Chinatown, Mulholland Drive, and Blue Velvet are all among the absolute greatest neo-noir movies that are arguably entirely ...

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Film noir is a favorite genre of many, mostly the Turner Classic Movies ilk. It’s a genre of double-crosses, femme fatales, shadows, private eyes, and many a MacGuffin. Then, the neo-noir was born.