Why hasn't there been any?

If there has, list them so I can not be ignorant.

6/6/2009 9:35:22 AM

I mean, there is lots of noir-influenced/neo-noir stuff these days.

Michael Mann (Thief, Heat, Collateral), Coen Bros. (Blood Simple, Fargo,
The Man Who Wasn't There), Christopher Nolan (following, memento).

Brick was pretty noirish.

I never saw The Good German. From what I've heard, it has the style down but not the storytelling.
That's probably the closest to what you're looking for, but I don't know if it's "decent".

Dark City and Blade Runner have Noir elements. As do some of David Lynch's films.

L.A. Confidential has noirish story and characters, but from what I understand it made a point to
stray from noirish cinematography. I haven't seen it in a while.

[Edited on June 6, 2009 at 10:14 AM. Reason : .]

6/6/2009 10:03:01 AM

i was gonna post brick

6/6/2009 10:15:56 AM

Max Payne

the game, not the movie

6/6/2009 10:27:27 AM

Seen most of those

Liked most of them, too. I was just hoping there were lots I had missed

6/6/2009 10:31:37 AM

The Terminator

6/6/2009 11:08:43 AM

Would The Usual Suspects fall under this category?

6/6/2009 1:36:17 PM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/

a great foreign neo-noir film

6/6/2009 1:46:53 PM

Quote :

"Dark City and Blade Runner have Noir elements. As do some of David Lynch's films."

I was coming in here to say the same thing.

6/6/2009 3:09:02 PM

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"The Terminator"

hahaha, now that def doesn't fit the category

6/6/2009 5:09:32 PM

watch 13 Tzameti.

6/6/2009 5:15:21 PM

^ just looked at the trailer...looks crazy

6/6/2009 5:21:41 PM

In Bruges? Vengeance trilogy?

6/6/2009 5:33:45 PM

Quote :

"25 Greatest Neo-Noir films (1960 - present day) Modern films that incorporate the moods, themes, and atmosphere of classic Film Noirs. 1. Chinatown - (1974, Roman Polansk) (Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston) 2. L.A. Confidential - (1997, Curtis Hanson) (Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce) 3. The Manchurian Candidate - (1962, John Frankenheimer) (Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey) 4. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - (2005, Shane Black) (Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan) 5. Se7en - (1995, David Fincher) (Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow) 6. Cape Fear - (1962, J. Lee Thompson) (Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen) 7. Blade Runner - (1982, Ridley Scott) (Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah) 8. Blood Simple - (1984, Joel Coen) (John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya) 9. Sin City - (2005, Frank Miller) (Jessica Alba, Benicio Del Toro, Bruce Willis) 10. The Usual Suspects - (1995, Bryan Singer) (Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro) 11. Body Heat - (1981, Lawrence Kasdan) (William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna) 12. Klute - (1971, Alan J. Pakula) (Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider) 13. Le Samouraï - (1967, Jean-Pierre Melville) (Alain Delon, Francois Périer, Nathalie Delon) 14. The Grifters - (1990, Stephen Frears) (Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening) 15. Tirez sur le pianiste (aka Shoot The Pianist) - (1960, François Truffaut) (Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois) 16. Fargo - (1996, Joel Coen) (William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Kristin Rudrüd, Peter Stormare) 17. Night Moves - (1975, Arthur Penn) (Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, James Woods) 18. Hammett - (1982, Wim Wenders) (Frederic Forrest, Peter Boyle, Marilu Henner) 19. Devil In A Blue Dress - (1995, Carl Franklin) (Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Jennifer Beals) 20. Blue Velvet - (1986, David Lynch) (Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper) 21. The Naked Kiss - (1964, Samuel Fuller) (Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley, Michael Dante) 22. Dark City - (1998, Alex Proyas) (William Hurt, Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland) 23. Shock Corridor - (1963, Samuel Fuller) (Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Gene Evans) 24. The Man Who Wasn't There - (2001, Joel Coen) (Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand) 25. The Public Eye - (1992, Howard Franklin) (Joe Pesci, Richard Riehle, Bryan Travis Smith)"

6/6/2009 5:37:00 PM

lol at sin city in the top ten of the past 50 years...

