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magpie posted:I just watched the three Bourne movies and enjoyed them. Does anyone have any recommendations for any spy/police action films with really intense sequences/chases please? Off the top of my head all I can think of is Infernal Affairs and that chase in Point Break. No James Bond thanks. True Lies is kind of silly/jokey (also kind of creepy/misogynistic) but if that tone doesn't ruin the intensity for you, it has some nice chase sequences.
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PDMChubby posted:I'm wondering if anyone could recommend some modern Swedish thrillers or horror films. It's in Norway but the main character moved there from Sweden!
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Jan 3, 2012 07:06
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Flaggy posted:I love dark comedies and I am always looking for more, along the lines of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang or Worlds Greatest Dad also loved the new Bobcat movie God Bless America any recommendations would be great. Thanks! Ace in the Hole Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb How to Get Ahead in Advertising Withnail & I Being John Malkovich Grosse Pointe Blank In Bruges The Guard Assassination of a High School President (sort of) Harold and Maude Trainspotting The Apartment In the Loop Four Lions 12:08 East of Bucharest The Trip Death at a Funeral (sort of) (the British one) A Fish Called Wanda The Matador Fargo
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Apr 30, 2012 00:55
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Jon Joe posted:I would like to watch some things which some complicated, but not convoluted, plots. Something you need to think a bit (or a lot) about to understand, but once you do you're not left with a nagging feeling that you just fell into a plot hole. Primer is nice and complicated, but also on the convoluted side, while something such as Memento is good move in the right direction, but still a bit on the simple side. Some of these are slightly less "complicated plot" and more "a lot to think about/understand," and I'm not sure that many of them will be complicated enough for you (some of them are mysteries/noir that get mostly cleared up at the end, so that might kill it for you), but whatever, worst case scenario you'll have a large list of movies that aren't complicated enough that you can use as examples to narrow down further recommendations: Adaptation 12 Monkeys L.A. Confidential Solaris (both the Tarkovsky version and the worse but still OK new version) The Sting Rashomon In the Loop Brick Zodiac Dark City (director's cut) Duplicity Gosford Park Zero Effect (I think; it has been a while since I've seen it)
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Jun 2, 2012 04:39
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Sand Monster posted:What are some of James Woods' best roles? That guy is a loving bad rear end and is mesmerizing on screen, even in small roles (e.g. Casino, Contact, Any Given Sunday). I think the only major role of his that I'm familiar with is Once Upon a Time in America.
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Jun 14, 2012 16:20
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feedmyleg posted:I finally watched Predator last night. Goddamn was that a bunch of sweaty, muscly, manly fun. Tonight I'm going to watch Commando and Bloodsport, and tomorrow probably Running Man and Die Hard. They Live is worth adding to the list.
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Jul 24, 2012 18:21
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JoltSpree posted:I haven't seen a funny movie in a while, most of the movies I consider funny I already have, and I've watched them far too much to be able to laugh at them any more.
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Jul 26, 2012 01:48
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Tirius posted:I'd love some recommendations on thriller/horror movies where isolation is a key factor. The only horror/thrillers that really get to me are the ones where people are totally isolated from society. For example, Pandorum didn't get to me at all until that scene when they open the windows on the ship and look out on a starless void. Even though it later turned out there was a twist involved with that scene, it still is the strongest image I have of that movie.
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Jul 29, 2012 01:24
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The Social Network has a short one.
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Aug 1, 2012 02:32
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For the buddy cop list I will add The Hard Way which is pretty good and also underrated, in my opinion.
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Aug 7, 2012 02:47
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Big Bad Voodoo Lou posted:Haven't seen it in decades, but I loved it at the time. It might make a good double-feature with the action-comedy cop movie Kuffs, starring Christian Slater, back when he was relevant.
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Aug 7, 2012 03:24
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JayMax posted:Could you recommend any films about writing/writers? Adaptation Sunset Blvd. Barton Fink In a Lonely Place Manhattan Hannah and Her Sisters Capote And for bonus "not so great but hey they're about writers" Finding Forrester The Dead Poet's Society And if journalists count there are a ton more.
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Aug 11, 2012 07:51
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kuddles posted:Somewhat reasonably, almost any film I can think of that deals with isolation is a horror film. Moon is the only one I can think of that deals with the boredom or slowly going crazy in a dramatic manner. Other examples: Cube (already mentioned), 1408, The Thing, Bug, The Shining, Blindness, Right At Your Door, Lifeboat, Repulsion and most recently Buried and Pontypool which both play out in very small environments.
