List of neo-noir films
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List of films: 1960–1969
List of films: 1970–1979
| Film | Director | Year | Country | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Rillington Place | Richard Fleischer | 1971 | United Kingdom | [8] |
| 99 and 44/100% Dead | John Frankenheimer | 1974 | United States | [42] |
| Across 110th Street | Barry Shear | 1972 | United States | [1] |
| All the President's Men | Alan J. Pakula | 1976 | United States | [1] |
| The American Friend | Wim Wenders | 1977 | West Germany | [13] |
| ...And Justice for All. | Norman Jewison | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| The Anderson Tapes | Sidney Lumet | 1971 | United States | [1] |
| Assault on Precinct 13 | John Carpenter | 1976 | United States | [8] |
| Badge 373 | Howard W. Koch | 1973 | United States | [8] |
| Badlands | Terrence Malick | 1973 | United States | [27] |
| The Big Fix | Jeremy Kagan | 1978 | United States | [53] |
| The Big Sleep | Michael Winner | 1978 | United Kingdom, United States | [8] |
| The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Dario Argento | 1970 | Italy | [13] |
| The Black Bird | David Giler | 1975 | United States | [53] |
| The Burglars | Henri Verneuil | 1971 | France, Italy | [53] |
| Black Eye | Jack Arnold | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| Black Gunn | Robert Hartford-Davis | 1972 | United States | [8] |
| Black Sunday | John Frankenheimer | 1977 | United States | [53] |
| Blue Collar | Paul Schrader | 1978 | United States | [54] |
| Le Boucher | Claude Chabrol | 1970 | France | [18] |
| Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia | Sam Peckinpah | 1974 | United States, Mexico | [55] |
| The Brink's Job | William Friedkin | 1978 | United States | [56] |
| Buster and Billie | Daniel Petrie | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| Capricorn One | Peter Hyams | 1977 | United States | [56] |
| Castle of Sand | Yoshitarō Nomura | 1974 | Japan | [57] |
| Le Cercle Rouge | Jean-Pierre Melville | 1970 | France/Italy | [58] |
| The Champ | Franco Zeffirelli | 1979 | United States | [56] |
| Chandler | Paul Magwood | 1971 | United States | [8] |
| Charley Varrick | Don Siegel | 1973 | United States | [27] |
| The China Syndrome | James Bridges | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| Chinatown | Roman Polanski | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| The Choirboys | Robert Aldrich | 1977 | United States | [56] |
| Coffy | Jack Hill | 1973 | United States | [56] |
| The Conversation | Francis Ford Coppola | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| The Conformist | Bernardo Bertolucci | 1970 | France, Italy, West Germany | [8] |
| Cool Breeze | Barry Pollack | 1972 | United States | [56] |
| Cotton Comes to Harlem | Ossie Davis | 1970 | United States | [23][59][60] |
| Cuba | Richard Lester | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| Deadly Strangers | Sidney Hayers | 1975 | United Kingdom | [24] |
| Death Wish | Michael Winner | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| Detroit 9000 | Arthur Marks | 1973 | United States | [23] |
| Dirty Harry | Don Siegel | 1971 | United States | [8] |
| Dog Day Afternoon | Sidney Lumet | 1975 | United States | [8] |
| The Domino Principle | Stanley Kramer | 1977 | United States | [61] |
| The Driver | Walter Hill | 1978 | United States | [8] |
| The Drowning Pool | Stuart Rosenberg | 1975 | United States | [8] |
| Endless Night | Sidney Gilliat | 1972 | United Kingdom | [24] |
| The Enforcer | James Fargo | 1976 | United States | [8] |
| Escape to Nowhere | Claude Pinoteau | 1973 | France | [8] |
| The Executioner | Sam Wanamaker | 1970 | United Kingdom | [8] |
| Executive Action | David Miller | 1973 | United States | [61] |
| Eyes of Laura Mars | Irvin Kershner | 1978 | United States | [61] |
| Farewell, My Lovely | Dick Richards | 1975 | United States | [8] |
| Fat City | John Huston | 1972 | United States | [61] |
| Fingers | James Toback | 1978 | United States | [61] |
| The First Great Train Robbery | Michael Crichton | 1978 | United Kingdom | [8] |
| F.I.S.T. | Norman Jewison | 1978 | United States | [8] |
| Foxy Brown | Jack Hill | 1974 | United States | [57] |
| Framed | Phil Karlson | 1975 | United States | [57] |
| The French Connection | William Friedkin | 1971 | United States | [8] |
| French Connection II | John Frankenheimer | 1975 | United States | [8] |
| Frenzy | Alfred Hitchcock | 1972 | United Kingdom | [24] |
| Friday Foster | Arthur Marks | 1975 | United States | [57] |
| The Friends of Eddie Coyle | Peter Yates | 1973 | United States | [8] |
| The Fury | Brian De Palma | 1978 | United States | [57] |
| The Gauntlet | Clint Eastwood | 1977 | United States | [57] |
| Get Carter | Mike Hodges | 1971 | United Kingdom | [13][14] |
| The Getaway | Sam Peckinpah | 1972 | United States | [27] |
| Going Home | Herbert B. Leonard | 1971 | United States | [57] |
| The Grissom Gang | Robert Aldrich | 1971 | United States | [57] |
| The Groundstar Conspiracy | Lamont Johnson | 1972 | United States | [57] |
| Gumshoe | Stephen Frears | 1971 | United Kingdom | [62] |
| Hard Times | Walter Hill | 1975 | United States | [8] |
| Hardcore | Paul Schrader | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| Hell Up in Harlem | Larry Cohen | 1973 | United States | [27] |
| Hickey & Boggs | Robert Culp | 1972 | United States | [8] |
| Hit Man | George Armitage | 1972 | United States | [32] |
| The "Human" Factor | Edward Dmytryk | 1975 | United States | [32] |
| The Human Factor | Otto Preminger | 1979 | United Kingdom | [8] |
| Hustle | Robert Aldrich | 1975 | United States | [8] |
| I... comme Icare | Henri Verneuil | 1979 | France | [8] |
| I Walk the Line | John Frankenheimer | 1970 | United States | [32] |
| Jaguar | Lino Brocka | 1979 | Philippines | [8] |
| The Killer Inside Me | Burt Kennedy | 1976 | United States | [8] |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | John Cassavetes | 1976 | United States | [8] |
| Klute | Alan J. Pakula | 1971 | United States | [8] |
| The Kremlin Letter | John Huston | 1970 | United States | [8] |
| Last Embrace | Jonathan Demme | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| The Last of Sheila | Herbert Ross | 1973 | United States | [8] |
| The Late Show | Robert Benton | 1977 | United States | [63] |
| The Liberation of L.B. Jones | William Wyler | 1970 | United States | [8] |
| The Long Goodbye | Robert Altman | 1973 | United States | [8] |
| The Looking Glass War | Frank Pierson | 1970 | United Kingdom | [24] |
| The MacKintosh Man | John Huston | 1973 | United Kingdom | [8] |
