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Pilchenstein posted:Just rewatched Hunt for Red October and I'd like recommendations for anything in the same sort of "character actors arguing with/out thinking each other" vein. A Time to Kill, Primal Fear, A Few Good Men, that type of thing? There's some solid work in Michael Mann's ouvre too - The Insider is mostly Russell Crowe and Al Pacino talking and it's riveting I see you put 12 Angry Men on the list, it's a nice double bill with Lumet's other classic Network.
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Jack Lemmon rules. Which reminds me of another reccomendation - the profane and moody Glengarry Glen Ross, assuming you can stand the sight of Kevin Spacey
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LionYeti posted:Just saw The Handmaiden. Looking for more movies that have that kind of tense emotional relationships, crossing and doublecrossing. Friend already recommended The Favorite so I put that on the list. Ingmar Bergman's "Persona" is a classic of this type of film, though it is a bit slow to start
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Jul 7, 2022 14:35
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Kvlt! posted:I think a similar question was asked itt but I cant remember. Non-fiction/historical fiction/biopics : The Man Who Knew Infinity A Brief History of Time (The Theory of Everything is good too but , since the story in TTOE glosses over some of Hawkings' more salacious bits, go with the one Hawking wrote) The Imitation Game (this one also skipped some of the more unsavory aspects of Alan Turing's life, so YMMV) 21 (If watching a Kevin Spacey movie is an issue, skip it) F for Fake / Color Me Kubrick double feature Fictional : Sneakers The Martian
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Jul 13, 2022 13:52
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Bongo Bill posted:I'm looking for globe-trotting adventure or spy movies. Ideally it's the kind that's largely an excuse for there to be a bunch of glamorous and exotic locations to have a fight, chase, or stunt in, and is at least somewhat possible to take seriously. But not James Bond. Red Notice Uncharted Globe trotting spy flicks are coming back in style
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Jul 21, 2022 05:37
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feedmyleg posted:Weird, trippy low-budget sci-fi? Lesser-known, below even Zardoz and Conquest. Like, bottom-of-the-barrel stuff but with big visual and/or philosophical ambition. Just watched the 1983 Hercules with its crazy weirdo sci-fi tone and I don't care how bad it is I adore it swinging for the fences. Hardware (killer robot locked room with Ministry soundtrack) Split Second (grimdark monster movie with Rutger Hauer just chewing scenery and it's funny too) Life Force (The Space Vampires but from the director of Poltergeist and Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
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Jul 25, 2022 17:45
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NObodyNOWHERE posted:Zero Effect is about the world's best private investigator who is a train wreck in all other areas of his life. It's a comedy/drama/mystery, so maybe not what you're after. However, it is wonderful. Seconding this, Bill Pullman is channeling Nicholas Cage and Ben Stiller is fairly restrained, which works for him. As for me, I'm looking for any movie that has the eerie vibe of The Wailing, it's been one of my favorites in the past month and I just know there's others like it out there somewhere but how do you google that without getting results like "just watch True Detective" or somesuch Looking for small town murder mysteries, ghost stories, stuff like that but with the slow burn creeping dread The Wailing pulled off. Doesn't have to be Korean, a film with a decent dub is preferred but not a dealbreaker
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Jul 27, 2022 20:23
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about fighters/boxers/wrestlers that focus on redemption or comebacks Your mileage may vary but I enjoyed Cinderella Man, Bayou Caviar, Million Dollar Baby and Hands of Stone for a sci-fi version, Real Steel has boxing but with robots
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Aug 6, 2022 03:40
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double nine posted:I rewatched The Mummy (1999) the other day and I was wondering if you knew similar campy adventure-horrory movies. Pirates of the Caribbean and the indiana jones films are the only ones that I feel come close Romancing the Stone Sahara Hildago that CG Tin Tin movie was dope Jungle Cruise (don't laugh, i was as surprised as anyone!) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
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Aug 16, 2022 13:44
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magic cactus posted:I just re-watched Clean, Shaven for the first time in a couple of years and forgot how great it was. One of the things I really like is how it really focuses on sound and sound design to bring you deeper into its world. Does anyone have any other recommendations for movies where sound/sound design is used like this? Off the top of my head I can name Berberian Sound Studio and Sound of Metal, I'm optimistic about Flux Gourmet as well but I don't think that's out yet. David Lynch's stuff counts too, of course. Any other suggestions? Whiplash The Conversation Blow Out
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magic cactus posted:I've seen Whiplash and The Conversation but Blow Out is new to me. I'll give it a look. Thanks! it's a nice double feature with Blow Up, the movie that it's based on. But Blow Up is about photography, so not as much focus on sound design.
