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Sleeper Must-See Movies

Posted on 07/31/2016 11:14:58 AM PDT by gigster

What sleeper movies of the last ten years or so would you recommend to family or a friend.


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: cinema; film; movies
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To: wardaddy
Not just violent. Vile. Disgusting. Nauseating. I get the message; at the edges of civilization, it takes courage to survive.

But it's a message I don't ever care to see demonstrated quite that graphically again.

281 posted on 07/31/2016 4:18:05 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: gigster
The Good, the Bad and the Weird

South Korean film with a Western flair, English Subtitles (but the actors are so good in their individual roles you can almost figure out what is going on without the subtitles). Indescribably delightful; Great characters, funny, action packed, beautiful cinematography, excellent music soundtrack, can't say more or I would spoil the story.

The Host: The ORIGINAL VERSION; South Korean horror/monster movie.

282 posted on 07/31/2016 5:38:20 PM PDT by Jmouse007 (Lord God Almighty, deliver us from this evil in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.)
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To: Rebelbase; panaxanax
Worlds Fastest Indian . . .

oh man, did you hear the sound of Mickey Thompson's Challenger I when it came to the start line ?? -- BADASS!

283 posted on 07/31/2016 8:00:37 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: gigster

Bad Boy Bubby.

L


284 posted on 07/31/2016 8:03:34 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: MoochPooch

Mickey Rourk,

The Wrestler,

Gritty with Strippers

I will look for sweet next I watch it.


285 posted on 07/31/2016 8:10:12 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: gigster; wardaddy; Salamander
Dinner Rush

...."Big Night" meets "The Sopranos"....

286 posted on 07/31/2016 8:55:06 PM PDT by Pelham (Best.Election.Ever)
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To: wardaddy

The one with with Joan Crawford?


287 posted on 07/31/2016 11:17:37 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride by night, and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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To: Loud Mime
It’s far older, but HOPSCOTCH with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson is one of those wonderful movies that leaves you smiling as you leave the theatre.

One of my favorite movies ever.

Another really great movie with absolutely nothing in common with Hopscotch is Terry Gilliam's "Brazil." It's one of the most visually stunning movies I every saw, and in a movie theater, it was just mind-blowing. Imagine Orwell's 1984, as done by Monty Python. Definitely NOT a comedy, but a really great movie.

Mark

288 posted on 07/31/2016 11:30:40 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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A really terrific movie that so many people have never seen is "Defending Your Life," starring Albert Brooks & Meryl Streep. Buck Henry has a small part, and Rip Torn is terrific.

Another great movie is "Creator," starring Peter O'Toole. A really terrific role for him, as a slightly "whacked out" Nobel Prize winning biologist who's trying to clone his dead wife Not what one would expect, and I loved the movie.

Mark

289 posted on 07/31/2016 11:41:21 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Charles Martel
Another film that sort of slips under the radar is Léon: The Professional

I believe that was also Natalie Portman's first (or nearly first,) film. And Gary Oldman does his patented over-the-top character.

Mark

290 posted on 08/01/2016 12:22:58 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: MarkL

Defending Your Life is great.

My other favorite Albert Brooks movie is “Lost in America.”


291 posted on 08/01/2016 12:39:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: gigster

I Like:
Harlem Nights
Remo Williams
UHF
Frequency
Blended


292 posted on 08/01/2016 4:15:34 AM PDT by Conservative4Life (I'm not too worried, I've read the book and know how it all ends...We win)
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To: mass55th

Yes. Quite good.


293 posted on 08/01/2016 5:48:59 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: mowowie

You cannot understand Chekhov at all in his Russian accent with the bad sound.

Review: The stranded crew just happens to be by a federation starship from the past which just happens to be sitting on top of a jagged mountaintop by a sheer drop that was needed to restart the engines as they drive over the sheer drop... plus it had a motorcycle on board.

I watch movies on TCM http://www.sling.com and other classic movies and really miss you know writing and a good story in today’s movies. There are some but most are just action and CGI films with no coherent storyline.


294 posted on 08/01/2016 5:57:54 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: gigster
Some relatively little-known movies that I found particularly interesting and/or good:

36 hours

The Best Man

Brainstorm

Captain Newman MD

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Election

The Enemy Below

Hell is for Heroes

Hour of the Gun

In Bruges

Man's Favorite Sport?

The Naked Jungle

Rififi

RKO 181

Shallow Grave

Something of Value

They Were Expendable

Toward the Unknown

295 posted on 08/01/2016 6:26:31 AM PDT by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: mass55th

Due to your recommendation i watched Remember last night when everybody went to bed.
What a GREAT movie!
Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau were Fabulous in it.
And that ending...WOW
Really shook me up.

Thank You for the tip.


296 posted on 08/01/2016 6:36:40 AM PDT by mowowie (Press 2 for Deportation)
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To: Salamander; Mark17; Travis McGee; Pelham

Gruesome quirky Searchers complete with ex Rebs even

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2494362/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_5

Kurt Russel at his Eastwoodian 62 years old finest

I have enjoyed him since Jamie McPheeters and Daniel Boone with Fess

Course he’ll always be Elvis Snake and Wyatt


297 posted on 08/01/2016 10:15:45 AM PDT by wardaddy (black lives kill....and kill....and kill.....like no other race today senselessly)
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To: MarkL

“Brazil” gave me nightmares. Even “Psycho” didn’t do that.


298 posted on 08/01/2016 11:53:23 AM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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