| Magnum Force | Ted Post | 1973 | United States | [37] |
| Manila in the Claws of Light | Lino Brocka | 1975 | Philippines | [8] |
| Mean Streets | Martin Scorsese | 1973 | United States | [37] |
| Midnight Express | Alan Parker | 1978 | United States | [37] |
| The Midnight Man | Roland Kibbee and Burt Lancaster | 1974 | United States | [28] |
| Mikey and Nicky | Elaine May | 1976 | United States | [64] |
| Money Movers | Bruce Beresford | 1978 | Australia | [65] |
| The New Centurions | Richard Fleischer | 1972 | United States | [8] |
| The Nickel Ride | Robert Mulligan | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| Night Moves | Arthur Penn | 1975 | United States | [8][59][60] |
| Obsession | Brian De Palma | 1976 | United States | [42] |
| The Offence | Sidney Lumet | 1972 | United Kingdom | [24] |
| The One Man Jury | Charles Martin | 1978 | United States | [42] |
| The Onion Field | Harold Becker | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| The Organization | Don Medford | 1971 | United States | [42] |
| The Outfit | John Flynn | 1973 | United States | [8] |
| The Parallax View | Alan J. Pakula | 1974 | United States | [42] |
| The Passenger | Michelangelo Antonioni | 1975 | Italy, France, Spain | [8] |
| Performance | Nicolas Roeg | 1970 | United Kingdom | [13][14] |
| Play Misty for Me | Clint Eastwood | 1971 | United States | [27] |
| Prime Cut | Michael Ritchie | 1972 | United States | [31] |
| Pulp | Mike Hodges | 1972 | United Kingdom | [24] |
| Rage | George C. Scott | 1972 | United States | [8] |
| Remember My Name | Alan Rudolph | 1978 | United States | [66] |
| Rider on the Rain | René Clément | 1970 | France | [21] |
| Rolling Thunder | John Flynn | 1977 | United States | [8] |
| The Seduction of Joe Tynan | Jerry Schatzberg | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| Série noire | Alain Corneau | 1979 | France | [13] |
| Serpico | Sidney Lumet | 1973 | United States | [8] |
| Seven | Andy Sidaris | 1979 | United States | [8] |
| Shaft | Gordon Parks | 1971 | United States | [8] |
| Shamus | Buzz Kulik | 1973 | United States | [67] |
| Sheba, Baby | William Girdler | 1975 | United States | [67] |
| The Silent Partner | Daryl Duke | 1978 | Canada | [68] |
| Sisters | Brian De Palma | 1973 | United States | [67] |
| Sitting Target | Douglas Hickox | 1972 | United Kingdom | [45] |
| Sorcerer | William Friedkin | 1977 | United States, Mexico | [8] |
| Soylent Green | Richard Fleischer | 1973 | United States | [67] |
| Special Delivery | Paul Wendkos | 1976 | United States | [8] |
| The Stone Killer | Michael Winner | 1973 | United States | [8] |
| Straight Time | Ulu Grosbard | 1978 | United States | [67] |
| Super Fly | Gordon Parks Jr. | 1972 | United States | [67] |
| Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song | Melvin Van Peebles | 1971 | United States | [51] |
| Sympathy for the Underdog | Kinji Fukasaku | 1971 | Japan | [57] |
| The Take | Robert Hartford-Davis | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Joseph Sargent | 1974 | United States | [51] |
| Taxi Driver | Martin Scorsese | 1976 | United States | [8] |
| They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Gordon Douglas | 1970 | United States | [34] |
| Thieves Like Us | Robert Altman | 1974 | United States | [8] |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming | Robert Aldrich | 1977 | United States | [51] |
| Vanishing Point | Richard C. Sarafian | 1971 | United States | [69] |
| Vengeance Is Mine | Shōhei Imamura | 1979 | Japan | [57] |
| Villain | Michael Tuchner | 1971 | United Kingdom | [45] |
| Walking Tall | Phil Karlson | 1973 | United States | [69] |
| White Line Fever | Jonathan Kaplan | 1975 | Canada, United States | [8] |
| Winter Kills | William Richert | 1979 | United States | [69] |
| The Yakuza | Sydney Pollack | 1974 | United States | [69] |
| Yakuza Graveyard | Kinji Fukasaku | 1976 | Japan | [57] |
List of films: 1980–1989
| Film | Director | Year | Country | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Million Ways to Die | Hal Ashby | 1986 | United States | [8] |
| Absence of Malice | Sydney Pollack | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| After Hours | Martin Scorsese | 1985 | United States | [70] |
| Against All Odds | Taylor Hackford | 1984 | United States | [8] |
| Agnes of God | Norman Jewison | 1985 | United States | [8] |
| American Gigolo | Paul Schrader | 1980 | United States | [71] |
| Angela Markado | Lino Brocka | 1980 | Philippines | [8] |
| Angel Heart | Alan Parker | 1987 | United States | [12] |
| At Close Range | James Foley | 1986 | United States | [27] |
| Atlantic City | Louis Malle | 1980 | Canada/France | [72] |
| Bad Boys | Rick Rosenthal | 1983 | United States | [8] |
| Bad Timing | Nicolas Roeg | 1980 | United Kingdom | [8] |
| Band of the Hand | Paul Michael Glaser | 1986 | United States | [27] |
| Batman | Tim Burton | 1989 | United States | [27] |
| The Beast to Die | Tōru Murakawa | 1980 | Japan | [73] |
| The Bedroom Window | Curtis Hanson | 1987 | United States | [27] |
| Best Seller | Larry Cohen | 1987 | United States | [27] |
| Betrayed | Costa-Gavras | 1988 | United States | [53] |
| A Better Tomorrow | John Woo | 1986 | Hong Kong | [74] |
| The Big Easy | Jim McBride | 1987 | United States | [8] |
| Black Rain | Ridley Scott | 1989 | United States | [8] |
| Black Widow | Bob Rafelson | 1987 | United States | [8] |
| Blade Runner | Ridley Scott | 1982 | United States | [27] |
| Blue Thunder | John Badham | 1983 | United States | [8] |
| Blue Velvet | David Lynch | 1986 | United States | [12] |
| Blood Simple | Joel and Ethan Coen | 1984 | United States | [8][59][60] |
| Blow Out | Brian De Palma | 1981 | United States | [11][59][60] |
| Body Double | Brian De Palma | 1984 | United States | [8] |
| Body Heat | Lawrence Kasdan | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| The Border | Tony Richardson | 1982 | United States | [8] |
| Breathless | Jim McBride | 1983 | United States | [8] |
| Bulaklak sa City Jail | Mario O'Hara | 1984 | Philippines | [8] |
| Chan Is Missing | Wayne Wang | 1982 | United States | [22] |
| City on Fire | Ringo Lam | 1987 | Hong Kong | [74] |
| Condemned | Mario O'Hara | 1984 | Philippines | [8] |
| Cop | James B. Harris | 1988 | United States | [8] |
| Crimes of Passion | Ken Russell | 1984 | United States | [75] |
| Cruising | William Friedkin | 1980 | United States | [76] |
| Cutter's Way | Ivan Passer | 1981 | United States | [77] |
| Dapat Ka Bang Mahalin? | Emmanuel Borlaza | 1984 | Philippines | [8] |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Carl Reiner | 1982 | United States | [78] |
