Favorite Crime Movie?
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Topic: Favorite Crime Movie?
Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Subject: Favorite Crime Movie?
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 11:52
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These are all the best crime movies I've seen and can really think of right now.
Actually I haven't seen Godfather part 2 yet.
Crime movies are the greatest.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 12:11
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Un Flic. Les Diaboliques. In Cold Blood. The Criminal. The Killing. Bande à part. Blood Simple. Taxi Driver is great, but barely a crime movie. Also, no Hitchcock? Voted for Fargo.
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Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 12:14
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wow darn i forgot Hitchcocks movies.
I definitely would have added Rear Window, North by Northwest, etc.
I knew I would forget a lot of movies. ------------- The future's uncertain and the end is always near. - Jim Morrison |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 17:43
| Interesting list. Voted for Goodfellas, but could just as easily voted for The Godfather, Fargo, or Reservoir Dogs. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 17:55
| Out of those Taxi Driver. Also really love Scarface, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Shawshank. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 18:01
White Heat (1949) |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 19:31
| Just watched Fargo for the first time. It was between fargo and Pulp Fiction, because typical gangster movies are just hilarious overplayed and annoying. Went with Fargo. |
Posted By: GoldenGod2112
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 19:38
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Fargo is a really good movie. I love all the yeahs."yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah oh yeah yeah yeah yeah" ------------- The future's uncertain and the end is always near. - Jim Morrison |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 19:43
Maybe more of a "yah yah yah yah etc."? I also voted for Fargo, most of the rest are gangster movies with bodycount. My all time favourite probably is Vertigo, though. |
GoldenGod2112 wrote:Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 20:03
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What? No Raising Arizona??? Toss in one serious one, that kept me riveted: Seven. I think I'm having a little thread deja voodoo. I like Goodfellas because I like seeing Joe Pesci get whacked. And Godfathers for the historical context/setting in the story. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 20:08
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Chinatown.
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: September 19 2011 at 23:55
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There are a lot of movies missing (including my avatar *ahem*) but Godfather is the best movie I've ever watched so that's where my vote goes. -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 00:22
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Amazingly, these list is made all of really good movies (the only one I haven't watched is Reservoir dogs). Only one leaves me cold (Fargo), and all the others are at least great in my eyes. Goodfellas and Shawshank Redemption, quite different movies, would tie in for second spot, both amazing masterpieces. But for me all of them succumb to the best pair of movies ever, and my two favorites of all time, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II.
Oh if only Robert Duvall Had accepted what they offered him to appear in Part III, it would probably had made it into another masterpiece (the rumoured stoyline that was being planned was quite epic). Alas, Part III is so full of holes that next to the other two it just can't stand. ------------- 
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 02:06
| Heat. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 13:55
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'Crime Movies'? Sadly I haven't seen all of these. The one I really need to see is Taxi Driver terrible isn't it? there can't be many who haven't seen it. Anyway, I always see 'Crime Movies' as being about a crime and I can't see Shawshank Redemption as fitting this description, yes a crime or two are involved but its surely more about the loss of freedom?
Anyway, I will throw in two old British classics 'Kind Hearts and Coronets' and 'Lady Killers'.
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 14:10
Get Carter.  ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: September 20 2011 at 14:27
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I'd add. The original Italian Job to this. Also I don't get Shawshank as being a crime movie. I voted Pulp Fiction from this list. -------------  
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: September 27 2011 at 21:39
| I never really considered Taxi Driver to be a crime movie first and foremost, but it is probably my favourite of the ones here. Really philosophical. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 20:21
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I don't really consider some of these to be crime movies, but with that said I would go like Pulp Fiction > Fargo >Shawshank Redemption > Taxi Driver > Reservoir Dogs ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 20:47
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The Departed. From that List- Fargo. Shawshank isn't really crime to me- probably my fav of all time. ------------- |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 22:25
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The Shawshank Redemption is my favorite movie.
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Posted By: 40footwolf
Date Posted: September 28 2011 at 23:19
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Of these it's The Godfather, but my actual favorite crime movie, and favorite movie of all time in fact, is Once Upon a Time in America. ------------- Heaven's made a cesspool of us all. |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 07:23
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No love for The Godfather 2 here?!?!? Come on!! You broke my heart, people. You broke my heart!
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Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 08:03
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I have to go with The Godfather. The characters always seem so deep. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 15:38
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No Country for Old Men |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 16:06
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The fisrt one to spring to my mind when I saw this topic is Lars von Trier's The Element of Crime: Another favcourite of mine is Imamura's Vengeance is Mine Lots I really like off the list, anyway, and think I'll go with Dog Day Afternoon. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: September 29 2011 at 18:39
| The Usual Suspects |
Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 16:50
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Casino - for Pesci's performance ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 17:35
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: October 01 2011 at 21:29
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I don't really see Shawshank as a "crime" movie really, but that is one of my all time favorites. Awesome flick. Vote goes for Goodfellas. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 11:21
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So many I could vote for here (Godfather 1 & 2... I think I'm the only person who actually likes part 3 as well).
I eventually went for Godfather part 1 as it's probably my favorite movie of all time, but honorary mentions to Fargo, Goodfellas, Casino & Departed. Have to say though for a damned good crime caper, you have to go a long way to beat Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels (or Snatch, for that matter) ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 11:30
Ja ja!  Fargo is cool.I voted Godfather though. Nr. 1 to be precise. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: October 26 2011 at 12:50
| I would like to add the stunning/brilliant/intense/hilarious/clever/insane http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079980/" rel="nofollow - Série noire . |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 04:01
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Taxi Driver - incredible iconic movie brilliant method acting by RDN ending is impacting De Niro as punk is genius Scorcese's best movie easily ------------- 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 14:29
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Scarface, with Pulp Fiction and Taxi Driver being CLOSE behind. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 16:27
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Scarface easily,but closely followed by both Godfather movies and Goodfellas. -------------  |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 20:09
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Fargo or if there was the option Vertigo - but there's a few tough choices up there, like Godfather being a classic of course ------------- We are men of action. Lies do not become us. http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - JazzMusicArchives. |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 20:15
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A Shot in the Dark!
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 02:44
| oh I think Dog Day from this list, one of the most raw films ever made at the time (and still), Taxi Driver great but very stylized and not terribly real; but DDA was a stunner, a masterpiece of True Crime. I'd also strongly recommend Dustan Hoffman's Straight Time, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, and French noir classic Refifi . |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 04:01
Speaking of great crime movies, slightly left field, but can you believe they've re-made Straw Dogs???  -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 04:48
Wow - i loved original and couldn't imagine it done better. There ya go. Like to see on this list also Marathon Man - Hoffman is unforgettable but even better was the sadistic chilling portrayal from Laurence Olivier as the Nazi Dentist - drddrdrddrdrdrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr "take your time and tell me............... is it safe?" -------------
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Posted By: Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 04:59
Would John Woo's shootout bonanza `Hard Boiled' with Chow Yun-Fat count as a crime film? 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 06:45
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^I believe so. I've yet to see it actually but Im gonna pick it up sooner or later. And I agree that Straw Dogs is already as awesome as it is. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: November 01 2011 at 08:15
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Straw Dogs has unforgettable climax, violent and iconic Hoffman at his best, I just love how the every man gets revenge on those sadists. The boiling water int he pot, the wire, and of course the bear trap - unforgettable ending worth seeking out. -------------
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