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Bulging Nipples posted:I love John McTiernan movies. Die hard is my favorite movie of all time, and I've seen Predator, Die Hard: With a Vengeance and The 13th Warrior a million times each. Die Hard and Predator are bona fide classics, so I'm probably looking for something a little less known in the vein of 13th Warrior that I wouldnt have seen. Doomsday is basically Escape from New York crossed with Mad Max. Outlander is a Viking story with a crashed astronaut helping them fight an alien.
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Parkingtigers posted:Doomsday is basically Escape from New York crossed with Mad Max. Ive already seen Doomsday and loved it so I'm definitely gonna check out Outlander.
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What are some of the best and most essential films from the East Asia region, specifically China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan? I understand that this is an incredibly broad question, but I'm doing a subject this semester on Asian Cinema. Obviously it will have its own film list, but I'd like to see a few things beforehand since I'd be going in almost entirely cold aside from Park Chan-wook, Ang Lee and Miyazaki movies. I'm by no means looking for an exhaustive list (you can if you want!) but just a few great films from each of those countries, both classic and recent.
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China: Springtime in a Small Town Two Stage Sisters Platform Taiwan: A Touch of Zen Goodbye, South, Goodbye The Wayward Cloud Hong Kong: The Arch Pedicab Driver Exiled South Korea Ieo-do Black Republic Oki's Movie Japan: Repast Nanami: Inferno of First Love Moe no Suzaku I'm just spitting things out, but these are all in my opinion and slight experience essential, and good building blocks on going elsewhere in these respective nations' cinemas. Someone else might be more helpful.
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:What are some of the best and most essential films from the East Asia region, specifically China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan? I understand that this is an incredibly broad question, but I'm doing a subject this semester on Asian Cinema. Obviously it will have its own film list, but I'd like to see a few things beforehand since I'd be going in almost entirely cold aside from Park Chan-wook, Ang Lee and Miyazaki movies. I'm by no means looking for an exhaustive list (you can if you want!) but just a few great films from each of those countries, both classic and recent. I'm not super well versed in Asian cinema, but here's a few: In The Mood For Love Ran Late Spring Memories of Murder Raise the Red Lantern Woman in the Dunes There can and will be plenty of disagreement about which Ozu, Kurosawa, and Kar Wai movies are the best choices, and the list is a bit heavy on Japanese films, but I feel that's a pretty strong list.
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Japan has a very rich film history. Check out Seven Samurai, Tokyo Story, Floating Weeds, Ugetsu, Harakiri, and Ikiru as some good entry points (Japan had a huge post-war renaissance of sorts in the 50's, although a lot of those directors started before WWII). For China, Wong Kar-Wai is essential. Try either In the Mood for Love or Chungking Express for him. The Goddess is an excellent classic Chinese film you can watch on Youtube. Kung-Fu films have legitimately been a huge part of Asian cinema, particularly Hong Kong, for decades. You should at least see The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. If you include Thailand, check out some stuff by Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
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For Japan: Grave of the Fireflies For Hong Kong: Mr. Vampire Sparrow
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I'm always up for watching cheesy 70s/80s films. I love all of John Carpenter's movies and watch my DVDs pretty often actually. I think Repo Man might be one of the most ridiculous and entertaining movies ever made and I'm looking for stuff in the same vein as these. If they're horror or sci-fi that's a huge plus. I kind of wish there was some stream with these kinds of movies that played 24/7 that people could sit in a chat and watch.
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Thanks for all of the Asian film recommendations. That's a great point to start.
