Genre: Neo Noir (Page 2)

Two detectives stand in rain-soaked streets of a nameless city, surrounded by darkness and decay.

Se7en (1995) Review

Se7en (1995) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The rain never stops, the city has no name, and the killer wins exactly as planned. Fincher's second film, made after a first one he has disowned.

Jeff Bridges as the Dude in a cardigan and sunglasses, holding a White Russian cocktail in a bowling alley.

Comedy

The Big Lebowski (1998) Review

The Big Lebowski (1998) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A Raymond Chandler plot handed to a man with no interest in solving it. Failed on release, found its people later, and now has a festival and…

Five men stand in a police lineup, with one seated and others standing at different heights against a white wall with

Crime

The Usual Suspects (1995) Review

The Usual Suspects (1995) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A confession improvised from the noticeboard behind the detective's head. The twist survives knowing it, which is the only test that matters.

Travis Bickle sits alone in his taxi at night, the city lights blurred through the windshield behind him. TITLE: Travis

Crime

Taxi Driver (1976) Review

Taxi Driver (1976) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Schrader wrote it living in his car after a divorce, and the film never once steps outside Travis Bickle's head. The narration sounds reasonable. That is the horror.

Christmas

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

A small-time thief stumbles into an LA acting career and a noir investigation, with Robert Downey Jr. as narrator across the Christmas season. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's 2005 American neo-noir comedy depicting a small-time New York thief…

Comic Book

Sin City (2005)

Black-white with red accents. Sin City is Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's 2005 American neo-noir adapting three Frank Miller graphic novels from his Sin City series.