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Aug 28, 2022 19:50
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magic cactus posted:Yeah I've seen (and loved) Blow Up, but Blow Up with sound seems like a great idea. It's DePalma so you can't really go wrong. I never bought Travolta as a leading man till I saw it.
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Stumbled on the Vinegar Syndrome release of The Scary of Sixty First and started looking up some other stuff they released and was reminded that I must not know as much about weird horror/absurd flicks as I thought. Recommend me something trashy, gory or weird for a themed movie playlist I'm putting together. So far I've got : Assholes Gummo Raw Nerve The Little Hours An Evening with Beverly Luff Lin
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Aug 29, 2022 13:47
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Tea Bone posted:I've just got back from seeing Beast and while it had it's problems I'd like to see some more recent-ish films set in the bush/game reserves. They don't necessarily need to be survival movies like Beast. Psycho Goreman Skull : The Mask Goodnight Mommy High Tension Suicide Club Tale of Two Sisters Trouble Every Day Raw Teeth Possessor Queen of Black Magic Martyrs Now that Goddard has passed, I don't know where to start with his films - I liked Jack Palance a lot so I'm guessing Contempt? Dr. Yinz Ljubljana fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Sep 13, 2022 |
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WHY BONER NOW posted:I've been playing returnal and I'm in the mood for outer space horror. Something that emphasizes how big and empty space is and how hosed you are if something goes wrong or you encounter something unknown. Spacewalks are scary too. Shots of empty space or bizarre alien structures, with a low pitch hum accompanying it. I'd add Passengers, High Life and Moon to this list as the threat isn't monsters but various other things as for monsters/creatures : Pandorum Cloverfield Paradox Oblivion
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Sep 26, 2022 16:17
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Azhais posted:The existential horror of being trapped on a ship with an incel that's what i'm saying. there's a fan edit called Passengers : Aurora which really cranks this up and makes Chris Pratt's character look like a maniac
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Sep 27, 2022 16:04
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Looking for a movie similar to Punch Drunk Love. Awkward courtship between outsiders. Ending in either success or failure, it'd be interesting to see both. Chunking Express 2046 Hannah and her Sisters Lady Bird But I'm A Cheerleader The Lobster
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Oct 31, 2022 08:09
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about isolation. Not like movies about loneliness around people, but rather people who are literally isolated/not around other humans. Moon is a great example of what I'm looking for. Buried 127 Hours The Martian Gravity Life of Pi Her
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about isolation. Not like movies about loneliness around people, but rather people who are literally isolated/not around other humans. Moon is a great example of what I'm looking for. Cast Away Room
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Origami Dali posted:Looking for any good movies with a similar mood or tone to The Verdict. It's got a very particular kind of sadness to it. About lost opportunity, growing old and being weary from the weight of a harsh world, and doing one last good deed despite the odds stacked against you. It's a melancholy movie that is weirdly cozy. McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a bit in that vein, I think. Anything else? The Insider, a low-key great from Michael Mann The Crossing Guard, a stellar Nicholson performance Clean and Sober, a moody Michael Keaton
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Nov 14, 2022 14:58
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Dessel posted:I watched The Hunt for the Red October for the first time ever, and really enjoyed how it differs from modern action/thrillers. Maybe it's the 90's, slower pace, less bombastic, less reliance on CGI, less joke-y stuff or something (it felt downright cozy), but are there any modern equivalent films of this type? The fact it had submarines was completely irrelevant for me to be honest. The other Jack Ryan movies from that time period really hold up : Clear and Present Danger Patriot Games More modern stuff like it? Fewer and farther between, I second the Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy recommendation and would add : A Most Wanted Man The Bridge of Spies The Constant Gardener The Night Manager (the one with Hugh Laurie)
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Wreck It Ralph Rumble Ron's Gone Wrong The Willoughbys Mitchells vs The Machines
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Cugel the Clever posted:I have a weird craving for a good horror movie with a demon villain whose ambitions aim higher than "inflict relatively juvenile terror on some random family for kicks". I don't know why I keep inflicting James Wan movies upon myself and would love for a palate cleanser where the antagonist isn't just some petty pest to send the roach patrol after. Noroi : The Curse is a found footage Japanese movie, it's more about the researcher following the demon. Kind of in the neighborhood of what you're after
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Renting a cabin for New Years with the possibility of being snowed in. What’s some good frozen horror? Shining and the Thing of course, but any deeper cuts? The Lodge Frozen (2010, not the musical) Blackcoats Daughter The Last Winter (Ron Perlman!)