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golevka posted:I'm always up for watching cheesy 70s/80s films. I love all of John Carpenter's movies and watch my DVDs pretty often actually. Cheesy 70s/80s horror and sci-fi is my favourite. Try these on for size: 1970. The Wizard of Gore 1970. Nam's Angels 1971. The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971. Tombs of the Blind Dead 1972. Dr. Phibes Rises Again 1972. Tower of Evil 1973. Horror Express 1973. Westworld 1974. The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires 1974. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter 1975. A Boy and His Dog 1975. Terror of Mechagodzilla (one of the Top 3 in the series imo) 1976. God Told Me To 1976. Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave 1977. Meatcleaver Massacre 1977. Damnation Alley 1978. Inglorious Bastards (the original, classic WW2 exploitation) 1978. Deathsport 1979. Starcrash 1979. The Driller Killer 1980. Humanoids From the Deep 1980. Without Warning 1980. Motel Hell 1980. Contamination 1980. Battle Beyond the Stars 1980. Used Cars 1981. The Boogens 1981. Galaxy of Terror (!!!) 1981. Night of the Werewolf 1982. Turkish Star Wars 1982. Megaforce 1982. Q: The Winged Serpent 1982. SHE 1982. The New Barbarians 1982. 2020: Texas Gladiators 1983. Atlantis Interceptors 1983. The Deadly Spawn 1983. 2019: After the Fall of New York 1983. Lucio Fulci's Conquest 1984. Savage Streets 1984. Streets of Fire 1984. Razorback 1984. The Warrior and the Sorceress 1985. Radioactive Dreams (!!!) 1985. Lifeforce 1985. Star Knight 1985. Phenomena 1986. From Beyond 1986. TerrorVision 1986. Chopping Mall 1986. Rawhead Rex 1986. The Seventh Curse 1986. Future Hunters 1987. The Curse (!!!) 1987. Dark Age 1987. Hell Comes to Frogtown 1987. Cherry 2000 1987. Deathstalker II 1987. The Video Dead 1987. Straight to Hell 1987. The Time Guardian 1987. Street Trash 1988. Nightmare Sisters (!!!) 1988. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey 1988. Brain Damage 1988. Slime City 1988. Death Spa 1988. Demonwarp 1989. Salute of the Jugger 1989. Sinbad of the Seven Seas 1989. The Sweet House of Horrors 1989. Moontrap 1989. Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge 1990. Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat 1990. Dark Angel 1990. Frankenhooker Additionally: Gamera movies Godzilla movies The Planet of the Apes sequels Troma Full Moon Pictures OK have fun!
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That's a great list but I am going to emphatically second five of these movies: 1973. Horror Express 1984. Razorback 1987. Street Trash 1989. Salute of the Jugger 1989. Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge Seriously watch each and every one of these movies.
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golevka posted:I'm always up for watching cheesy 70s/80s films. I love all of John Carpenter's movies and watch my DVDs pretty often actually. I'm not as well versed in this as the previous posters, but I didn't see House (the 1977 Japanese film) on the list, and I'm pretty sure that you'd dig it.
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I'm looking for cynical, bleak movies that capture that kind of southern (united states of)American spirit and shows off a lot of its desolate landscape. I'm rereading Blood Meridian right now and watching True Detective so I'm looking for stuff that have a similar elements to those.
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NeilPerry posted:I'm looking for cynical, bleak movies that capture that kind of southern (united states of)American spirit and shows off a lot of its desolate landscape. I'm rereading Blood Meridian right now and watching True Detective so I'm looking for stuff that have a similar elements to those. Killer Joe (it's based on a play, so not a lot of landscape shots, but otherwise it fits your criteria perfectly).
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:That's a great list but I am going to emphatically second five of these movies: I have never heard of these, but I'm going to seriously watch each and every one of these movies. Also on that list is a 1982 movie "SHE". That film is wonderfully trashy, and to see it recommended here makes me smile. Back in the days when videos for sale were still not really a major thing, my step-dad was given that movie by a video rental shop after doing some building work for them. Ended up watching that a million times as a kid, because that's what you do when you only have a handful of films. It's a terrible film that I will always love.
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Seriously that whole list is great and pretty varied.
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NeilPerry posted:I'm looking for cynical, bleak movies that capture that kind of southern (united states of)American spirit and shows off a lot of its desolate landscape. I'm rereading Blood Meridian right now and watching True Detective so I'm looking for stuff that have a similar elements to those. Shotgun Stories was pretty good.
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Parkingtigers posted:I have never heard of these, but I'm going to seriously watch each and every one of these movies. Triple support for Razorback. I picked that one up on a whim several years ago before the local Hollywood Video purged all their VHS tapes. It's exactly the kind of movie that fits the "grabbed a random thing off the shelf and it was great" experience that makes me miss wandering through the aisles of a tape store.
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I'd heard of Hell Comes To Frogtown before, but I didn't realize it was Rowdy Roddy Piper as Mad Max vs. literal frog men, by the guy who wrote the novelization of The Terminator. I'm definitely watching that soon.
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Wow these lists are great, most look right up my alley. Thanks guys.
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Any good submarine movies besides Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Das Boot?
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regulargonzalez posted:Any good submarine movies besides Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Das Boot? The Abyss has some great submarine sections, though it is only part of the film as a whole.
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regulargonzalez posted:Any good submarine movies besides Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Das Boot?
