon Demon
2016
Nicolas Winding Refn
6.5
Horror, Thriller
United States of America
118
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Inherent Vice
2014
Paul Thomas Anderson
6.5
Drama, Mystery, Comedy
United States of America
149
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
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