The Third Man (1949, Carol Reed)

Film Noir is a style of film popular in the 1940s-1950s. Noir films are shot in black and white, and have a focus on shadows in the cinematography. The Noir genre focused on plots around hard boiled private detectives, femme fatales, murders and the mafia/gangs.

Night Of The Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)

Neo Noir

Neo Noir is a modernised version of the Noir style of the 40s with more graphic depictions of violence. It modernises the pessimism and mean nature of the classic Noir style for contemporary audiences

Taxi Driver (1979, Martin Scorsese)

The Crow (1994, Alex Proyas)