Top 10 Neo-Noir Films
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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2024
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I like how Kevin Spacey is in half of these movies
Especially these days :P
And one of the films he was in was directed by Bryan Singer. Hmm.
Lol
Appreciate the art, not the artist.
He's the only masterpiece of neo-noir act.
you had to put se7en into 7th place didnt you?
I think they did it to be funny
ATOMIC they often do something like that. Can't trust their judgement when they're trying to be funny...
Stoney Woney Seventh son of a seventh son of Iron Maiden was at 7th place as well
Illuminati
SEVEN!
Wheres taxi driver? And drive?
Both are highly debatable if theyre neo noir
how exactly?
They're DEFINITELY neo-noir. They're more definite neo-noir (I know the irony in that, don't mention it) than half the movies on the list
I agree with John
@@FreakieFan You're an idiot you know that?
Dark City should be number one. And congratulations for spoiling the entire movie for those poor souls who haven't yet seen it.
I know right, they who not watch yet will never taste the curriosity of.. chasing where the shell beach is..
Pro tip : you can watch movies at Flixzone. Been using it for watching a lot of movies lately.
@Kyler Kieran yea, I have been watching on Flixzone} for months myself :D
Just stfu,nothings better than Chinatown.
Blade Runner is one of my favourite movies because of its beautiful visuals, ambiguous ending and its great direction by Ridley Scott making it a neo noir classic.
I love the movie, too, but the ending isn't ambiguous. All of the replicants are dead except Rachael, and Deckard is "running away" with her to be with her as long as she lasts.
Memento, Drive, Thief and Fargo should've been listed
Watchman
My list would be
1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. Fargo (1995)
3. Blood Simple (1985)
4. Chinatown (1974)
5. L.A. Confidential (1997)
6. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2009)
7. Lost Highway (1996)
8. No Country for Old Man (2007)
9. Memories of Murder (2003)
10. True Detective, season 1 (2014)
@@freddiefreejazz7244 no country is a neo-western, I can see elements of noir in it but it is more intertwined in the western genre with it’s themes.
Heat
Miller's Crossing man it was such a great neo noir crime movie idk why no one knows about it
It was cute that SeVen got 7th place but I feel like it should have gotten a higher place.
Nightcrawler? Fight Club? Drive?
Gone Girl? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo?
Watchmen , Memento , Blue Velvet , Fargo , Miller's Crossing , Angel Heart , Oldboy (2003) , Gone Baby Gone , Even The Dark Knight had some Neo-Noir feel to it.
Nightcrawler sucks, Drive is best
Again, cool movies; not Noir.
Tomas Grisconejo I believe they are
So happy Brick was on here! Brick is so underrated
it sure is
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Dark City both underrated great films. I absolutely love LA Confidential. I was expecting Blade Runner to be #1 though I haven't seen Chinatown yet. I'll have to correct this issue =p
pr0jectSkyneT kiss kiss bang bang is my movie. I had to watch a couple of times to get everything but that movie is amazing
Isn't Drive considered a neo-noir?
Chinatown is well deserving.
I don't know if a David Lynch movie fits under any genre but if you did I would choose Blue Velvet before Mulholland Drive. Both Great
Chinatown absolutely deserves to be #1. Obvious choice, but necessary.
I fucking loved Sin City!
Halo Ian
Eugene La
Ello Eugene!
Overrated.
Raul Mejia In your tasteless opinion.
Young Sandwich lol this dull movie isn't even close to any Neo-Noir movie with Kevin Spacey.
Drive should be on this list. It's one of the greatest films ever. It's damn near perfection.
It has a neo noir style in low key lighting and neon lights, but is not a neo noir.
great film
Michael The Filmmaker Dude It's not dumb at all. Where's the detective and the femme fatale? The only things it has in common with neo noir is the lighting and the anti hero. It has the style of a neo noir, but it isn't one,
Michael The Filmmaker Dude The definition of both noir and neo noir are debatable, but I've found that the most common is the typical detective crime thriller with femme fatales and a lack of morality, with low key lighting and shadows. Usually neo noir is the same but in colour and with fluorescent lighting, or just a new noir film. There's nothing official, though, and the definition is subjective, but most of the films in this list fit the most common definition of neo noir. Let's not forget that 'neo' literally translates to 'new'.
