Riveting Movies that kept me enthralled till the end

Sub-Ether

Sub-Ether

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Sub-Ether is a mega big movie fan and has watched 1000's in his life and is always looking for the next best thing in kick ass thrilling home entertainment(does not do slow romantic comedies!) :cool:
And while movies like the Abyss, Terminator and 12 monkeys are all great in their own right, they are not what one would call far outside of the mainstream Hollywood freeway.
For example in South America, 'City of God' and 'the devil's backbone' would be on the already watched list.
So does anyone want to add to this list?
Any feedback and all additions appreciated :grin: ...

P.S. If this results in a good night of movie watching, Sub-Ether may even send a tip to someone, but be warned it will not be easy and is probably not an obvious choice.

So here goes for starters :-

1) O Homem Do Ano (Man of the Year) : violent action from South America, if you enjoyed City of God, try this.

2) La Cabina - forgotten Spanish short horror story from 1972.

3) Children of Men : Apocalyptic flick about a world were all the females are infertile and society has broken down.

4) Livide : when the French make spooky horror, this is the result.

5) Sin Nombre (without a name): A dangerous train journey of people trafficking and gang war fare through latin America and the Mexico.

6) Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) : French none stop action thriller- guaranteed not to fall asleep in this one!

7) Ravenous : Gory horror with Robert Carlyle at his best.
https://youtu.be/JO98NMMgp0Y

8) Spider Forest : Surreal atmospheric Korean horror
https://youtu.be/GfhqCydgmQc

9) From Beyond : No list is complete without at least 1 classic 80's gorefest over the top horror.
This is an excellent HP lovecraft story and has Jeffrey Combs in it, what more could you want?
https://youtu.be/5kENuvJ2MIA

10) Black Sheep : with a trailer like this,and class lines such as 'The Sheep are revolting ', how could you possibly not enjoy it!
https://youtu.be/z4PkMPAlMFo
 
crowning said:
It would certainly help when you would post a list of what you've already watched...
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What, all of them?! lol. Am not sure I could remember all the names, but there is an awful lot of mediocre average dross out there. I wrote down a list of about 30 I'd seen in last year or 2 for this thread and figured I'd put down a few more if there was any interest :smile: ...
 
Sub-Ether said:
Sub-Ether is a mega big movie fan and has watched 1000's in his life and is always looking for the next best thing in kick ass thrilling home entertainment(does not do slow romantic comedies!) :cool:
And while movies like the Abyss, Terminator and 12 monkeys are all great in their own right, they are not what one would call far outside of the mainstream Hollywood freeway.
For example in South America, 'City of God' and 'the devil's backbone' would be on the already watched list.
So does anyone want to add to this list?
Any feedback and all additions appreciated :grin: ...

P.S. If this results in a good night of movie watching, Sub-Ether may even send a tip to someone, but be warned it will not be easy and is probably not an obvious choice.

So here goes for starters :-

1) O Homem Do Ano (Man of the Year) : violent action from South America, if you enjoyed City of God, try this.

2) La Cabina - forgotten Spanish short horror story from 1972.

3) Children of Men : Apocalyptic flick about a world were all the females are infertile and society has broken down.

4) Livide : when the French make spooky horror, this is the result.

5) Sin Nombre (without a name): A dangerous train journey of people trafficking and gang war fare through latin America and the Mexico.

6) Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) : French none stop action thriller- guaranteed not to fall asleep in this one!

7) Ravenous : Gory horror with Robert Carlyle at his best.
https://youtu.be/JO98NMMgp0Y

8) Spider Forest : Surreal atmospheric Korean horror
https://youtu.be/GfhqCydgmQc

9) From Beyond : No list is complete without at least 1 classic 80's gorefest over the top horror.
This is an excellent HP lovecraft story and has Jeffrey Combs in it, what more could you want?
https://youtu.be/5kENuvJ2MIA

10) Black Sheep : with a trailer like this,and class lines such as 'The Sheep are revolting ', how could you possibly not enjoy it!
https://youtu.be/z4PkMPAlMFo
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Lake placid, the girl with the dragon tattoo Swedish versions trillogy, The usually suspects.
 
chatterbox said:
New Movies I liked from the past year

I have to give a second vote to Children of Men too. It's a perfect dystopian film.
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Interesting thoughtful selection, have not seen any of them, Citizen four sounds like my kind of thing, and have read (but understood with limited success,lol) some Stephen Hawking in the past, hes one smart cookie.

