>> I like just about anything Bogart, also the noir movies. Give me something B & W set in San Francisco or L.A. in the rain and I'm good to go. World-weary detective who hasn't lost his sense of honor, a femme fatale, a convoluted plot -- yup!
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>Do you like the new noir?
>- Blade Runner
Not noir, it only looks like it. It's really about what it means to be human.

>- LA Confidential
Decent.

>- The Usual Suspects
Didn't see it.

>- Momento
Superb. Unique paradigm; like Blade Runner, defines a new subgenre.

>- Pulp Fiction
Iconic.

>- Resevoir Dogs
Ditto.

>- Sin City
The best recent noir. Interesting use of digital after-effects. Remarkable, scary performance by Mickey Rourke.

Of course, any list of good, "relatively" recent noir is incomplete without "The Grifters" (Lilly Dillon is played by Angelica Huston):

Doctor: Miss Dillon, I'm sorry about our little disagreement on the phone. And I'm really sorry about your son. Well, it's hard to believe that such a strapping young man is your son.
Lilly Dillon: Never mind that, just take care of him.
Doctor: He's had, he's had an internal hemorrhage. He's bleeding to death.
Lilly Dillon: Well, make it stop!
Doctor: His blood pressure's under a hundred. I don't think he's going to make it to the hospital.
Lilly Dillon: You know who I work for.
Doctor: There's just so much I can do.
Lilly Dillon: My son is going to be all right. If not, I'll have you killed.

And you think you have pressure in YOUR job ... ;)