So recently I have gone back to watching older and/or obscure movies. These include titles such as Bitch Slap, The Thing (1982), Lesbian Vampire Killers, Robocop, Re-animator and up next I have Black Dynamite. My taste for movies when alone typically go for older horror/monster films (I have a soft spot for non-CG gore) and Sci-Fi as well as anything that just sounds absolutely insane.
I now have started to compile a list of movies I plan on watching at some point, trying to keep with a certain theme, The Thing was the first. 1. Tron 1982 2. Total Recall 1990 3. A Clockwork Orange 1971 4. Back to the Future 1985 5. Gattaca 1997 6. Videodrome 1983 7. Twelve Monkeys 1995
Really I'm kind of all over the place, and I'm definitely not excluding movies I have not seen for years, Back to the Future being the big one here.
I'm looking for more to add to this list, so let me hear some of your suggestions giantbomb! My only request is unless it is something absolutely absurd and not too well known, such as Bitch Slap or Lesbian Vampire Killers, nothing too recent.
Note, in the time it takes me to watch 2 more off of this list, I'll probably have watched The Fifth Element again. I own it and it's one of my favorite sci-fi movies, well movies in general.
Edit: Note 2, Feel free to recommend your favorite Jackie Chan movie as well, I had started to go back through his career earlier last year.
So recently I have gone back to watching older and/or obscure movies. These include titles such as Bitch Slap, The Thing (1982), Lesbian Vampire Killers, Robocop, Re-animator and up next I have Black Dynamite. My taste for movies when alone typically go for older horror/monster films (I have a soft spot for non-CG gore) and Sci-Fi as well as anything that just sounds absolutely insane.
I now have started to compile a list of movies I plan on watching at some point, trying to keep with a certain theme, The Thing was the first. 1. Tron 1982 2. Total Recall 1990 3. A Clockwork Orange 1971 4. Back to the Future 1985 5. Gattaca 1997 6. Videodrome 1983 7. Twelve Monkeys 1995
Really I'm kind of all over the place, and I'm definitely not excluding movies I have not seen for years, Back to the Future being the big one here.
I'm looking for more to add to this list, so let me hear some of your suggestions giantbomb! My only request is unless it is something absolutely absurd and not too well known, such as Bitch Slap or Lesbian Vampire Killers, nothing too recent.
Note, in the time it takes me to watch 2 more off of this list, I'll probably have watched The Fifth Element again. I own it and it's one of my favorite sci-fi movies, well movies in general.
Edit: Note 2, Feel free to recommend your favorite Jackie Chan movie as well, I had started to go back through his career earlier last year.
-The big lebowski -pulp fiction - fargo - Into the Wild - blood simple - Donnie Darko - Dazed and Confused - American Beauty - A clockwork Orange - Grave of the Fireflies - Fight club - taxi driver - reservoir dogs - terminator 2 - little miss sunshine - the usual suspects - mystic river - one flew over the cookoos nest - groundhog day - lost in translation - Big - boyz n the hood - castle in the sky - spirited away - whisper of the heart - only yesterday all I can think of right now
since you'll get 100 people recommending 100 films each and will be drowning in titles that u wont read the replies anymore, i wont contribute :) if i did i'd name nothing more than 10 great movies, to keep the pressure off of you
My suggestion is pretty new but also fairly obscure: Following. It is the feature-film debut from Christopher Nolan who directed the two most recent Batman movies in addition to Memento which is another fantastic suggestion although it is probably neither old nor obscure enough to fit your criteria.
@KnifeySpoony: District 13 Mesrine Old Boy ( All of the Vengeance Trilogy is amazing) Big Trouble In Little China Cold Prey Battle Royale Breathless A Bittersweet Life Hard Boiled Election 1+2 Escape From New York
@MB: Will look into it, Martin Sheen is good. @SeriouslyNow: Will have to have a look at that, I vaguely remember it from long ago. @Fallen189: Interesting, I have heard a lot about it but never watched it. @Ahmad_Metallic: That's why I at least tried to set up more of a criteria for what kind of movie I'm looking for. Is there any one sci-fi or horror flick you have in mind? @raddevon: I remember hearing good things about Following so I'll be sure to check it out. Momento is a great movie indeed. @foggel: I think I'm at a point where I need to read the book before I can watch it again, I saw it in the last year. The reason A Clockwork Orange is on the list is that I never got to finish it. @Bombs_Away: I've actually got Old Boy to watch, I don't know why I didn't add it to the list, but maybe that will be next. I also saw a gif from District 13 of the girl shoving her panties in the guy's mouth, haha. It's funny you listed Big Trouble In Little China, as after seeing The Thing, I was thinking of going back and seeing that again for more Kurt Russell. I saw Battle Royale, great flick, insane. It's a shame that the sequel isn't nearly as good. I think I will my John Woo fix with Hard Boiled, thanks for bringing it up. @guiseppe: After watching the trailer, that movie looks awesome. Can't wait to see some more of those effects.
