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r/filmnoir↗

The stuff that dreams are made of.

A subreddit dedicated to film noir and neo noir films, and hard-boiled crime fiction. Film Noir is itself, broadly, the cinematic genre of crime dramas and thrillers produced during the 1940s and 50s. It's revival of the 70s and 80s are neo-noirs and everything else beyond that until today uses the scaffolding built by the 'classic period' of the genre.

66k subscribers140 posts / mo in Sep 202674 authors / mosince 2011

r/filmnoir has 66k members (+56% over the last 12 months). It gets about 140 posts a month from 74 people. Top topics: Film Noirs, Silent Film Classics and Classic Hollywood Stars.

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How r/filmnoir has grown

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Subscriber growth

Subscribers over time

+56%in 12 months · +11% in 3 months · +1.6% in 1 month
Oct 202665k
Growing65k subscribers
Data since Mar 2018Live · through Oct 2026
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Monthly activity

Posts, comments and authors per month

+69%vs Sep 2025 · +17% last 3 months vs the 3 before
Sep 2026140
BusierPeaked at 140 in Sep 2026
Data through Sep 2026 · October usually lands mid-November

What people talk about

Topics and brands on r/filmnoir

Top topics

Share of the subreddit's posts

  1. Film Noirs26%
  2. Silent Film Classics2.2%
  3. Classic Hollywood Stars0.9%
  4. HD Movie Classics0.6%
  5. Underrated Films0.5%

Brands people mention

Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months

  1. IMDb
  2. Spotify
  3. Bluesky Social
  4. Bluesky
  5. The Letterboxd Show

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