The phrase “film noir” often calls to mind the image of a fedora-clad sleuth investigating a perplexing crime that may or may not involve the woman he loves in a shadow-swarmed city in the 1940s.

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This article was originally published February 28, 2022. It has been updated with additional series, including Netflix’s new Nordic noir The Åre Murders. If you’re a fan of mysteries and are ...