History Main / SunshineNoir

* ''Film/SuicideSquad'' is dark and the main protagonists are all criminals or morally gray government workers. Fitting the dangerous-but-occasionally-quirky aspects of the titular squad, bright colors interrupt the grim landscape, from oddly dyed hair to screaming neon lights. The credits are a kaleidoscopic vision of symbols of the characters in bright neons.

* Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' recasts the Montagues and Capulets as ruthless crime families in a fictitious setting that is a sunny, nightlife-driven mashup of [=SoCal=] and the Miami-Dade area, with Tybalt as a mob enforcer, Mercutio as a local club rat, and Friar Laurence reinterpreted as a drug-dealing beach bum.

* VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity, VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas and VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV fit the bill. While VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheBalladOfGayTony fits the flashy nightlife version of this trope.

* VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity, VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas and VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV fit the bill.

* Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'' recasts the Montagues and Capulets as ruthless crime families in a fictitious setting that is a sunny, nightlife-driven mashup of SoCal and the Miami-Dade area, with Tybalt as a mob enforcer, Mercutio as a local club rat, and Friar Laurence reinterpreted as a drug-dealing beach bum.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is a somewhat gritty film noir lined with cheery and goofy elements provided by the animated characters that populate the film's world. The [[ToonTown Toontown]] scene could most notably highlight this as it appears all silly, vibrant and happy, but can actually be a dangerous place.

* ''Film/TheRecklessMoment'' is all shot in sunny California in a upper-class suburban neighbourhood.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' sort of exaggerates this in the [[ToonTown Toontown]] scene.

* ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'': The TropeCodifier, famous for its golden yellow cinematography. According to an interview with Creator/RomanPolanski, Creator/RobertTowne was furious when he saw the sunny colors he was using. When Towne had wrote the script, he assumed the film would have the dark red filter the Film/{{Godfather}} had made so popular.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' sort of exaggerates this in the [[Toon Town Toontown]] scene.

Sunshine Noir is a trope that combines elements of ShiningCity and CityNoir. The setting may be a CrapsackWorld filled with gangsters, drug deals gone wrong, undercover police officers, criminal drifters, and violent youths. However, the setting does not necessarily ''look'' like a CrapsackWorld. This setting either tries to accentuate how lively it is, or is filled with beautiful sunshine and stylish chrome cars. Expect signs in the background (or the opening credits/title page of the story) to include a colorful neon font. Expect there to be a huge focus on vibrant, neon-lit nightlife in these kinds of settings. If not, expect to hear upbeat, poppy music playing in the background as undercover detectives bust a drug deal or as a young getaway driver makes his great escape. Often, in this setting, there is a juxtaposition of happy scenes set in broad daylight with events that would normally mark a WretchedHive. However, unlike a WretchedHive, this setting tends to be clean and polished. The setting in this peculiar type of Noir is usually a ViceCity, that looks particularly ''fun'' on the surface, with charming characters, colorful and quirky fashions, but is, due to its underworld of crime, a CrapsaccharineWorld. May sometimes overlap with CyberPunk.

* ''Film/MulhollandFalls'': Despite what the movie poster implies, most scenes take place in bright Californian light.

* The ''Driver'' series by James Sallis is the TropeNamer, while the film of the first book starring Ryan Gosling is the TropeCodifier.

This term was originally coined by ''{{Drive}}'' author James Sallis to describe his novels.

* ''Videogame/HotlineMiami'': To varying degrees. It is certainly this in [[spoiler:Biker's arc]]. In Jacket's arc it is definitely a WretchedHive, although due to SanitySlippage Jacket tends to be something of a WeirdnessMagnet. The game has been stated to have been partially inspired by ''Film/{{Drive}}'' as well.

* The City in ''Videogame/MirrorsEdge'' is almost entirely white with some garishly bright colored highlights, with the sun glaring down from a cloudless sky in almost every level. At the same time it's almost devoid of signs of life and somewhat unsettling sterile.

* ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'': The TropeCodifier, famous for its golden yellow cinematography. According to an interview with Roman Polanski, Robert Towne was furious when he saw the sunny colors he was using. When Towne had wrote the script, he assumed the film would have the dark red filter the Film/{{Godfather}} had made so popular.

* Film/ToLiveAndDieInLA

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