Gobear

BobO'Link, thanks for the terrific Horror Movie Challenge ideas. Your list gives a great template for October!

Gobear

A few more suggestions for more contemporary horror/ sci-fi/ fantasy movies:

The Quiet Earth
Primer
Vamp
The Frighteners
Dead/ Alive
Quarantine
District 9
Let Me In
The Descent
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Day of the Dead (the 1985 George Romero version, NOT the awful "remake")

If you are open to horror with subtitles:
Cronos
REC
The Horde
Let the Right One In
Dead Snow
High Tension
Inside

jzurawski

Well Fist of Doom I would have to say that I agree that some of the suggestions that have been made are just going to be too boring for me but I am going ot do my best to give them a try... but the list that you and coyoteblue added here definiltey seem to be more up my alley. As much as I try to get into the older stuff I think that I am just too far gone to get into it too much... but hopeflly I can find a few gems that I will like...

Anybody else have any recommendations of more recent movies I am missing or things that match up to the genres that I listd back on page 2?

Ash Ketchum

Some great heist films:

THE ROARING 20S (1939)
HIGH SIERRA (1941)
THE KILLERS (1946)
CRISS CROSS (1949)
WHITE HEAT (1949)
THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
RIFIFI (1955/France)
THE KILLING (1956)
POINT BLANK (1967)
THE GETAWAY (1972)
THE OUTFIT (1973)
EXTREME PREJUDICE (1987)
JOHNNY HANDSOME (1989)
TRESPASS (1992)
THE BANK JOB (2008)

I've left out comic heists.

If you like heist stories, you should read the "Parker" novels by Richard Stark. POINT BLANK was based on "The Hunter" and was later remade as PAYBACK with Mel Gibson, which I didn't like. THE OUTFIT was based on "The Outfit." Other movies have been based on Parker novels, but they're not really noteworthy. POINT BLANK and THE OUTFIT are the best. Richard Stark was a pseudonym for Donald Westlake who wrote comic heist novels, some of which were made into movies like THE HOT ROCK (1972) and BANK SHOT (1974). THE HOT ROCK is highly recommended.

And don't forget tough cop films like THE FRENCH CONNECTION and DIRTY HARRY. Crime thrillers don't get any better than that.

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jzurawski

Thanks Ash... I have The Bank Job... it was pretty good! You didn't like Payback? I guess since I havn't read the book then that helps... I was entertained and I usually like Mel in his movies... i am not an avid reader though so I never run the risk of a book ruining a movie for me.

My Favorite Heist movies are:

Heist
Heat
Inside Man
The Oceans Series
The Score
The Italian Job
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Usual Suspects

Ash Ketchum

You really need to see HIGH SIERRA, WHITE HEAT, THE KILLING and THE GETAWAY (1972 version) right away! And, while you're at it, the original versions of THE ITALIAN JOB and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR.

davidh777

I'm a classics fan but I found the original Italian Job pretty dull compared to the remake.

jzurawski

I will add them to my list! Thanks Ash!

jzurawski

Well, I am going to keep an open mind... we will see what I end up thinking! But I do like me some Mark Wahlberg... Shooter is awesome!

Did you here about Wahlburgers? His new restaurant venture?

rbrown498

I noticed that you've got THE BREAKFAST CLUB, PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES, and FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF--if you like those, I think you'd really enjoy SIXTEEN CANDLES and WEIRD SCIENCE, my two favorite John Hughes films. In that same vein, I'm pretty partial to FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, and my favorite "teen" film ever is THE SURE THING. Teen comedies? Yes. Raunchy? Nope. (Well, FAST TIMES is a little racy, but I'd consider it more sexy than raunchy, and it's CERTAINLY less obnoxious than the AUSTIN POWERS films.)

jzurawski

Good ones! Yeah, what I meant by raunchy teen comedies is more like the American Pie Series... Sixteen Candles and Weird Science I have seen but Fast Times I have only seen on tv so I guess I missed out on all the racy stuff...

I have heard rumblings of a new Austin Powers movie... the series just got worse and worse... maybe a new one would be good but I kind of doubt it.

