Top 10 Neo-Noir Films 

Drive always impresses me.

One of my favorites "Body Heat". A great neo-noir mystery.

I laughed so hard when he said "Number 7, Se7en"

Wow...I'm SHOCKED Michael Mann's "Thief" didn't even get a mention!

Pretty good list but Brick should be on here.

1. Fargo 2. Chinatown 3. Memento 4. Se7en 5. Blade Runner 6. A Simple Plan 7. Collateral 8. Blood Simple 9. Nightcrawler 10. L.A. Confidential

Brick doesn't even get a mention? That film was fantastic, and was basically a love song to the noir genre.

Thanks for assembling a great list of neo noirs. One missing film, Dark City, deserves more recognition for its brilliant re-examination of a classic film noir theme: waking up with no memory of who you are or what you've done. And it has a great Sci-Fi twist.

Quentin Tarantino will love drive

The lack of films by a director who's pretty much entire career is defined by neo-noir films - Michael Mann, is rather disappointing. When I think of neo-noir, some of first films that come to my mind are Heat and Collateral. Also, I'm sure Lethal Weapon and Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang deserve a spot, at least in the honourable mentions. I'm not by any means criticizing your list, it's actually rather great, but I just think that those fit the margins of neo-noir better than some of the films included. Nevertheless, great job. Now on to tech-noir a.k.a. cyberpunk.

Excellent list! I watched this video about 6 months ago having not seen any of the films mentioned, but I'm very glad to say I've seen almost all of them now. Memento, Nightcrawler, and Seven are among my favourite films now. The others I also very much enjoyed. One film that I think is missing is Oldboy, which I'm sure would qualify as neo-noir. Again, thanks for such good suggestions!

Great list, both surprised and glad that you put Nightcrawler in there.

this guy needs more subs and view keep it up dude! one of the better British youtubers

Agree with Genti on the suggestions of Slevin and specially Collateral... But if I miss something in this list, is one of the newest contemporary surprises on terms of Neo-Noir, yet "kinda" underrated in my humble opinion. Scorsese's "Shutter Island"... The narrative in that film, and yes, the soundtrack itself, which was a fresh hiting new point of view for the suspense on such kind of thriller using a "Nolanian" kind of background sound, and not forgetting about the notorious filming shots, always dropping just the enough quantity of information to the viewer who feels as lost as the main character till the very end, makes it an unmissible piece for the fans of this genre. Top lists are always something very relative, but as a fan (and writer) of Neo-Noir, I would mention this one with no doubt ;) Best regards! And nice list! got a couple films in there added on to-watch list! :)

1. Chinatown 2. Mulholland Drive 3. Blade Runner 4. Fargo 5. Taxi Driver 6. Seven 7. Blood Simple 8. Dark City 9. Blue Velvet 10. Brick 11-20: L.A. Confidential, Sin City, One False Move, The Usual Suspects, Drive, Memento, In Bruges, Nightcrawler, Pulp Fiction, Body Heat.

lost highway!!!!!!!!

I just love "Chinatown" & "LA Confidential" !! By the way, you don't like "Pulp Fiction" ? I really dig the way DP: Andrzej Sokula marvelously painted crime opera.

Great list! It is hard to me to say which one of this excellents films must be the number one.

How bout Angel Heart from 1987? John Huston was quoted as saying that the first two acts of this movie was some of the best film he'd ever seen. I guess he didn't like the ending.

You forgot my favorite, Dark City (1998)

I always have a hard time telling what a Noir film is. I use to always relate it to dark moody gangster films or dark moody detective films but now in my Cinema class it is basically a story that the main character has flaws while trying to do the right thing. Beyond my confusion of the genre, I love a lot of the films on this list, Drive, Memento, and Blade Runner being the biggest three.

Angel Heart

Hard Eight is a great small scale neo noir film

the list of the films that influences me most. thanks for putting nightcrawler on it. further generations will be thankful.

Why is Dark City not on this list?!?

I agree 100 % with this list, have seen every one. Well, you forgot Robert Mitchum in Farewell my lovely. I would change it with The long goodbye

Really loved this list keep it up

Do Top 10 Giallo Films. This subgenre of horror is influenced and based off of the style of Noir and supposedly Neo-Noir. Just an idea

This is a great list.. almost flawless. I may not agree with some of them like Memento (which should have been replaced by Mullholland Drive) but when I saw no.1 you sold me. That's right.. Chinatown is by far the perfect noir ever made !!!

