Noir and Neonoir
Is it a genre, a movement, a fashion statement? However one defines noir, its appeal never seems to wane.
| Spine # | Title | Director | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1301 |
|
The Man Who Wasn’t There | Joel Coen | United States, | 2001 |
| 1286 |
|
Nightmare Alley | Guillermo del Toro | United States, | 2021 |
| 1283 |
|
A History of Violence | David Cronenberg | United States, | 2005 |
| 1280 |
|
The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Jacques Audiard | France, | 2005 |
| 1279 |
|
Read My Lips | Jacques Audiard | France, | 2001 |
| 24 |
|
High and Low | Akira Kurosawa | Japan, | 1963 |
| 1273 |
|
Cairo Station | Youssef Chahine | Egypt, | 1958 |
| 1269 |
|
The Big Heat | Fritz Lang | United States, | 1953 |
| 1255 |
|
Night Moves | Arthur Penn | United States, | 1975 |
| 691 |
|
Thief | Michael Mann | United States, | 1981 |
| 1248 |
|
Winchester ’73 | Anthony Mann | United States, | 1950 |
| 1246 |
|
The Grifters | Stephen Frears | United States, | 1990 |
| 1243 |
|
No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | United States, | 2007 |
| 306 |
|
Le samouraï | Jean-Pierre Melville | France, | 1967 |
| 977 |
|
Blue Velvet | David Lynch | United States, | 1986 |
| 1220 |
|
Bound | Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski | United States, | 1996 |
| 1222 |
|
Victims of Sin | Emilio Fernández | Mexico, | 1951 |
| 834 |
|
Blood Simple | Joel Coen | United States, | 1984 |
| 428 |
|
Blast of Silence | Allen Baron | United States, | 1961 |
| 1187 |
|
One False Move | Carl Franklin | United States, | 1992 |
| 38 |
|
Branded to Kill | Seijun Suzuki | Japan, | 1967 |
| 860 |
|
Mildred Pierce | Michael Curtiz | United States, | 1945 |
| 1152 |
|
Lost Highway | David Lynch | United States, | 1997 |
| 562 |
|
Blow Out | Brian De Palma | United States, | 1981 |
| 1135 |
|
Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | United States, | 1995 |
| 1130 |
|
Shaft | Gordon Parks | United States, | 1971 |
| 1124 |
|
Chan Is Missing | Wayne Wang | United States, | 1982 |
| 1126 |
|
Double Indemnity | Billy Wilder | United States, | 1944 |
| 218 |
|
Le cercle rouge | Jean-Pierre Melville | France, | 1970 |
| 1112 |
|
Miller’s Crossing | Joel Coen | United States, | 1990 |
| 107 |
|
Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | United Kingdom, | 1986 |
| 1086 |
|
Deep Cover | Bill Duke | United States, | 1992 |
| 224 |
|
Pickup on South Street | Samuel Fuller | United States, | 1953 |
| 1078 |
|
Nightmare Alley | Edmund Goulding | United States, | 1947 |
| 469 |
|
The Hit | Stephen Frears | United Kingdom, | 1984 |
| 383 |
|
Brute Force | Jules Dassin | United States, | 1947 |
| 380 |
|
The Naked City | Jules Dassin | United States, | 1948 |
| 1020 |
|
Leave Her to Heaven | John M. Stahl | United States, | 1945 |
| 47 |
|
Insomnia | Erik Skjoldbjærg | Norway, | 1997 |
| 966 |
|
Detour | Edgar G. Ulmer | United States, | 1945 |
| 955 |
|
Panique | Julien Duvivier | France, | 1946 |
| 115 |
|
Rififi | Jules Dassin | France, | 1955 |
| 921 |
|
Moonrise | Frank Borzage | United States, | 1948 |
| 335 |
|
Elevator to the Gallows | Louis Malle | France, | 1958 |
| 889 |
|
The Breaking Point | Michael Curtiz | United States, | 1950 |
| 880 |
|
They Live by Night | Nicholas Ray | United States, | 1948 |
| 847 |
|
The Asphalt Jungle | John Huston | United States, | 1950 |
| 408 |
|
Breathless | Jean-Luc Godard | France, | 1960 |
| 810 |
|
In a Lonely Place | Nicholas Ray | United States, | 1950 |
| 795 |
|
Gilda | Charles Vidor | United States, | 1946 |
| 793 |
|
The American Friend | Wim Wenders | Germany, | 1977 |
| 792 |
|
Bitter Rice | Giuseppe De Santis | Italy, | 1949 |
| 274 |
|
Night and the City | Jules Dassin | United States, | 1950 |
| 176 |
|
The Killers | |||
| 475 |
|
The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates | United States, | 1973 |
| 754 |
|
Odd Man Out | Carol Reed | United Kingdom, | 1947 |
| 750 |
|
Ride the Pink Horse | Robert Montgomery | United States, | 1947 |
| 384 |
|
Vengeance Is Mine | Shohei Imamura | Japan, | 1979 |
| 649 |
|
Ministry of Fear | Fritz Lang | United States, | 1944 |
| 638 |
|
Following | Christopher Nolan | United Kingdom, | 1999 |
| 627 |
|
The Game | David Fincher | United States, | 1997 |
| 39 |
|
Tokyo Drifter | Seijun Suzuki | Japan, | 1966 |
|
Intimidation | Koreyoshi Kurahara | Japan, | 1960 | |
| 575 |
|
The Killing | Stanley Kubrick | United States, | 1956 |
| 568 |
|
Kiss Me Deadly | Robert Aldrich | United States, | 1955 |
| 35 |
|
Diabolique | Henri-Georges Clouzot | France, | 1955 |
| 564 |
|
Pale Flower | Masahiro Shinoda | Japan, | 1964 |
| 18 |
|
The Naked Kiss | Samuel Fuller | United States, | 1964 |
| 486 |
|
Homicide | David Mamet | United States, | 1991 |
|
Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir | ||||
| 448 |
|
Le deuxième souffle | Jean-Pierre Melville | France, | 1966 |
| 434 |
|
Classe tous risques | Claude Sautet | France, | 1960 |
| 413 |
|
Drunken Angel | Akira Kurosawa | Japan, | 1948 |
| 319 |
|
The Bad Sleep Well | Akira Kurosawa | Japan, | 1960 |
| 273 |
|
Thieves’ Highway | Jules Dassin | United States, | 1949 |
| 268 |
|
Youth of the Beast | Seijun Suzuki | Japan, | 1963 |
| 254 |
|
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes | United States, | 1976 |
| 233 |
|
Stray Dog | Akira Kurosawa | Japan, | 1949 |
| 80 |
|
The Element of Crime | Lars von Trier | Denmark, | 1984 |
| 454 |
|
Europa | Lars von Trier | Denmark, | 1991 |
|
The American Soldier | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany, | 1970 | |
|
Gods of the Plague | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany, | 1969 | |
|
Love Is Colder Than Death | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Germany, | 1969 | |
|
Eclipse Series 25: Basil Dearden’s London Underground | ||||
| 315 |
|
Shoot the Piano Player | François Truffaut | France, | 1960 |