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film noirs

film noirs is the plural of film noir.

Meaning of film noir

Noun

film noir (countable and uncountable, plural film noirs or films noirs)

  1. (uncountable) A film genre characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical or desperate characters.
    • During this period his own films were being studied alongside classic film noir together with European arthouse cinema and the works of directors from around the world.2017, Ian Brookes, Film Noir: A Critical Introduction, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN
  2. (countable) An individual film in this genre.

Questions about film noirs

What is film noirs the plural of?
Film noirs is the plural of film noir.

Words near film noirs in the dictionary

  1. film maker
  2. film makers
  3. film making
  4. Film Nagar
  5. film noir
  6. film noirs
  7. film out
  8. film projector
  9. film projectors
  10. film punctuation
  11. film reader

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