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Ornithology posted:Any ideas for lesser known dark crime thrillers/mysteries? Bonus points if it has a neo-noir feel. I'm thinking in the vein of Memento, Seven, Prisoners, maybe Zodiac? I've seen all the popular Korean ones too. I don't know if any of these are super obscure but the Pusher trilogy, A Prophet, Blue Ruin, Elle, Good Time, Killing Them Softly, Animal Kingdom, Martha May Marcy Marlene, maybe Dead Man's Shoes? Seconding Cure. I guess you've already seen Burning but it's good enough that I'm mentioning it in case.
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To Live and Die in LA and Point Blank are solid recommendations. I'd also add Straight Time, Blood Simple, Get Carter, as well as Drive if it's not utterly obvious. Maybe Nightcrawler? There are a few other directions you could go beyond that really. I think a lot of Mann's focus on the criminal as amoral hyperskilled professional came from the wave of French post-noir crime films, which didn't lack for mood or style. If subtitles aren't an obstacle you might check out Jean-Pierre Melville's work, e.g. Le Doulos, Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge.
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Jun 26, 2019 21:11
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Lester Shy posted:Looking for dreamy, nightmarish, Lynchian horror movies. It's a really specific request, but I love stories where a character passes from the real world into a dream/purgatory/whatever. Things like Jacob's Ladder, Inland Empire, As Above So Below, the 2nd and 3rd seasons of Channel Zero, Baskin, etc. Kill List for sure, Videodrome, maybe I'm reaching here but also Barton Fink and The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
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Oct 7, 2019 20:11
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:I've got serious Epstein brain. I've seen JFK and Eyes Wide Shut recently, what's next? If you're up for dark comic takes on the genre, Under The Silver Lake has some solid Epstein vibes and Winter Kills is an interesting counterpart to JFK.
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Nov 4, 2019 20:26
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vincentpricesboner posted:Looking for more movies like Chinatown. Want high production values and literary themes and great acting / directing. Being a "detective movie" is a plus but not a requirement. Similiar ones I've seen and enjoyed : Seven, LA Confidential,Memories of Murder. The Conversation, Klute, Night Moves, Burning, The Conformist.
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Nov 10, 2019 22:48
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:On a recommendation from a recent Cum Town episode I saw The Long Good Friday and Day of the Jackal. Both were great, I'm amazed I'd never heard of either one. Any similar movies, which I guess would be 70s/80s European crime thrillers? Z State of Siege Army of Shadows Le cercle rouge Get Carter The Hit Also this is cheating but in terms of American directors working with that sort of material/feel: French Connection 2 (I think it's really underrated, although admittedly you'd probably want to see the first one if you haven't) Sorcerer
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Apr 17, 2020 14:48
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Akapursch posted:I'm after post-90s films that try to be cool yet are somewhat grounded (dreamy/absurd from a grounded standpoint is fine, just not outright sci-fi - Fight Club would pass, but The Matrix would not). That's kinda subjective but hopefully the examples below get across what that means to me. Try-hard "cheesy" cool is fine. I find Payback to be incredibly cheesy, but for some reason it just works for me (despite Gibson's real-life antics souring the rest of his filmography for me). Also doesn't matter if it's an "obvious" one, below is all I can think of currently and I don't mind rewatches of stuff I've simply forgotten (besides anything else Tarantino that isn't on the list, I'm aware of all of them). I'm sensing you're generally after crime films so: La Haine, A Prophet, Layer Cake, Grosse Pointe Blank. The King of New York, Fresh, Clockers, Ronin, Amores Perros.
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Jul 25, 2020 19:32
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Dekko posted:I'd like to watch some Westerns, but mountain/snowy ones. I can think of The Revenant, Ravenous, Hateful Eight and maybe the True Grit remake off the top of my head. McCabe and Mrs Miller is a great one.
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Sep 6, 2020 18:19
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Heavy Metal posted:I'm looking for good and/or entertaining movies from 1986, that I haven't seen. I really want to second Manhunter and Name of the Rose, which are films I really love, plus add: - True Stories - David Byrne of Talking Heads fame presents a quirky portrait of small-town Texas folk - Down By Law - Lowkey Jim Jarmusch indie comedy about three men jailed in New Orleans who plot their escape - She's Gotta Have It - Early Spike Lee about a free spirited Brooklyn woman who has three very different men each trying to win her affection - The Color of Money - Martin Scorsese directs Paul Newman reprising his poolhall shark role from The Hustler after 25 years, with Tom Cruise as his cocky protege - At Close Range - Sean Penn is a troubled teen who's brought under the wing of his career criminal father, played by Christopher Walken The Mosquito Coast is also one with a positive rep that I've been meaning to see.
