The best modern crime and film noir movies you should see

The crime stories of the 1950s, 60s and 70s were nicknamed “Cinema Noir” or “Cinema Noir”, i.e. plots in which the protagonist, in most cases a detective, was a man who walked a fine moral line. Now, these crime movies have evolved and some of their best are also among the best in the genre.

Roman Polanski, in addition to his scandals, was the author of one of the best modern detective films, as well as ‘Chinatown’, from 1974. It is a story starring Jack Nicholson in which a corrupt man is a private detective, who is approached in a case involving incest and murder, which takes him to unimaginable limits for the same. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

Collateral

Michael Mann is the director in charge of one of best modern film noir stories, as well as 2004’s ‘Collateral’. The story stars Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx bringing to life Vincent and Max, a hitman who enters a taxi driver’s car and offers him an exorbitant reward for hiding him for a long time. all night Available on Netflix.

Fargo

From the mind of the Coen brothers, we have one of the best crime movies of all time, 1996’s ‘Fargo’. This is an Oscar-nominated neo-noir thriller in which Frances McDormand brings a police officer to life, investigates the case of a man who sells cars, and hires two criminals to kidnap his wife, and asks to extort ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

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Blade Runner

Ridley Scott made one of the best neo-noir sci-fi thrillers in history with ‘Blade Runner’, the adaptation of the novel by Phillip K. Dick. Harrison Ford plays a detective named Rick Deckard, tasked with eliminating a group of androids who have fled to Earth and infiltrated humans to live like everyone else. Available on HBO Max.

old boy

Since not all of the list is about western stories, Park Chan-Wook also released one of the greatest film noir classics, 2003’s ‘Oldboy’. It is about a man who had to spend 15 years in prison, and now that he has he is released from prison, he seeks revenge against those who kept him imprisoned for so many years, but he has to pay a very high price.

se7en

Surely one of the neo-noir thrillers that many have already seen, or will know the term of this tape, is “Se7en”, by David Fincher. A masterpiece starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in which they chase a killer (played by Kevin Spacey, who kills his victims according to the deadly sins. Available on HBO Max.