Usually means: Dark, stylistic crime dramas, mysterious.
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  1. film noir: Merriam-Webster
  2. film noir: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. film noir: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. film noir: Collins English Dictionary
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  7. film noir: Wiktionary
  8. film noir: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. film noir: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. film noir: Dictionary.com
  11. Film Noir (album), Film Noir, Film noir (film list), Film noir: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  15. film noir: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (film noir)

noun:  (film, uncountable) A film genre characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical or desperate characters.
noun:  (countable) An individual film in this genre.

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