No Country for Old Men definitely is a neo-noir, it checks just about every box on the criteria +Nere guar gave. Drive however, certainly isnt a neo-noir.
Nosferatu and Metropolis are expressionist, not surrealist films.
been looking for this comment
They could have some surreal elements though, either wayit was considered avant garde in its time
WilcoBravoSchnauzer crazy story but, when did i ask?
Why does any list they create that includes the film Se7en, always come in at #7? Coincidence? I don't think so.
Lost Highway.
While his films don't lend to the tropes of classic film noir, Michael Mann absolutely defined modern neo noir with his slick style, dimensional yet flawed characters, and fascinating dynamics between cops and criminals. Films like Thief, Manhunter, Heat, & Collateral all have a valid right to vye for inclusion in some of the best work in the neo noir genre.
Came for this. Thank you
Thief and Manhunter are definitive neo (or should I say neon) noir titles.
Who framed roger rabbit.
that is actually a good choice. of course the cartoon characters take the seriousness of the movie away but its still damn good.
Huh Taxi driver didn't make the list
Mulholland Drive is the best for me.
"WHAT"S IN THE BOX, WHAT"S IN THE BOX" ????? =)))
I love this comment and your picture, the compliment each other
Knob-creek!
Nice observation. Most people would just BLINK and miss that connection.Even me =))
*****
Ha, ha, you said "blink." Took me a while to get your unintentional connection. =))
That one was intentional =))
*****
I was actually referring to the "what's in the box" thing.
So glad you put The Last Seduction in. Check out Exotica, Last Seduction, One False Move, Lonestar, Red Rock West and Bound. Those are my 'you've never heard of these but you will love them' recommendations from the 90's.
Are you guys crazy? Body Heat just an honorable mention? That film is a clear homage to the style!
I agree. I am a student of noir, and in the past two days, I watched most of these movies again. The films that incorporate the highest number of film noir tropes most often and most effectively were Body Heat and Blade Runner.
Kevin Spacey is the king of neo-noir!
was gonna say the same
Kevin Spacey loves the smell of his own farts.
Despite missing Angel Heart by Alan Parker, as well as Blue Velvet and Lost Highway by David Lynch, these are some of the best films ever produced in the US.
Yes Angel Heart is phenomenal!
Cisco Rodriguez
That film taught me ages ago as a kid to trust skillful directors that want to trick you :D
I love Sin City, I'm so happy a sequel is coming out.
Im surprised Drive and Memento didnt make it on the list
I'll have to check that out
I'm surprised you're able to type and breathe.
loved that dark city got mentioned- that movie was really incredible, deserved more attention.
Le Samurai...
I think Red Rock West should be on the list. Its classical type but had a great script. The movie was not made as well though but still its very good. I also liked Shallow Grave which is very under rated.
FIRST OFF you have just ruined the twist to Dark City, SECOND, where's "Drive"?
All though drive is a great film, and might fit the Neo-noir genre, it is more of an artistic film
Sam Spirer If Mulholland Drive wasn't artsy, I don't know what is
It sort of fits into almost every category in film (Western, Noir, crime, action, art house, romance, drama, even horror at one point), so I can kind of see how some can say its not a neo noir, but I still think it is. It has a fair amount of Noir archetypes, and I also consider crime drama to be a film noir as well, just slightly different in storylines and characters.
Dave Lane Also, if that's the case, then where's Memento?
Body Heat is an honorable mention??
OK.
Enough said about this list.
The Salton Sea, Shadow Hours, 8mm, Predestination are great neo-noir films too. The thirteenth Floor being the best in my list.
No Reservoir Dogs, Fargo or Miller's Crossing???
I miss Who Framed Roger Rabit. Not only an homage to film noir, but also to the toons of yesteryear. I find this movie to be ridiciously underrated.
yes, that too!
Film noir isn't funny. A spoof of film noir is NOT film noir.
Hard to believe it's been 10 yrs! Cheers for keeping things interesting and fresh! 25.4 mil. subs is quite the accomplishment! 😎 👍
probably my favourite WatchMojo list so far, another great job guys :D
"Body Heat" belongs in this list. The plot about invalidating the will is so good, it was in my Wills and Trusts book.
