Tele's List of 100 Lesser-Known or Under-Appreciated Films Everyone Should See (THE LIST IS COMPLETE! p26)

[rukaio101]

12 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

89. The Killer (1989)

written and directed by: John Woo

starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh

 

 

Synopsis: 

A disillusioned assassin accepts one last hit in hopes of using his earnings to restore vision to a singer he accidentally blinded, only to be double-crossed by his boss.

 

Most of you probably know John Woo’s name from the American movies he made: FACE/OFF and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II, among others. But he had a long and successful career directing action films in Hong Kong. The most famous of these is probably THE KILLER, a modern action that fully displays all of Woo’s signature flourishes: doves, two-handed gun fights, tons of explosions, gun kata, tremendous melodrama.

 

If you like action movies, and you haven’t seen this, you’re missing out. It’s the essence of Woo. Full gonzo insanity. Check out the brief trailer to get a sense of it.

 

 

 

 

Fucking-A. Also recommend Hard-Boiled, another classic Woo flick.

[75Live]

Finally got around to this thread.  Great list so far and so far I have seen everyone of them  

[John Marston]

nice list. I really like A Bridge Too Far, Tequila Sunrise, and The Edge. Hope Ghost and the Darkness also shows up sometime 

[The Stingray]

10 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

I think the next one might be too.  

 

Damn straight!

 

PS: I'd like to see another under-appreciated Friedkin movie on the list, please.
 

[Jake Gittes]

John Woo was on a fucking roll in the late '80s and early '90s. A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Bullet in the Head, Hard Boiled - all great. Bullet in the Head especially is woefully underseen - in both scope and intensity it's basically his The Deer Hunter. Hell of a film.

 

To Live and Die in LA might be my favorite Friedkin. 

 

 

[Dementeleus]

11 minutes ago, 75live said:

Finally got around to this thread.  Great list so far and so far I have seen everyone of them  

 

Dammit.  

[Jake Gittes]

6 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

 

Damn straight!

 

PS: I'd like to see another under-appreciated Friedkin movie on the list, please.
 

 

A certain movie about trucks would fit the bill perfectly

[75Live]

1 minute ago, Telemachos said:

 

Dammit.  

 

lol

 

i think you know that I shouldn't be the one to use as the barometer for this one  

[The Stingray]

Some of the coolest opening credits you'll ever see.

 

 

[baumer]

The Killer is one I always wanted to see and never did. Must fix that. William Petersen did some really good work before CSI....live and die was one of his better ones.

[The Stingray]

3 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

A certain movie about trucks would fit the bill perfectly

 

Preferably one scored by Tangerine Dream.

 

[rukaio101]

6 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

A certain movie about trucks would fit the bill perfectly

 

[Dementeleus]

87. My Man Godfrey (1936)

written by: Morrie Rysking & Eric Hatch (based on Hatch’s novel)

directed by: Gregory La Cava

starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard

 

Synopsis: 

A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler...but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.

 

 

A classic screwball comedy. It’s set in then-contemporary times (the Great Depression) which mirror our own recent depression. The poor are dirt poor… the rich are extremely rich (and frivolous). One day, during a party game where all the contestants must find various objects in order to win, a ditsy socialite takes a homeless man as her “forgotten man” and decides he’s going to be “her protege”. He becomes the butler in their mansion, a straight man amidst all the ridiculousness. And, of course, the socialite starts falling in love with him.

 

Carole Lombard and William Powell are at the top of their game — they have great chemistry together and they’re surrounded by a great supporting cast, most of whom are playing the insane, idle rich. Timeless and timely. And, of course, very funny.

 

 

 

[Chaz]

Carole Lombard is so great in this one. ?

[Fancyarcher]

To Live and Die In L.A. is just incredible.

Edited June 11, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[Dementeleus]

86. Victory (1981)

written by: Evan Jones, Yabo Yablonsky (story by Yabo Yablonsky, Djordje Milicevic, Jeff Maguire)

directed by: John Huston

starring: Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pele, Bobby Moore

 

Synopsis: 

As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers make plans for the team's escape.

 

One of the most unlikely genre combinations ever, this is a WWII prison escape thriller crossed with a sports movie. I mean, did you ever think you’d see Stallone and Pele in a movie together? Directed by industry legend John Huston, this is (amazingly) based on a true story, although it takes plenty of liberties.

 

When German officers observe some of their POWs playing soccer in the prison camps, they hatch a plan: host a soccer match in Berlin where the “best” of the Allied players face off against an all-star Nazi team. The resulting win would be a big propaganda boost for the Germans. But the Allies have a secret plan for their team to escape.

 

Stallone has a lot of fun as the American who’s completely ignorant of how to play soccer (and who only joins the team in order to escape), Michael Caine is excellent as always, and famous soccer stars Pele and Bobby Moore do a solid job as well.

 

@Baumer, is it possible this is a Stallone movie you haven’t seen?!

 

 

 

[75Live]

^^

 

here I thought that I was one of the only people in the world to see Victory on these forums  

[TalismanRing]

7 minutes ago, 75live said:

^^

 

here I thought that I was one of the only people in the world to see Victory on these forums  

 

Or not everyone wants to admit it.

[The Stingray]

lol Victory is such a shitty movie. 

 

[TalismanRing]

38 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

87. My Man Godfrey (1936)

 

written by: Morrie Rysking & Eric Hatch (based on Hatch’s novel)

directed by: Gregory La Cava

starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard

 

Synopsis: 

A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler...but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye.

 

 

A classic screwball comedy. It’s set in then-contemporary times (the Great Depression) which mirror our own recent depression. The poor are dirt poor… the rich are extremely rich (and frivolous). One day, during a party game where all the contestants must find various objects in order to win, a ditsy socialite takes a homeless man as her “forgotten man” and decides he’s going to be “her protege”. He becomes the butler in their mansion, a straight man amidst all the ridiculousness. And, of course, the socialite starts falling in love with him.

 

Carole Lombard and William Powell are at the top of their game — they have great chemistry together and they’re surrounded by a great supporting cast, most of whom are playing the insane, idle rich. Timeless and timely. And, of course, very funny.

 

 

 

 

For a remake my pick would be Ralph Fiennes.  He has the comedic chops as well as the intelligence and the classy reserve.