Best Neo-Noir Movies from VHS Era
A hand-picked selection of the greatest neo-noir films of the VHS era — chosen for standout pacing, personality, and pure rewatch value.
Pulp Fiction
1994
The Thin Blue Line
1988
Se7en
1995
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979
La Haine
1995
Heat
1995
Nayakan
1987
Fargo
1996
The Big Lebowski
1998
Mulholland Dr.
1999
L.A. Confidential
1997
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
Blue Velvet
1986
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1993
Vengeance Is Mine
1979
The Usual Suspects
1995
Scarface
1983
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998
Reservoir Dogs
1992
Chungking Express
1994
Carlito's Way
1993
Satya
1998
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Hunting the Tiger
1980
Fallen Angels
1995
Amores Perros
2000
Made in Hong Kong
1997
The Killer
1989
Lost Highway
1997
True Romance
1993
The Crow
1994
Menace II Society
1993
Sonatine
1993
Reservoir Dogs
1991
The Name of the Rose
1986
Miller's Crossing
1990
The Mission
1999
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
A Better Tomorrow
1986
Blow Out
1981
Serie Noire
1979
Blue Collar
1978
The Place Without Limits
1978
Jackie Brown
1997
Down by Law
1986
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999
Running Out of Time
1999
The Wounds
1998
The Bandit
1996
Naked
1993
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
Cape Fear
1991
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
Pickpocket
1997
Batman
1989
Violent Cop
1989
Blood Simple
1984
Suzhou River
2000
The Talented Mr. Ripley
1999
A Simple Plan
1998
Bound
1996
Citizen X
1995
Veronika Voss
1982
Thief
1981
Straight Time
1978
The Driver
1978
Fresh
1994
Insomnia
1997
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Coup de Torchon
1981
Scum
1979
Witness
1985
Traffic
2000
Sexy Beast
2000
Pusher
1996
Shallow Grave
1994
Bad Lieutenant
1992
City on Fire
1987
Body Heat
1981
Prince of the City
1981
One Deadly Summer
1983
Election
1999
Green Fish
1997
State of Grace
1990
Prison on Fire
1987
At Close Range
1986
Mona Lisa
1986
The Interview
1998
The Longest Nite
1998
Full Contact
1992
The Crying Game
1992
Presumed Innocent
1990
House of Games
1987
Atlantic City
1980
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
1986
Chopper
2000
Bang, Boom, Bang
1999
Nowhere to Hide
1999
Out of Sight
1998
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
Red Rock West
1993
Repo Man
1984
Diva
1981
On Board
1998
So Long, Stooge
1983
To Die For
1995
Exotica
1994
Romper Stomper
1992
One False Move
1991
Something Wild
1986
The Limey
1999
Get Shorty
1995
The Grifters
1990
River's Edge
1986
The Hit
1984
Who'll Stop the Rain
1978
The Scent of the Night
1998
Gangster No. 1
2000
Devil in a Blue Dress
1995
Cutter's Way
1981
Ariel
1988
Assa
1987
La Balance
1982
Go
1999
Rounders
1998
A Moment of Romance
1990
Wild at Heart
1990
Buffet Froid
1979
Desperado
1995
Cholera Street
1997
Burnt Money
2000
6ixtynin9
1999
Juha
1999
Brother
1997
Sleepers
1996
Hardcore
1979
A Hero Never Dies
1998
Dance with a Stranger
1985
Deep Cover
1992
I Stand Alone
1998
El Mariachi
1993
The General
1998
Clockers
1995
Gonin
1995
Shanghai Triad
1995
Come, Sweet Death
2000
Bringing Out the Dead
1999
American Me
1992
Out 1
1990
Q & A
1990
Brother 2
2000
Our Lady of the Assassins
2000
Eating Raoul
1982
Dinner Rush
2000
Man Bites Dog
1992
Last Exit to Brooklyn
1989
Pigs
1992
Dead Again
1991
Murder by Decree
1979
Following
1999
Coldblooded
1995
Drowning by Numbers
1988
Confidentially Yours
1983
Internal Affairs
1990
Natural Born Killers
1994
Tell Me Something
1999
Homicide
1991
The Big Easy
1986
American Gigolo
1980
The Mask
1994
As Tears Go By
1988
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
2000
Bullet Ballet
1998
Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes
1998
Streets of Fire
1984
Crime and Punishment
1983
Hard Eight
1996
Boiling Point
1990
The Last Boy Scout
1991
Rainy Dog
1997
Masques
1987
Boiler Room
2000
Croupier
1998
The Apartment
1996
Dead Presidents
1995
Crime Story
1993
Rush
1991
King of New York
1990
Singapore Sling
1990
The Murdered House
1988
Ms .45
1981
Short Sharp Shock
1998
Two Hands
1999
Dance with the Devil
1997
Felidae
1994
Black Rain
1989
The Needle
1988
Stormy Monday
1988
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
