Urban Neo-Noir Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 77 films in the neo-noir tradition and set in cities, spanning 1965–2019. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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A Bittersweet Life
Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon - 1987
Angel Heart
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 1980
Atlantic City
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Louis Malle - 1992
Bad Lieutenant
Urbandir. Abel Ferrara - 1991
Barton Fink
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1992
Basic Instinct
Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven - 1982
Blade Runner
Urbandir. Ridley Scott - 1981
Blow Out
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1996
Bound
Urbandir. Lilly Wachowski - 1967
Branded to Kill
Urbandir. Seijun Suzuki - 1968
Bullitt
Urbandir. Peter Yates - 1972
Caliber 9
Urbandir. Fernando Di Leo - 1993
Carlito's Way
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1974
Chinatown
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 2004
Collateral
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 1995
Devil in a Blue Dress
Urbandir. Carl Franklin - 1971
Dirty Harry
Urbandir. Don Siegel - 2011
Drive
Urbandir. Nicolas Winding Refn - 1996
Fargo
Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1988
Frantic
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
Urbandir. James Foley - 2007
Gone Baby Gone
Urbandir. Ben Affleck - 1997
Hard Eight
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 1995
Heat
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 1987
House of Games
Urbandir. David Mamet - 2008
In Bruges
Urbandir. Martin McDonagh - 2002
Infernal Affairs
Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai - 1997
Insomnia
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Erik Skjoldbjærg - 1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Urbandir. Elio Petri - 1997
Jackie Brown
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino - 2012
Killing Them Softly
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik - 1997
L.A. Confidential
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson - 1970
Le Cercle Rouge
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1967
Le Samouraï
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville - 1994
Léon: The Professional
Urbandir. Luc Besson - 2012
Looper
Urban · Ruraldir. Rian Johnson - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 2000
Memento
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan - 2007
Michael Clayton
Urbandir. Tony Gilroy - 2001
Mulholland Drive
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1975
Night Moves
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Arthur Penn - 2014
Nightcrawler
Urbandir. Dan Gilroy - 2013
Only God Forgives
Urbandir. Nicolas Winding Refn - 1999
Payback
Urbandir. Brian Helgeland - 1965
Pierrot le Fou
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Jean-Luc Godard - 1967
Point Blank
Urbandir. John Boorman - 1996
Pusher
Urbandir. Nicolas Winding Refn - 1995
Se7en
Urbandir. David Fincher - 1989
Sea of Love
Urbandir. Harold Becker - 1971
Shaft
Urbandir. Gordon Parks - 2005
Sin City
Urbandir. Robert Rodriguez - 2013
Spring Breakers
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Harmony Korine - 1995
Strange Days
Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow - 1976
Taxi Driver
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1977
The American Friend
Urbandir. Wim Wenders - 1998
The Big Lebowski
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1968
The Bride Wore Black
Urban · Suburbandir. François Truffaut - 2008
The Chaser
Urbandir. Na Hong-jin - 1994
The Crow
Urbandir. Alex Proyas - 1978
The Driver
Urbandir. Walter Hill - 1972
The Getaway
Urban · Ruraldir. Sam Peckinpah - 1990
The Grifters
Urbandir. Stephen Frears - 1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 1973
The Long Goodbye
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Altman - 2010
The Man from Nowhere
Urbandir. Lee Jeong-beom - 1974
The Parallax View
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 1992
The Player
Urbandir. Robert Altman - 1999
The Thirteenth Floor
Urbandir. Josef Rusnak - 1981
Thief
Urbandir. Michael Mann - 1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Urbandir. Gary Fleder - 1985
To Live and Die in L.A.
Urban · Desertdir. William Friedkin - 1966
Tokyo Drifter
Urbandir. Seijun Suzuki - 2001
Training Day
Urbandir. Antoine Fuqua - 2019
Uncut Gems
Urbandir. Benny Safdie - 1989
Violent Cop
Urbandir. Takeshi Kitano - 1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis - 2018
Widows
Urbandir. Steve McQueen
Frequently asked
How many movies are in the neo-noir tradition and set in cities?
Kinora's catalogue lists 77 films in the neo-noir tradition and set in cities, spanning 1965–2019.
What are some movies in the neo-noir tradition and set in cities?
Films in the neo-noir tradition and set in cities in our catalogue include A Bittersweet Life (2005), Angel Heart (1987), Atlantic City (1980), Bad Lieutenant (1992), and Barton Fink (1991).
What is the oldest movie in the neo-noir tradition and set in cities?
Pierrot le Fou (1965) is the earliest film in the neo-noir tradition and set in cities in our catalogue; the most recent is Uncut Gems (2019).