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regulargonzalez posted:Any good submarine movies besides Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Das Boot? Not quite as good as those, but here's a few decent ones to help you fill that need: Below is a decent little horror written by Darren Aronofsky and featuring a great b-movie cast. Hostile Waters is a drat good made-for-tv movie starring Rutger Hauer, Max von Sydow and Martin Sheen. The Rift might be my favourite of the bunch with great effects (for its budget) and a good story that was heavily borrowed from in Event Horizon.
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regulargonzalez posted:Any good submarine movies besides Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Das Boot? It's technically an episode of Star Trek TOS, but Balance of Terror is a pretty drat good submarine movie.
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regulargonzalez posted:Any good submarine movies besides Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Das Boot? Down Periscope. The best movie about Kelsey Grammer the submarine captain with a tattoo on his dick.
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NeilPerry posted:I'm looking for cynical, bleak movies that capture that kind of southern (united states of)American spirit and shows off a lot of its desolate landscape. I'm rereading Blood Meridian right now and watching True Detective so I'm looking for stuff that have a similar elements to those. Came here to ask the same thing. Watch Winter's Bone if you haven't already. It's absolutely fantastic. I'd also thoroughly recommend Mud which may have been the best thing I saw last year. Also something a little different but sorta in the same vein would be Lonestar which, along with Mud and True Detective, also has Matthew McConaughey in it. Prisoners and Martha Macy May Marlene also have similar aspects too.
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regulargonzalez posted:Any good submarine movies besides Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Das Boot? Sci-Fi answer: The Atomic Submarine 60's answer: Yellow Submarine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_films ----------------- I've seen The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Willy Wonka, and Bonnie and Clyde. Any hidden Gene Wilder gems?
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TrixRabbi posted:Sci-Fi answer: The Atomic Submarine Yeah, Silver Streak and Stir Crazy.
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Run Silent, Run Deep is the first best submarine movie. It's Clark Gable as Ahab.
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I'm looking for more (preferably horror or action, but open to whatever) movies with a lot of night time shots of New York City in the late 80's/early 90's. That dirty New York before they started cleaning it up. I've seen: Fulci's The New York Ripper, most Larry Cohen movies, Maniac Cop trilogy, James Glickenhaus' movies.
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It's from 99', but I think you'd like Bringing Out the Dead if you haven't already seen it. Directed by Scorsese, starring Nicolas with John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore. It follows an insomniac Nicolas Cage as he works night shift driving an ambulance in the really poor/dangerous parts of Manhattan. Little bit late, but BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:What are some of the best and most essential films from the East Asia region, specifically China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan? I understand that this is an incredibly broad question, but I'm doing a subject this semester on Asian Cinema. Obviously it will have its own film list, but I'd like to see a few things beforehand since I'd be going in almost entirely cold aside from Park Chan-wook, Ang Lee and Miyazaki movies. I'm by no means looking for an exhaustive list (you can if you want!) but just a few great films from each of those countries, both classic and recent. You should check out the South Korean Movie thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3525253 Gringo Heisenberg fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Mar 9, 2014 |
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King of New York and Bad Lieutenant (original, obviously) would be obvious choices for that period, and After Hours if you're willing to branch out into (dark) comedy.
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Starscream posted:I'm looking for more (preferably horror or action, but open to whatever) movies with a lot of night time shots of New York City in the late 80's/early 90's. That dirty New York before they started cleaning it up. C.H.U.D., maybe
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Starscream posted:I'm looking for more (preferably horror or action, but open to whatever) movies with a lot of night time shots of New York City in the late 80's/early 90's. That dirty New York before they started cleaning it up. It's '79, but I still feel that The Warriors would be a great choice.
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Black Griffon posted:It's '79, but I still feel that The Warriors would be a great choice. Taxi Driver is maybe the best example and that's '76.
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Starscream posted:I'm looking for more (preferably horror or action, but open to whatever) movies with a lot of night time shots of New York City in the late 80's/early 90's. That dirty New York before they started cleaning it up. Jason Takes Manhattan? Oh, you said New York City, not A Boat 
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Coffee And Pie posted:Jason Takes Manhattan? Also he said New York City, not Vancouver
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Do you guys have any recommendations for Cold War movies? Not necessarily spy movies, although most tend to be that. I've seen The Good Shepherd (eh) and the tv series The Company which was alright.
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Thanks for the recommendations everyone, though I have seen (and own) all of the ones listed so far. Perhaps I should have been a little more specific, having seen nearly 4000 movies I'm looking for more of the b-pictures and stuff that maybe flew under the radar. Abel Ferrara was a good call, totally slipped my mind, I definitely need to rewatch the original Bad Lieutenent and maybe finish up his filmography this month. Any more, please?
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