Today’s movies are just crap, help me delve into some golden oldies.

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What kind of genre of of movies are you interested in? Did you go through some of the earlier posts? If not I suggest having a browse. There are some excellent suggestions and I'm sure you will find some movies to your liking.

silliussoddius

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Was Ice Cold in Alex worth waiting for?

Tony EH

I liked them all except for the French Connection.

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Capt'n Midnight

If you like fact based stories about the crusades

Kingdom of Heaven

Arn: The Knight Templar

Icelandic films

Noi the Albino

Cold Fever - "the best Icelandic-Japanese road movie of 1995"

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Ah yes, the ‘Harmy Editions’ of the original trilogy. Managed to find these online a good few years back. What in Gods name was Lucas thinking of when he went messing about with them?

T-Maxx

Can't go wrong with any of the big actors; Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, etc etc.

Montage of Feck

The ambiguous ending to the train is very un-Hollywood.

Montage of Feck

To Live and Die in LA is worth a watch, very 80's, dirty and violent. A good companion to Manhunter, also starring William Petersen, who apparently had to give up movie acting as the two roles took such a toal on him.

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spurious

"Harold and Maude" is a favourite of mine. I quite like those culty weird films, like "Sordid Lives"(2000) - Olivia Newton John as a lesbian? I'm in.

Entirely different but one that stays with you is 'Idi i Smotri' (Come and See) - a Russian anti-war film from 1985.

NewbridgeIR

Great Wang Chung soundtrack, have the LP and CD

nacho libre

Another one I forgot to mention is Spider by Cronenburg. It won't be for everyone, but Ralph Fiennes is very good in this movie.

PropJoe10

Once Upon A Time In America

Dog Day Afternoon

Primal Fear

Rope

Vertigo

The Third Man

City of God

Oldboy (original, not for the squeamish)

Rear Window

Good mix of movies there if you're interested in some classics across a number of decades.

Capt'n Midnight

Wuxia Films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - which it's OK but way overrated

Hero

Kung Fu Hustle

House of Flying Daggers.

Then there's Jackie Chan

Police Story - if nothing else watch the chase at the start

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

Drunken Master

Project A

Wheels on Meals

Armour of God

Little Big Soldier - more of a serious one.

Capt'n Midnight

JCVD starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean-Claude Van Damme. It's both the most Jean-Claude Van Damme film he's ever been in and the least Jean-Claude Van Damme film he's ever been in.

YMMV

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The 1977 movie The Car. It tells the story of a black unmanned self-driving mysterious car that goes on a murderous rampage, terrorizing the residents of a small town. I have watched numerous times and it gets better each time.

Another movie is the 1970s Duel. Same concept ad the Car but in Duel it's about an unmanned truck that goes on a rampage. Another great movie.

smokingman

Hitchcocks "The Trouble with Harry"

Always overlooked but just sublime.

New Home

Have I mentioned the most Hitchcocky-like, non-Hitchcock film ever, Charade?

JeffreyEpspeen

The Two Jakes.

Underrated sequel to Chinatown that nobody ever talks about.

StrawbsM

I’ve never watched a clockwork orange but just found it on my…….sshhhh, you know what.

Worth the watch?

KaneToad

Midnight Cowboy

Southern Comfort

Dog Day Afternoon

gameoverdude

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It is, but disturbing. Preferred the book.

mariaalice

Carried Away with Denis Hopper is a beautiful film.

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Brilliant actor was the late Dennis Hopper.

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Just finished watching the Excorcist I would say is the scariest horror movie ever made. The 1974 horror The Excorcist and I can te you it's just as scary as it was back in 1974. There's a remake coming next moth for Halloween 🎃 It will be interesting to see if it lives up to the original.

gameoverdude

Have a look at gross point blank.

Nickla

I don’t know if the following movies have been mentioned but here goes?

all about eve (and anything else with marylon monroe or Betty davis)

the Cassandra crossing - 70’s movie about a train full of people who have been exposed to a virus which may hav been a biological weapon and the authorities decide they should send he train over a derelict bridge.(stars Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Ava Gardner, Martin sheen, burt lancaster, lee Strasberg, oj Simpson

breakfast on pluto - a real favourite of mine and an Irish movie ahead of its time, it highlights so many struggles and complex issues Irish people struggled with but it’s fair and adorable

Capt'n Midnight

Death Race 2000 (1975) Talking pictures 10:05p.m. on Mon 04 Sep 2023

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) Film 4 11a.m. on Thu 07 Sep 2023 Guilty pleasure

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) BBC 2 12:30p.m. on Sun 03 Sep 2023 - delightful adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous play

Get Carter (1971) ITV4  12:05a.m. on Mon 04 Sep 2023 - Avoid the remake.

Manhunter (1986) BBC 2 11:15p.m. on Mon 04 Sep 2023 - Brian Cox is the best Hannibal

Time Bandits (1981) Film 4  2:50p.m. on Sun 03 Sep 2023

Electric Gypsy

I thought Blow Out (1982) with John Travolta was quite enjoyable.

nacho libre

I watched Vetigo and North by Northwest. Vertigo is really good.

I have to say Kim Novak in that grey suit was one sexy lady.

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The Birds. For me one of Albert Hitchcocks best movies. Also Frenzy directed be Hitchcock. Very controversial when it was released in the 70s.