Didn't it rip off quite a bit from Double Indemnity & The Postman Always Rings Twice?
@@johnnybmean74 - If it did, those films ripped off "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep."
@@johnnybmean74 No. It utilized a film noir approach, which typically has a man meet a femme fatale and find himself moving into a dark realm. It is a trope, not a rip off.
@@pacificostudios Yep. It's film noir. Sharing tropes and techniques is not "ripping off" works. It is being true to a genre.
What about Taxi Driver????
And reservoir dogs
Dark City, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Blade Runner, Sleepy Hollow, Dead Again, Heat, Carlito's Way, Sin City, Darkman, Sucker Punch, Basic Instinct, Se7en, The Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, and The Negotiator... are all examples of Neo-Noir to me...
agreed Chinatown#1
Humphrey Smiggens for sure
yeah definitely Chinatown blew me away so much its everything a detective movie should be
Forgot Angel Heart starring Mickey Rourke.
That's an awesome choice!
I definitely agree, but... where's "Memento"?
Grazie per avermi aggiunta^_^…bella la tua frase profilo di Lynch
Need more of these movies. Such a great list. L.A. Confidential is my all time favorite flick.
uhmm, where is memento, Leon, Snatch?
Fight Club, Nightcrawler, Oldboy, Fargo, Taxi Driver, Psycho, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, John Wick, Kill Bill, Zodiac, The French Connection... We need new lists
I like Snatch too - in so many ways, but you do realize this is a list of movies that, in Mojo's eyes, have something to do with Film Noir; not just a list of movies you thought were "pretty cool."
how is snatch a neo-noir?
wheres angel heart?
Miller's Crossing is an adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's entire bibliography. Should be #1.
Some of my favourite films of all time are on this list... Dark City, The Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, Bladerunner... actually, I'm only up to number 4, I don't know if Bladerunner is going to be on here, but it better be! ... And it is, but only at number 2, eh? Hmm, what could top it? ... Ah, Chinatown. Okay, cool, good film, to be honest I didn't really think of it as neo-noir, just good old noir.
I have not seen all that you mentioned (Seven for instance) all but here is so far my little list of my favorites neo noir films :
1. Mulholland Drive (2001)
2. Fargo (1996)
3. Blood Simple (1984)
4. Chinatown (1974)
5. L.A. Confidential (1997)
6. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2009)
7. Lost Highway (1996)
8. No Country for Old Man (2007)
9. Memories of Murder (2003)
10. Dark Blue (2002)
11. One False Move (1992)
12. Misery (1990)
13. 10 Rillington Place (1971)
14. A History of Violence (2007)
15. Blue Ruin (2013)
16. Winter's Bone (2010)
17. Animal Kingdom (2010)
18. Mystic River (2002)
19. True confessions (1981)
20. Dead Men don't wear Plaid (1982) :) ;)
As for TV Series, only two are above them all : True Detective, season 1 (2014) and The Wire (all seasons)
Also check out Underworld USA (1961) by Samuel Fuller (a gem between film noir and neo noir)...
Where is Memento. It is better than at least 7 of the films here and is the definition of a neo-noir film. Watching hating on Nolan again.
dude, we hardly hate Nolan. We get attacked for being TOO into his Batman movies.
I absolutely love Memento, but I'm not sure I'd say it's the definition of neo-noir.
It's the definition of psychological thriller
But the dark knight is really the only movie of his you reference. And why didn't you include Memento? Half of it was literally film noir, black and white.
WatchMojo.com Then Memento needs to be included in the REDUX...
finally my favorite film "dark city" gets some love :)
Se7en is #7. Awesome
Unlike the film itself.
Chris Dynamo I thought it was pretty good. Why did you not like it?
Michael Fenton It was empty, nothing really happened apart from seeing some gruesome deaths.
Chris Dynamo Fair enough, I can see that.
Chris Dynamo if your point is it doesn't hold up today then I disagree if you're saying that it was predictable and just a slasher/torture porn film disguised as a gripping cop thriller then you may have a point......?
An accurate list, as usual. I just missed Christopher Nolan's works. Insomnia is a complete neo-noir movie, which uses contradictorily 'daylight' as a background. However, it takes part of the plot, as you may recall. And the Dark Knight Trilogy. A pretty dark neo-noir saga. You've managed to put Sin City on the list...
