10 Upcoming Stylish Erotic And Cynical Neo-Noir Films In 2013

While there have been hardly any major recent films in the classic “film noir” genre since the early 1990s, even so it’s had a substantial effect on other genres. The films do look different than the traditional classics; the trademark black and white cinematography with its dark lighting is gone, as are the rain slicked city streets and the fedora and trench coat. These films more often than not include both thematic and visual rudiments suggestive of film noir. But the psychological depth of the movies with its disorientation, anxiety, desperation, obsession, cynicism, and alienation remains.

Newer, more present-tense ideas and threads involved in neo-noir films comprise identity-related predicaments, problems of memory and subjectivity, and most significantly,stories still have the underlying element of the crime with the femme fatale being updated as the post-feminist woman who has all of the sexuality and deviousness. There's something cold about the stylishness of these films. Watch them. They're all great in their own way.

10. Indigo (2013)

Release Date: 5 November 2013

Director: John Hawthorne Smith

Writer: John Hawthorne Smith

Cast: Skyler Pinkerton, Dana Pelevine, Nicholas Brendon.

The upcoming La Mancha Films feature "Indigo" staring Skyler Pinkerton, Dana Pelevine, Madeleine James, and Nicholas Brendon as "Gary." Directed by John Hawthorne Smith D.P. - Aidan Schultz-Meyer.The story of Eli Casey, a photographer and recovering addict, struggling to create a masterpiece portfolio. Desperate to find 'a curve-ball,' Eli follows this couple through Central Park. When his pregnant girlfriend, Cathy, comes over to help him look at the pictures, he discovers that, hidden in the background of one of the pictures, is a murder taking place.

9. The Suicide Theory (2013)

Release Date: 02 December 2013

Director: Dru Brown

Writer: Michael J. Kospiah

Cast: Steve Mouzakis, Nicholas G. Cooper, Matthew Scully.

"The Suicide Theory" is an upcoming Australian film Directed by Dru Brown, The Suicide Theory is a a darkly comedic yet poignant neo noir. Starring  Steve Mouzakis, Nicholas G. Cooper, Matthew Scully. The story is about a suicidal man hires a demented killer to assist him in suicide, but for some reason, miraculously survives each attempt on his life.

8. Doctor Mabuse (2013)

Release Date: 27 April 2013

Director: Ansel Faraj

Writers: Ansel Faraj, Norbert Jacques.

Cast: Jerry Lacy, Nathan Wilson, Kathryn Leigh Scott.

An upcoming independent film, "Doctor Mabuse", written and directed by Ansel Faraj, has been announced for a world premiere on April 27, 2013, at the Coronado Village Theater in San Diego, California. The film stars Jerry Lacy as Dr. Mabuse, with his Dark Shadows co-stars Kathryn Leigh Scott as Madame Von Harbau, Lara Parker as Madame Carrozza, Nathan Wilson as Inspector Carl Lohemann, and Linden Chiles as Inspector Von Wenk. The film is an original story inspired by the character of Mabuse, and is not a sequel or remake of any previous Mabuse films. The plot follows a Criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse returns from exile to begin a new reign of terror, and only young Inspector Carl Lohemann stands in his way.

7. Rebel City Rumble (2013)

Release Date: 09 June 2013

Director: Stephen Lourdes

Writer: Stephen Lourdes

Cast: Stelio Savante, Tara Lynne Barr, Mhairi Calvey.

"Rebel City Rumble" is an upcoming romantic thriller Neo-Noir film directed by Stephen Lourdes, starring Stelio Savante, Tara Lynne Barr, Mhairi Calvey. After an almost-failed bank robbery, Ryan loses his what's-left loot to the cops of Rebel City then goes after them, at the same time falling in love with 24/7 DVD café owner RK Keane, girlfriend to local gangster Dylan. Will he get killed trying to go for both?

6. Red Herring (2013)

Release Date: 09 July 2013

Director: Ousa Khun

Writers: Joshua A. Cohen, Joshua A. Cohen.

Cast: Brenda Whitehead, Holly Valance, Vincent Pastore.

"Red Herring" is an upcoming movie aptly named and based on the thriller genre by an independent director, Ousa Khun and writer-producer Joshua Cohen. Red Herring is described as a "Neo-Noir Murder Mystery," and involves Detective Jack Adamson (Robert Scott Howard) hunting for a killer within the Las Vegas movers and shakers. With a name like Red Herring, we can assume there are some plot twists and turns with a red herring or two along for the ride!

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