Clever Flicks (17 titles)
This is a list of some of the films that have provided me with a great deal of viewing pleasure - some of these have good plots too...!
68.4% from 12 members
Casino
One of the best continuous shots of all time. Beautifully lit and shot - should have recieved an oscar.
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Casino
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
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The story of a Jewish front man for the Las Vegas Mob and his wife who jinxes the operation. Based on the real-life story of Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal and Tony 'The Ant' Spilotro.
74%
from 32,735 members
Vertigo
One of Hitchcocks best - wonderfull to look at.
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Vertigo
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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DVD special features: The Birds: All About The Birds - Making Of, Tippi Hedren's Screen Test, Universal News Reel Stories x 2, Storyboard Sequence: Deleted Scene (Script Pages), Alternative Ending (Sketches & Storyboards), Production Photographs. Family Plot: Plotting Family Plot - Making Of, ..read more »
73%
from 18,631 members
Memento
Pure editing genius.
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Memento
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Christopher Nolan
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MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator ..read more »
75%
from 60,312 members
The Usual Suspects
One of the best edited films of all time - great cast too. Watch it, then watch it again...
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The Usual Suspects
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Bryan Singer
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Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an ..read more »
80%
from 80,497 members
Inside Man
The closes thing yet to The Usual Suspects
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Inside Man
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
Director: Spike Lee
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Inside Man is the story of a tough cop, Detective Frazier (Denzel Washington), who matches wits with a clever bank robber, Dalton (Clive Owen), in a tense hostage drama. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, a wild card emerges: Madaline (Jodie Foster), a power broker with a hidden agenda, ..read more »
71%
from 71,585 members
Lucky Number Slevin
Very nice to look at - great story, great cast too
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Lucky Number Slevin
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman
Director: Paul McGuigan
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A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most infamous crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as ..read more »
72%
from 64,251 members
Layer Cake
A british Pulp Fiction - very slick
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Layer Cake
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman
Director: Matthew Vaughn
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As deeply cool and urbane as its unnamed hero, LAYER CAKE follows the precise, articulate XXXX (Daniel Craig) as he manoeuvres through what he intends to be his last business deal in modern-day London. His business...Drugs. On the cusp of turning 30, XXXX has amassed a personal fortune, deftly ..read more »
66%
from 68,449 members
Ronin
The finest car chases on film.
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Ronin
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Jonathan Pryce
Director: John Frankenheimer
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David Mamet wrote this screenplay under the name Richard Weisz, as a gun for hire, much like the masterless samurai of the film's title, who roamed Japan in the 19th century, loyal only to themselves. A group of men with highly developed skills are called to a meeting in a deserted warehouse in ..read more »
70%
from 19,059 members
Blade Runner
Beutiful adaptaion of a brilliant book. One of the most visually convincing sci-fi films of all time - they dont make them like this anymore.
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Blade Runner
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos
Director: Ridley Scott
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Four illegal humanoids, led by Rutger Hauer, have infiltrated 21st Century Los Angeles. Blade Runner hitman Harrison Ford, is recruited to eliminate the convincing android beings before they cause any damage or create unrest in the paranoid hi-tech urban society.
76%
from 43,416 members
Alien
The opening sequence is mesmorizing - beutifully lit.
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Alien
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt
Director: Ridley Scott
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Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, ..read more »
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from 49,226 members
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