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Oct 24, 2020 13:30
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SkunkDuster posted:I watched The Florida Project yesterday and really enjoyed it. I also liked KIDS, Gummo, and Requiem For A Dream. Another good one is the 1981 made for tv adaptation of The Gin Game with Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. The common theme here is "slice of life" type movies that don't follow typical movie tropes and don't necessarily have happy endings or any resolution - somewhere between a documentary and movie. Is there a genre for this type of film? Any recommendations on similar films? I'd recommend Fish Tank and American Honey from Andrea Arnold, Naked from Mike Leigh, and La Haine from Mathieu Kassovitz. Also seconding Tangerine if you haven't seen it. piratepilates posted:So now I'm curious about movies that play up the voyeurism aspect, particularly with the camera work playing up the voyeurism aspect, where it feels like you're watching something you shouldn't be. I'm thinking of something like (the excellent) The Conversation, with the intro being a super telephoto lens spying on someone with the park, and the movie being focused around a guy whose job is to just snoop in on other people without them knowing. Anyone have any recommendations on that vein? With or without the previous criteria. Maybe obvious but Blue Velvet, Klute, Being John Malkovich and Peeping Tom? I'd also say In The House and Andrea Arnold again, especially Red Road.
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Professor Shark posted:I rewatched Eastern Promises last night and could use some more Russian Mafia films. Any good ones? I don't know of that much that focuses on them, but I'd suggest Little Odessa, and (if you'd like an actual Russian one) Brother.
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May 4, 2021 18:53
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ninjewtsu posted:what are the good comedy movies of the last like, i dunno, 5 years? anything newer than/contemporary to what we do in the shadows would be good These are in categories I made up just now, each arranged in rough descending order of how confident I am that they're comedies (some are probably more comedy-dramas). Apologies if these aren't your tastes. Just generally loose and fun and violent The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Nice Guys Wild Tales Dark and morbid European things around ageing and/or dying Death of Stalin Toni Erdmann The Lobster The Favourite Baumbach/Anderson things Grand Budapest Hotel Isle of Dogs Mistress America The Meyerowitz Stories Glorious American trash persons with severely impaired impulse control Uncut Gems Good Time Tangerine Florida Project American Honey
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May 26, 2021 19:15
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Zurtilik posted:My request is vague and highly subjective but: can anyone recommended some really 'stylized' crime films? Things that I enjoyed that come to mind: Drive, Thief, Manhunter, Nightcrawler. On top of the other suggestions, I'd add City of God, Consequences of Love, Killing Them Softly, La Haine, King of New York.
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Aug 23, 2021 18:59
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for dark/bleak/sad movies set in the American South/Appalachia Blood Simple Sling Blade One False Move Shotgun Stories Joe (I'd also definitely second Winter's Bone) Slightly further afield vibe-wise but still good, bleak and Southern set: Angel Heart Cape Fear (I'd start with the original) Days of Heaven Deliverance Southern Comfort Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Hud The Last Picture Show
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Oct 8, 2021 01:46
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Looking for more European crime/political thrillers that I haven't seen yet. The Long Good Friday, Day of the Jackal, Z, The Battle of Algiers were all really good. Le Cercle Rouge not bad, did not dig State of Siege or Get Carter as much. What am I missing? Any newer examples of this genre that still have the same "feel" to them? This is a little scattershot but most of these are newer. Carlos (there's a 3-part miniseries version of this that I really enjoyed as well as a shorter film) The Conformist Investigation of a Citizen under Suspicion The Hit Le Trou La Haine The Lives of Others A Prophet Gomorra The Spy Who Came in From the Cold The Pusher trilogy Il Divo
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Magnetic North posted:Alright, this might be a weird request. I can't play the video game Payday 2 anymore because of motion sickness. Lately, I've been especially nostalgic for the ol' 'Cop-Clicker' so, I watched Heat for the first time on Pluto.tv to see if I would enjoy it. I did, though it was a little more 'human' than I expected. For background, Inception is probably my favorite movie. That movie is a lot of things but I would not describe it as particularly 'human' and that suits me just fine. I'd say for modern things The Town and Hell Or High Water might be to your taste. In terms of small bands of heisters fending off waves of enemies in giant gunfights, I'd actually go for older stuff like Bonnie & Clyde or The Wild Bunch, which have plenty of blood squibs but nothing I'd describe as gory by modern terms, especially since it's so stylised - it reminds me somewhat of videogame gunplay even if it predates it by decades. I don't like to give anti-recommendations but I have to say Dragged Across Concrete is brutal and sporadically gory and I cannot imagine you'd be into it if you were bothered by Heat. It's not an especially serious film but I'd say it's one that is meant to actively repel the sensitive viewer. UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Apr 29, 2022 |
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If you're interested in more recent Russian output, then Andrey Zvyagintsev's films Loveless (from 2017) and Leviathan (from 2014) are both very good social dramas that take on the pre-war Putin era
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Jul 11, 2022 20:07
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Spermando posted:We're doing a movie night tonight. Any recent-ish Korean film recommendations? Burning is very good. Also depending how much room recent-ish allows for, Memories of Murder and 3-Iron.