Dunedoo said:
Lake placid, the girl with the dragon tattoo Swedish versions trillogy, The usually suspects.
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I refused to watch the Hollywood version of girl with a Dragon Tattoo, because it was already a seminal piece and should have been left alone(and same with Total Recall!)
For Sweden I suggest 'Easy Money' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291652
And James bond-esk 'Hamilton in the interest of the nation' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856014/
 
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Sub-Ether said:
Interesting thoughtful selection, have not seen any of them, Citizen four sounds like my kind of thing, and have read (but understood with limited success,lol) some Stephen Hawking in the past, hes one smart cookie.



I refused to watch the Hollywood version of girl with a Dragon Tattoo, because it was already a seminal piece and should have been left alone(and same with Total Recall!)
For Sweden I suggest 'Easy Money' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291652
And James bond-esk 'Hamilton in the interest of the nation' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856014/
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I hated the Hollywood version. the whole mystery around the death of the author had me intreged and that he was working on a fourth book.
 
Genghis Blues
When we were kings
Cocain Cowboys 1+2
DAS Boot
Die blechtrommel (I am German after all)
Taxi to the dark side
12 broken cameras
Dust of Glory
Exit though the gift shop

I am writing this on the fly and will edit in more later
(Mainly Docus )
 
tungfa said:
Genghis Blues
When we were kings
Cocain Cowboys 1+2
DAS Boot
Die blechtrommel (I am German after all)
Taxi to the dark side
12 broken cameras
Dust of Glory
Exit though the gift shop

I am writing this on the fly and will edit in more later
(Mainly Docus )
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Das Boot was great
 
tungfa said:
Genghis Blues
When we were kings
Cocain Cowboys 1+2
DAS Boot
Die blechtrommel (I am German after all)
Taxi to the dark side
12 broken cameras
Dust of Glory
Exit though the gift shop

I am writing this on the fly and will edit in more later
(Mainly Docus )
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Thanks for the tips,
I know Das boot (which was excellent), taxi to the dark side and when we were kings, the others I will check out :cool:
 
I am happy you guys are posting , as when I switched from phone to computer I could not find this thread anymore !!
Honestly , I am king of documentaries ... Lol ... I have a whole other list
I post more later (hope I do not lose you again)
:wink:
 
here are some more

Docu's
- talhotblond (totally crazy , must watch)
- Darwin's Nightmare (very good)
- Dogtown and Z-Boys (THE classic scate doc)
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell (Liberia and the power of woman, amazing)
- The Aristocrats (very finny)
- RIZE (LaChapell directed , famouse photographer, great doc)
- Good Hair
- Dub Echoes (anybody into Dub Music ? this is THE doc, so cool)
- Enron, the smartest guys in the room (a bit old by now, but amazing)
- Why We Fight (AMAZING)
- any documentary from Werner Herzog ! he is the best, and has the coolest style
Grizzly Man !! and the others
- Oliver Stone
Untold History of the United States ! (Amazing, long and a must see)

Movies
- The Fast Runner (1+2)
- Hotel Rwanda
- a most violent year

that should cover you for now
 
+1 on Werner Herzog's documentaries, and especially Lessons of Darkness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104706/). Try to watch it on a projector if you can, the images are extremely mesmerizing (feels sort of like the real-life version of LotR's Mountain of Doom).

Because someone said 12 Monkeys: If you can get it, try to watch La Jetée (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056119/), which is the original version of this story. It's very very different though.

On the subject of documentaries Shoah (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090015/) is a must-see. If you have a (really long) weekend to spare, you can combine it with Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia films (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030522/ and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030523/), and top it off with http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076147/. This one could be quite hard to find, and you need some working knowledge about the subject matter to make sense of it, but it's really worth it.

Here's some of my favourite Hollywood Classics if you find the above to tedious:

- The Appartment (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/)
- Sunset Boulevard (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043014/)
- The Fugitive (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106977/)
- Opening Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079672/)
- The Wild Bunch (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065214/)
- Network (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/) (this one especially might be popular with the crowd here)
- The Manchurian Candidate (www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/) (waay better than the remake)
 
You guys have too much free time to waste on movies....




OK jk :grin:
 
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