A bronx-swanky masterpiece of sociological civilization analysis, experimental cinematography styles, jazzy soundscape, intellectually-sophisticated cynicistic worldview, & definitive De Niro performance for a legend Scorsese flick. 9.6/10.
[category:classics/drama/experimental/film-noir/psychological/revengethriller,date:1976-04-07,rate:9.6,type:movies]
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Category: Classics
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
One of the most stylized depictions of violence & teenage spirit ever filmed with a cleverly-meta juxtaposition of insouciant classical waltzes & sadistic thrills by its psychologically-twisted protagonist, A.C.O.’s striking dystopian mastercraft. 9.4/10.
[category:classics/drama/crime-films/dystopian/experimental/psychological/revengethriller/coming-of-age/science-fiction/political-drama,date:1971-09-07,rate:9.4,type:movies]
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Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
A wet, weird, wonderful Amazonian mystery/horror B-flick completing a quintet of classic Universal Monster Movies, CFTBL might not hit the high notes of its UN-kin, but is nonetheless a campy proto sci-fi jolt of innovatively-filmed bioscares. 7.5/10.
[category:classics/horror/kaiju,date:1954-04-07,rate:7.5,type:movies]
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M (1931)
A skin-crawling crime film with noir/arthouse elements, a legendary Lorre performance, terrific Fritz Lang direction laden with mystery, and stark ponderances on society and criminality decades ahead of its time. 8.8/10.
[category:classics/crime-films/film-noir,date:1931-04-07,rate:8.8,type:movies]
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Dial M For Murder (1954)
Another mantle piece for the definitive suspense master, Dial M For Murder boasts an unbelievably-intelligent ‘perfect-murder’ screenplay, twisty tale of jealousy/blackmail in classic-Hitchcockian auterism, elegant performances. 8.7/10.
[category:classics/crime-films/film-noir/revengethriller,date:1954-12-07,rate:8.7,type:movies]
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Fight Club (1999)
One of the most outrageous/incendiary masterpieces to ever come out Hollywood, Fincher’s Fight Club packs a punch with wild sociopathic satire, sensory overload-action pieces, and masterfully-contorted plot structure meriting academia. 9.4/10.
[category:classics/drama/experimental/crime-films/psychological/film-noir/revengethriller,date:1999-12-07,rate:9.4,type:movies]
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
A psychologically-rich and VFX-groundbreaking analysis of the duality of mankind catalyzing gothic horror. aristocratic romance, & science-fiction in performances, Mamoulian’s J&H is film’s definitive version and Golden Monster-Movie Age. 9/10.
[category:classics/crime-films/psychological/periodhistorical/horror/kaiju,date:1932-10-19,rate:9,type:movies]
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Psycho (1960)
A legacy of immortality jumpstarting horror & creating slashers with a once-in-a-lifetime Shower Scene that changed the course of cinematic history, Hitchcock’s Psycho: voyeuristic, avant-garde horror/thriler/noir/detectve masterpiece. 9.8/10.
[category:classics/drama/horror/slasher/crime-films/psychological/film-noir/revengethriller,date:1960-12-07,rate:9.8,type:movies]
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Breathless (1960)
A beautiful, sweeping example of the French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard’s indie masterpiece rewrote every rule of narrative construction & revitalized a medium, paradigmatically and stylishly-liberating the once-caged artform of cinema. 10/10.
[category:classics/drama/comedyromance/experimental/crime-films/film-noir/internationale,date:1960-12-07,rate:10,type:movies]
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Seven Samurai (1956)
A bravura piece of filmmaking & the crown jewel of Akira Kurosawa’s filmography, 7S changed cinema’s landscape with action movies – boasting complexity, camera kineticism, legendary chambara, revolutionized narrative style, pure culture. 10/10.
[category:classics/actionadventure/drama/experimental/blockbusters/lgbtq-minority,date:1956-05-12,rate:10,type:movies]
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