| The Dead Pool | Buddy Van Horn | 1988 | United States | [23] |
| Defiance | John Flynn | 1980 | United States | [8] |
| D.O.A. | Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel | 1988 | United States | [8] |
| Dressed to Kill | Brian De Palma | 1980 | United States | [61] |
| The Exterminator | James Glickenhaus | 1980 | United States | [8] |
| Experience | Lino Brocka | 1984 | Philippines | [8] |
| Eyewitness | Peter Yates | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| Fatal Attraction | Adrian Lyne | 1987 | United States | [8] |
| Fear City | Abel Ferrara | 1984 | United States | [8] |
| The First Deadly Sin | Brian G. Hutton | 1980 | United States | [8] |
| Frantic | Roman Polanski | 1988 | United States | [8] |
| Gloria | John Cassavetes | 1980 | United States | [8] |
| Hammett | Wim Wenders | 1982 | United States | [8] |
| Hidden City | Stephen Poliakoff | 1987 | United Kingdom | [13] |
| The Hit | Stephen Frears | 1984 | United Kingdom | [22] |
| House of Games | David Mamet | 1987 | United States | [8] |
| The House on Carroll Street | Peter Yates | 1988 | United States | [79] |
| Imortal | Eddie Garcia | 1989 | Philippines | [8] |
| Itanong Mo sa Buwan | Chito S. Roño | 1988 | Philippines | [8] |
| I, the Jury | Richard T. Heffron | 1982 | United States | [8] |
| Jagged Edge | Richard Marquand | 1985 | United States | [8] |
| Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill | 1989 | United States | [8] |
| Kill Me Again | John Dahl | 1989 | United States | [8] |
| The Killer | John Woo | 1989 | Hong Kong | [80] |
| Little Nikita | Richard Benjamin | 1988 | United States | [8] |
| The Long Good Friday | John Mackenzie | 1980 | United Kingdom | [13][14] |
| Manhunter | Michael Mann | 1986 | United States | [8][59][60] |
| Mike's Murder | James Bridges | 1984 | United States | [8] |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan | 1986 | United Kingdom | [13][14] |
| The Morning After | Sidney Lumet | 1986 | United States | [8] |
| Ms. 45 | Abel Ferrara | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| Murphy's Law | J. Lee Thompson | 1986 | United States | [8] |
| Night of the Juggler | Robert Butler | 1980 | United States | [8] |
| Nighthawks | Bruce Malmuth | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| No Mercy | Richard Pearce | 1986 | United States | [81] |
| No Way Out | Roger Donaldson | 1987 | United States | [8] |
| Out of Bounds | Richard Tuggle | 1986 | United States | [8] |
| Police | Maurice Pialat | 1985 | France | [8] |
| The Postman Always Rings Twice | Bob Rafelson | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| Prince of the City | Sidney Lumet | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| Quicksilver | Thomas Michael Donnelly | 1986 | United States | [8] |
| Raging Bull | Martin Scorsese | 1980 | United States | [12] |
| Scarface | Brian De Palma | 1983 | United States | [8] |
| Sea of Love | Harold Becker | 1989 | United States | [8] |
| Sharky's Machine | Burt Reynolds | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| Silent Rage | Michael Miller | 1982 | United States | [8] |
| Slam Dance | Wayne Wang | 1987 | United States | [8] |
| Someone to Watch Over Me | Ridley Scott | 1987 | United States, United Kingdom | [8] |
| Still of the Night | Robert Benton | 1982 | United States | [8] |
| Stormy Monday | Mike Figgis | 1988 | United Kingdom | [13][14] |
| Sudden Impact | Clint Eastwood | 1983 | United States | [8] |
| Tagos ng Dugo | Maryo J. de los Reyes | 1987 | Philippines | [8] |
| The Fourth Man (1983 film) | Paul Verhoeven | 1983 | Netherlands | [82] |
| The Terminator | James Cameron | 1984 | United States | [8] |
| T-Bird at Ako | Danny Zialcita | 1982 | Philippines | [8] |
| Thief | Michael Mann | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| Tightrope | Richard Tuggle | 1984 | United States | [8] |
| To Live and Die in L.A. | William Friedkin | 1985 | United States | [8][83] |
| To Love Again | Danny Zialcita | 1983 | Philippines | [8] |
| Trouble in Mind | Alan Rudolph | 1985 | United States | [84] |
| True Confessions | Ulu Grosbard | 1981 | United States | [8] |
| Union City | Marcus Reichert | 1980 | United States | [8] |
| Videodrome | David Cronenberg | 1983 | Canada | [85] |
| Violent Cop | Takeshi Kitano | 1989 | Japan | [86] |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Robert Zemeckis | 1988 | United States | [87] |
| Witness | Peter Weir | 1985 | United States | [8] |
| Year of the Dragon | Michael Cimino | 1985 | United States | [8] |
| Yokohama BJ Blues | Eiichi Kudo | 1981 | Japan | [88] |
List of films: 1990–1999
| Film | Director | Year | Country | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Monkeys | Terry Gilliam | 1995 | United States | [89] |
| Affliction | Paul Schrader | 1997 | United States | [1] |
| After Dark, My Sweet | James Foley | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| Arlington Road | Mark Pellington | 1999 | United States | [8] |
| Bad Influence | Curtis Hanson | 1990 | United States | [27] |
| Bad Lieutenant | Abel Ferrara | 1992 | United States | [1] |
| Basic Instinct | Paul Verhoeven | 1992 | United States | [8] |
| Batman Returns | Tim Burton | 1992 | United States | [27] |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Bruce Timm | 1993 | United States | [27] |
| Belly | Hype Williams | 1998 | United States | [90] |
| Best Laid Plans | Mike Barker | 1999 | United States | [53] |
| The Big Lebowski | Joel and Ethan Coen | 1998 | United States, United Kingdom | [91] |
| Blink | Michael Apted | 1994 | United States | [27] |
| Blood and Wine | Bob Rafelson | 1996 | United States | [92] |
| Blue Steel | Kathryn Bigelow | 1990 | United States | [93] |
| Bound | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 1996 | United States | [27] |
| Boys Don't Cry | Kimberly Peirce | 1999 | United States | [8] |
| Bugsy | Barry Levinson | 1991 | United States | [8] |
| Cape Fear | Martin Scorsese | 1991 | United States | [8] |
| Carlito's Way | Brian De Palma | 1993 | United States | [94] |
| La Cérémonie | Claude Chabrol | 1995 | France | [26] |
| China Moon | John Bailey | 1994 | United States | [27] |
| Clockers | Spike Lee | 1995 | United States | [95] |
| Cop Land | James Mangold | 1997 | United States | [23] |
| Croupier | Mike Hodges | 1998 | United Kingdom | [13][14] |
| The Crow | Alex Proyas | 1994 | United States | |
| Cure | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | 1997 | Japan | [96] |
| Dark City | Alex Proyas | 1998 | United States, Australia | [27] |
| Dead Again | Kenneth Branagh | 1991 | United States | [8] |
