from le samourai to Donnie Brasco, from breathless to le doulos, from Miller's crossing to the usual suspects..
The criminal life for real never appealed to me but when it comes to movies it's the best.
Crime/thrillers rank right up there with horror for me
sharecheck out some film noir
shareI really like
The Drop
The Gift
The Place Beyond the Pines
Hell or High Water
Wind River
The Town
Australia excels in crime movies. If you haven't seen them, I would recommend these from my country:
Animal Kingdom (2010)
The Interview (1998)
Two Hands (1999)
Chopper (2000)
Snowtown (2011)
Noise (2007)
Dead Heart (1996)
Death in Brunswick (1990)
Red Hill (2010)
Romper Stomper (1992)
The Boys (1998)
Little Fish (2005)
Gettin' Square (2003)
A few there I haven't seen, will try to remember to check em out.
shareYou should check out The Hard Word 2002. Guy Pearce flick.
shareYeah that’s another good one.
Have you seen The Interview or Noise davo? They are both superb. Noise in particular gets my vote for most underrated Australian movie EVER. As a son of a cop who didn’t particularly like being a cop, every scene of that film rang true to me. It’s a bloody masterpiece!
Haven't seen either to my recollection. Actually there are seven out of those I haven't seen. My mate is the son of a cop, and has been in and out of jail. Funny how far the apple can fall sometimes.
shareMaybe your mate’s dad was a dodgy cop, there are plenty out there! My dad was a small town cop who was pretty congenial and easy going, good for getting along with the community but not great dealing with the bureaucracy of the force. He warned me never to follow in his footsteps and it was pretty good advice.
Let me know if you do get around to catching any of those on my list you haven’t seen. If you like Hugo Weaving at all I really recommend The Interview, he gives easily his best performance and possibly one of the best I’ve seen from any Aussie actor. He’s pretty amazing in it.
Yeah love Hugo and will do let you know when I check em out ( getting my brother to download em now). Nah I don't think his dad was dirty, my mate was I think a top bloke ( I still think he is ) till he started doing meth, then yeah ended up in and out of lockup, but for petty shit really. Driving offences accumulated, possession of small quantities of drugs. I haven't seen him for a while though think he might be back in jail. It's a vicious cycle, hard to get out of. The system is set up for people to go straight back once they get out unless they act perfect.
shareMeth is a fucking scourge and I’ve seen it destroy the lives of some beautiful people. I’m really sorry to hear that and I hope you reconnect with your mate and hear that he’s doing better.
Awesome, love to hear you’re taking me up on my tips there. Please do get back to me mate, I really hope to hear you enjoyed them 😃👍
Yeah no worries mate.
shareI used to have gettin square on DVD before I sold my collection. Gotta love David Wenham.
shareTwo Hands is the best crime/drama film hands down by a country mile.
Still looking for the best dvd cut where they keep "the man" in it .
I liked two hands a lot. Will check out the others
shareI really enjoy Italian crime films of the 70’s and here are some recommendations. Caution: They are addictive.
Manhunt in the City (1975)
Caliber 9 (1972)
Violent Rome (1975)
Italian Connection (1972)
Il Boss (1973)
Weapons of Death (1977)
Street Law (1974)
The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)
Cry of a Prostitute (1974)
Almost Human (1974)
A Special Cop in Action (1976)
Rabid Dogs (1975)
Battle of The Godfather’s (1973)
The Tough Ones (1976)
I'm already backlogged with Italian horror, now you throw me this curve ball.
shareAlright! What’s on your list?
shareMostly Dario argento movies, so pretty mainstream for you I'm guessing! Tenabre is next on my watch list. Any recommendations would be good, not to many though, don't overwhelm me!
shareI guess my favorite Argento’s are Deep Red, Bird With the Crystal Plumage, Suspiria, Tenebre and Phenomena. Really his entire filmography is worth exploring.
shareI've only seen suspiria. I will check out the rest. I watched phenomena once whilst extremely hungover and strungout and fell asleep so that doesn't count.
shareWhat are the ones in this crime list that are must watch?
shareThe genre is so different than other Italian stuff like horror and westerns but many of the same directors made them. Once you watch a few and get the hang of their style they really are awesome. I find myself spotting where Tarantino got his ideas in these films all the time.
The Italian Connection (1972) is about a Pimp on the run from the mob and is full of great scenes and some killer stunts. I love all the actors in it too.
Street Law (1974) is a guy getting revenge on some criminals who did him wrong. Franco Nero stars and the man is great in everything he’s in. Kick ass score.
Try those two and you’ll know if you like the genre or not. If you do, there are so many out there to watch. Most of them have the same actors and directors appearing in them over and over so they are really fun.
Yeah sweet I'll download em tonight and try to check em out this weekend. I know what you mean with Tarantino, I've seen a few old movies that I recognised where he borrowed from.
shareHow do you find and watch these obscurere hard to find ones? A lot of the time I give my brother a list to download for me and he says they impossible to download, not enough seeders.
shareTo find them I do a lot of research into genre actors and directors. If I find a director who’s style I like I’ll try to exhaust his filmography, regardless of genre. I try not to read up on them too much, it’s more fun going in blind and being surprised. It’s been a while since I’ve gone that route but I’ve been thinking of doing Bruno Mattei lately. Check out this filmography. Lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Mattei
I use Roku service to search for titles and I find Prime has MANY of the obscure Italian films on it for streaming. If I really want to see a hard to find one I’ll take a chance and order the DVD. I have shelf fulls of VHS I’ve ordered because many titles just never got a DVD release.
"Crime movies are the best and my favourite kind of film"
agreed! except maybe some sci fi , sorry
but Heist movies! best of the crime films
Except "Man on a ledge" don't get me started - an embarrassment to the genre!
Hey! Man on a ledge is still entertaining.
shareEntertaining , yes , maybe even well made and well acted , maybe great in every respect but i just cant get over the fundamental flaw:
The plot (aka premise , aka 'their plan') makes ZERO sense:
Steal to the diamond to , er, prove you didn't steal it , except just then ? what ?
There's a couple of ways to interpret the motivations and aims, but none that make any sense at all.
Nothing they did proved a) he didnt steal it in the first place b) that the bad guys insurance claims were fraudulent
Yeah I get what you mean. But I take motivations and logic with a grain of salt in this type of movie. It was just make it up as you go in the writers room.
sharei cant swallow that salt
This is exactly the type of movie you cant do that with.
Heist movies are *about* meticulous planning!
You're supposed to think things like:
"oh wow, that's cool , they looped the tape so the guards are seeing a recoding , not live footage" (or whatever)
You're not supposed to think:
"What sort of stupid retarded plan is this?? , your entire plan will either end with you dead , in jail , or at best exactly where you are now!
This movie is as stupid as the part in "Monty Pythons Quest for the holy grail" where they go to great lengths to manufacture a giant wooden horse (Troy stylee) ,trick the enemy , and then forget to get into the horse!
[edit] dont get me wrong "the plan" as in how they executed the shenanigans might have been ok , but that means nothing if "the plan" as in the end game , the goal, the premise
the raison de etre is so pointless!
It was a rabbit.
share"Lets break in to a bank vault and put money into it instead of taking some out"
"shit yeah!"
{executes plan}
"hey , wheres my cut?"
"well , it seems we've out come out 'down' on the cash side of things"
"Damn , must have been something wrong with the plan , just cant put my finger on it"