Sin City is one of my favorite movies. It could've been higher, though I suppose it doesn't rank that high as a film noir.
As far as the visuals go, that's the closest to a noir "feeling" on this list. Hope the sequel won't disappoint.
Well, at least they got #1 right. Chinatown is not only the best neo noir film ever made, it is arguably the best movie of all time, with all due respect to Citizen Kane & The Godfather.
8 yrs late here; I’ll take Chinatown over The Godfather any day.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang should've gotten more than an honorable mention, that's one of my favorite movies.
As someone mentioned below, Memento should 100% be on this list.
I clicked on this just waiting for Brick to not be on the list, and after the great films that kicked the list off I was pretty confident I was going to be write and have to make a comment on how on earth you could have not included it as at least an honorable mention. And then there it was. Good work guys.
Sin City should be higher
Where's "Angel Heart" ?
'Masters of Neo-Noir' ruclips.net/video/BsKJHzQV-kM/видео.html (including analysis of Chinatown, The Long Goodbye, Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, Blue Velvet, The Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential, Brick, Drive, Motherless Brooklyn)
Good list. Big fan of Seven, Usual Suspects, Brick, and LA Confidential. Other movies that you missed are Memento and Taxi Driver.
Angel Heart, Memento, Gone Baby Gone, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Blue Velvet...
Great list and great genre. I would probably would take off Seven and put on Memento. Was not expecting to see Mulholland Drive but it's one of my favs and could be interchangeable with Blue Velvet. Wish there was more Neo Noir in general. A shame there is only english language movies on this list tho, there are many great foreign Neo Noir as well, enough for another top 10. Oh, and fuck yeah Roger Rabbit!
This is as close to a perfect list as you've done. Although I would echo those calling for Memento to be somewhere on the list.
This is a hard list to make as the genre is very hard to define, but Taxi Driver? It is considered the beginning of Neo Noir and it is also one of the best movies ever made.
don't know where you heard that Taxi driver is considered the beginning of neo-noir but it's not true at all.😂 neo-noir was around in the early 60s and even the French Connection came out in '71
Thanks Mojo.. I was wondering if there were still some good movies kicking arround that I missed. Time to grab some popcorn and fire up piratebay :))
You merely mentioned Body Heat, but it is the epitome of the neo-noir. Filled with dialogue that crackles, a femme fatal who is the epitome of womanhood--you named Darryl Hannah's robot--and a male lead who is as gullible as Bogart was in the Maltese Falcon. Oh, and they substitute sweat for constant moody rain.
Didn't it rip off quite a bit from Double Indemnity & The Postman Always Rings Twice?
@@johnnybmean74 No. I mean, unless you count having a beautiful woman hooking up with a young sex (and gullible) man, or the woman being greedy to the point that she wants her rich husband dead. It actually, IMPROVES on those stories because in Postman the main attraction is the young woman attracted in a sexual way to the younger more virile man. In Body Heat from the moment you first see her, Maddy already has, not only her plan to rid herself of her cruel and rich husband, but she has already picked out the stooge who will make her plan a reality. In Double, Phyllis comes to the relationship without a plan, and the idea slowly comes to her. Maddy is--as one of the characters describes her--relentless, and the audience comes to see her that way by the end of the film. Along the way, you never suspect what is going on until the writer spells it out in a brief conversation between the Stooge and a guy he knows and encounters in a bar by accident.
A couple of Gene Hackman movies might've merited a mention: "Night Moves" from 1975 and "No Way Out" from 1987.
Great list!
Pulp Fiction? Resevoir Dogs?
It's not neo-noir films
top 10 movie openings :D please
Dark City, what an underrated gem. I'm surprised it wasn't in top 10 underrated movies. Maybe you'll do a (REDUX) of that list.
So glad they included Brick, it's one of my favourite movies and didn't think anyone else even watched it.
No Drive? Another disappointment from watchmojo.
Wow. You must be joking
Drive was an excellent film.
isaq chowdhury
Why? Don't you like that film?
Noe Roman Cardoso If Ryan Gosling is a good actor, this movie didn't show it. If you want to see two movies who did the same thing but MUCH better, see Man On Fire and A History Of Violence.