| Dead Presidents | Albert and Allen Hughes | 1995 | United States | [97] |
| Deceiver | Jonas Pate and Josh Pate | 1997 | United States | [27] |
| Deep Cover | Bill Duke | 1992 | United States | [27] |
| Deep Crimson | Arturo Ripstein | 1996 | Mexico | [13] |
| Delusion | Carl Colpaert | 1991 | United States | [27] |
| Desperate Hours | Michael Cimino | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| Devil in a Blue Dress | Carl Franklin | 1995 | United States | [27] |
| Diary of a Hitman | Roy London | 1991 | United States | [27] |
| Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| Donnie Brasco | Mike Newell | 1997 | United States | [8] |
| Emma Salazar Case | Jose Javier Reyes | 1991 | Philippines | [8] |
| Face/Off | John Woo | 1997 | United States | [14] |
| Fallen Angels | Wong Kar-wai | 1995 | Hong Kong | [13] |
| Fargo | Joel and Ethan Coen | 1996 | United States, United Kingdom | [13] |
| Fear | James Foley | 1996 | United States | [27] |
| La Femme Nikita | Luc Besson | 1990 | France/Italy | [13] |
| Fight Club | David Fincher | 1999 | United States | [27] |
| Final Analysis | Phil Joanou | 1992 | United States | [8] |
| Flesh and Bone | Steve Kloves | 1993 | United States | [98] |
| Following | Christopher Nolan | 1998 | United Kingdom | [99] |
| Foreign Land | Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas | 1996 | Brazil | [13] |
| The Game | David Fincher | 1997 | United States | [27] |
| Gattaca | Andrew Niccol | 1997 | United States | [100] |
| The Getaway | Roger Donaldson | 1994 | United States | [27] |
| Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai | Jim Jarmusch | 1999 | United States | [101] |
| The Glass Shield | Charles Burnett | 1994 | United States | [95] |
| Gloria | Sidney Lumet | 1999 | United States | [8] |
| The Grifters | Stephen Frears | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| Guncrazy | Tamra Davis | 1992 | United States | [27] |
| La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz | 1995 | France | [102] |
| Hana-bi | Takeshi Kitano | 1997 | Japan | [103] |
| Hard Boiled | John Woo | 1992 | Hong Kong | [80] |
| Hard Eight | Paul Thomas Anderson | 1996 | United States | [12] |
| Heat | Michael Mann | 1995 | United States | [27] |
| Homicide | David Mamet | 1991 | United States | [8] |
| The Hot Spot | Dennis Hopper | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| Ikaw Naman ang Iiyak | Joel Lamangan | 1996 | Philippines | [8] |
| In the Line of Fire | Wolfgang Petersen | 1993 | United States | [8] |
| Insomnia | Erik Skjoldbjærg | 1997 | Norway | [104] |
| Internal Affairs | Mike Figgis | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| Jackie Brown | Quentin Tarantino | 1997 | United States | [27] |
| The Kill-Off | Maggie Greenwald | 1990 | United States | [27] |
| King of New York | Abel Ferrara | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| A Kiss Before Dying | James Dearden | 1991 | United States | [8] |
| Kiss of Death | Barbet Schroeder | 1995 | United States | [27] |
| Kiss or Kill | Bill Bennett | 1997 | Australia | [13] |
| The Krays | Peter Medak | 1990 | United Kingdom | [27] |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson | 1997 | United States | [12][27] |
| The Last Seduction | John Dahl | 1994 | United States | [27] |
| Léon: The Professional | Luc Besson | 1994 | France | [13] |
| Lethal Weapon 3 | Richard Donner | 1992 | United States | [8] |
| Liebestraum | Mike Figgis | 1991 | United States | [27] |
| Light Sleeper | Paul Schrader | 1992 | United States | [105] |
| The Limey | Steven Soderbergh | 1999 | United States | [27] |
| Live Flesh | Pedro Almodóvar | 1997 | Spain | [19] |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Guy Ritchie | 1998 | United Kingdom | [14] |
| Lone Star | John Sayles | 1996 | United States | [106] |
| Lord of Illusions | Clive Barker | 1995 | United States | [107] |
| Lost Highway | David Lynch | 1997 | United States | [27] |
| Love Crimes | Lizzie Borden | 1992 | United States | [27] |
| Malice | Harold Becker | 1993 | United States | [8] |
| The Matrix | Lana and Lilly Wachowski | 1999 | Australia, United States | [108] |
| Menace II Society | Albert and Allen Hughes | 1993 | United States | [97] |
| Miami Blues | George Armitage | 1990 | United States | [27] |
| Miller's Crossing | Joel and Ethan Coen | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| Mulholland Falls | Lee Tamahori | 1996 | United States | [27] |
| Narrow Margin | Peter Hyams | 1990 | United States | [27] |
| New Jack City | Melvin Van Peebles | 1991 | United States | [27] |
| Night and the City | Irwin Winkler | 1992 | United States | [8] |
| Night Train | Les Bernstien | 1999 | United States | [109] |
| The Ninth Gate | Roman Polanski | 1999 | United States | [12] |
| One False Move | Carl Franklin | 1992 | United States | [27] |
| Out of Sight | Steven Soderbergh | 1998 | United States | [110] |
| Pacific Heights | John Schlesinger | 1990 | United States | [27] |
| Palmetto | Volker Schlöndorff | 1998 | United States | [111][112] |
| El Patrullero | Alex Cox | 1991 | Mexico | [13] |
| Payback | Brian Helgeland | 1999 | United States | [27] |
| Pi | Darren Aronofsky | 1998 | United States | [12] |
| The Player | Robert Altman | 1992 | United States | [113] |
| Point Break | Kathryn Bigelow | 1991 | United States | [114] |
| Poison Ivy | Katt Shea | 1992 | United States | [42] |
| Poodle Springs | Bob Rafelson | 1998 | United States | [31] |
| The Public Eye | Howard Franklin | 1992 | United States | [27] |
| Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino | 1994 | United States | [12] |
| Pusher | Nicolas Winding Refn | 1996 | Denmark | [5] |
| The Rapture | Michael Tolkin | 1991 | United States | [54] |
| Red Rock West | John Dahl | 1993 | United States | [8] |
| Reservoir Dogs | Quentin Tarantino | 1992 | United States | [8][12] |
| Revenge | Tony Scott | 1990 | United States, Mexico | [27] |
| Romeo Is Bleeding | Peter Medak | 1993 | United States | [27] |
| Ronin | John Frankenheimer | 1998 | United States | [115] |
| Rush | Lili Fini Zanuck | 1991 | United States | [27] |
| Serpent's Path | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | 1998 | Japan | [73] |
| Set It Off | F. Gary Gray | 1994 | United States | [116] |
| Seven | David Fincher | 1995 | United States | [27] |
| Shallow Grave | Danny Boyle | 1994 | United Kingdom | [14][17] |
| Shattered | Wolfgang Petersen | 1991 | United States | [8] |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Jonathan Demme | 1991 | United States | [27] |
| Simpatico | Matthew Warchus | 1999 | United States | [27] |
| A Simple Plan | Sam Raimi | 1998 | United States | [27] |
