neo-noir noun2 •A genre of film that combines elements of traditional film noir with modern themes and visuals.In only one other neo-noir film, Chinatown, a big-studio, big-stars production, has the screenwriter actually won the Academy Award. — 2006 •An individual film of this kind.Typical of neo-noir as a whole, British neo-noirs are highly intertextual and allusive […] — 2007 formsneo-noirs