Subgenre Sampler
Suspense > Film Noir: 130 Films to Buy & Rent
Swerve (2011)
- Dir. Craig Lahiff
Feat. David Lyons, Jason Clarke, Emma Booth…
- Tense outback–noir with a hapless witness to a fatal road accident finding himself in possession of a suitcase full of money and bad company.
Killer Inside Me, The (2010)
- Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba…
- Casey Affleck disturbs as a psychotic small town sheriff struggling to cover his bloody tracks in this grim, stylish neo–noir.
Adroitly…
Across The Hall (2009)
- Dir. Alex Merkin
Feat. Mike Vogel, Brittany Murphy, Danny Pino
- The presence of the late Brittany Murphy (in one of her last roles) adds a layer of dread to this gloomy "hotel noir" about a man who checks into a…
Square, The (2008)
- Dir. Nash Edgerton
Feat. David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Joel Edgerton
- Hard–and–fast noir with an Aussie twang, hatched from a plot to make off with a mobster’s stash of cash, and the luckless turn of events…
Tender Hook, The (2008)
- Dir. Jonathan Ogilvie
Feat. Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving, Matthew Le Nevez…
- Noted for its production design and cinematography, this film captures the visual mood of 1920s Sydney to enfold a melodrama of corruption,…
Man from London, The (2007)
- Dir. Bela Tarr
Feat. Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton
- Bela Tarr's dense, mesmeric imagery is married to the traditions of film noir in this strikingly opaque detective story, set on the weathered…
Noise (2007)
- Dir. Matthew Saville
Feat. Brendan Cowell, Maia Thomas
- An impressive Australian modern 'noir', refreshingly off–centred around a hearing–afflicted cop who is assigned the night shift at a…
Black Dahlia, The (2006)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank…
- Seething with atmosphere, this noir crime–drama (based on James Ellroy's novel) presents a complicated case of the unsolved Hollywood murder of…
Good German, The (2006)
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire
- Dir. Steven Soderbergh takes another extravagant artistic punt with this meticulous pastiche of 1940's war stories, shot not only in black’n’white…
Hollywoodland (2006)
- Dir. Allen Coulter
Feat. Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck…
- The intriguing, mysterious circumstances surrounding George ‘Superman’ Reeves’ suicide are exhumed by a private eye (Adrien Brody) in this smoky…