It's the best time of the year at SBS On Demand: Noirvember

At SBS On Demand we just can't get enough noir on our screens (and we know that you feel the same). So we've dedicated a whole month and collection to one of our favourite genres.

images from The Bridge, Decision to Leave, Cardinal and True Colours

(L-R) 'The Bridge', 'Decision to Leave', 'Cardinal' and 'True Colours'.

Nordic Noir

Let's start with one of our biggest and most loved in the noir genre. Initially a hugely popular crime fiction genre, Nordic Noir made the leap to the screen and hooked audiences in with chilling landscapes, unguessable plot twists, slow-burn mysteries and believable and flawed characters. Leading the way were Sarah Lund in the Danish series The Killing (who else really wanted to buy a?) and Saga Norén in the Danish/Swedish co-production The Bridge, and the noir hits just keep coming from Scandinavia.

  • Pump up the air-con, put on that Scandi sweater, cosy up on the couch and settle in for the four complete seasons of The Bridge and 3 seasons of The Killing.

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The Bridge

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  • If you're after a more recent Nordic Noir series jump into season 1 of the thrilling Norwegian series Furia before season 2 lands on November 30.

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Our Finest European Noir

Don't limit yourself to the Nordic regions, grab yourself a glass of pinot noir and settle down to stream some of the finest European Noir. Here are some top picks...

  • Germany and Austria jumped into the very successful cross-border crime genre with Pagan Peak. If you liked The Bridge, add this to your watchlist now, season 3 will be coming soon.

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  • Noire by name, noir by nature. Piste Noire is a twisted and dark French crime drama starring Thibault de Montalembert (Call My Agent).

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  • You may think of beautiful blue seas, bougainvillea and white washed villages, but the dark abduction thriller from Greece, Silent Road has all the makings of your new noir favourite.

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Canadian Noir, Eh?

Let's keep it chilly and head to Canada. When you think of Canadians you might immediately think of funny and quirky shows like but these nice guys have enough snow, grit and crime to compete with the Scandinavian series.
  • There's 3 seasons of the French-Canadian icy thriller, The Wall, where a big town detective investigates a strange murder in a small town. It will have you hooked.

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The Wall

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  • Tim Roth as the recovering alcoholic police chief dealing with organised crime in Tin Star.

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  • And the definitive Canadian Noir, the award-winning hit show Cardinal.
Based on the best-selling books, the show has all the elements you want for a perfect noir crime drama. There's our charismatic detective duo, the murder cases are complex, full of mysteries and twists and turns. Plus there is the incredible cold and beautiful Canadian landscapes as a back drop. Cardinal is all the best parts of the genre, but it makes it all its own.

Celtic Noir

Don't take off your Sarah Lund jumper just yet! It's still going to be a little chilly as we continue to Ireland. A place of undeniable beauty and rolling green hills, but perhaps these gritty crime dramas prove the grass isn't always greener on the other side?

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Blue Lights

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  • Ireland didn't want to miss out on the cross-border crime. Make sure to add the Irish-Belgian conspiracy thriller Hidden Assets to your list.

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Hidden Assets

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  • If you want dark and gritty noir then you can't go past the psychological mystery Dublin Murders.


Brit Noir

The Brits are also huge fans of Scandi Noir series, so it only made sense that they would step in, and the one that really put them on the map in this space was Broadchurch. This slow-burn murder mystery hooked viewers in and the performances from the incredible cast meant we couldn't stop watching.

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Also make sure to check out a more recent release, the grisly, nail-biting and slightly disturbing BBC series Wolf, which has been described as


Aussie Noir

We couldn't miss out on the noir action and this series has been called "." The ground-breaking 4-part crime drama series True Colours is a murder mystery like no other, it's authentic, intriguing and features outstanding performances by Rarriwuy Hick and Luke Arnold.

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Film Noir

We aren't limited to TV series this Noirvember, we also have a collection of stylish and atmospheric Film Noir to explore including...

  • Park Chan-wook's sophisticated, ravishing and gripping neo-noir romance, Decision to Leave.
  • The engaging and masterful Chinese film, Back to the Wharf is a moody and slow burn neo-noir drama.
  • Albert Finney is Hercule Poirot in the 1974 release of Murder on the Orient Express. It's a big murder mystery with an even bigger cast, featuring Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman (who won an Oscar for her role), Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave, Jacqueline Bisset and Anthony Perkins.

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Murder on the Orient Express

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There's so much more to explore in the full at SBS On Demand.




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Published 1 November 2023 10:12am
Updated 28 February 2024 9:18pm
By Ally Caracatsanis
Source: SBS

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