| Sleeping with the Enemy | Joseph Ruben | 1991 | United States | [27] |
| Sling Blade | Billy Bob Thornton | 1996 | United States | [117] |
| Sonatine | Takeshi Kitano | 1993 | Japan | [86] |
| The Spanish Prisoner | David Mamet | 1997 | United States | [67] |
| Strange Days | Kathryn Bigelow | 1995 | United States | [54] |
| Suture | Scott McGehee and David Siegel | 1993 | United States | [27] |
| Swoon | Tom Kalin | 1992 | United States | [106] |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella | 1999 | United States | [118] |
| The Temp | Tom Holland | 1993 | United States | [119] |
| Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Gary Fleder | 1995 | United States | [27] |
| This World, Then the Fireworks | Michael Oblowitz | 1997 | United States | [51] |
| True Romance | Tony Scott | 1993 | United States | [27] |
| Twilight | Robert Benton | 1998 | United States | [27] |
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | David Lynch | 1992 | United States | [51] |
| The Two Jakes | Jack Nicholson | 1990 | United States | [8] |
| U Turn | Oliver Stone | 1997 | United States | [14] |
| The Underneath | Steven Soderbergh | 1995 | United States | [27] |
| Unlawful Entry | Jonathan Kaplan | 1992 | United States | [51] |
| The Usual Suspects | Bryan Singer | 1995 | United States | [12][27] |
| Where the Day Takes You | Marc Rocco | 1992 | United States | [8] |
| White Sands | Roger Donaldson | 1992 | United States | [8] |
| Wild at Heart | David Lynch | 1990 | United States | [69] |
| Wild Things | John McNaughton | 1998 | United States | [8] |
| The X-Files | Rob Bowman | 1998 | United States | [12] |
| Zero Effect | Jake Kasdan | 1998 | United States | [106] |
List of films: 2000–2009
| Film | Director | Year | Country | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th Hour | Spike Lee | 2002 | United States | [120] |
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | 2007 | United States | [1] |
| American Psycho | Mary Harron | 2000 | United States | [117] |
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | Niels Mueller | 2004 | United States | [13] |
| El Aura | Fabián Bielinsky | 2005 | Argentina | [69] |
| Bad Education | Pedro Almodóvar | 2004 | Spain | [121] |
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | Werner Herzog | 2009 | United States | [1] |
| Baise-moi | Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi | 2000 | France | [115] |
| Balahibong Pusa | Yam Laranas | 2001 | Philippines | [8] |
| Basic Instinct 2 | Michael Caton-Jones | 2006 | United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Spain |
[8] |
| Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan | 2005 | United States | [53] |
| The Beat That My Heart Skipped | Jacques Audiard | 2005 | France | [102] |
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Sidney Lumet | 2007 | United States | [53] |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Peter Hyams | 2009 | United States | [27] |
| A Bittersweet Life | Kim Jee-woon | 2005 | South Korea | [122] |
| The Black Dahlia | Brian De Palma | 2006 | United States | [27] |
| Blind Shaft | Li Yang | 2003 | China | [13] |
| The Bourne Identity | Doug Liman | 2002 | United States | [12] |
| Brick | Rian Johnson | 2005 | United States | [117] |
| Caché | Michael Haneke | 2005 | France | [26] |
| Cavite | Neill Dela Llana and Ian Gamazon | 2005 | Philippines, United States | [8] |
| Circus | Rob Walker | 2000 | United Kingdom, United States | [8] |
| City of God | Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund | 2002 | Brazil | [13] |
| Collateral | Michael Mann | 2004 | United States | [27] |
| The Consequences of Love | Paolo Sorrentino | 2004 | Italy | [10] |
| The Cooler | Wayne Kramer | 2003 | United States | [117] |
| Dark Blue | Ron Shelton | 2002 | United States | [23] |
| Dark Country | Thomas Jane | 2009 | United States | [27] |
| The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | 2008 | United Kingdom, United States | [23] |
| Dead Man's Shoes | Shane Meadows | 2004 | United Kingdom | [123] |
| Dead Time: Kala | Joko Anwar | 2007 | Indonesia | [124] |
| Deception | Marcel Langenegger | 2008 | United States | [27] |
| The Deep End | Scott McGehee and David Siegel | 2001 | United States | [27] |
| The Departed | Martin Scorsese | 2006 | United States | [117] |
| Derailed | Mikael Håfström | 2005 | United States | [117] |
| Dos Ekis | Erik Matti | 2001 | Philippines | [117] |
| Duplicity | Tony Gilroy | 2009 | United States | [125] |
| Eastern Promises | David Cronenberg | 2007 | United Kingdom, Canada | [126] |
| Ek Hasina Thi | Sriram Raghavan | 2004 | India | [27] |
| Enough | Michael Apted | 2002 | United States | [27] |
| Femme Fatale | Brian De Palma | 2002 | United States | [27] |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Niels Arden Oplev | 2009 | Sweden | [127] |
| The Glass House | Daniel Sackheim | 2001 | United States | [27] |
| Gone Baby Gone | Ben Affleck | 2007 | United States | [27] |
| Heist | David Mamet | 2001 | United States | [27] |
| A History of Violence | David Cronenberg | 2005 | United States | [117][17] |
| Hollywoodland | Allen Coulter | 2006 | United States | [13] |
| Hostage | Florent Emilio Siri | 2005 | United States | [117] |
| I, Robot | Alex Proyas | 2004 | United States | [128] |
| I'll Sleep When I'm Dead | Mike Hodges | 2003 | United Kingdom | [24] |
| In Bruges | Martin McDonagh | 2008 | United Kingdom | [129] |
| In the Cut | Jane Campion | 2003 | United States | [27] |
| Infernal Affairs | Andrew Lau and Alan Mak | 2002 | Hong Kong | [74] |
| Inside Man | Spike Lee | 2006 | United States | [117] |
| Insomnia | Christopher Nolan | 2002 | United States | [27] |
| Irréversible | Gaspar Noé | 2002 | France | [115] |
| Johnny Gaddaar | Sriram Raghavan | 2007 | India | [130] |
| Just Another Love Story | Ole Bornedal | 2007 | Denmark | [5] |
| Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Quentin Tarantino | 2003 | United States | [12] |
| Kill Bill: Volume 2 | Quentin Tarantino | 2004 | United States | [12] |
| Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | Shane Black | 2005 | United States | [117] |
| Klopka | Srdan Golubović | 2007 | Serbia | [131][132] |
| Lady Vengeance | Park Chan-wook | 2005 | South Korea | [122] |
| Lantana | Ray Lawrence | 2001 | Australia | [65] |
| La Vida Rosa | Chito S. Roño | 2001 | Philippines | [54] |
| Layer Cake | Matthew Vaughn | 2004 | United Kingdom | [117] |
| Lorna's Silence | Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne | 2008 | Belgium, Italy, Germany | [115] |
| Lower City | Sérgio Machado | 2005 | Brazil | [13] |
| Lucky Number Slevin | Paul McGuigan | 2006 | United States | [117] |