6/6/2009 5:38:15 PM

Angel Heart?

6/6/2009 6:54:26 PM

Palmetto

6/6/2009 7:15:20 PM

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"hahaha, now that def doesn't fit the category"

The Terminator may not be noir in its story or characters per say, but stylistically and visually it definitely is noir-esque.

[Edited on June 6, 2009 at 8:20 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2009 8:19:50 PM

^I never got any kind of noir-vibe from Terminator at all, but it's been awhile since I've seen it

6/6/2009 9:01:46 PM

^^ meh, I can somewhat see where you're coming from, but....I still think it's a stretch

6/6/2009 9:12:44 PM

Brick
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/

6/6/2009 9:21:08 PM

Brick was pretty good, couple hot girls

6/6/2009 9:29:54 PM

^ indeed

though i did laugh at the 3rd rock kid the entire time

6/6/2009 9:39:22 PM

lol

"the 3rd rock kid" is a pretty freaking good actor.

6/6/2009 10:57:58 PM

fight scenes were pretty cartoonic, though

6/6/2009 11:01:20 PM

Sin CIty

6/6/2009 11:06:30 PM

I would have thought Delicatessen or Basic Instinct would fit on that list somewhere low.

[Edited on June 6, 2009 at 11:14 PM. Reason : Hell, even Heat. That's a good movie about the evils of life and people.]

6/6/2009 11:13:11 PM

ya I mentioned heat.

And yeah, Basic Instinct for sure. Haven't seen Delaljksjtcasetessen.

6/6/2009 11:23:48 PM

Saw Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in the list posted above. That's a really awesome movie, not sure on how noir it is. Also Blue Velvet was pretty disturbing. I like some of Lynch's stuff, that was just a little too wow for me.

6/6/2009 11:25:08 PM

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is great and it definitely has noir elements. and pokes fun at the same time.

I heart Blue Velvet?

PABST BLUE RIBBON!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbxGgCY9PKw

[Edited on June 6, 2009 at 11:31 PM. Reason : WHY DID I PUT A QUESTION MARK, IT'S A FACT. BUT I'LL LEAVE IT THERE ANYWAYS.]

6/6/2009 11:30:50 PM

well Blue Velvet was definitely better than Inland Empire. It had good moments, but overall I just didn't care for it.

6/6/2009 11:38:31 PM

I haven't seen inland empire. I should though, I wrote a damn paper on Lynch.

blue velvet is better than most things.

[Edited on June 6, 2009 at 11:40 PM. Reason : .]

6/6/2009 11:40:31 PM

6/6/2009 11:41:01 PM

He was pretty subpar in Killshot, which I watched the other day, unfortunately. Although there wasn't much about that movie that wasn't subpar. It spent like 3 years in post production being raped by everyone who got their hands on it. Yet it remains watchable somehow. Not particularly good, but watchable. Mickey Rourke is decent as an indian hitman, lol. And Thomas Jane is always fun.

6/6/2009 11:43:01 PM

^as much as we disagree about voice over and burn notice I agree with most of what you said about Killshot. I guess maybe I wouldn't have been disappointed if I hadn't had higher expectations for the movie, I figured Elmore Leonard plus a great cast would equal awesome but it didn't really work out that way. It was certainly watchable though.

6/7/2009 12:16:58 AM

6/7/2009 12:17:51 AM

[Edited on June 8, 2009 at 1:38 AM. Reason : a paper on lynch? what did you think about eraserhead?]

6/8/2009 1:36:32 AM

inland empire is a nightmare on screen

6/8/2009 1:57:03 AM

yes, but is it noir?

6/8/2009 6:56:26 AM

The Black Dahlia and The Spirit

6/11/2009 6:44:10 PM

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"what did you think about eraserhead?"

6/11/2009 7:35:39 PM

hey guys

any new thoughts?

10/6/2013 9:06:20 PM

Drive
The Square

And just want to say that I fucking love Blood Simple.

10/7/2013 12:06:11 PM

In Bruges. Oh my god I fuckin love that film. (I know it's already on the page, but no fucks given. And why is this thread less than one page?)

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