Films that feel like neo-noir
Wet streets, betrayal, ambiguous endings. The 70s revival that became its own genre — and the 21st-century descendants who never stopped paying.
Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie: BEAST
foreign gematmospheric
Succubus
dreadlate night
The Dark Knight
mindfuckneon soakeddread
The Green Mile
devastatingslow burnatmospheric
Twin Peaks
devastatingcultdread
Parasite
foreign gemslow burndevastating
Pulp Fiction
neon soakeddreadslow burn
Fight Club
slow burndevastatingdread
Psycho
late nightdreadslow burn
O.J.: Made in America
atmosphericslow burn
Once Upon a Time in America
devastatingslow burnneon soaked
Se7en
neon soakeddreadslow burn
Whiplash
devastatingdread
High and Low
foreign gemcultslow burn
Rear Window
dreaddevastatingslow burn
Le Trou
neon soakedforeign gemcult
Michael Jackson's Thriller
late nightcultdread
Perfect Blue
dreadforeign gemcult
The Silence of the Lambs
dreadneon soakeddevastating
Oldboy
neon soakedforeign gemdevastating
Counterattack
foreign gemdreadlate night
Inglourious Basterds
devastatingslow burndread
Witness for the Prosecution
cultdevastatingneon soaked
The Shining
dreadsurrealweird
Woman in the Dunes
foreign gemcultslow burn
The Handmaiden
foreign gemslow burndevastating
Memento
neon soakeddevastatingdread
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
foreign gemcultdevastating
The Usual Suspects
mindfuckneon soakeddevastating
The Departed
slow burndevastatingdread