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Scud49 said:
Day of the Jackal - an excellent early 70's covert political assassination thriller:

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good movie but I think the book was better. This book, along with the Odessa File, Catch-22 and the World according to Garp I just couldn't put down ... read all through the night. I like the Catch-22 movie but it is one of those that made a lot more sense if you had read the book before you saw it. A couple of movies based on Ludlum novels are worthy: The Osterman Weekend, Holcroft Covenant.
 
‘A Serious Man’. Coen Bro’s. movie. Positively brilliant.
’Requiem for a Dream’. Aronovsky dystopia at its best.
’The Machinist’. Christian Bale put his health on the line to get in....shape for this one.
 
Steelerone said:
The Corsican Brothers. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. played a dual role and Adam Tinkeroff (?) was a great villain. Meet Joe Black, marvelous cast with Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt in lead roles. A takeoff on Death Takes A Holiday.
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Agreed but the ‘83 Cheech and Chong version ROCKED.
 
Exit Through The Gift Shop - Rotten Tomatoes 96%- Exit Through the Gift Shop: A Banksy Film is a 2010 British documentary film, directed by street artist Banksy. It tells the story of Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant in Los Angeles, and his obsession with street art.

The Battle of Algiers - Rotten Tomatoes 99% - based on events by rebels during the Algerian War (1954–62) against the French government in North Africa; the most prominent being the titular Battle of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It was shot on location and the film's score was composed by Ennio Morricone. The film was shot in a Roberto Rossellini-inspired newsreel style: in black and white with documentary-type editing to add to its sense of historical authenticity, with mostly non-professional actors who had lived through the real battle.
 
Paris, Texas
winner of the grand prize at the 37th Cannes film festival
screenplay by Sam Shephard
directed by Wim Wenders (people laughed when I didn't pronounce it as Vim Venders).
I always cry during the final 11 minutes
I think you would enjoy this

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CajunHusky said:
The Enemy Below

great movie with Robert Mitchum and Curt Jergens ...... and it just started at 11:30 on FXM
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A great one Cajun. I think there is a tie between that and "Run Silent, Run Deep" for the best sub movies ever made. Could maybe include "Das Boot" if you want to throw in a foreign movie. I get claustrophobic just thinking about the scenes in that one.
 
Steelerone said:
Scud, I thought that the early version was actually better, more suspenseful that the later Bruce Willis, Richard Gere one.
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Yea, I agree, thats the one I'm talking about- it was great.
 
By coincidence, these 2 films involve Moonshiners in Southern states.

1. (1958) THUNDER ROAD: It was filmed in NC, but supposedly, some of the events actually happened in Tennessee. The star is Robert Mitchum, who makes runs delivering moonshine until the day he was involved in a fatal crash. Some scenes actually used authentic moonshiners and their cars.

2. (1970) I WALK THE LINE: This is NOT the life story of Johnny Cash, but Cash does sing many background songs throughout the film. The stars are Gregory Peck, as a sheriff who is chasing moonshiners, and Tuesday Weld, who plays the role of a moonshiner's daughter.
I love the way the songs blend in with the action on the screen.
 
Carl Dreyer's 1928 silent film, "The Passion of Joan of Arc", containing arguably the greatest film performance of all time in Renee Falconetti. She never fully recovered after the performance. Pauline Kael noted that it seems more like a documentary. Absolutely unforgettable.

 
On a bit of a silent movie binge, but my art history professor ran Robert Wiene's "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" as an example of the growing Dada movement. Considered the first horror movie, it has an amazing, hypnotic quality after 100 years.

 
If you don't know the genius of Buster Keaton, 1928's "Steamboat Bill Jr." is a great place to start. It contains his most famous visual gag, where the front facade of a house falls around him while he stands in perfect position, untouched by the wreckage.

 
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WestsideWaltz said:
On a bit of a silent movie binge, but my art history professor ran Robert Wiene's "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" as an example of the growing Dada movement. Considered the first horror movie, it has an amazing, hypnotic quality after 100 years.

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There are lots of silent movies that would definitely fit this category of films that you may not have heard of but should be seen. When I was a teenager in the 1970's my experience in silent film was pretty much limited to "Metropolis" and some Charlie Chaplin silent feature films. But over the years I came find there was so much more out there with silent films that are worth watching, and that are entertaining to boot. Something like Murneau's "Sunrise" is just amazing to watch. As for "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", it is certainly worth seeing. It was also right at the beginning of German film expressionism, something that would influence American films for years to come.

Edit: One other note. One of the actors in "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" is Conrad Veidt, who became one of the biggest stars of the silent era in Germany. He left Germany for good shortly after the Nazis took over. He is probably best known to American audiences for his role as Major Strasser in "Casablanca".
 
