Descubre la resurrección del film noir en los años 90 y los clásicos neo-noir que marcaron la década.
Red Rock West (1993)
Few ’90s films combined modern sensibilities with noir tropes like West Red Rock and it remains a classic. Nicolas Cage plays a homeless man who is mistaken for a hitman and becomes embroiled in a deadly intrigue in a small town. The film could easily have been made in the 1940s, but its modern color palette is fresh and eye-catching.
Bound (1996)
A few years before Wachowski revolutionized cinema with The Matrix, they delivered one of the most underrated films of the 1990s with Bound. The neo-noir thriller is about two women who decide to take revenge on an abusive gangster by stealing his money. Beneath the heist plot lies an intriguing love story steeped in contemporary themes.
Cape Fear (1991)
The original Cape Fear was one of the darkest thrillers of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and Martin Scorsese’s new version upped the ante. A lawyer and his family are tormented by a violent ex-client who was rejected by his own lawyer. Subtle with its neo-noir images, Cape Fear is an atmospheric nightmare from start to finish.
A Simple Plan (1998)
The beauty of A Simple Plan is how you take a tired concept and make it new. Three men discover a pile of money in the woods and their plan to keep it soon fails. Director Sam Raimi’s quick wit is on full display, but A Simple Plan is not another silly game Evil Dead filmmaker.
Jackie Brown (1997)
Describing Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown as a simple neo-noir does a crime thriller no favors. A flight attendant is caught smuggling money and decides to betray her boss and the federal agents following her. With Pam Grier in the lead role, Jackie Brown is a throwback to the classic blaxploitation films of the 70s.
Lost Highway (1997)
David Lynch was no stranger to the neo-noir genre and Lost Highway was his own tribute to the genre. A jazz musician fears that his wife is being unfaithful, while a car mechanic falls in love with a gangster’s
