If you agree that current film and tv is garbage then perhaps a look at past works may offer what you require. Many if not all the themes below are well known truths on this forum.

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The following can be found at - QUINTUS CURTIUS FORTRESS OF THE MIND

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All noir films deal with at least a few of the following themes:

Existential crises torment the main character

Self-destructive actions are a compulsive necessity

Alienation from other people in society

Feminine betrayal in one form or another is more or less inevitable

Sexual thrills come with a cost

The impossibility of escaping one’s character or fate

A universe of moral ambiguity, where good often loses to evil

Bad results usually come from good intentions

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"The genre can be traced to the feelings of disillusionment and dislocation that upset American society after the Second World War. The war changed everything, turning conventional morality on its head. Nobody really knew how to cope with the vastly changed landscape that war and social turbulence had created. With the world in chaos, the only safe refuge seemed to be a detached, cynical view of things, as a sort of protective shield."

"The mood of the times helped as well. The postwar years, and the Cold War that immediately followed, were characterized by feelings of paranoia, dread, and insecurity. Dark times called for dark themes."

Dark times called for dark themes. GYOW.