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Aug 14, 2012 01:35
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Ulio posted:Any great action movies I might have missed? Something in the vain of Drive would be awesome. Also I've included some movies with not a ton of action because, hey, Drive didn't have much action either. So that was a very long introduction to this list of action movies arranged approximately from best to good: Seven Samurai Big Trouble in Little China Black Dynamite In Bruges District 9 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Three Kings Attack the Block Escape from New York The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) The Good, The Bad, and The Weird Demolition Man Shoot 'Em Up The International The Hard Way Miami Vice Red Strange Days
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Aug 15, 2012 05:32
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All the streaming ones are good, although the only real classic in there is Sleeper I would say. Aside from that my favorites are Manhattan, Annie Hall, Take the Money and Run, Hannah and her Sisters, The Purple Rose of Cairo, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Bananas is funny too and What's Up, Tiger Lily? is good if you fast forward through the clips of The Lovin' Spoonful that the studio made him add or something.
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Aug 19, 2012 04:04
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Sam. posted:I like Tarantino's movies, especially Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Jackie Brown. Any movies people would recommend that are like those, with lots of crime, violence, and dark humor? In Bruges Trainspotting In a Lonely Place Heathers Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Black Dynamite Three Kings American Psycho Shoot 'Em Up Of course you've seen Rush Hour and Rush Hour 2 The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three Hot Fuzz Snatch True Romance Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
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Aug 23, 2012 23:23
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I should clarify that you want the original The Taking of Pelham One Two Three with Walter 'Motherfucking' Matthau, not the remake.
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Aug 24, 2012 04:04
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Check out Buñuel's movies, like El ángel exterminador.
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Sep 7, 2012 04:10
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Waroduce posted:I enjoyed Safe House, Tears of the Sun, Act of Valor, Rendition, Spy Game and The Recruit. I love political/military thrillers/action movies. Can anyone reccomend me something I maybe haven't seen? I prefer them to be semi-realistic/current eventy but whatever. The Bourne movies are also pretty sweet.
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Sep 14, 2012 00:11
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Haven't seen it myself but I've heard good stuff.
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Are you asking for movies that fill all of those criteria, or most, or at least one, or what? Like, if it has everything but an historical setting, does that count?
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Sep 20, 2012 19:03
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El-Diablito posted:How many of them can you fill? It doesn't have to have all of it at once, but, those are things I like, if it has some of them and they work well together wahey \o/ Ugh talk about a broad loving set of tastes. The list of movies that fit those criteria is almost infinite but here are just random suggestions. I've put an asterisk beside the ones that might not have dialog that's "clever/intelligent" because what this usually means is lots of quick rejoinders and some of these movies aren't written by writers who fantasize about how they would've won all the arguments they've lost if only they had had time to write out their responses beforehand. In Bruges My Man Godfrey All About Eve A Serious Man Adaptation Being John Malkovich Everything Woody Allen Has Ever Done Heathers Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang The Graduate The Producers (1968) Young Frankenstein Do the Right Thing* How to Get Ahead in Advertising The Sting Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* 8 1/2* Assassination of a High School President Brick Dazed and Confused* Harold and Maude Scott Pilgrim vs. The World OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies* OSS 117: Lost in Rio* Three Kings* Trainspotting The Apartment Ace in the Hole Beetlejuice Flirting with Disaster In the Loop High Fidelity and so on
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Sep 20, 2012 20:04
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Even more neo noir: Assassination of a High School President Zero Effect The Man Who Wasn't There And although they are TV shows, Veronica Mars and Terriers are two of my favorite neo noir thingies. And heck, as long as we're stretching the category so much that we're not doing movies, Gun With Occasional Music and Motherless Brooklyn are good neo noir books. edit: oh, and you posted Blade Runner on your shameful list and that is the best neo noir. TychoCelchuuu fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Sep 21, 2012 |
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Sep 21, 2012 16:26
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Lister posted:I'm looking for any movies that have a large cast of characters that share a common thread, but everyone gets to have their own plot-line (at least to some extent). Similar movies that I'm thinking of are SLC Punk, Can't Hardly Wait, and Empire Records. These are all 90s movies, but it doesn't have to be exclusive to that decade. Pulp Fiction American Graffiti Seven Samurai The Bridge on the River Kwai Do The Right Thing The Great Escape Monty Python and the Holy Grail Fast Times at Ridgemont High Fargo No Country for Old Men The Departed Best in Show Waiting for Guffman Z Gosford Park Chariots of Fire Death at a Funeral (2007) It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Mighty Aphrodite And then there's the ur-common thread film which basically embodies this perfectly and which can never be surpassed, only ever equaled: Slacker.
