25 Perfect Neo-Noirs

By: Fantastic Voyages

25 of the greatest Neo-Noirs from the 1960’s to present, all brilliant homages to, or reinventions of, the genre.

01

Chinatown

Roman Polanski
02

Blue Velvet

David Lynch
03

Blade Runner

Ridley Scott
04

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese
05

The Man Who Wasn't There

Joel Coen
06

Mulholland Drive

David Lynch
07

Blood Simple

Joel Coen
08

A History of Violence

David Cronenberg
09

The American Friend

Wim Wenders
10

High and Low

Akira Kurosawa
11

Fight Club

David Fincher
12

The Manchurian Candidate

John Frankenheimer
13

Fargo

Joel Coen
14

Alphaville

Jean-Luc Godard
15

Cape Fear

Martin Scorsese
16

Seven

David Fincher
17

A Simple Plan

Sam Raimi
18

Manhunter

Michael Mann
19

Red Riding: 1974

Julian Jarrold
20

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

David Lynch
21

The Long Goodbye

Robert Altman
22

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson
23

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

John Cassavetes
24

The Crying Game

Neil Jordan
25

Dressed to Kill

Brian De Palma

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Terrific list. A Simple Plan and L.A. Confidential are my personal favorites, and I, too, have doubts about Fight Club. John Dahl merits inclusion on this list. His Red Rock West and The Last Seduction are great examples of the genre. Linda Fiorentino in the latter is the perfect embodiment of the noir villainess.

Vince Noir

1May10

Sweet list concept. The Long Goodbye is the most effective one on the list. It's completely a 70's piece and completely Philip Marlowe, with a cat. You are seriously missing The Big Lebowski and Miller's Crossing. Fight Club... really?