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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. Murnau's Faust (1926)
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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. Uh, The Seventh Seal if you've not already seen it. Maybe? I realize it's probably not quite what you're looking for, but drat if it doesn't fit the definition and I can't imagine there are many movies that do. Much as I'd like to endorse Name of the Rose, for instance, it doesn't have that much action and is more far-fetched than real fantasy.
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For film proper, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. What you really want though is the BBC show Play for Today, though Wikipedia says it had a predecessor and successors you can look up. Apparently that's where that Abigail's Party production came from, though I was going to mention this before learning that. I specifically recommend Dennis Potter (that must've been how I found out about it), who wrote well-regarded "plays" and miniseries straight for television. Among those I double recommend the TV version of Brimstone and Treacle, but I emphasize not the weak film version made just because the BBC made the thing then wouldn't air it. It still gets put on as a stage play now and again. Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 19:06 on Feb 25, 2023 |
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For puzzle films, which I guess is what this is, I don't think you're going to do better than Primer already, but for a runner-up it's probably Memento, maybe The Prestige. I've not seen Tenet, but I see the connection there. I don't know how many people even try to make this kind of film in earnest, and myself I think audio drama is a superior medium for it due to the greater possibility for subterfuge with audio-only. A Matter of Life and Death can fit the bill, but the puzzle may well have no solution. I personally missed what I regard as a big Holy poo poo moment and had to read about it after.
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Ghislaine of YOSPOS posted:Looking for the best movies with the following premise: there’s between four and ten people stuck in a place where bad poo poo is happening but it’s impossible to leave. Alien, The Void, Cabin in the Woods, Event Horizon, Hateful Eight, Bad Times at the El Royale, that one oil rig movie, the m night shymalan one where there are three people in an elevator counts, Predator and Predators kinda but usually the space is more enclosed, what else is in this lane that I’m not thinking of? Saw 2, Cube I guess. I’m pretty sure there are some Westerns im not thinking of too. One of the Westerns you're thinking of is probably Stagecoach.
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Jesus Christ Superstar and maybe The Life of Brian, though I don't remember if I've seen all of the latter straight through. I'd like to stretch to make Aguirre, the Wrath of God work, but I'm not sure I can.
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I'm about to either blow your mind or get you to blow me off: The Scarlett Empress (1934). Best to go in blind, but if you must know what an over-the-top, melodramatic historical about Catherine the Great that is not sci-fi, not really horror, and is barely action could have in common with the Alien movies, well, this movie is 12 types of of crazy, and the most prominent is that past Act 1 it looks like it was designed by HR Giger years before he was born.
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Diary of a Country Priest Passion of Joan of Arc maybe The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp if Vertigo, then Rear Window too
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Inspired by some podcasts I’ve heard recently about the supernatural and especially Bigfoot, I’m looking for a movie that’s about seeing something unexplainable (especially in the woods) and then the complicated aftermath of talking about this traumatic event and people thinking you’re crazy. The less violence involved the better. Don't know if this is kosher, but I'll start by recommending you not see Fire in the Sky, though I guess it fits the bill technically. Wizchine posted:The Mothman Prophecies A Matter of Life and Death is the best movie made (I know of) that could fit the bill, but you have to stretch a bit to fit it in. Or more than a bit. If you're willing to be flexible on definitions and go past best-ever lists, Jacob's Ladder could be worth a try.
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Cartridgeblowers posted:Hi! I have a movie date night coming up and was looking for some good horror/thriller movies that are streaming. She's seen a lot of them so the more I can throw against the wall the better! Peeping Tom, if like me she hadn't heard of this progenitor of its kind. This movie is to Psycho what Doom Patrol is to X-men. No way is Psycho based on it, but it feels so much like it you have to remember it came out first.
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ynohtna posted:It feels like a weak suggestion but lots of Studio Ghibli reliably hits that spot for me. A strongly reinforced theme that no matter what strange unavoidable calamities may happen, we can adapt, heal, grow and improve and offer support to the good people around us. Miyazaki Ghibli sure. (Maybe take out The Wind Rises, couple others?) Maybe the best recs you could get. But just Ghibli? DO NOT WATCH GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES if you want what you say.
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I should do an actual recommendation: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
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Bald Stalin posted:I was hoping to get some recommendations for epic high production value period films where in the end everyone sort of loses. I love Amadeus, There will be blood, Barry lyndon. Sorry if this is too vague. Thank you! Senso (1954 Italian)
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whiskas posted:I've been living under a rock for the last 15 years as far as movies go.... I'm in almost the same boat since I acquired a weird conditional eye pain disability in 2008. Still I have some: Moonlight Joker (on the off chance you haven't seen it, since you watched The Dark Knight 3 times)
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whiskas posted:Thanks for all the great suggestions, I've been putting them all into a list from top to bottom and I'm really excited to get through it. There's definitely stuff in there I would have never found myself. I just finished Moonlight tonight and was blown away by how well it was shot. Makes you appreciate how powerful silence can be, you don't need to fill every second of film with dialog or music. Since you liked Moonlight you might try Boyhood, if only to compare. Bildungsroman (not just coming-of-age, which can cover a short period like Stand by Me) isn't a common movie subgenre, and the only alternative approach to Moonlight's is Boyhood's. I'm not aware of anything like Boyhood being done in film before or since, though apparently Linklater's trying again.