Thanks for the suggestions!

BillWatkins

If you really love heist films that much then do yourself a favor and seek out all of the films on this list:

http://www.criterion.com/explore/130-heist-movies

They're all indispensable. In my personal opinion, Rififi is the best in the genre I've ever seen.

MrSmearkase

If you're looking for a non-raunchy teen comedy, try Three O'Clock High.

BobO'Link

Not too much typing. I have the majority of that in a few files and mostly did a cut/paste job. That's from data I compiled when building my collection. Yes, I have a passion for these films. The "classic" horror as well as 50s/60s sci-fi are my two favorite eras/genres.

You're welcome.

And as a "heads up", I edited that list today to add some information that was missing and correct a couple of mistakes. So if you made a copy you might want to copy it again.

jzurawski

Looks like some great options here... thanks! I just have a great time seeing how the heist is pulled off... it is just all so interesting.

I will definitely check out Three O'Clock High... thanks MrSearkase!

Ash Ketchum

And you can see any or all of them to qualify for the DVD Talk Criterion Challenge, starting here September 1. See this thread:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-talk/59...on-thread.html

(And don't forget the Horror Challenge in October...and the Holiday Challenge from Thanksgiving to the New Year.)

davidh777

Good for you to keep an open mind! I won't mention that I also much preferred the remake of Ocean's 11. Maybe it's just that '60s era that doesn't thrill me.

And no, I didn't hear about it but I assume it's in one of those metropolitan areas I don't find myself in very often.

BobO'Link

jzurawski, many of the films we've mentioned regularly appear on TCM. If you have that channel available you could watch them without any investment (or record for later). For example, you mentioned you're up for "Romantic Comedy" type films, and tommorow (Sunday, the 27th) TCM will be showing a Carole Lombard comedy marathon with:

Twentieth Century (1934) (Howard Hawks - Comedy/Romance - 7.8 imdb)
To Be or Not to Be (1942) (Ernst Lubitsch - Comedy/Drama/War - 8.2 imdb)
My Man Godfrey (1936) (Gregory La Cava - Comedy/Romance - 8.1)
Hands Across the Table (1936) (Mitchell Leisen - Comedy/Romance - 7.1 imdb)
Nothing Sacred (1937) - (William A. Wellman - Comedy/Drama/Romance - 7.5 imdb)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) - (Alfred Hitchcock - Comedy/Romance - 6.6 imdb)

Notice these are mostly Comedy/Romance. Director listed before genre with the imdb rating following.

Here are a couple of others I recall being mentioned/recommended that are airing this week:

Monday night:
Forbidden Planet (1956) - (Sci-fi - 7.7 imdb)

Friday night:
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939) - (Drama/Romance - 7.8)

There may be others. I got those from a quick scan of the weeks schedule. TCM typically posts the entire months schedule on their site. They're a great resource for older films making it easy to sample without purchasing/renting/etc.

jzurawski

Ha ha... I agree... most of the time the newer stuff just thrills me more... I can't pinpoint what it is though really...

BobO'Link

Here are a *few* newer films not on your list I'd recommend:

Comedy:
Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The (1988)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Eating Raoul (1982) (a "dark" comedy/horror)
Fierce Creatures (1997)
History of the World, Part 1 (1981)
Mighty Wind, A (2003)
Spies Like Us (1985)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Waiting for Guffman (1996)

Fantasy:
An American Werewolf in London (1981) (also Comedy/Horror)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) (covers Action/Drama/Adventure/Romance/Fantasy)
Kull the Conqueror (1997) (own Conan, own this too)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (also Thriller/Drama/Mystery)
Red Sonja (1985) (own Conan, own this too)
Underworld (2003) (also Action/Thriller/Horror)

Sci-Fi
Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black, The (2000)
Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Gattaca (1997)
Mad Max 2 (aka The Road Warrior) (1981)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Total Recall (1990)

War
Das Boot (1981)

jzurawski

Thanks BobO'Link!! You and Ash have been so helpful!

davidh777

Twentieth Century and My Man Godfrey are high on my to-watch list