" @Fallen189: Interesting, I have heard a lot about it but never watched it. @Bombs_Away: I've actually got Old Boy to watch, I don't know why I didn't add it to the list, but maybe that will be next. I also saw a gif from District 13 of the girl shoving her panties in the guy's mouth, haha. It's funny you listed Big Trouble In Little China, as after seeing The Thing, I was thinking of going back and seeing that again for more Kurt Russell. I saw Battle Royale, great flick, insane. It's a shame that the sequel isn't nearly as good. I think I will my John Woo fix with Hard Boiled, thanks for bringing it up. "
Wristcutters is really good. It lost me somewhere around the halfway point but redeemed itself in the end.
@KnifeySpoony: Barry Lyndon. I made a blog post doing a review on it, but not many people know of it so it didn't get any replies... :P
It's a Kubrick film which he did after A Clockwork Orange. Go check out my blog for my review of it, you and anyone else reading this needs to see that movie. Truly an epic work of art. I definitely reccomend seeing it, some call it Kubrick's best work. The cinematography, the acting, the music... oh man.
@Dr_Feelgood38: I might go with Ichi the Killer, a friend of mine loves it. I saw Audition a year or two ago with a couple friends, and by the end we were perplexed. But then I found out it was actually advertised as a romantic comedy and that makes it genius. I've seen Tokyo Gore Police and Machine Girl a few times, great flicks. Then again I'm crazy.
@marioncobretti: The Last Starfighter looks interesting, and yes Supercop is awesome.
@Gabriel: I considered it, but I might have seen it already, I remember not liking it for some reason. Then again I could just be mixing my soured memories of seeing parts of Escape from LA with it.
@buzz_clik: Absolutely agree, anyone who is interested in cheap gore and/or kung fu, need to see The Story of Ricky. It's a necessity, so great haha.
@xyzygy: Will definitely check it out after reading your review. Sounds a lot more serious then what I'm looking for, but an incredible movie is always welcome.
@Willy105: I completely forgot Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow existed. How is it?
I don't know what you've seen or haven't seen so I am going to recommend a dozen older sci-fi movies that are worth your time. Some may have not aged as well as others but they are still notable in the genre. All links lead to YouTube trailers.
Logan's Run (1976) ~ Michael York discovers that life in utopia where no one ever grows old hides a dark secret.
The Omega Man (1971) ~ Charlton Heston is the last man on Earth...or so he thinks.
Runaway (1984) ~ Tom Selleck hunts robots that have become a danger to their owners, then Gene Simmons shows up and things get interesting.
Caveman (1981) ~ Ringo Starr, Shelley Long and Dennis Quaid are cave-people...with a wacky dinosaur in pursuit.
The Andromeda Strain (1971) ~ A biological accident is more dangerous than first perceived.
Damnation Alley (1977) ~ George Peppard & Jan Michael Vincent roam the wastelands of America after the bomb drops in an RV (of sorts).
The Final Countdown (1980) ~ Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen have a chance to stop World War 2 with a modern aircraft carrier.
Outland (1981) ~ Sean Connery is the new sheriff in town just outside of the planet Saturn with a murder to solve.
The Dead Zone (1983) ~ Christopher Walken can see the future in a story by Stephen King.
Repo Man (1984) ~ Emelio Estevez trains to be a repo man. And there is something very odd in the trunk of one of his repossessed cars.
The Hidden (1987) ~ Kyle MacLachlan is an intergalactic bounty hunter in L.A.
Hardware (1990) ~ Dylan McDermott hunts for electronic junk and stuff amid the ruins of a post-cataclysmic world.
