Noir movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant noir movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out noir, suspense, neo noir, suspenseful, interesting and stylized films and TV shows about / with murder, storytelling, dialogue, twists and turns, runaway, betrayal, corruption, mentor, brutality and stylish plots mostly in Crime, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as noir: Dark City (1998), Blue Velvet (1986), Cold in July (2014), Body Heat (1981), Nightmare Alley (2021), The Nice Guys (2016), Drive (2011), Baby Driver (2017), Cape Fear (1962), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
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225K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, atmospheric, tech noir, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory, investigation, alternate reality, cyberpunk, distopia, amnesia, alien race, dream, virtual reality, mind control, memory loss, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, year 1998, distant future, 1940s, 90s ...
Place:
persia
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242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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 criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, small town, voyeurism, sadomasochism, sex scene, violence, dark humor, abuse, sex, nightclub, sexual humiliation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane ...
Style:
neo noir, retro, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
twists and turns, violence, investigation, private detective, murder, home invasion, visceral, revenge, vigilantism, small town, father son relationship, intruder ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1989, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, midwest, usa
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44K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, sexual, suspense, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder, femme fatale, obsession, adultery, sex, husband wife relationship, passion, female nudity, adulteress, greed, nudity, prison ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place:
florida, southern usa, usa, miami
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
Style:
neo noir, period piece, suspenseful, exciting, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, carnival, murder, death, supernatural, guilt, drunkenness, femme fatale, secret, alcohol abuse, female psychiatrist, mentor ...
Time:
year 1941, 2020s, 1940s, 1930s, year 1939
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409K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
Style:
neo noir, action comedy, funny, buddy comedy, entertaining ...
Plot:
private detective, conspiracy, investigation, corruption, murder, teenage girl, party, private investigator, father daughter relationship, bare breasts, buddy cop, revenge ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 70s, year 1977, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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756K
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, serious, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, adult
Plot:
car chase, revenge, mechanic, loner, heist, danger, lone wolves, organized crime, tough heroes, robbery, chases and races, neighbor ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
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676K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.
Style:
suspense, noir, aesthetic, neo noir, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
car, heist, car chase, bank robbery, robbery, chase, sign language, twists and turns, caper, gangster, music, crime boss ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place:
georgia, usa, north america, atlanta georgia
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34K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Style:
neo noir, tense, noir, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, manic, murder, obsession, stalker, serial killer, family in danger, swamp ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century
Place:
southern usa, savannah georgia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime ...
Style:
neo noir, feel good, detective, surreal, parody ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, teens ...
Plot:
private detective, rabbit, false accusation, falsely accused, satire, femme fatale, sexy woman, childhood, chase, looney tunes, singer, frame up ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 80s, year 1947, year 1988 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, seattle
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Clairvoyant femme fatale Nicola Six has been living with a dark premonition of her impending death by murder. She begins a tangled love affair with three uniquely different men: one of whom she knows will be her murderer... The film is based on a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, atmospheric, scenic, psychological ...
Plot:
femme fatale, fatal attraction, seduction, sexy woman, female nudity, sex, love triangle, manipulation, sex scene, dystopia, storytelling, man kills a woman ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The complicated life and controversial suicide of George Reeves is investigated by a fictional private detective who finds that there are reasons to suspect that Reeves may not have killed himself after all. The detective also finds that there is a ...
Style:
neo noir, noir, period piece, detective, intense ...
Plot:
private detective, husband murders wife, showbiz, hollywood, biopic, fame, uncover truth, starlet, cover up, actor's life, dishonesty, filmmaking ...
Time:
50s, year 1959, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york
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374K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal ? What is her purpose?
Style:
noir, neo noir, stylized, dark comedy, anthology ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, femme fatale, vigilante, justice, serial killer, time travel, wedding, swing, hide and seek, multiple murder, black friday ...
Time:
year 1968, 60s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, teens
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, mob boss, squad, tough law enforcer, undercover cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, revenge, corruption, violent ...
Time:
1940s, year 2013, 2010s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, israel, usa
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134K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless ...
