Some good movies (13 titles)
A collection of movies I've seen from around the world
86.6% from 3 members
Army Of Shadows
I am a big fan of Melvilles work, especially Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge. This was made in the middle of these two, so is similar in style and tone. Story is about the french resistance during the war. I went to see this in the cinema a few months ago and enjoyed it just as much a second time. One of the best movies i've seen, a masterpiece that is unmatched by most of whats produced in modern cinema.
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Army Of Shadows
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Simone Signoret, Lino Ventura, Jean-Pierre Cassell
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Set during the early 1940s, this is the story of a small band of Resistance fighters and their day-to-day struggle in German-occupied France. A personal project of Jean-Pierre Melville (LE SAMOURAI, LE CERCLE ROUGE), L'ARMEE DES OMBRES draws on the directors actual experiences from World War II and ..read more »
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from 1,464 member
The Wild Bunch
The best western made and a damn good movie, in fact like Melville, Pechinpaw was a genuis and you should hire all his movies, even the bad ones that where mostly screwed up by the studios, cause the still have more creativity in them than most moden hollywood movies.
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The Wild Bunch
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West--widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William ..read more »
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from 6,076 members
Point Blank
Lee Marvin kicks ass from begining to end, but thats not all, a magnificantly directed movie which shines with touches of European cinema, one of the best movies of the 60's as far as I'm concerned that Hollywood produced
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Point Blank
(1967)
Starring: Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Director: John Boorman
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A man is shot and left for dead by his unfaithful wife and her mobster lover. Now he's back and out for revenge against the businessmen and mobsters who did him wrong.
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from 352 members
Le Samourai
From the master Melville, not available in the UK so you had better learn some french because you need to see this
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Le Samourai
(1967)
Starring: Alain Delon, Francois Perier, Nathalie Delon
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Hitman Jeff Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.
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from 294 members
Warriors Two
One of my favourite kung fu movies from Sammo Hung, the fat guy in the Jackie Chan movies. Its got everything that a good kung movie needs, get it
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Warriors Two
on DVD
Starring: Sammo Hung, Leung Kar-Yan, Fong Hak-On
Director: Sammo Hung
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Sammo Hung does triple-duty as director, co-choreographer, and co-star of this classic kung fu epic from the 1970s. Hua (Casanova Wong) stumbles upon a plot hatched by a businessman named Mo (Fung Hak On) to take over the city of Fushan by killing its headman. When his knowledge is discovered by ..read more »
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from 620 members
Election
Johnie To back in top form, definatley the best movie to come out of Hong Kong in the last few years, a classy gangster movie
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Election
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Simon Yam, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Louis Koo
Director: Johnny To
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A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society.
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from 1,018 member
Freestyle - The Art Of Rhyme
If you like hip hop this is one of the best views into the culture, up there with Style Wars
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Freestyle - The Art Of Rhyme
on DVD
Starring: Tupac Shakur, Medusa, Notorious B.I.G.
Director: Kevin Fitzgerald
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Documentary which considers the rise of the freestyle theme, from its origins in the 1980s, to the present day.
61%
from 108 members
Chinatown
Jack at his best and some exellent diretction from Polanski
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Chinatown
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
Director: Roman Polanski
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Director Roman Polanski's neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, whose residents are suffering from a water shortage as a result of an ongoing drought. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a detective agency specializing in matrimonial strife and ..read more »
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from 23,223 members
Fletch
I loved this when I was 16, so not really a recomendation but it still makes me laugh, if you dont like Chevy Chase avoid
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Fletch
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker
Director: Michael Ritchie
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Loosely based on the book by Gregory McDonald, director Michael Ritchie's FLETCH is a laugh-out-loud comedy that features a classic performance by Chevy Chase, who stars as Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, a crack investigative journalist who goes undercover for a story about possible connections between ..read more »
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from 3,684 members
Get Carter
The best british gangster movie? Yep and it got Micheal Caine in it too, superb stuff.
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Get Carter
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Michael Caine, John Osborne, Ian Hendry
Director: Mike Hodges
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A man out to avenge his brother's death enters the world of pornography and crime. Based on the novel 'Jack's Return Home' by Ted Lewis.
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