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Oct 11, 2022 19:25
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oceanside posted:I recently watched Hud and although it's quite different to them, it reminded me of The Night of the Hunter, Days of Heaven, The Straight Story, In the Heat of the Night and even Matewan in the sense that I felt I was getting some insight into rural life in the United States. I felt in these movies there was a richness in the detail--whether it be the vernacular language, the settings or the kinds of story they tell. This is in contrast to something like Gone with the Wind where rural life felt like more of a sterile backdrop than a real driving part of the story. If anyone is able to make sense of this incoherent line of thought, I wonder if you can think of any other movies that might be similar? I'm reasonably confident that The Last Picture Show, McCabe and Mrs Miller, Paris Texas, and Winter's Bone match the criteria and general vibe. Maybe American Honey and any of Jeff Nichols' films too.
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Oct 18, 2022 18:03
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Tea Bone posted:I'm looking for more movies like Boiling Point which are thrillers but have relatively low stakes and deal with subject matter that isn't the usual fare. I'd say Good Time and Uncut Gems from the Safdies, Martha May Martha Marlene from Sean Durkin, Red Road from Andrea Arnold, arguably anything else from those directors too. Also the Pusher trilogy from Refn. And I'm sure Locke fits the profile but I have to confess I haven't seen it
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Jan 17, 2023 20:01
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies where the main character or a central theme is being extremely, incredibly and/or maniacally dedicated to a cause or belief (whatever that may be). Doesn't matter what the specifics are or if the cause/belief is positive or negative. Some stuff I've seen recently seen that's what I'm looking for This is an interesting one. Some of my faves that I think qualify: The Innocents (1961) Aguirre, the Wrath of God Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Bug (more Shannon) Whiplash Hunger The Swimmer The Red Shoes First Reformed Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?
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Jun 8, 2023 19:53
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feedmyleg posted:Particularly melancholy film noir pre-70s? Slow, atmospheric, moody kinda stuff. From the classic noir era I'd think of Criss Cross, Act of Violence, Hangover Square, Out of the Past, Night & The City, The Reckless Moment. I'd also think Marcel Carne's run of Port of Shadows, Hotel du Nord and Le jour se lève would fit.
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Sep 4, 2023 23:25
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Kvlt! posted:I recently watched Rebel Without a Cause and the Wild One and while the angst and broodiness was great what I really enjoyed was the depiction of car/motorcycle culture from that era. Are there any other movies from that era or set in that era that are focused on car/motorcycle culture? These are all a bit later but Pit Stop from 1969 is a fun, sharp B-movie about drag racers that's more about it as a compulsion than a sport. I'd also suggest Two-Lane Blacktop from 71, about drag racing as a sort of drifter lifestyle, and maybe The Loveless from 81, which is about a 50s greaser motorcycle gang inflaming the emotions of a repressed Southern town, although it's very much a dark and moody hangout film.
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Dec 6, 2023 23:16
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Can anybody recommend any good political thrillers? I've recently watched The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor and they've been great. Bonus points if they're from the 70s because I love the aesthetic but this isn't a necessity. Z by Costa Gavras is a hugely engaging thriller that manages to be bleak but offbeat and even playful at times. If you're into it you could follow it up with State of Siege and Missing by the same director. I'd also recommend The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, which definitely centres the politics more than most le Carré adaptations I've seen (not to say you wouldn't enjoy others). If you're keen on the 70s vibes, strictly speaking The Conversation isn't overtly political (but is a paranoid thriller) and The Conformist is more of a drama (but is overtly political) so I'm going to throw them in anyway in case you haven't seen them. They're fantastic films, not least aesthetically. Lastly, if you want to cap things off you probably should see Winter Kills, which isn't quite a solid-gold classic like the above but works pretty well as both an example and satire of the genre, and features an absolutely stacked cast.
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Kvlt! posted:looking for foreign (im American so foreign is anything not American or UK) vigilante movies like Rolling Thunder, Death Wish, Harry Brown, etc I'm saddened UK doesn't count but for more modern takes there's The Rover, Dheepan, Elle sort of
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