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Dr. Yinz Ljubljana posted:In A Lonely Place - a subdued Bogart does not play a detective like he did for years but instead a washed-up screenwriter who becomes the prime suspect in a murder. Such good stuff Darn you for beating me to my only recommendation, probably the best for this except maybe it's not slow. A rare (only?) noir where the solution to the mystery matters (I mean you couldn't make it work by rewriting the solution), though for an ironic reason. EDIT: Oh runner-up, I tended to think of Pale Flower as just a really good yakuza film, but the critics call it a noir, which certainly does fit, and it would do for what you asked for. Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Sep 7, 2023 |
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for more movies like Bronson or Chopper where the main character is just completely loving unhinged in strange and/or unconventional ways. Emphasis on how how bizarre their insanity is, or how it doesn't fit into stereotypes of insanity or evil. I'm not so pompous to say God has smiled on you this day, but God has smiled on me this day, because you have made my day, because I long to recommend Satantango, and I just got to. A little bit of a stretch since there's no real main character, more of a lynchpin character like the Ledger joker is in Dark Knight. Maybe not the most insane or evil, but that movie defines outre, which is what you sound like you want most.
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Is saying Bridge on the River Kwai too obvious? It's practically a must for what you want.
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Forgot one I remembered for something else: Grave of the Fireflies, for Japan.
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Jules and Jim Moonlight Brokeback Mountain The Red Shoes (arguably)
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Gaius Marius posted:Jules and Jim as a romance is debatable. I thought love triangle automatically means romance. I would have said The Earrings of Madame de... but someone beat me to it, then I thought of another good movie that plot element reminded me of. Or maybe I thought of it first because I'm sure it belongs. Anyway, I remembered some great ones that didn't spring to mind at first: Au Hasard Balthasar (what the focus is must have thrown me) Last Year at Marienbad [pre-redacted, see it for yourself]
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Eyes Wide Shut Make Way for Tomorrow Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Oct 24, 2023 |
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Kvlt! posted:Any good movies in the genre of incredibly isolated/alienated/enduring great hardship character studies that have a positive ending? Umberto D
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mrfart posted:Any good comedy movies? I must have missed "new" the first time through, but if you're flexible on that there's Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Been a while myself though, so it's probably a so bad it's maybe funny.
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Grey Elephants posted:I watched Aniara recently and haven't stopped thinking about it. Any other movies where the horror/tension comes from the sheer vastness and isolation of time and space? Hadn't heard about that one. Solaris vaguely fits, but I think the earthbound movie Snowpiercer might come as close or closer. EDIT: also Moon Doubt EDIT: similar posters too, for Moon. Huh. Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 06:37 on Nov 23, 2023 |
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If they liked Downton Abbey you should try its ancestor Gosford Park. Easiest to try American traditionals like Yankee Doodle Dandy and Patton if they haven't already seen them, but I like that idea of veering British, and I recommend the Life and Death of Colonel Blimp for it. If they're Christian the Gospel According to St. Matthew If they're Christian and open to arthouse type movies, then Ordet, possibly Diary of a Country Priest.
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Glengarry Glen Ross, arguably. Maybe not quite what you have in mind, but it centers on a crime and a mystery, and there is no greater cast or ensemble performance I know of.
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Easy Rider
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Into the Woods EDIT: I'd forget the glasses on my face. The current Oscar winner Everything Everywhere All at Once might do. Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Dec 20, 2023 |
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From Onomarchus's childhood: X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (I mainly remember the ending, and if you're young enough you just try and forget it) The Fly (er, I meant the first but you can try Cronenberg films if you think they can handle it. If.) I'm not sure I even saw The Pit and the Pendulum, the memories are so dim, but a child's horror exposure should include Vincent Price, and that one's another Roger Corman too.
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Shoot, forgot Gremlins, Little Shop of Horrors (1986), and Gremlins 2, for a slight change of pace.
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about people facing the end of their lives, either by their own hand or unwillingly. Milk Diary of a Country Priest Million Dollar Baby Harakiri Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 06:41 on Dec 29, 2023 |
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Almost forgot, it would be a bit flip to mention Jesus movies, but the silent The Passion of Joan of Arc is practically a must-see for this.
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United 93
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This leans more toward the best/acclaimed rather than popular, but you seemed game. Daisies: mandatory if you have ever enjoyed Adult Swim type programming Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (one of the 2 leads is male, but still) Cléo from 5 to 7 Celine and Julie Go Boating (warning: I didn't adore it and it's probably an acquired taste, but it is as woman-centric as Daisies or really anything) The Passion of Joan of Arc: silent, has what's been called the best acting in film ever, this by a woman in the 1920s. The actress did essentially nothing else on film and on the strength of this alone became a one-name star, Falconetti. ynohtna posted:A Woman Under the Influence Very much this.
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Some from the popular side of the aisle: The Scarlet Empress: I love this one because it is bonkers in all the right ways without even being an art film. All About Eve: pair this one with Sunset Boulevard. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?: no warranties express or implied on quality, but this was important enough to get a miniseries about its making.
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Moonlight The 1968 Romeo and Juliet
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I was going to say Seven Samurai, but I think Yojimbo and even Red Beard hit the spot better. EDIT: I seem to remember more after sleeping and I'm the type to forget the glasses on my face. Schindler's List if that's not too fighting-a-war-against-Nazi-Germany. World Trade Center, no caveat Onomarchus fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jan 30, 2024 |
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Asterite34 posted:Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band drat, didn't know this existed as it's own thing, but now you have to try Yellow Submarine if you haven't already. Also, maybe UHF.
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