Crime film genre
The crossword clue "Crime film genre" is answered by NOIR, a 4-letter entry. Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
NOIR
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the NOIR answer page.
Used 12 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for NOIR
Every other clue in this collection answered by NOIR, most used first.
- Film ___ - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Roulette bet - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
- Dark film genre - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinot ___ - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
- Black: Fr. - used 37 times, most recently in 2021
- Film genre - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Gritty film genre - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Film ___ (movie genre) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinot ___ (red wine) - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Dark genre - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Cafe ___ (black coffee) - used 12 times, most recently in 2016
- Hard-boiled film genre - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinot ___ (dry red wine) - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
- Cafe ___ - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Black, in Brest - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Roulette color - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Rouge et ___ - used 8 times, most recently in 2002
- "The Maltese Falcon" film genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Maltese Falcon" genre - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Word with "cafe" or "film" - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
- Hard-boiled crime genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Hard-boiled genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Opposite of blanc - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Pinot ___ (wine) - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- "The Big Sleep" genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Word after "film" or "cafe" - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
- Black, in Bordeaux - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
- Detective fiction genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Detective film genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "Double Indemnity" genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Film __ (dark movie genre) - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Grim film genre - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Film spool - REEL, used 78 times
- Aid in crime - ABET, used 69 times
- Film-rating org. - MPAA, used 54 times
- Film unit - REEL, used 52 times
- Film holder - REEL, used 50 times
- Guinness of film - ALEC, used 49 times
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