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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

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Light Sleeper
Vigilante
Last Exit to Brooklyn
52 Pick-Up
Prince of the City
Band of the Hand
Fort Apache the Bronx
Night of the Juggler
Ms. 45
Nighthawks
Alphabet City
Fear City
Cutter's Way
Street Smart
Relentless
Vice Squad
That's one tight ass list.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
That's not from the 80's.
wow. i had no idea. it was so gritty and dirty, i just assumed. my bad.
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Don't forget the classic Vice Academy.
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It has become more of a name gritty 80s movies do I will add a trio of Burt Reynolds flicks: Stick, shear key's machine, and Heat. Also there is raw deal with Arnold and The Protector with Jackie Chan. Also I think Shakedown is an eighties flick.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

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wow. i had no idea. it was so gritty and dirty, i just assumed. my bad.
1992, I believe.


I would have also suggested King of New York but that was 1990.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

Tightrope
Dead Pool
Sudden Impact
Exterminator 2
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

Black Moon Rising: does that count? IIRC, it was an R rated crime movie from around 1986. Cool car, Tommy Lee Jones was kind of a badass. Linda Hamilton had the funky 80s hairdo.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

These are some great movies. I've seen most of the ones mentioned, but there's a few that need to be seen again. Haven't seen Johnny Handsome since it was first released.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

The 80's sure were Mickey Rourke's decade -

Angel Heart & Barfly.

Granted the latter isn't a crime film but it's gritty up the ass (it's Bukowski, yo!) and AH is a supernatural private eye tale. Works for me.

Oh, and Body Heat was the bomb, yo! (Rourke's first appearance)
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Damn I forgot about I, the Jury.

Before Armand Assante became a mumbling idiot in his movies, he was fucking badass as Mike Hammer.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
The 80's sure were Mickey Rourke's decade -

Angel Heart & Barfly.

Granted the latter isn't a crime film but it's gritty up the ass (it's Bukowski, yo!) and AH is a supernatural private eye tale. Works for me.

Oh, and Body Heat was the bomb, yo! (Rourke's first appearance)
All great movies. I mean, REALLY great.
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The Long Good Friday is pretty good.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

Dressed To Kill
Blow Out
Sudden Impact
The Dead Pool
The Punisher (Dolph Lungren)
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SIAP...but this is pretty, pretty gritty.

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what does SIAP stand for?
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ah. gotcha.
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Cannibal Apocalypse is a good mix of Vietnam, gritty crime, horror, and cannibalism.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

80's & gritty don't go together

70's & gritty...now that works
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80's & gritty don't go together

70's & gritty...now that works

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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

Originally Posted by Why So Blu?
1992, I believe.


I would have also suggested King of New York but that was 1990.
and i would have said John Carpenter's Assault of Precinct 13, which was one bad-ass movie, but that was 1976, i believe.
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Re: What are some good gritty 80s crime movies

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and i would have said John Carpenter's Assault of Precinct 13, which was one bad-ass movie, but that was 1976, i believe.
Well it's hard to top the 70's when it comes to gritty crime films.

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