| Lust, Caution | Ang Lee | 2007 | United States, China, Taiwan | [54] |
| The Machinist | Brad Anderson | 2004 | Spain | [117] |
| Mad Detective | Johnnie To and Wai Ka-Fai | 2007 | Hong Kong | [74] |
| The Man from London | Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky | 2007 | Hungary, France, Germany | [115] |
| The Man Who Wasn't There | Joel and Ethan Coen | 2001 | United States | [12] |
| The Manchurian Candidate | Jonathan Demme | 2004 | United States | [13] |
| Manila Skies | Raymond Red | 2009 | Philippines, United States | [8] |
| Marital Rape | Neal 'Buboy' Tan | 2001 | Philippines | [8] |
| Match Point | Woody Allen | 2005 | United Kingdom, United States, Luxembourg |
[115] |
| Max Payne | John Moore | 2008 | United States | [37] |
| Memento | Christopher Nolan | 2000 | United States | [117][12][27] |
| Memories of Murder | Bong Joon-ho | 2003 | South Korea | [104] |
| Merci pour le chocolat | Claude Chabrol | 2000 | France | [133] |
| Miami Vice | Michael Mann | 2006 | United States | [27][134] |
| Million Dollar Baby | Clint Eastwood | 2004 | United States | [117] |
| Minority Report | Steven Spielberg | 2002 | United States | [12] |
| Mother | Bong Joon-ho | 2009 | South Korea | [54] |
| Mulholland Drive | David Lynch | 2001 | United States | [27] |
| Mystic River | Clint Eastwood | 2003 | United States | [37] |
| Narc | Joe Carnahan | 2002 | United States | [37] |
| Nine Queens | Fabián Bielinsky | 2000 | Argentina | [65] |
| No Country For Old Men | Joel and Ethan Coen | 2007 | United States | [27] |
| Oldboy | Park Chan-wook | 2003 | South Korea | [104] |
| One Nite in Mongkok | Derek Yee | 2004 | Hong Kong | [135] |
| Out of Time | Carl Franklin | 2003 | United States | [27] |
| Panic Room | David Fincher | 2002 | United States | [27] |
| The Pledge | Sean Penn | 2001 | United States | [13] |
| Public Enemies | Michael Mann | 2009 | United States | [136] |
| Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands | Nicolas Winding Refn | 2004 | Denmark, United Kingdom | [137] |
| Pusher III: I’m the Angel of Death | Nicolas Winding Refn | 2005 | Denmark | [137] |
| Reindeer Games | John Frankenheimer | 2000 | United States | [13] |
| Renaissance | Christian Volckman | 2006 | France | [117] |
| Ripley's Game | Liliana Cavani | 2002 | Italy | [103] |
| Road to Perdition | Sam Mendes | 2002 | United States | [136] |
| The Salton Sea | D. J. Caruso | 2002 | United States | [27] |
| A Scanner Darkly | Richard Linklater | 2006 | United States | [138] |
| Sexy Beast | Jonathan Glazer | 2000 | United Kingdom | [14] |
| Shinjuku Incident | Derek Yee | 2009 | Hong Kong | [139] |
| Sin City | Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez | 2005 | United States | [12][27] |
| The Spirit | Frank Miller | 2008 | United States | [67] |
| State of Play | Kevin MacDonald | 2009 | United States | [125] |
| Suspect Zero | E. Elias Merhige | 2004 | United States | [117] |
| Suzhou River | Lou Ye | 2000 | China | [13] |
| Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance | Park Chan-wook | 2002 | South Korea | [140] |
| Tell No One | Guillaume Canet | 2006 | France | [115] |
| Three Monkeys | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 2008 | Turkey | [115] |
| The Town Is Quiet | Robert Guédiguian | 2000 | France | [115] |
| Training Day | Antoine Fuqua | 2001 | United States | [51] |
| Trapped | Luis Mandoki | 2002 | United States, Germany | [27] |
| The Village | M. Night Shyamalan | 2004 | United States | [8] |
| Watchmen | Zack Snyder | 2009 | United States | [141] |
| The Way of the Gun | Christopher McQuarrie | 2000 | United States | [142] |
| Where the Truth Lies | Atom Egoyan | 2005 | Canada | [13] |
| The Yards | James Gray | 2000 | United States | [13] |
| Zodiac | David Fincher | 2007 | United States | [27] |
List of films: 2010–2019
| Film | Director | Year | Country | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Land Imagined | Yeo Siew Hua | 2018 | Singapore, France, Netherlands | [143] |
| Aa Drushya | Shiva Ganesh | 2019 | India | [144] |
| Aake | K. M. Chaitanya | 2017 | India | [145] |
| Aaranya Kaandam | Thiagarajan Kumararaja | 2011 | India | [146] |
| Alois Nebel | Tomáš Luňák | 2011 | Czech Republic | [147] |
| The American | Anton Corbijn | 2010 | United States | [148] |
| American Dreamer | Derrick Borte | 2018 | United States | [149] |
| Animal Kingdom | David Michôd | 2010 | Australia | [150] |
| Anon | Andrew Niccol | 2018 | United Kingdom, United States | [151] |
| Anti Matter | Keir Burrows | 2017 | United Kingdom | [152] |
| Ash Is Purest White | Jia Zhangke | 2018 | China | [153] |
| Asura: The City of Madness | Kim Sung-su | 2016 | South Korea | [154] |
| B.A. Pass | Ajay Bahl | 2013 | India | [155] |
| Badlapur | Sriram Raghavan | 2015 | India | [156] |
| Bad Times at the El Royale | Drew Goddard | 2018 | United States | [157] |
| Bad Turn Worse | Zeke and Simon Hawkins | 2014 | United States | [158] |
| The Bag Man | David Grovic | 2014 | United States | [159] |
| Bastards | Claire Denis | 2013 | France/Germany | [160] |
| Black Coal, Thin Ice | Diao Yinan | 2014 | China | [161] |
| Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | 2017 | United States | [162] |
| Blow the Man Down | Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy | 2019 | United States | [163] |
| Blue Ruin | Jeremy Saulnier | 2014 | United States | [164] |
| Bornoporichoy | Mainak Bhowmick | 2019 | India | [citation needed] |
| Brawl in Cell Block 99 | S. Craig Zahler | 2017 | United States | [165] |
| Brighton Rock | Rowan Joffé | 2011 | United Kingdom | [166] |
| Broken City | Allen Hughes | 2013 | United States | [167] |
| Burning | Lee Chang-dong | 2018 | South Korea | [168] |
| Burning Kiss | Robbie Studsor | 2018 | Australia | [169] |
| Cities of Last Things | Ho Wi Ding | 2018 | Taiwan, China, France, United States |
[170] |
| Cold in July | Jim Mickle | 2014 | United States | [171] |
| Concrete Night | Pirjo Honkasalo | 2013 | Finland, Sweden, Denmark | [172] |
| Cop Car | Jon Watts | 2015 | United States | [173] |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan | 2012 | United Kingdom, United States | [174] |
| Destroyer | Karyn Kusama | 2018 | United States | [175] |
| Detour | Christopher Smith | 2016 | United Kingdom, South Africa | [176] |
| Disappearance at Clifton Hill | Albert Shin | 2019 | Canada | [177] |
| Dragged Across Concrete | S. Craig Zahler | 2018 | United States | [178] |
| The Driftless Area | Zachary Sluser | 2016 | United States, Canada | [179] |
| Drive | Nicolas Winding Refn | 2011 | United States | [180][181] |
| Drum | Keywan Karimi | 2016 | Iran/France | [182] |