Style:
stylized, neo noir, noir, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
revenge, tough law enforcer, dark hero, thigh high boots, gun fu, assassin, vigilante, tough heroes, gunfight, life is a bitch, murder, female assassin ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Crime
Country: Iceland
TV show
Story:
This thriller series follows two detectives, Gunnar (Ólafur Darri Ólafsson) and Hinrik (Gísli Örn Garðarsson),as they attempt to track down a serial killer who has a penchant for murdering goose hunters.
Style:
detective, noir, psychological, crime thriller, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, serial killer, killing, murder investigation, police investigation, sleuth, crime investigation, killing spree, uncover truth, police detective, murder, crime solving ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert are former boxers-turned-cops in 1940s Los Angeles and, when an aspiring young actress turns up dead, Blanchard and Bleichert must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, noir, period piece, erotic ...
Plot:
femme fatale, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, lesbian, obsession, lesbian sex, police corruption, death, danger, greed, voyeur ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2006, year 1946, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, noir, cynical, detective ...
Plot:
private detective, murder, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, divorce, adultery, swimming pool, ransom ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a short-tempered mobster and his gang of thugs try to shake down a neighborhood bar, they're soon confronted with the wrath of its owner - a mysterious southern mother with a dangerous past.
Style:
neo noir, noir, exciting, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, redneck, mafia, gangster, psychotic, bandit, woman in danger, heroes, female protagonist, violence, crime boss, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, private detective, manipulation, murder, profanity, greed, sociopath, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, chicago ...
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989
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
EMULSION tells the story of a dejected salesman who is inadvertently drawn into a dangerous blackmail scheme that forces him to fight for control a life he never thought was worth living. Painting a murky film noir world where no one is exactly as ...
Style:
suspense, noir, psychological thriller, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
grief, missing wife, obsession, tragedy, tragic past, life is a bitch, disappearance, bereavement, kidnapped woman, obsessive quest, loss of wife, kidnapping ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two mafia bosses, Don Antonio Marchesi and Don Peppino Scalise, battle over building contracts in Palermo.
Style:
noir, poliziottesco, crime drama, dramatic, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, corruption, police commissioner, underworld, mature, power struggle, betrayal, revenge, vendetta, violent, investigation ...
Time:
70s
Place:
sicily, italy
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Remy McSwain is a New Orleans police lieutenant who investigates the murder of a local mobster. His investigation leads him to suspect that fellow members of the police force may be involved.
Style:
sexy, neo noir, noir, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
sex scene, police, police corruption, making love, corruption, murder mystery, sex, murder, investigation, hardcore, erotica, sexual content ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, mississippi, usa, southern usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, France, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.
Style:
noir, exciting, suspenseful, humorous, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
casino, heist, robbery, poker, gambler, perfect crime, voyeur, one last job, prostitute, drug addiction, female nudity, gambling ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s
Place:
monte carlo, france, french riviera, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, France, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, twists and turns, voyeurism, sex, paparazzi, lesbian sex, sex scene, lesbian couple, passionate kiss, erotic scene, sexual desire, sexual frustration ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe, cannes
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be ...
Style:
neo noir, sexy, noir, scenic, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
couples, murder, gangster, sex scene, mother daughter relationship, conspiracy, betrayal, framed for murder, jealousy, amateur detective, flashback, beach ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, mexico, california, latin america, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style:
neo noir, noir, cult classic, independent film, clever ...
Plot:
gambling, blackmail, casino, prostitute, secret, redemption, murder, motel, kindness, hostage, honeymoon, wedding ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
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109K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
A struggling, unemployed young writer takes to following strangers around the streets of London, ostensibly to find inspiration for his new novel.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, clever, black and white ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
burglar, plot twist, manipulation, voyeurism, framed for murder, character study, breaking and entering, stranger, heist, whodunit, friendship, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998
Place:
england, london, persia, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
Style:
neo noir, noir, melancholic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, heist, greed, chase, mistress, twists and turns, nothing goes right, robbery, murder, crime gone awry, wine, illegal immigrant ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
miami
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