Neo-Noir
Modern films incorporating film noir visual style and themes
Primary Examples(9)

Prisoners
Dark moral thriller

Blade Runner
Sci-fi noir visual and thematic style

Chinatown
Definitive neo-noir; updated classic noir

Se7en
Dark, rain-soaked procedural

Heat
Professional criminals; moral ambiguity

Fargo
Crime in mundane Midwest setting

Jackie Brown
Elmore Leonard crime adaptation

L.A. Confidential
Definitive 90s neo-noir

The Usual Suspects
Crime mystery; unreliable narrator
Secondary Influences(17)

Oldboy
Revenge and mystery

Once Upon a Time in America
Crime and memory

Pulp Fiction
Crime underworld stories

Reservoir Dogs
Heist gone wrong

Taxi Driver
Urban decay noir

The Departed
Undercover identity crisis

The Silence of the Lambs
FBI procedural with noir elements

The Terminator
Tech-noir aesthetic

Memories of Murder
Procedural frustration

Casino
Vegas corruption and downfall

Gone Girl
Media manipulation; femme fatale

Goodfellas
Rise and fall criminal narrative

Insomnia
Guilt and moral compromise

Léon: The Professional
Hitman with a heart

Memento
Noir revenge plot inverted

Baby Driver
Heist film with noir elements

No Country for Old Men
Crime in stark landscape