| Earthquake Bird | Wash Westmoreland | 2019 | United States, United Kingdom | [183] |
| Elena | Andrey Zvyagintsev | 2011 | Russia | [115] |
| Elle | Paul Verhoeven | 2016 | France/Germany | [115] |
| Enemy | Denis Villeneuve | 2013 | United States, United Kingdom | [184] |
| Ex Machina | Alex Garland | 2015 | United States, United Kingdom | [185] |
| First Reformed | Paul Schrader | 2018 | United States | [186] |
| Flatland | Jenna Bass | 2019 | South Africa | [187] |
| Frank & Lola | Matthew Ross | 2016 | United States | [188] |
| Gangnam Blues | Yoo Ha | 2015 | South Korea | [189] |
| Gemini | Aaron Katz | 2018 | United States | [190] |
| The Ghost Writer | Roman Polanski | 2010 | United Kingdom, France, Germany | [191] |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | David Fincher | 2011 | United States, Sweden | [192] |
| Glass Chin | Noah Buschel | 2015 | United States | [193] |
| Gone Girl | David Fincher | 2014 | United States | [54] |
| Good Time | Josh and Benny Safdie | 2017 | United States | [194] |
| The Handmaiden | Park Chan-wook | 2016 | South Korea | [54] |
| Have a Nice Day | Liu Jian | 2018 | China | [195] |
| Hell or High Water | David Mackenzie | 2016 | United States | [54] |
| Hold the Dark | Jeremy Saulnier | 2018 | United States | [196] |
| Hot Summer Nights | Elijah Bynum | 2018 | United States | [197] |
| I Saw the Devil | Kim Jee-woon | 2010 | South Korea | [198] |
| In the Shadow | David Ondříček | 2012 | Czech Republic | [147] |
| In the Shadow of the Moon | Jim Mickle | 2019 | United States | [199] |
| Inception | Christopher Nolan | 2010 | United Kingdom, United States | [200] |
| Inherent Vice | Paul Thomas Anderson | 2014 | United States | [201] |
| John Wick | Chad Stahelski | 2014 | United States | [202] |
| John Wick: Chapter 2 | Chad Stahelski | 2017 | United States | [203] |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | Chad Stahelski | 2019 | United States | [204] |
| Josie | Eric England | 2018 | United States | [205] |
| Kill Chain | Ken Sanzel | 2019 | United States | [206] |
| Kill List | Ben Wheatley | 2011 | United Kingdom | [207] |
| The Killer Inside Me | Michael Winterbottom | 2010 | United States | [31] |
| Killer Joe | William Friedkin | 2012 | United States | [208] |
| Killing Them Softly | Andrew Dominik | 2012 | United States | [209] |
| Knives and Skin | Jennifer Reeder | 2019 | United States | [210] |
| Let the Corpses Tan | Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani | 2017 | Belgium, France | [211] |
| Long Day's Journey into Night | Bi Gan | 2018 | China | [212] |
| The Looming Storm | Dong Yue | 2017 | China | [213] |
| Looper | Rian Johnson | 2012 | United States | [214] |
| Lost Angelas | William Wayne | 2019 | United States | [215] |
| Lost River | Ryan Gosling | 2014 | United States | [216] |
| Magical Girl | Carlos Vermut | 2014 | Spain | [217] |
| The Man from Nowhere | Lee Jeong-beom | 2010 | South Korea | [218] |
| Man from Reno | Dave Boyle | 2015 | United States | [193] |
| Manhattan Night | Brian DeCubellis | 2016 | United States | [219] |
| Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story | Tikoy Aguiluz | 2011 | Philippines | [54] |
| The Merciless | Byun Sung-hyun | 2017 | South Korea | [220] |
| Miss Bala | Gerardo Naranjo | 2011 | Mexico | [115] |
| A Morass | Shane James Bordas | 2011 | United Kingdom | [221] |
| Motherless Brooklyn | Edward Norton | 2019 | United States | [222] |
| Mute | Duncan Jones | 2018 | United Kingdom, Germany | [223] |
| The Nice Guys | Shane Black | 2016 | United States | [224] |
| Nightcrawler | Dan Gilroy | 2014 | United States | [225] |
| Night Moves | Kelly Reichardt | 2014 | United States | [226] |
| The Nile Hilton Incident | Tarik Saleh | 2017 | Sweden, Egypt, Denmark, Germany | [227] |
| Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | 2016 | United States | [228] |
| No Other Woman | Ruel S. Bayani | 2011 | Philippines | [54] |
| Only God Forgives | Nicolas Winding Refn | 2013 | Denmark/France | [229] |
| On the Job | Erik Matti | 2013 | Philippines | [54] |
| Out of Blue | Carol Morley | 2019 | United States, United Kingdom | [230] |
| Outrage | Takeshi Kitano | 2010 | Japan | [231] |
| Paradox | Wilson Yip | 2017 | Hong Kong | [232] |
| The Persian Connection | Daniel Grove | 2017 | United States | [233] |
| Phoenix | Christian Petzold | 2014 | Germany | [54] |
| Pickings | Usher Morgan | 2018 | United States | [234] |
| Piercing | Nicolas Pesce | 2019 | United States | [235] |
| The Place Beyond the Pines | Derek Cianfrance | 2013 | United States | [236][237][238] |
| Pocket Listing | Conor Allyn | 2016 | United States | [239] |
| The Poison Rose | George Gallo and Francesco Cinquemani | 2019 | United States | [240] |
| Polar | Jonas Åkerlund | 2019 | United States, Germany, Canada | [241] |
| Prisoners | Denis Villeneuve | 2013 | United States | [242] |
| Queen & Slim | Melina Matsoukas | 2019 | United States | [243] |
| A Quiet Life | Claudio Cupellini | 2010 | Italy | [244] |
| Real | Lee Sa-rang | 2017 | South Korea | [245] |
| Richie | Gautham Ramachandran | 2017 | India | [246] |
| Rojo | Benjamín Naishtat | 2019 | Argentina | [247] |
| Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Dan Gilroy | 2017 | United States | [248] |
| Señorita | Isabel Sandoval | 2011 | Philippines | [249] |
| Serenity | Steven Knight | 2019 | United States | [250] |
| Shanghai | Mikael Håfström | 2010 | United States, China | [251] |
| Shutter Island | Martin Scorsese | 2010 | United States | [31] |
| Sin Island | Gino M. Santos | 2018 | Philippines | [54] |
| Small Town Crime | Esholm and Ian Nelms | 2018 | United States | [252] |
| Some Guy Who Kills People | Jack Perez | 2012 | United States | [253] |
| Spring Breakers | Harmony Korine | 2012 | United States | [254] |
| State Like Sleep | Meredith Danluck | 2019 | United States | [255] |
| Strangled | Árpád Sopsits | 2016 | Hungary | [256] |
| Sunrise | Partho Sen-Gupta | 2014 | India, France | [257] |
| Sweet Virginia | Jamie M. Dagg | 2017 | United States, Canada | [258] |
| Taniel | Garo Berberian | 2017 | United Kingdom, Armenia | [259] |
| Tattoo of Revenge | Julián Hernández | 2019 | Mexico | [260] |
| Terminal | Vaughn Stein | 2018 | Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, United States | [261] |
| Thin Ice | Jill Sprecher | 2012 | United States | [262] |
| Too Late | Dennis Hauck | 2016 | United States | [263] |
| A Touch of Sin | Jia Zhangke | 2013 | China, Japan, France | [264] |
| The Town | Ben Affleck | 2010 | United States | [193] |
| Traces of Sin | Kei Ishikawa | 2017 | Japan | [265] |
| Trance | Danny Boyle | 2013 | United Kingdom | [254] |