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"Brother From Another Planet"- directed by John Sayles

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How to Live in This World: On “The Brother From Another Planet” | Features | Roger Ebert

A look at John Sayles' brilliant "The Brother From Another Planet."
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About an escaped slave from another planet, who is black and escapes to Harlem, with his extraterrestrial slave catchers in pursuit.

"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert"- Wonderful, hilarious, and touchingly human Australian film about drag queens on a VW bus on their way to the center of the Outback.

"Young Einstein," starring and directed by Yahoo Serious. Hilarious Aussie film that posits that Einstein was an Australian.

"Eat, Drink, Man, Woman"- Wonderful, fabulous little Taiwanese movie by the famous director Ang Lee

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Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) ⭐ 7.8 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

2h 4m | Not Rated
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Also directed by Ang Lee, "The Ice Storm", which was set in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

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Fairfield Fan said:
"Brother From Another Planet"- directed by John Sayles

www.rogerebert.com

How to Live in This World: On “The Brother From Another Planet” | Features | Roger Ebert

A look at John Sayles' brilliant "The Brother From Another Planet."
www.rogerebert.com www.rogerebert.com

About an escaped slave from another planet, who is black and escapes to Harlem, with his extraterrestrial slave catchers in pursuit.
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"Brother From Another Planet" is an excellent choice for this thread, but then again, most films directed by John Sayles would fit in well with this thread. I recall seeing it for the first time during my days at UConn, probably at the old Storrs movie theater. I've seen it a few times, but I haven't seen it in many years. Still, from what I remember of it, this is a film I wouldn't mind acquiring at some point.

Another very good John Sayles directed film is Honeydripper. Sayles films don't get a lot of publicity, but this one got even less than normal even for Sayles. Released in 2007, it is one of the last films Sayles directed. I think it is very good, and my wife just loves it. This film's focus is on a failing blues joint down south around 1950 that is in need of a pick me up. As you might expect, lots of great blues music is featured in this one.
 
Steelerone said:
A great one Cajun. I think there is a tie between that and "Run Silent, Run Deep" for the best sub movies ever made. Could maybe include "Das Boot" if you want to throw in a foreign movie. I get claustrophobic just thinking about the scenes in that one.
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yes all three are great .... and you can also add The Bedford Incident
 
Three Robert Altman films.

MASH (1970)
McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971)
The long goodbye (1973)

Gosford Park (2001) also belongs to this exalted group.
 
Most film fans know Kurosawa, but far fewer know Ozu. One of his early films is "I Was Born, But...." from 1929. While it seems like a series of "Our Gang" shorts put together, it is wonderfully moving and funny.

 
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Many consider "Tokyo Story" to be Ozu's masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. Like many of his films, it's about family drama that seems even more pertinent to our times.

 
DeSica's "The Bicycle Thief (or Thieves" has earned its reputation. A relatively simple story of a man who searches for his badly needed bicycle that he uses for work. Although many of us older fans know it, it deserves to be rediscovered and for those who don't know it, I envy you for the discovery.

 
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Cocktail Lounge Piano Duet auditioning for a singer
Jeff & Beau Bridges and Michelle Pfeiffer (aka Suzie Diamond)
Favorite line is from Michelle @4:28 'So, where's the winner?'

 
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I haven’t read through the entire thread, so I apologize if someone has already listed this one:

Men With Brooms

A 2002 film that tells the hilarious, fictional story of 4 guys, with no prior experience, who become a championship curling team.
 
I have an animated suggestion.
"Grave of the Fireflies"
Be warned, this will probably be the most emotionally wrenching animated movie you will ever watch.
(Maybe the most emotionally wrenching film of any type).
It's not the easiest to get a hold of
(I have it in on dvd) but worth the effort.
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The entire movie is on You Tube!
You were warned.
 
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) with Forest Whitaker

Paterson (2016) with Adam Driver
 
1) "The Libel"- Dirk Bogarde and Olivia de Haviland 1959 2) "Adventures of a Young Man"-Richard Beymer, Paul Newman 1962 3) "Witness for the Prosecution" 1957- Charles Laughton, Marlen Dietrich
 
I would also add 4) "Mr. Lucky"- Cary Grant and Laraine Day- 1943 5) "Laura"- Gene Tierney- 1942
 
The Boys of 2nd St. Park should appeal to many on the BY. It is the true story of a group of guys from Brooklyn who grew up playing ball in the 2nd St. park in Brighton Beach and went on to success on the court at Lincoln H.S. in the late 60’s. It came out in 2003 at which time they were in their early 50’s and is the story of their lives in the intervening years. They would now be about 70 so they would be in the same demographic group as many of us on the BY.
 
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