The Best Neo-Noir of the 90s

[Nighthawk]

Ok, let's move back a decade from the previous post. What are your favorite neo-noirs of the 90s?

[magus]

• The Two Jakes (1990)
• The Hot Spot (1990)
• Miami Blues (1990)
• The Grifters (1990) - I haven't seen some of the other 90s Jim Thompson adaptations yet (This World Then the Fireworks, After Dark My Sweet), so this will have to be the Thompson representative for now
• The Last Seduction (1994)
• Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
• Bound (1996)
• Lost Highway (1997)
• L.A. Confidential (1997) - my pick for the best of the decade
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Dark City (1998)
• Judas Kiss (1998)

[fraim25]

My top ten....

The Grifters (1990)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
Heat (1995)
Seven (1995)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Fargo (1996)
LA Confidential (1997)
Lost Highway (1997)
Gattaca (1997)
The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

[Keith]

Red Rock West (1993)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Heat (1995)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
The Game (1997)
Se7en (1995)
Bound (1996)
Lost Highway (1997)
Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

[Andrew666]

What a great decade for noir, the 90s were!!!

My top ten would be - not in order though Bound is no.1:

Bound



The World, Then The Fireworks
Red Rock West
The Two Jakes
Lost Highway
The Grifters
The Hot Spot



Lost Highway
LA Confidential
Mulholland Falls



Lock, Stock, Two Smoking Barrels
Dark City
Twin Peaks - the TV series
Se7en
The Usual Suspects
Fargo



Pulp Fiction
The General

Oh right, that's more than ten - sorry

[slimdundee62]

Some classics listed so far and I have seen most of them,so I figured I would come up with
a list of some titles from the 90's that don't get enough love (some do......)

1. Phoenix (1998)
2. Little Odessa (1994)
3. One False Move (1992)
4. Love and a .45 (1994)
5. The Limey (1999)
6. Internal Affairs (1990)
7. Fever (1999)
8. Croupier (1998)
9. China Moon (1994)
10. Death and the Maiden (1994)

[magus]

Mulholland Falls

I forgot Mulholland Falls for my list - I'd definitely add that one. It normally gets disparaged, but I find it to be a lot of pulpy fun. Sure, it may not be the most high-quality neo-noir, but sometimes just being an enjoyable movie is what matters the most. Seeing Jennifer Connelly at the height of her pulchritude doesn't hurt, either.