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Running out of good stuff to watch

posted 5 years ago by bundi (8)
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Hey there,

I have a big problem: I can't find anymore good action/scifi/thriller movies. I'm all over IMDb and other list sites, but anytime I find a new list it just has the classics in it.

I tried watching the avengers, but personally I think it's a big pile of dogsh** lol There's just no intelligence to it. I tried also watching the Expendables, but same thing: Too damn stupid. I think you get it by now: I'm looking for movies with a good plot and decent script, decent actors and good entertainment. That's right: All of those things.

Action movies that impressed me were for example Sicario 1 and 2, the new bonds with Daniel Craig, Moon, the Christian Bale Batman movies, Shimmer Lake, Mystic River, Arrival, The Departed, the last Wolverine movie (The rest of the X-Men features were kinda meh, but this one was awesome), etc.

Disclaimer: If I have pissed you off because you disagree with my choice of movie write it on a piece of paper, turn it into a plane and fling it over a rainbow :-) Just want movie suggestions

Cheers everyone!

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

check out I Am Mother on Netflix. Upgrade is another good sci fi.

[–] halomaniac88 (1736) 5 years ago

i agree

[–] bundi (8) 5 years ago

Thanks, I'll check it out.
Recently saw Upgrade, awesome movie!

[–] halomaniac88 (1736) 5 years ago

i am mother is very deep and explores some philosophical themes

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Here are some action, sci-fi, and thrillers that I recommend: (in no particular order)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Inception (2010)
Self/less (2015)
District 9 (2009)
Source Code (2011)
Upgrade (2018)
Starship Troopers (1997)
They Live (1988)
World War Z (2013)
I, Robot (2004)
Minority Report (2002)
Westworld (1973)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Crank (2006)

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Also:

Annihilation (2018)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Super 8 (2011)
Scanners (1981)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Videodrome (1983)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Altered States (1980)
eXistenZ (1999)
Contact (1997)
Cube (1997)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

[–] bundi (8) 5 years ago

Thanks, really appreciate the big answer
Haven't seen a lot of those yet, so I'll be busy for a while :-)

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Forbidden Planet 1956

[–] Jones70 (6534) 5 years ago

The Holcroft Covenant
Funeral in Berlin
Operation Amsterdamn
Code of Silence
Cop
Lock Up
Sharky’s Machine
Red Heat
The Defiant Ones
Outland
The Big Sleep
Prime Cut
Mr Majestyk
Stick
The Mechanic 1972
Love and Bullets
The Revenger
The Belko Experiment
Three Musketeers/4 Musketeers from the 70s
Bad Lieutant with nic cage
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Devils Brigade
No Good Deed 2002
Shamus
Raven 1996
Escape From Sobobior
Split Second
Redline
Plato’s Run
Backtrack
The Keeper
Goin South
Born American
The Cassandra Crossing
Another Day in Paradise
The Package
Navajo Joe

[–] bundi (8) 5 years ago

Awesome, thank you so much! That'll keep me busy :-)

[–] StoneKeeper (26650) 5 years ago

What!?? Dogshit huh!? Why don't you just stick your head inside my fart bucket you little piece of sunshine!!
Just fuckin with you man. But don't ever talk shit like that if you don't want the slap that comes with it.

As for the recommendation, the first title that came in m mind was Source Code. Edge of tomorrow is also a lot of fun.

[–] bundi (8) 5 years ago

lol
thanks for the recommendation

As for the shit talking... I don't know, something in me probably wanted to get a few slaps back... Don't know about you, but I find those quite amusing at times haha

Appreciate the heads up though

[–] PhoenixVanguard (45) 5 years ago

There's some good suggestions on here. I'd add:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
Marathon Man (1976)
Cruising (1980)
The Thing (1982)
First Blood (1982)
Conan The Barbarian (1982)
Scarface (1983)
The Star Chamber (1983)
The Hitcher (1986)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
Robocop (1987)
Predator (1987)
Total Recall (1990)
Point Break (1991)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Under Siege (1992)
Thunderheart (1992)
Carlito's Way (1993)
The Crow (1994)
Leon: The Professional (1994)
Clear And Present Danger (1994)
Heat (1995)
Copycat (1995)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Seven (1995)
Bound (1996)
The Game (1997)
Face/Off (1997)
U Turn (1997)
Breakdown (1997)
Dark City (1998)
Ronin (1998)
Payback (1999)
The Way Of The Gun (2000)
A.I. (2001)
Collateral (2004)
Primer (2004)
Inside Man (2006)
Beowulf (2007)
No Country For Old Men (2007)
Dredd (2012)
Get The Gringo (2012)
Nightcrawler (2014)

Animation:
Aeon Flux [The Series] (1991-1995)
Akira (1988)
Ninja Scroll (1993)
Patlabor 2 (1993)
Ghost In The Shell (1995)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)
Waking Life (2001)

If you're interested in Hong Kong action films about gangsters, I'd recommend looking up films directed by Johnnie To. I'd suggest:
The Mission (1999)
Fulltime Killer (2001)
PTU (2003)
Throw Down (2004)
Breaking News (2004)
Election (2005)
Election 2 (2006)
Exiled (2006)
Vengeance (2009)
Drug War (2012)
Three (2016)

He also produced a great film called:
Accident (2009)

[–] slimone (7996) 5 years ago

Try Blade Runner
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2001: A Space Odyssey
ET
....to name a few