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

Girly Gal

A lot of great films already mentioned, one that I don't think has is Run Lola Run, late 90's German film, haven't seen it in ages, but, remember enjoying it.

I think a big problem for most films over the last 10-15 years is that they are soulless CGI, filled crap with little or no plot or originality. Still the odd decent film being made, but, certainly less than before.

timmyntc

Black Dynamite is a recent one most have missed - great parody of blaxploitation films of old

Jack Daw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120835407#Comment_120835407

Run Lola Run is a brilliant film very enjoyable, soundtrack is great aswell.

Jack Daw

Some great non english language films

Cinema Paradiso - Italy

The Lives of Others - Germany

Mesrine - France

High and Low - Japan

Volver - Spain

Abre Los Ojos - Spain

Amores Perros - Mexico

City of God - Brazil

The Secret in Their Eyes - Argentina

Parasite - Korea

Padraig Mor

Some absolute belters mentioned so far (hat tip to whoever posted The Gift (2015) and Prisoners - under the radar crackers). A few curious omissions (apologies if I missed them); these are all wide appeal films and should please most watchers:

Carlito's Way.

The Untouchables.

A Few Good Men.

Se7en.

The Terminator.

The Shining.

In the Name of the Father.

Reservoir Dogs.

pgj2015

American made.

teediddlyeye

Kellys Heroes

Dog day afternoon

Airplane

Paddy Samurai

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120831825#Comment_120831825

Jeremiah Johnson ,Zulu ,Man who would be king and 3 days of condor were all top notch.👍

AyeGer

Some great suggestions here, but where can you watch these without having to sign up to all the streaming subscriptions.

Is there anyway to just pay for a movie once and watch it.

Paddy Samurai

Valdez is coming (the full version) -not even sure it’s around anymore

the Duelists

where eagles dare

Scalphunters

the French connection

cool hand Luke

The Mulk

After Hours (1985)

The music of chance (1993)

These two movies have stuck in my head over the years. The actors in The music of chance are really strong.

Also True Romance (1993), a cracker of a movie.

I see sheep

Still good movies made imo if you ignore the Marvel tripe/remake tripe.

A lot of great foreign language movies have been mentioned already.

Couple more -

Loveless (2017) (Russian)

Memories of Murder (2003) (Korean)

bullpost

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120836817#Comment_120836817

Google play or youtube do one-off rentals.

bullpost

The Third Man

Double Indemnity

Amarcord

Goodbye Lenin

Volver

Any Hitchcock

Betty blue

Diva

Static

Android

waynescales1

Anyone mentioned "Patton" yet?

"Rommel, you magnificent bastaaaaard...... I Read Your BOOOOOOOOOK"! 🤣

brokenbad

A few timeless classics from the 80's worth checking out below:

1. First Blood
2. Predator
3. Die Hard
4. Lethal Weapon
5. Sudden Impact
6. Commando
7. National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
8. The Terminator
9. Southern Comfort
10. Mad Max

howsshenow

Try "HUD"

JupiterKid

There are so many amazing classics of film made in the 20th Century. Where to even start?

Some "oldies" that I love:

Vertigo (my favourite film of all time)

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

Easy Rider

Citizen Kane

Bridge On The River Kwai

Rebecca

War Of The Worlds (the 1953 original)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Mike Litoris

All the Presidents Men, Jacobs Ladder and Get Carter are 3 I watch at least once a year.

cj maxx

The Motorcycle Diaries. A great film about a young medical student and his friend travelling from Argentina through South America. And the inequalities of imperialism . The young man became a doctor and was the major reason why Cuba had a great health system. The young man was Ernesto Guerva de la Serna Lynch . Or as he became known Che.

hoodie6029

All the great movies here reminded me of this - many mentioned here already.

https://youtu.be/NFuBaRiKwD4

others to watch

The Departed

Into the Wild

Road to Perdition (only watched it last year - fantastic)

Goodbye, Lenin. German comedy about the fall of the Berlin Wall. Genuinely funny

More recent one worth watching - Dolemite is my name starring Eddie Murphy.

DonegalBay

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120834776#Comment_120834776

Some of my favourite film noir on that list. Yes that Orson Wells accent is legendary for all the wrong reasons.

I will throw in Battleground(1949), a great war movie about the Battle of the Bulge

The Big Heat(1953) another classic film noir

The Best years of our lives(1946) fantastic movie about 3 soldiers returning to ordinary life after WW2.

Has anybody mentioned any Billy Wilder yet

Some Like it Hot(1959) The Apartment(1960) Sunset Boulevard(1950)

teediddlyeye

Falling down

Blazing saddles

Young Frankenstien

SuperBowserWorld

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120836817#Comment_120836817

Yep, Google movies. Think it's incorporated into YouTube now. Think Apple TV and Amazon Prime also allow you to do it. I.e. rent it for a day.

waynescales1

The Ipcress File (1965).

cj maxx

Yeah , amazon prime paramount, you can rent for a day or until you watch the film

Jack Daw

Westerns

Unforgiven

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Searchers

Hondo

Red River

Rio Bravo

The Proposition (Australian Western)

Shane

High Plains Drifter

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Pale Rider

Fistful of Dollars, For a few Dollars More The Good The Bad and The Ugly

Rosalinda Eyes

'Rope' - my favourite Hitchcock movie

'Office Space'

'Unfaithful'

'Bitter Moon'

fatherted1969

Beginning to lose hope one of my all time favourites don't get a mention then I see someone post True Romance - one of the greatest cast of actors ever assembled. Astonishing the amount of big names in this film. Coupled with of the the greatest scenes, Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken, the sicilian scene. Brilliant movie.

https://youtu.be/Wax15NklZh4

Also The Departed

Count Dracula

Unforgiven ( 1992 )

Empire of the Sun ( 1987 )

The Cassandra Crossing ( 1976 )

Oh Brother Where Art Thou ( 2000 )

The Wizard of Oz ( 1936 )

9 1/2 weeks (1986 )

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Alien ( 1979 )

You could be here all night. But most importantly, get your arses off sites that claim to amalgamate critics's choices. Not because of their sinister motivations for marketing contemporary dross, but because critics are generally just chunts? They will outdo each other to malign a production to achieve their own futile vanity. There are ooooooodles of great movies with abysmal ratings, that are victims of ill-conceived, thoughtless, bland diatribe, written by arseholes who regrettably were utilised by morons who hadn't the ability to make up their own mind, it happens everywhere.

Honourable mention to The Great Train Robbery , the one with Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland and of course Lesley Anne Down looking as fit as **** in 19th century underwear and see through low flying blouses.