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Dec 29, 2022 21:05
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escape artist posted:need recommendations for what's good on the criterion channel. i got a month because I thought it had Straw Dogs but apparently it doesn't. This playlist of the Sight and Sound Directors Choice list is a great start : https://www.criterionchannel.com/sight-and-sound-directors-greatest-films-of-all-time
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Jack B Nimble posted:What are some decent "spooky medieval action fantasy" movies? Think like 13th warrior, the bit in Greta and Hansel where the huntsman is briefly present, that recent Viking movie based on the old tale that also influenced Hamlet, etc. Not medieval but I always think of The Brotherhood of the Wolf for this vibe
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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. Killing of a Sacred Deer Cachet/Hidden We Need to Talk About Kevin
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magic cactus posted:Anyone got any suggestions for "pseudo-intellectuals talking non-stop" movies ala Whit Stillman and Noah Baumbach? Just re-watched kicking and screaming and that whole "people talking abstractly about nothing" conceit was really entertaining. I've seen most of Linklaters stuff too. Just to clarify, I like these movies, just the content and way the dialogue is written is so unlike real life I find it amusing. Maybe it's a 90s thing? More Baumbach? Try the newly released White Noise. The dialogue alone is very abstract and there's lines like "your wife has important hair" that baffle me
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FueledBySatan posted:I wanna see the best found footage movie from the last tear or two. I usually keep up with them as they come out, but it's been a while. I recently have watched Noroi, Cult, and The Outwaters. I loved Grave Encounters, Deadstream, The Cleansing Hour, Hell House, Troll Hunter, and a ton of others. The VHS series is pretty good on both fronts
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Primer is a great one as is the directors follow up Upstream Color.
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oceanside posted:Can anyone recommend some movies with what you might call 'old timey dialogue'? Something like Deadwood (which I understand is a unique exaggeration of Old West ways of speaking) or period movies like Lincoln or The Hateful Eight. Ideally I'm looking for stuff that isn't a Western. Thank you! The Lighthouse
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As Above So Below, takes place in the catacombs beneath Paris, found footage small cast
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Jippa posted:I'd like to request a police procedural from the last 20-30 years. Zodiac is really solid on this, so are : LA Confidential Women Body Cam Narc (RIP Ray Liotta) Dragged Across Concrete
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The Power of the Dog In A Valley of Violence The Stolen They Harder They Fall The Godless We're awash in a bounty of Western greatness
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Aliens is a tough one to beat, Cameron does a lot of things right. I'd say Sunshine, Cloverfield Paradox, Event Horizon all have the vibe but just not the exact thing. I'll have a look around and see what else
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Wizchine posted:Hardware (1990) comes to mind. Hardware rules. seconded.
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Split Second, a Rutger Hauer vehicle, has an Alien-looking baddie but it's more obsessed with flooded London, big guns and the occult. What a weird but good film.
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Okua posted:Me and some friends are selecting movies to watch based on a loose theme, and this time it's angels. The criteria is that there must be an angel and he/she/it must be on screen. Already planning to watch The Sky Over Berlin and Constantine - any genre and time is welcome. The Seventh Seal with a young Demi Moore works for this and is an underated flick
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Action Jacktion posted:I think you mean The Seventh Sign, but The Seventh Seal works if you consider Death to be an angel. yes that is exactly the one i meant. thank you
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