@buzz_clik: Thanks for the heads up. I am familiar with the comic book, but didn't know Hardware started there, too. I used to read 2000 AD for Rogue Trooper and Judge Anderson: Psi-Division.
" @Willy105: I completely forgot Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow existed. How is it? "
It's fantastic. It is a complete reconstruction of a 1950's adventure movie with modern technology and pacing. It's also very exciting and fun. It's also very impressive, because it is literally 100% green-screen filmed.
To stick with your sci-fi binge, I'll recommend Blade Runner and Dark City. Alien is a classic, if you have yet to see that (shame on you if you haven't seen that or Blade Runner, though :P)
Also, Moon came out on dvd a week ago. That's a really great film. Children of Men was a really good sci-fi film also.
Lastly, I recommend the entire Mad Max trilogy. Road Warrior is the best of the trilogy.
@PenguinDust: Those really are some great suggestions. I had been thinking of seeing Logan's Run again. I saw The Andromeda Strain last year, fun flick, though I don't remember too much beyond the base itself. Thanks a lot
@Willy105: Ah interesting, a lot of Bitch Slap is green screen (but that's due to a low budget) and it's hilariously poor.
@kmdrkul: After listening to the Mass Effect Bombcast, I think I may go back and watch Alien again. I haven't seen it since I was a little kid when I was scared to shit by it. No worries, I've seen Blade Runner and Road Warrior. I've heard people talk about moon but no one has really told me what it's about and therefore I was never interested.
@Bubahula: Haha, I was waiting for someone to suggest it. I may go back and see it again. I think I saw it in 6th grade and thought it was bad ass. The serious scene with him hiding a puppy in his trunk has always stuck with me as being incredibly silly.
Not sure if it's already been recommended or even seen but if you're already going for Total Recall, you have to finish the Verhoeven subversive sci-fi trilogy with Starship Troopers and RoboCop. Easily some of the greatest films ever made.
@KnifeySpoony: I think Moon is the type of movie that is best when you know as little about it as possible. Personally I think it kind of shares some of the same themes as Blade Runner, but that doesn't mean they are the same... not at all. It's a great psychological drama wrapped up in a neat sci-fi setting.
I don't think so, at least not where I live. It is, however, extremely easy to find streaming on the internet, if you don't have any objections to that sort of thing.
If you like videodrome, check out other Cronenberg movies (Crash, Naked Lunch, Dead Ringers, Existenz). Going with the dystopian motif you seem to have set up, I'd reccomend Metropolis (1927), M, A Scanner Darkly, Fahrenheit 451, Alphaville, The Trial, Wings of Desire, Brazil and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Pitch Black Reign of FIre Alien VS Predator Requiem District 9 Firefly (canceled tv show that you need to watch if you havent) Descent Brotherhood of the Wolf(later the guy directed Silent Hill) My Name Is Bruce A few that were not mentioned, but you might enjoy it.
District 13, the English subbed. A great French Parcour/Action movie. Old Boys, a Korean (?) martial arts movie that is a must watch (HUGE MUTHERFUCKING TWIST). If you're into romantic stuff I can't recommend 'Turn Left, Turn Right' enough, a truly wonderful film Singaporean/Hong Kong film set in Taipei. And of course, the first Battle Royale. this is a violent, violent, Japanese movie that is simply mind blowing in awesomeness.
@kmdrkul: I love Dark City, and yet almost everyone I ever met didn't even like it. That scene in the visiting room is one of the few movie scenes where I think to myself "Oh, that's so romantic" like a girl.
To topic, let's see, what haven't you seen here. One movie you probably haven't seen is the original Rollerball with James Caan. I like it - it has a very uncharismatic main character, which reduces its appeal, I think, but it's oddly realistic for all its cheesy sci-fi premise.
And also, if you haven't seen it, Unbreakable, which I still think is the best superhero origin movie ever made. I'll throw out a shout for Sky Captain, too. It's not a great film, but it's hard to find another non-Indiana Jones film that does as good a job emulating the Indiana Jones adventurey feel.
@Veektarius: Thanks for the suggestions, I have seen unbreakable, definitely interesting. Good characters. Will check out Rollerball.
@phragit:
I looked at ExistenZ before this blog and I think I may have seen it on TV not too long ago, it could have been something else though. A Scanner Darkly is great, have seen it many times. Will look into a few more of those.
Thanks everyone, I got plenty of great suggestions, time to get into them.
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