Neo-noir

/nˈiːəʊnwˈɑː/

/nˈiːoʊnwˈɑːɹ/

Neo-noir

a subgenre of film noir with a contemporary setting, complex characters, and elements of other genres, while still featuring a dark and pessimistic tone

Examples

1. The pair had just worked together on Oliver Stone's neo-noir crime thriller U Turn.

2. The actors met on the set of neo-noir psychological crime thriller Seven.

3. So thank you in 1999 the WB greenlit angel a neo-noir spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer This is a big deal.

4. Released on September 5th, 2000, Christopher Nolan's neo-noir psychological thriller, Memento, has been praised by a number of experts in the field of neurology who claim that the fictional film is one of the most accurate depictions of anterograde amnesia in the history of motion pictures.