Film noir (/nwɑːr/; French: [film nwaʁ]) is a style of Hollywood crime dramas that emphasizes cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are...

Neo-noir is a film genre that adapts the visual style and themes of 1940s and 1950s American film noir for contemporary audiences, often with more graphic...

Film noir is not a clearly defined genre (see here for details on the characteristics). Therefore, the composition of this list may be controversial....

following is a list of films belonging to the neo-noir genre. Following a common convention of associating the 1940s and 1950s with film noir, the list takes...

Tech noir (also known as cyber noir, future noir and science fiction noir) is a hybrid genre of fiction, particularly film, combining film noir and science...

Horror noir (sometimes referred to as noir horror or hyphenated as horror-noir; lit. 'black horror') is a film subgenre that blends elements of both horror...

Noir fiction (or roman noir) is a subgenre of crime fiction. Noir denotes a marked darkness in theme and subject matter, generally featuring a disturbing...

Lost Highway is a 1997 neo-noir film directed by David Lynch, who co-wrote the screenplay with Barry Gifford. It stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette...

Chinatown would be an example of a film that is a drama (film type) crime film (super-genre) that is also a noir (pathway) mystery (macro-genre). The...

including various comic books, novels, and video games. A film adaptation, Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie, was released theatrically in 2023, premiering...

low-key lighting in film noir; tight framing in horror films; or fonts that look like rough-hewn logs for the titles of Western films. In addition, genres...

Noir is a Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Christian Fournier and released in 2015. An ensemble cast film set primarily in the impoverished Montreal...

founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation. He is known for his books about the film noir genre, and is the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies...

The depictions of women in film noir come in a range of archetypes and stock characters, including the alluring femme fatale. A femme fatale (/ˌfæm fəˈtɑːl/...

Film Noir is the 17th studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon, released by Arista Records, on September 16, 1997. It is Simon's third album...

1986 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by David Lynch. Blending psychological horror with film noir, the film stars Kyle MacLachlan...

institutionalized social corruption'". Novels portal Femme fatale Noir fiction (Film noir) Guy Noir Mystery film Naturalism (literature) Damon Runyon Porter, Dennis...

give rise to film noir. Pulp noir is marked by its use of classic noir techniques, but with urban influences. Various media include film, illustrations...

American noir thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway, produced by Charles Brackett, and written by Brackett, Richard L. Breen and Walter Reisch. The film stars...

Noir is a science fiction novel by K. W. Jeter, published in 1998. It uses the conventions of film noir – the alienated, doomed hero, the cynical private...

that are related to formalism are the classical Hollywood cinema and film noir.[citation needed] Classical Hollywood cinema uses a style referred to...

These included the spy film, detective film, the film noir, the police film and the science fiction thriller. The horror films of the early 1930s with...

on the film noir genre of film. See Bibliography of film by genre for other genres. Auerbach, Jonathan (4 March 2011). Dark Borders: Film Noir and American...

when used in film noir. The use of Rembrandt lighting in film noir is so extensive that the style has come to define this genre of film. Rembrandt lighting...

D.O.A. is a 1950 American film noir directed by Rudolph Maté, starring Edmond O'Brien and Pamela Britton. It is considered a classic of the genre. A fatally...

is a 1951 Indian Hindi noir film directed by Guru Dutt. This was the second film of Dev Anand's production house Navketan Films, and as per a commitment...

whether or not Vertigo should be considered an example of film noir. Some consider it a film noir on the basis of plot and tone and various motifs, despite...

Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie (French: Miraculous, le film), also titled Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie in some territories, is a 2023 French...

The Killing is a 1956 American film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick and produced by James B. Harris. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based...

singer, film director, and model. In 2018, she started the rock and garage group Film Noir. In 2010 she worked with Romain Gavras on his debut film Our Day...