Neo Noir Films

One of the earlier and best Neo Noir movies is Chinatown (1974) starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston. I have begun grown a listing of Neo Noir movies and I have ranked them in the order I think is correct.

The classic Film Noir era ran from circa 1941 to circa 1964. The Film Noir genre was supplanted by television shows like “The Fugitive” 1963-1967. Beginning in the early 1970s, Neo-Noir films began to appear in the theaters. These Essential Neo-Noir films included the elements of Film Noir, with vibrant colors, something that was lacking in most Film Noir, and realistic violence.

Linking	startYear	Comment	MyRank
Chinatown (1974)	1974	A great Neo-Noir with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.	12
iMDB - Reservoir Dogs (1992)	1992		36
The Yakuza (1974)	1974	A very good Neo-Noir with Film Noir veteran Robet Mitchum and Japanese Noir icon Ken Takakura. Great international crime mash up.	53
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)	1973	A gritty Boston based Neo-Noir with with one of the great Film Noir actor Robert Mitchum in The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)	73
iMDB - Blood Simple (1984)	1984		91
iMDB - The Long Goodbye (1973)	1973		92
iMDB - L.A. Confidential (1997)	1997		98
iMDB - Magnum Force (1973)	1973		113
iMDB - Get Carter (1971)	1971	Michael Caine shines as a pyschopathic killer.	115
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)	1975		142
iMDB - The Big Sleep (1978)	1978		170
iMDB - The Mechanic (1972)	1972		174
iMDB - No Way Out (1987)	1987		177
iMDB - Serpico (1973)	1973		190
iMDB - Dog Day Afternoon (1975)	1975		192
iMDB - Electra Glide in Blue (1973)	1973		194
iMDB - Against All Odds (1984)	1984		203
iMDB - Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)	1988		226
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)	1974	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) follows four armed men who hijack a New York subway car, demanding a million-dollar ransom while a transit cop races to outthink them and save the hostages.	231
iMDB - To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)	1985		285
iMDB - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)	1982	This is a must watch comedy that is a riotious tribute to classic Film Noir	286
iMDB - Carlito's Way (1993)	1993		373
iMDB - Charley Varrick (1973)	1973		379
iMDB - Cruel Gun Story (1964) / Kenjû zankoku monogatari	1964		529
The Naked Kiss (1964)	1964		541
iMDB - Pale Flower (1964) / Kawaita hana	1964		552
iMDB - Black Hair (1964) / Geomeun meori	1964		577
iMDB - Across 110th Street (1972)	1972		590
iMDB - The Killer (1989) / Dip huet seung hung	1989		591
iMDB - Thief (1981)	1981		592
Nighthawks (1981)	1981		593
iMDB - 52 Pick-Up (1986)	1986		594
iMDB - Busting (1974)	1974		597
iMDB - Bad Boys (1983)	1983		598
iMDB - The Long Good Friday (1980)	1980		601
iMDB - Hardcore (1979)	1979		602
iMDB - Hit List (1989)	1989		603
iMDB - Black Rain (1989)	1989		605
iMDB - Straight Time (1978)	1978		606
iMDB - Rolling Thunder (1977)	1977		608
iMDB - Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)	1976		610
iMDB - Cutter's Way (1981)	1981		611
iMDB - The Last Seduction (1994)	1994		612
iMDB - Blue Velvet (1986)	1986		615
iMDB - Night Moves (1975)	1975		617
iMDB - The Squeeze (1977)	1977		618
iMDB - Lethal Weapon (1987)	1987		626
iMDB - Extreme Prejudice (1987)	1987		635
iMDB - Best Seller (1987)	1987		636
iMDB - Black Angel Vol. 1 (1998) / Kuro no tenshi Vol. 1	1998		637
iMDB - Branded to Kill (1967) / Koroshi no rakuin	1967		638
iMDB - Second Wind (1966) / Le deuxième souffle	1966		639
iMDB - Manhunter (1986)	1986		642
iMDB - A Colt Is My Passport (1967) / Koruto wa ore no pasupooto	1967		647
iMDB - Hard Boiled (1992) / Lat sau san taam	1992		649
iMDB - Dirty Harry (1971)	1971		655
iMDB - Violent Cop (1989) / Sono otoko, kyôbô ni tsuki	1989		660
iMDB - The Five (1995) / Gonin	1995		662
iMDB - Q & A (1990)	1990		664
iMDB - Point Break (1991)	1991		665
iMDB - State of Grace (1990)	1990		668
iMDB - King of New York (1990)	1990		671
iMDB - The Silence of the Lambs (1991)	1991		672
iMDB - Léon: The Professional (1994) / Léon	1994		673
iMDB - The Big Heat (1988) / Seng fat dak ging	1988		677
iMDB - Malice (1993)	1993		683
iMDB - Twilight (1998)	1998		684
iMDB - Heat (1995)	1995		685
iMDB - Insomnia (1997)	1997		686
iMDB - At Close Range (1986)	1986		687
iMDB - Se7en (1995)	1995		688
iMDB - Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) / Gokudô sengokushi: Fudô	1996		692
iMDB - Heaven (1998)	1998		694
iMDB - Full Contact (1992) / Xia dao Gao Fei	1992		701
iMDB - Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)	1965		702
iMDB - Crazy Joe (1974)	1974		711
iMDB - Sluth (1972)	1972		712
iMDB - The Grifters (1990)	1990		715
iMDB - Jennifer Eight (1992)	1992		783
iMDB - One False Move (1992)	1992		915
iMDB - Bound (1996)	1996		1117
iMDB - A Simple Plan (1998)	1998		1118
iMDB - After Dark, My Sweet (1990)	1990		1119
iMDB - Hard Eight (1996) / Sydney	1996		1120
iMDB - Deep Cover (1992)	1992		1121
iMDB - Exotica (1994)	1994		1122
iMDB - Light Sleeper (1992)	1992		1123
iMDB - In Cold Blood (1967)	1967		1128
iMDB - The Killers (1964)	1964		1129
iMDB - The Boston Strangler (1968)	1968		1130
iMDB - Bonnie and Clyde (1967)	1967		1134
iMDB - Le Samouraï (1967)	1967		1136
iMDB - Bullitt (1968)	1968		1137
iMDB - Point Blank (1967)	1967		1139
iMDB - Emily the Criminal (2022)	2022		1145
iMDB - Red Rock West (1993)	1993		1146
iMDB - Nightmare Alley (2021)	2021		1147
iMDB - Motherless Brooklyn (2019)	2019		1148
iMDB - Payback (1999)	1999		1154