2000
The Swindle
1997
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
Colors
1988
Choice of Arms
1981
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1981
Dobermann
1997
Freeway
1996
Boulevard Nights
1979
Dead or Alive
1999
Ley Lines
1999
Of Freaks and Men
1998
A Shock to the System
1990
L'été en pente douce
1987
Nighthawks
1981
Fingers
1978
Wild Things
1998
The Way of the Gun
2000
Crying Freeman
1995
Another Day in Paradise
1998
Ghulam
1998
Face
1997
The Hot Spot
1990
The Pope of Greenwich Village
1984
Cop or Hood
1979
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
Thunderheart
1992
Zero Effect
1998
The Cousin
1997
The Yards
2000
Zero Tolerance
1999
The Public Eye
1992
The Mighty Quinn
1989
True Believer
1989
Black Widow
1987
Extreme Prejudice
1987
Inspector Lavardin
1986
Cop au Vin
1985
Tightrope
1984
Deadly Circuit
1983
Vice Squad
1982
Thursday
1998
Dick Tracy
1990
Twilight
1998
China Girl
1987
Year of the Dragon
1985
True Confessions
1981
Cast a Deadly Spell
1991
Shaft
2000
The Return of the Prodigal Parrot (Part 1)
1984
Deceiver
1997
Flesh and Bone
1993
Miami Blues
1990
Police
1985
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
Street Smart
1987
Identification of a Woman
1982
Suicide Kings
1997
Bangkok Dangerous
2000
The Comfort of Strangers
1990
White of the Eye
1987
Liquid Sky
1982
Love and a .45
1994
In Too Deep
1999
Legacy of Rage
1986
After Dark, My Sweet
1990
Brother
2000
A Rage in Harlem
1991
Cop
1988
D.O.A.
1988
American Buffalo
1996
Amateur
1994
Clay Pigeons
1998
The Replacement Killers
1998
2 Days in the Valley
1996
Kansas City
1996
Blink
1993
The Mean Season
1985
Golgo 13: The Professional
1983
Sharky's Machine
1981
Payback
1999
The Star Chamber
1983
Bleeder
1999
Sara
1997
The Two Jakes
1990
Fedora
1978
U Turn
1997
Cruising
1980
True Crime
1999
A Perfect Murder
1998
The Doom Generation
1995
Revenge
1990
Into the Night
1985
Subway
1985
The Cotton Club
1984
Blood and Wine
1996
Assassins
1995
8MM
1999
The General's Daughter
1999
Kafka
1991
Last Man Standing
1996
Jawbreaker
1999
Dead Bang
1989
Johnny Handsome
1989
Very Bad Things
1998
Killing Zoe
1993
Last Embrace
1979
O Fantasma
2000
Resurrection
1999
Bullet
1996
River of Grass
1995
Beyond the Law
1993
Shattered
1991
An Innocent Man
1989
Hammett
1982
Snake Eyes
1998
Rising Sun
1993
A Murder of Crows
1999
The Corruptor
1999
Truth or Consequences, N.M.
1997
China Moon
1994
Tequila Sunrise
1988
Under Suspicion
2000
Guncrazy
1992
Belly
1998
Kurt & Courtney
1998
Mulholland Falls
1996
Lord of Illusions
1995
Tokyo Decadence
1992
Kill Me Again
1989
The Courier
1986
B. Monkey
1999
The Young Americans
1993
White Sands
1992
Under Suspicion
1991
For a Cop's Hide
1981
The Hunter
1980
Incognito
1997
The Blackout
1997
Knight Moves
1992
Billy Bathgate
1991
Havana
1990
No Mercy
1986
Breathless
1983
Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby
2000
Best Laid Plans
1999
Judas Kiss
1998
Albino Alligator
1997
Night and the City
1992
Masquerade
1988
Off Limits
1988
Against All Odds
1984
Beautiful Creatures
2000
Kiss of Death
1995
The Bedroom Window
1987
Essex Boys
2000
The Guilty
2000
Sugar Hill
1994
Criminal Law
1989
City of Industry
1997
Gang Related
1997
Shopping
1994
Money for Nothing
1993
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
Fear City
1984
El diario íntimo de una cabaretera
1989
The Minus Man
1999
Phoenix
1998
Whore
1991
Jack's Back
1988
The Loner
1987
Heaven's Prisoners
1996
Shadows and Fog
1991
Palmetto
1998
Kite
1998
Assassin(s)
1997
The Boys Next Door
1986
Playing God
1997
Jennifer Eight
1992
Celebrity
1998
Switchback
1997
Messenger of Death
1988
Curdled
1996
The Big Sleep
1978
Boiling Point
1993
Goodbye Lover
1999
True Crime
1995
The Getaway
1994
Sunset
1988
Bad Company
1995
The Underneath
1995
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
Hellraiser: Inferno
2000
Feeling Minnesota
1996
Shakes the Clown
1991
Catchfire
1990
Detective
1985
Heat
1986
The January Man
1989
V.I. Warshawski
1991
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
Striptease
1996
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
Letters from a Killer
1998
The Watcher
2000
Gloria
1999
Cool World
1992
I Love Trouble
1994
Get Carter
2000
Crime at the Chinese Restaurant
1981
Man Trouble
1992
The Mod Squad
1999
Deadfall
1993