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Sep 23, 2012 07:12
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Gosford Park is also dialog heavy and focuses on young people partying and killing time.
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Sep 23, 2012 17:09
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And The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
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Oct 11, 2012 15:49
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It would help to know what your favorite movies are and stuff like that. Asking for anime recommendations is very much like asking for comic book recommendation: mega nerds are going to list a bunch of stuff that all the mega nerds love, but unless you happen to be a latent mega nerd, you're more likely to like stuff that fits to your tastes, and it would be good to know what your tastes are.
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Oct 13, 2012 03:39
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Comedies wee! Since you haven't seen The Princess Bride I'm assuming there's nothing off limits in terms of what you potentially haven't seen, so... In Bruges Withnail & I How to Get Ahead in Advertising Top Secret! Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Heathers Airplane Back to the Future School of Rock Being John Malkovich Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang The Gold Rush The Producers (1968) Big Trouble in Little China Black Dynamite Young Frankenstein Grosse Pointe Blank Duck Soup OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Lost in Rio Back to the Future Ghostbusters The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad Attack the Block Beetlejuice Flirting with Disaster In the Loop Kung Fu Hustle One, Two, Three Blazing Saddles Four Lions Rush Hour Rush Hour 2 12:08 East of Bucharest Beverly Hills Cop The Odd Couple Sleeper The Blues Brothers The Hard Way The Trip Death at a Funeral (2007) And so on. I should probably cut this off before I just list every movie.
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Oct 22, 2012 18:00
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Elvira, Mistress of the Dark had a part set during Halloween I think. I was pretty drunk when I was watching it, though, and I don't see any mentions of Halloween in the plot summary on Wikipedia.
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Oct 22, 2012 20:52
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Some of these are more spy than others. The Third Man OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies OSS 117: Lost in Rio Syriana Army of Shadows Spartan Hanna What's Up, Tiger Lily?
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Oct 27, 2012 04:42
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"Cold" reminds me to also recommend Ice Station Zebra.
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Oct 27, 2012 08:04
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A human heart posted:What are some cool body horror movies? I've already seen most of Cronenberg's stuff, all 3 of Shinya Tsukamoto's Tetsuo films, The Thing and Alien and I need to give Altered States a watch. Is there any more obscure stuff floating around?
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Nov 5, 2012 22:37
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Transistor Rhythm posted:Please hit me with endearingly shitheeled/loser'ish private detectives or even regular people caught up in stuff way above their paygrade. Modern (1950's or later) setting preferred, Los Angeles is almost a no-brainer but I'm flexible. Obvious touchstones are Altman's The Long Goodbye, The Big Lebowski if only because everyone immediately knows what I mean, the underrated Zero Effect, Palmetto, even Chinatown. Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice and Richard Brautigan's Dreaming of Babylon are novels that perfectly nail this. Emphasis on our protagonist being a loveable doof/fuckup or just plain weirdo.
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Nov 7, 2012 03:56
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High Noon technically has some heroics but it's also quite stark and brutal.
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Nov 25, 2012 03:12
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Ramadu posted:I'm looking for some pot-apocalyptic themed movies for my brothers party that he's throwing. I've got the Mad Max stuff and A Boy and His Dog but I am drawing a complete blank on other movies of that style. Can you goons recommend me some other good ones? Twelve Monkeys La Jetée Children of Men Escape from New York Idiocracy WALL•E THX 1138 Delicatessen
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Dec 4, 2012 18:44
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Gushing Granny posted:I'm looking for some great thrillers. Something in the vein of Marathon Man would be cool but I'm really not picky about sub-genres. Thanks in advance.
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Dec 4, 2012 21:36
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Willow!
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Dec 16, 2012 00:11
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Red is dripping in graphic violence. Like 80 people die in that movie. But whatever: Tango and Cash (warning: I am the only one who likes this movie) The Fifth Element The Adventures of Robin Hood Willow Rush Hour Rush Hour 2 Never, ever Rush Hour 3 Demolition Man The Avengers
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Jan 12, 2013 19:52
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Trier posted:I realize this is probably far too broad, and I apologize in advance for that, but I'm pining for some modern British movies after having watched Attack The Block. There is also Bend it like Beckham.
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One, Two, Three is a classic. There are more jokes per minute in that movie than in anything until Airplane!, basically.
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