English

Noun

neo-noir ‎(countable and uncountable, plural neo-noirs)

1. (uncountable) A genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals.
   • 2006, Nicholas Christopher, Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City

     In only one other neo-noir film, Chinatown, a big-studio, big-stars production, has the screenwriter actually won the Academy Award.

2. (countable) An individual film of this kind.
   • 2007, Andrew Spicer, European Film Noir

     Typical of neo-noir as a whole, British neo-noirs are highly intertextual and allusive...