David Hill I would heartily disagree. I think Gosling is excellent in Drive.
The Usual Suspects should have been higher.
Drive, and Gattaca (my two all time favorite films) But also Collateral, Seven, and definitely Brick.
Christopher Nolan's a master of neo-noir, but if I had to put one of his on the list (shame none of them are on this list), it would either be Following or Memento.
I'd also include Quentin's Reservoir Dogs and Michael Mann's Collateral.
Oh man, you express exactly what I feel...
For once, I agree with the number 1.
+Happy Birthday2014 I definitely agree. Chinatown and Blade Runner belong on top. I think Blood Simple deserves a spot on the top ten, but I agree with this list more than I do with most of Mojo's rankings.
Top Ten Kevin Spacey Performances?
What about the movies like Drive, Memento or Taxi Driver???
I'm pretty sure half of the people in these comments don't even know what the style 'neo noir' entails....
Where are "Angel Heart", "Memento" and "Drive"????
Pulp Fiction?
Never seen an Noir film of the 40's and 50s before so I had no idea these were based on those films but do enjoy these particular films especially #2,3,6,7,8.
glad gattaca got a mention at least. such an underrated film
There's a PhD dissertation waiting to be written by a film student who can sort out this utter mess of a distinction between noir and neo-noir. Mulholland Drive? What?
There is a book called The Philosophy Of Neo Noir by Mark T. Conard, IMHO it's as good as it gets.
Heh heh, "Se7en" is #7
My favorite Mojo list so far. I love all the movies (Seriously, if you haven't watched 'Brick', go see it ASAP), and the positions are pretty good.
Some other mentions: "Drive" and "The French Connection", "
I agree completely with number one, though I'd place 'L.A. Confidential' somewhere higher, somewhere between two or three. I'd also place 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' on the list instead of just putting it one the honorable mentions.
Millers Crossing?
Dope list but where's Minority Report? That movie had some Neo noir qualities and it was better than at least 2 films that made the list imo
thank you for this list!! neo-noir is my favorite genre, love it :-)
Would Memento count?
I'm kinda confused by what "Neo-Noir" even means lol.
Basically Modern Noir
Neo= new / Noir= a genre of crime of fiction
Noir is a film and story style. Neo means New. It is the new noir of film. Seriously, it is that simple. And this list really does personify the genre, but they totally missed Drive.
A "noir" style film that was made (and usually set) in contemporary times.
Good list, I would have put Kiss Kiss Bang Bang on here but all in all, great list
Nice one. I would have put "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in the Top 10 for sure, since it is one of my all-time favourite movies and it drips with Noir vibe. But then again, I don't seem to find many people who agree with me about that movie...
7. Dark City (1998)
6. Blade Runner (1982)
5. Harry Canyon from Heavy Metal (1981)
4. Chinatown (1974)
3. A Walk Among the Tombstone (2016)
2. Sin City (2005)
1. L.A Confidential (1997)
I get the joke "se7en" at number 7 but I feel like it should have been placed higher on the list. A jokes a joke but come on, "se7en" is better than "the Usual Suspects".
Uriel Gavito they are very close but I slightly prefer TUS
Uriel Gavito they are very close but I slightly prefer TUS
Where is Watchmen?
You could also add Dark Knight. You know, just to look even more stupid.
Кирилл Думнов Haha, yeah, it's funny how fanboys want their picks on every single list, even the ones where they obviously don't fit.
They had Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.
hedrack08
Rorschach himself definitely fits the neo-noir category so I wouldn't have too much of a problem with putting Watchmen here. I have to agree with you about Batman though. I was also surprised that Memento never got at least an honourable mention.
hedrack08
Man, Rorschach is living in a noir world the whole time. Im not really sure if the movie itself fits the criteria ,but the character alone brings it.
AHHH BRICK IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIEs. JGL best movie. Probably the best movie list so far.
I love "the long goodbye". One of the first book I really enjoyed, even though I probably should not have read it at the age of 13. Found the german version in an australian bookshop while visiting family in down under haha.
Other than that there are a few very nice movies on this list. Had to skip the parts on "Seven" and "Blade Runner", because I haven't seen them yet, but Sin City was absolutely great.
Bruce Marlon
definitely on my to-do-list, really looking forward to it :)