| Transpecos | Greg Kwedar | 2016 | United States | [266] |
| Trouble Is My Business | Tom Konkle | 2018 | United States | [267] |
| The Trough | Nick Cheung | 2018 | Hong Kong, China | [268] |
| Uncut Gems | Josh and Benny Safdie | 2019 | United States | [269] |
| Under the Silver Lake | David Robert Mitchell | 2018 | United States | [270] |
| Upgrade | Leigh Whannell | 2018 | Australia, United States | [271] |
| Victoria | Sebastian Schipper | 2015 | Germany | [272] |
| Vikram Vedha | Pushkar–Gayatri | 2017 | India | [273] |
| Villain | Lee Sang-il | 2010 | Japan | [274] |
| The Villainess | Jung Byung-gil | 2017 | South Korea | [220] |
| A Walk Among the Tombstones | Scott Frank | 2014 | United States | [275] |
| Walking Too Fast | Radim Špaček | 2010 | Czech Republic | [276] |
| The Whistlers | Corneliu Porumboiu | 2019 | Romania, France, Germany | [277] |
| Who Killed Cock Robin | Cheng Wei-hao | 2017 | Taiwan | [278][279] |
| Widows | Steve McQueen | 2018 | United States | [280] |
| The Wild Goose Lake | Diao Yinan | 2019 | China/France | [281] |
| Wind River | Taylor Sheridan | 2017 | United States | [282] |
| Winter's Bone | Debra Granik | 2010 | United States | [283] |
| The Yellow Sea | Na Hong-jin | 2010 | South Korea | [284] |
| You Were Never Really Here | Lynne Ramsay | 2017 | United Kingdom, United States, France |
[285] |
List of films: 2020–2029
| Film | Director | Year | Country | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abang Adik | Jin Ong Lay | 2023 | Malaysia | [286] |
| The Actor | Duke Johnson | 2025 | United States | [287] |
| Adverse | Brian Metcalf | 2021 | United States | [288] |
| Are You Lonesome Tonight? | Wen Shipei | 2021 | China | [289] |
| Arishadvarga | Arvind Kamath | 2020 | India | [145] |
| The Batman | Matt Reeves | 2022 | United States | [290] |
| Brut Force | Eve Symington | 2022 | United States | [291] |
| Calm with Horses | Nick Rowland | 2020 | Ireland | [292] |
| The Card Counter | Paul Schrader | 2021 | United States | [293] |
| Caught Stealing | Darren Aronofsky | 2025 | United States | [294] |
| City of Love | Èric Boadella | 2023 | United States | [295] |
| Decision to Leave | Park Chan-wook | 2022 | South Korea | [296] |
| A Desert | Joshua Erkman | 2025 | United States | [297] |
| Eileen | William Oldroyd | 2023 | United States, United Kingdom | [298] |
| Emily the Criminal | John Patton Ford | 2022 | United States | [299] |
| The Empty Man | David Prior | 2020 | United States | [300] |
| Fatale | Deon Taylor | 2020 | United States | [301] |
| Femme | Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping | 2023 | United Kingdom | [302] |
| Flinch | Cameron Van Hoy | 2021 | United States | [303] |
| The G | Karl R. Hearne | 2024 | Canada | [304] |
| Gazer | Ryan J. Sloan | 2025 | United States | [305] |
| Hand Rolled Cigarette | Kin Long Chan | 2020 | China | [306] |
| Havoc | Gareth Evans | 2025 | United States, United Kingdom | [307] |
| Highest 2 Lowest | Spike Lee | 2025 | United States | [308] |
| Hit Man | Richard Linklater | 2024 | United States | [309] |
| Holy Spider | Ali Abbasi | 2022 | Germany, France, Denmark, Sweden | [310] |
| Honey Don't! | Ethan Coen | 2025 | United States, United Kingdom | [311] |
| Hypnotic | Robert Rodriguez | 2023 | United States | [312] |
| I'm Your Woman | Julia Hart | 2020 | United States | [313] |
| John Wick: Chapter 4 | Chad Stahelski | 2023 | United States | [314] |
| Kabadadaari | Pradeep Krishnamoorthy | 2021 | India | [315] |
| Kapatadhaari | Pradeep Krishnamoorthy | 2021 | India | [316] |
| The Kid Detective | Evan Morgan | 2020 | Canada | [317] |
| The Kill Room | Nicol Paone | 2023 | United States | [318] |
| The Killer | David Fincher | 2023 | United States | [319] |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Martin Scorsese | 2023 | United States | [320] |
| Knox Goes Away | Michael Keaton | 2024 | United States | [321] |
| Lake George | Jeffrey Reiner | 2024 | United States | [322] |
| Last Moment of Clarity | James and Colin Krisel | 2020 | United States | [323] |
| Last Night in Soho | Edgar Wright | 2021 | United Kingdom | [324] |
| The Last Stop in Yuma County | Francis Galluppi | 2024 | United States | [325] |
| The Last Victim | Naveen A Chathapuram | 2021 | United States | [326] |
| The Lesson | Alice Troughton | 2023 | United Kingdom | [327] |
| Limbo | Soi Cheang | 2021 | China, Hong Kong | [328] |
| Limbo | Ivan Sen | 2023 | Australia | [329] |
| The Little Things | John Lee Hancock | 2021 | United States | [330] |
| Longlegs | Oz Perkins | 2024 | United States | [331] |
| Love Lies Bleeding | Rose Glass | 2024 | United States, United Kingdom | [332] |
| Magpie | Sam Yates | 2024 | United Kingdom | [333] |
| Marco | Haneef Adeni | 2024 | Malaysia | [334] |
| Marlowe | Neil Jordan | 2023 | France, Ireland, Spain | [335] |
| Master Gardener | Paul Schrader | 2023 | United States | [336] |
| MaXXXine | Ti West | 2024 | United States | [337] |
| Michael | Ranjit Jeyakodi | 2023 | India | [338] |
| Motel Destino | Karim Aïnouz | 2024 | Brazil, France, Germany | [339] |
| Night in Paradise | Park Hoon-jung | 2021 | South Korea | [340] |
| Nightmare Alley | Guillermo del Toro | 2021 | United States | [341] |
| No Sudden Move | Steven Soderbergh | 2021 | United States | [342] |
| Only the River Flows | Wei Shujun | 2023 | China | [343] |
| Pamfir | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | 2022 | Ukraine, Poland, France, Luxembourg | [344] |
| Pig | Michael Sarnoski | 2021 | United States | [345] |
| Poolman | Chris Pine | 2023 | United States | [346] |
| Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time | Lili Horvát | 2020 | Hungary | [347] |
| Reminiscence | Lisa Joy | 2021 | United States | [348] |
| Reptile | Grant Singer | 2023 | United States | [349] |
| Sharper | Benjamin Caron | 2023 | United States | [350] |
| Spears | Gerard Lough | 2022 | Ireland | [351] |
| A State of Madness | Leticia Tonos | 2020 | Dominican Republic | [352] |
| Synchronic | Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead | 2020 | United States | [353] |
| To Catch a Killer | Damián Szifron | 2023 | United States | [354] |
| The Universal Theory | Timm Kröger | 2023 | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | [355] |
| Vengeance | B. J. Novak | 2022 | United States | [356] |
| The Virtuoso | Nick Stagliano | 2021 | United States | [357] |
| The Voyeurs | Michael Mohan | 2022 | United States | [358] |
| Wildland | Jeanette Nordahl | 2020 | Denmark | [359] |
| Windfall | Charlie McDowell | 2022 | United States | [360] |
| Wrath of Man | Guy Ritchie | 2021 | United Kingdom, United States | [361] |