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Thriller/Mystery Film Recommendations?
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damn not used to seeing people talk about this movie, usually GGGR is the go-to mamet. i've heard redbelt is good
i also recommend House of Games!
House of 9
House on Haunted Hill
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Oh another movie I just remembered:
Funny Games
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Oh another movie I just remembered:
Funny Games
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THIS! Still my fav Coen's bro film and over the years I probably have seen it at least 10 times. It's a flat out perfect movie.
"The world is full o' complainers. An' the fact is, nothin' comes with a guarantee. Now I don't care if you're the pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; somethin' can all go wrong. Now go on ahead, y'know, complain, tell your problems to your neighbor, ask for help, 'n watch him fly. Now, in Russia, they got it mapped out so that everyone pulls for everyone else... that's the theory, anyway. But what I know about is Texas, an' down here... you're on your own. "
*Just a side not you see a lot of Sam Raimi influence in Blood Simple and Raising Arizona regarding the camera work.
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I'd like some good mystery movie recomendations too,preferably post 90's. Also is there an equilevant sci-fi movie thread?
Because I think I have seen most classics in the 90's and I'm not fond of super old movies. It's most possible that I missed some good movies the last 2 decades imo
Well I honestly think you're missing out by not watching older movies but here's my list from earlier in the thread but with the decade of release added just for you.
Mulholland Drive - 2000s
The Game -1990s
Blowout - 1980s
Dressed to Kill - 1980s
Rear Window - 1950s
Vertigo - 1950s
Chinatown - 1970s
Laura - 1940s
The Third Man - 1940s
Jacobs Ladder - 1990s
Eyes Wide Shut - 1990s
The Conversation - 1970s
Blue Velvet - 1980s
Fargo -1990s
The Handmaiden - 2010s
Sexy Beast - 2000s
Elle - 2010s
The Long Goodbye - 1970s
Zodiac - 2000s
The Tenant - 1970s
I love thriller/mystery movies, I'm going to throw out three of my favorites.
The Sweet Hereafter:
Evidence of Blood:
Death and the Maiden (do NOT watch the trailer for this, it has major spoilers in it):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109579/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_63
All three are great mystery thrillers, best to go in not knowing anything about them.
The Sweet Hereafter:
Evidence of Blood:
Death and the Maiden (do NOT watch the trailer for this, it has major spoilers in it):
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109579/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_63
All three are great mystery thrillers, best to go in not knowing anything about them.
The Conversation
Blow Out
Misery
The Handmaiden
Burning
High and Low
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Chinatown
Don't Look Now
The Third Man
Psycho
Rashomon
Blow Out
Misery
The Handmaiden
Burning
High and Low
M
Chinatown
Don't Look Now
The Third Man
Psycho
Rashomon
So many good movies are already posted, many which I haven't even heard of.
I remember liking Existenz when I watched it in my teens. No idea if it holds up today.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/
I remember liking Existenz when I watched it in my teens. No idea if it holds up today.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120907/
You gotta ease em in to De Palma, breh, you can't throw them straight into the deep end or their minds won't be able to handle it.
First you dangle Mission Impossible, Carrie, or The Untouchables as bait for the uninitiated, then you hook them with Blow Out. Then you can show them Dressed to Kill, and only after they've proven worthy of such sleaze can you whip out Body Double.
You see what I mean? You throw them in too fast and this is what it does to them! They say things about which they don't understand
Lol. Too true.
Fwiw, a movie that has naked Barbara Crampton can't be one of the worst movies ever made.
I'll give you one from every year since '96:
Primal Fear (1996)
The Game (1997)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Double Jeopardy (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The Others (2001)
Phone Booth (2002)
Five Little Pigs (2003)
Death on the Nile (2004)
A Murder is Announced (2005)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)
Zodiac (2007)
Taken (2008)
Orphan (2009)
The Pale Horse (2010)
Limitless (2011)
Contraband (2012)
Endless Night (2013)
Foxcatcher (2014)
And Then There Were None (2015)
Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
Crooked House (2017)
Primal Fear (1996)
The Game (1997)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Double Jeopardy (1999)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The Others (2001)
Phone Booth (2002)
Five Little Pigs (2003)
Death on the Nile (2004)
A Murder is Announced (2005)
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (2006)
Zodiac (2007)
Taken (2008)
Orphan (2009)
The Pale Horse (2010)
Limitless (2011)
Contraband (2012)
Endless Night (2013)
Foxcatcher (2014)
And Then There Were None (2015)
Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
Crooked House (2017)
I watched it on cable soon after it came out. It was very effective, but especially for its time. And especially this whole sequence. (OP, do NOT watch this video)...
Ah, Barbara Crampton, siren of my youth. She did great stuff with Stuart Gordon and Jeffrey Combs. Re-Animator was a personal favorite.
One of my favorites is very unconventional, and you may hate it, but I found it incredibly effective. The movie is "La Moustache" and the premise is very simple: a man shaves his moustache and nobody notices, and calls him crazy for thinking that he had one. Such a simple premise and I won't say anything more but I recommend everyone here check it out with an open mind.
After that I would also recommend Cache from Michael Haneke.
After that I would also recommend Cache from Michael Haneke.
ZODIAC
Just drop everything and see it immediately.
Also, in accordance with your first 5, you might enjoy It Comes at Night.
Just drop everything and see it immediately.
Also, in accordance with your first 5, you might enjoy It Comes at Night.
It's been great to see her have a career resurgence these last few years. She's still got it.
Confessions is a really good thriller.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer kinda fits the whole mystery and thriller.
Marathon Man/Angel Heart weren't mentioned and they are pretty decent.
The Pledge is a 90's Nicholson movie made by Sean Penn and its a pretty cool murder mystery.
Obsession is a good De Palma sometimes forgotten. Just watch all his movies 'cause they are all good.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer kinda fits the whole mystery and thriller.
Marathon Man/Angel Heart weren't mentioned and they are pretty decent.
The Pledge is a 90's Nicholson movie made by Sean Penn and its a pretty cool murder mystery.
Obsession is a good De Palma sometimes forgotten. Just watch all his movies 'cause they are all good.
