Favorite late '70s/early '80s movies
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My dad turned me onto Clint Eastwood westerns when I was a kid. Took me to see "every which but loose" and "any which way you can" to name a couple.
He was in Vietnam but only told me a few things.
One was he was scared to death and layed in his tent at night crying, bombs going off close to them.
He was in Vietnam but only told me a few things.
One was he was scared to death and layed in his tent at night crying, bombs going off close to them.
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Lol, anyone remember "Rhinestone" :D
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Not really.
:D
I actually remember seeing the poster for it, but never went to see it.
A few more John Carpenter movies I really like from that era:
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976). It’s a crime/action thriller that almost has the feel of a zombie film.
Christine (1983). IMO, the best demonic vehicle movie ever made.
Starman (1984). Pretty much an opposite take on aliens from John Carpenter’s The Thing.
Prince of Darkness (1987). OK, it’s outside of the late ‘70s/early ‘80s era, but it a good John Carpenter film that’s vastly underrated.
Jim
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Salem's Lot (1979)
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (1974)
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Jim,
Yes, was well made also, with good acting too and no GUI....
Jim
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IMO, the best horror movies rely on mood/atmosphere more than FX or overdone attempts at jump scares. I remember watching Salem’s Lot the night it premiered on TV in ‘79. The spookiest parts involved the creepy dead boy (I think the character’s name was Danny Glick).
Jim
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Jim,James Y wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:26 pm
IMO, the best horror movies rely on mood/atmosphere more than FX or overdone attempts at jump scares. I remember watching Salem’s Lot the night it premiered on TV in ‘79. The spookiest parts involved the creepy dead boy (I think the character’s name was Danny Glick).
Jim
Saw it too in 1979.
Danny was the older one, Ralphie Glic was the young one, the one I think you are talking about.
Yeah, was scary.
Jim
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The Shootist is one of my all time favorite movies. It is about an aging lawman/gunfighter who is dying of cancer. It is poignant because John Wayne's cancer soon returned and he died. It has an all star cast, the best of the best and it a finely acted movie.
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Ha! Just saw another one come on....
Tootsie!
Tootsie!
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I saw that, but it’s been nearly 40 years... :eek:
Most of these fall outside of the late ‘70s/early ‘80s time period, but a few more films of the past I like a lot...
Excalibur (1981; IMO, the best King Arthur movie ever made)
The Legend of **** House (1973)
The Haunting (1963)
The Big Gundown (1966; my favorite spaghetti western that didn’t star Clint Eastwood)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
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Stalker (1979), Andrei Tarkovsky
Being There (1979)
3 Women (1977), Robert Altman
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
The Long Good Friday (1979)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), Robert Altman
The Elephant God (1979)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Nostalghia (1983), Andrei Tarkovsky
Fanny and Alexander (1982), Ingmar Bergman
Stranger than Paradise (1984), Jim Jarmusch
Thief (1981), Michael Mann
My Dinner with André (1981), Louis Malle
Tampopo (1985)
The Big Red One (1980), Samuel Fuller
White Dog (1982), Samuel Fuller
Dressed To Kill (1980)
The Natural (1984)
The Right Stuff (1983)
2010 (1984)
A Passage to India (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Being There (1979)
3 Women (1977), Robert Altman
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
The Long Good Friday (1979)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), Robert Altman
The Elephant God (1979)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Nostalghia (1983), Andrei Tarkovsky
Fanny and Alexander (1982), Ingmar Bergman
Stranger than Paradise (1984), Jim Jarmusch
Thief (1981), Michael Mann
My Dinner with André (1981), Louis Malle
Tampopo (1985)
The Big Red One (1980), Samuel Fuller
White Dog (1982), Samuel Fuller
Dressed To Kill (1980)
The Natural (1984)
The Right Stuff (1983)
2010 (1984)
A Passage to India (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
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Even though it’s a late-‘80s movie, it deserves inclusion here:
They Live (1988)
Another John Carpenter classic.
Jim
They Live (1988)
Another John Carpenter classic.
Jim
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z4vdBt wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:52 pmStalker (1979), Andrei Tarkovsky
Being There (1979)
3 Women (1977), Robert Altman
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)
The Long Good Friday (1979)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), Robert Altman
The Elephant God (1979)
Babette's Feast (1987)
Nostalghia (1983), Andrei Tarkovsky
Fanny and Alexander (1982), Ingmar Bergman
Stranger than Paradise (1984), Jim Jarmusch
Thief (1981), Michael Mann
My Dinner with André (1981), Louis Malle
Tampopo (1985)
The Big Red One (1980), Samuel Fuller
White Dog (1982), Samuel Fuller
Dressed To Kill (1980)
The Natural (1984)
The Right Stuff (1983)
2010 (1984)
A Passage to India (1984)
Blood Simple (1984)
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Nice list, probably totally outside of this forums usual audience :D
From Jarmusch 80s I liked more Down by Law (1986).
From Coen I liked more the later films in the 90s, Bergman I liked more earlier films.
Bob Hoskins had a good one in Mona Lisa (1986).
I think nobody mentioned Brazil (1985) Terry Gilliam.