Nice, I was waiting for this list

I think the honorable mentions list could have been expanded a little to include some crossovers. I know, it may seem odd but for me, those are the films that not only put a classic noir in a contemporary setting but push it further and create things that might be the future definition of this genre without relying too heavily on stereotypes. The Matrix comes to mind, or Children of Men. Science-Fiction and Noir are a powerhouse of a combination when done well.

I love Eye of the Beholder with Ashley Judd & Ewan McGregor :)

Horse Poop, or "like that's just your opinion man" (The Big Lebowski) The Visual NEO-NOIR Chronological film list (a work in progress) from Noirsville Blast Of Silence (1961) Underworld USA (1961) Something Wild (1961) Cape Fear (1962) Experiment In Terror (1962) Satan in High Heels (1962) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Shock Corridor (1962) Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962) The Naked Kiss (1964) The Pawnbroker (1964) The Glass Cage (1964) Angel's Flight (1965) Brainstorm (1965) Once A Thief (1965) Harper (1966) Aroused (1966) Mr. Buddwing (1966) In Cold Blood (1967) The Incident (1967) In The Heat Of The Night (1967) The Pick-Up (1968) Marlowe (1969) The Honeymoon Killers (1970) Darker Than Amber (1970) Shaft (1971) Across 110th Street (1971) The Getaway (1971) Get Carter (1971) Hickey & Boggs (1972) Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (1974) The Nickel Ride (1974) The Drowning Pool (1975) Farewell My Lovely (1975) Night Moves (1975) Taxi Driver (1976) Dressed to Kill (1980) Union City (1980) Body Heat (1981) Thief (1981) Blade Runner (1982) Hammett (1982) Blood Simple (1984) Tightrope (1984) To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Blue Velvet (1986) Angel Heart (1987) Frantic (1988) Kill Me Again (1989) The Grifters (1990) The Kill-Off (1990) The Hot Spot (1990) Wild At Heart (1990) Impulse (1990) Dick Tracy (1990) Delicatessen (1991) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) Romeo Is Bleeding (1993) True Romance (1993) The Wrong Man (1993) The Last Seduction (1994) Pulp Fiction (1994) Natural Born Killers (1994) Blink (1994) Se7en (1995) Fargo (1996) Mulholland Falls (1996) Hit Me (1996) Jackie Brown (1997) L.A. Confidential (1997) Lost Highway (1997) This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) Dark City (1998) A Simple Plan (1998) The Big Lebowski (1998) Payback (1999) Night Train (1999) The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) Mulholland Drive (2001) Sin City (2005) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) No Country For Old Men (2007) Dark Country (2009) The Killer Inside Me (2010) Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)

I would have put Body Heat high on the list.

1. The Usual Suspects 2. Taxi Driver 3. Se7en 4. Chinatown 5. L.A. Confidential 6. Fargo 7. Memento 8. Drive 9. Blade Runner 10. Sin City

Love all the movies on the list. But one I was missing (if its a noir that is?) is Eyes Wide Shut? Is it a noir movie?

I was surprised you guys missed Inherent Vice with Joaquin Phoenix. It's an astounding period peice that will please anybody who loves detective noir.. I think a lot of people missed it because it was labeled " a drug - counter culture film set in 1969, but it's much more than that

How do you leave Brick off the list? Even the honorable mentions?!

So glad I found this channel. Much better than Watchmojo's gutter-trash daily uploads.

Driver mi favorita por que incorpora luces neon y musica retrowave

Dark City?!

Don’t forget Shutter Island!!

How come Inherent Vice is never included on these lists? Or Big Lebowski or Blood Simple?

Red Rock West?

My LIFE is Keyser Soze! And I loved every second of it!

No Blow Out, Dark City, Le Cercle Rouge, Thief, Oldboy, French Connection, Mystic River, Le Samourai or Collateral? absolutely terrible and basic list, what kind of list sooner puts Watchmen and Usual Suspects over literally any of the films I just listed? Le Samourai easily is one of the greatest and most influential neo noir films in history.

Angel Heart with Mickey Rourke was very Neo Noir.

Noir and Neo noir genre are not based on just'new' and 'old' Noir. Noir as a genre, is essentially dealing with external threats, usually corruption or crime... we dont know who the baddy is and our character serves as a detective discovering what happened. (Stemming from the traditional pulp fiction books) Neo noir deals with the internal as the protagonist discovers their identity and their personal involvement to the key event. For example memento/fight club/seven/blade runner/usual suspects/ gone girl.. internal - Neo noir. Chinatown, Drive, Pulp Fiction, LA confidential - external.. they are classic noir, just made more recently.

