The best neo-noir movies
The top 3 according to 25 votes from people: Chinatown (1974) · L.A. Confidential (1997) · Blade Runner (1982). (Updated Jul 9, 2026.)
Rain-slicked streets, femmes fatales and moral rot after the classic noir era: the best neo-noir films, ranked from Collider, Screen Rant and IMDb users.
Top 10
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1
Chinatown (1974)
J.J. Gittes and the Los Angeles water scandal, by Polanski.
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2
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Three LAPD cops and the corruption of the 1950s.
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3
Blade Runner (1982)
A replicant hunter in a rainy future Los Angeles.
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4
Body Heat (1981)
A lawyer seduced into a murder plot in a Florida heatwave.
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5
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Prohibition-era double-crosses, by the Coens.
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6
Blood Simple (1984)
A bar owner, his wife and a hired killer: the Coens' debut.
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7
Brick (2005)
A hardboiled mystery set in a California high school.
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8
Taxi Driver (1976)
Travis Bickle on the night shift in New York.
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9
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Elliott Gould's Philip Marlowe, by Robert Altman.
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10
Nightcrawler (2014)
A freelance crime cameraman with no limits.
Candidates
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11
Se7en (1995)
Two detectives and a killer following the seven deadly sins.
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12
Fargo (1996)
A car salesman's botched kidnapping plot, by the Coens.
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13
Drive (2011)
A getaway driver in neon-lit Los Angeles.
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14
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Lynch's nightmare of Hollywood.
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