GREAT LIST!

Mulholland Falls Dark City

Loved your picks. I highly recommend the Coen brothers' first film "Blood Simple." A very moody, almost oppressive picture that sucks you in as the main characters spiral out of control. Great cast, performances and exceptionally staged scenes of violence.

I'm kinda surprise that Michael Mann's Heat, QT's Pulp Fiction & Carl Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress & One False Move aren't even considered for honorable mention.

Pleased to say that I’ve seen every movie on this list including the honorable mentions.

Devil in a Blue Dress

My top movie directed yes byJames Foley with Jason Patric and Bruce Dern "After Dark my sweet" - highly recommended

*Nothing* from Coen brothers, other than an honorable mention for Fargo...? --Miller's Crossing --No Country for Old Men --Blood Simple --The Man Who Wasn't There --Barton Fink --Hell, even The Big Lebowski... --...and Fargo of course... Also: --House of Games --Body Heat --The Last Seduction

Night Moves with Gene Hackman

i havent even watched the list yet but id bet my life that chinatown is number one

After Dark, My Sweet

Great list, but fight club should've got a mention. I mean if memento counts, then fight club totally does

Maybe Arthur Penn's Night Moves?

Body Heat, HELLO??!! I don't understand why this film, Best Noir EVER, is so under-discussed and perhaps even underrated... Somebody needs to start a Body Heat CHANNEL!!

I'm surprised Watchmen made it on to the honorable mentions list while The Salton Sea was overlooked entirely.

Agree chinatown no 1

The order doesn't matter once your into the top 10 but all of your choices are great films and, yes, I have watched them all. Interesting that Kevin Spacey appears in 3 of them which says more of his acting ability than the #metoo hysterics.

So what exactly qualifies a film to be considered a neo-noir?

Drive definitely at number 1. Olivier Marchal's films too,especially MR73

No Brick? No Old Boy?

Would Basic Instinct be considered Neo Noir?

I'm not 100% sure if it fits as a Neo-Noir film but I feel that Dirt Harry should be an honorable mention at the very least

I'm so dissapointed Heat isn't on the list? I expected it at #1 tbh Besides the crime you commited though, its a great list!

I come to the conclusion that when a movie doesn't try or even has in mind to be classified under "neo-noir" itis when the best movies of that genre are created.

What about Le Samuraï?

How did The Crow not make the list? 😳

Flesh and Bone is a 1993 Neo-Noir film that could be included.

Debería estar en la lista After Hours

Drive is best neor noir film.

I like the list. Agree with almost everything except for The Usual Suspects, which I think was overestimated (perhaps built up) from the start. I'd traid it for Fargo, an absolute classic with unmistaken originality. But great list, overall.

NIGHT CRAWLER ES MUY GENIAL

Plein soleil?

The Last Seduction belongs on this list.

What, no Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid? lol 😂

L.A. Confidential is a great film, but strange since it's the only good thing Curtis Hanson ever directed. Great list.

There's only 2 or 3 of these that I don't own.

My favourite neo-noir is THE KILLERS (1964) with Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and Ronald Reagan in his last film role and the only time he ever portrayed a villain. Saw it in '64 and many many times since. A brilliant movie far superior to the 1946 version in my opinion.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang True Romance The Last Boy Scout Shane Black and Quentin Tarantino!!! Come on, man!!!

Seems to have forgotten that a key feature of Noir is the Femme Fatale - not women as absent but Women as key - arguably the true - antagonist!

But I do believe that fight club should have been in there

Pulp fiction as well.

Loius Malle's Atlantic City..

Grifters should be there. Also, Grifters. And did I mention THE GRIFTERS.

Nobody's going to agree with this but I nominate the Kiss of Death remake. The 1947 original is considered a noir classic but I think the 1995 release is an improvement. Nicholas Cage's character is credibly creepy where Richard Widmark was cartoonish. The saintly prosecutor in the original film is replaced by a more cynical, more noir type in the remake.

Body Heat 1981

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The long kiss goodnight

Lone Star

No Dark City? Herasy.

This list is missing: Dark City, Gangster Squad and The Black Dahlia. Thanks for adding the best movie ever Blade Runner.

Dark City

I think Se7en and the Usual Suspects should both be MUCH higher