La Haine and 13 Tzameti - two French films that have stayed in my head for a while...

For good thrillers that put a lot of Hollywood to shame I liked:
Tell No One
The Prey

Both 'innocent men on the run' type films.

Special Forces and Stranded not bad too if you like war films

Posted By: Wild Edric on February 24th 2014 at 14:09:48

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Little-known but great fillums, that more people should have seen. List them. Go! (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 24, 13:28:49
- The MacDouble DVD (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 24, 16:07:20
- Ooooo - Untouchable (the French one) - absolutely brillers (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 15:08:14
  - Seconded. Francois Cluzet one of my favourite actors. He's very good in Tell No One too (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Feb 24, 15:20:59
  - If you like French films, In the House (Dans la maison) is excellent. (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Feb 24, 15:09:26
- Here's a small handful of good, underrated films: (General Chat) - tim berry, Feb 24, 14:52:55
- Fiztcaraldo,run Lola run... (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 24, 14:52:15
  - Oh, Lola rennt. Yes fantastic (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 24, 15:36:07
  - Amadeus (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 24, 14:53:59
- Land and Freedom (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 24, 14:51:23
  - The Wind That Shakes the Barley. (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Feb 24, 14:56:27
    - Very good fillum. And The Hunger, although not much to smile about in that (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 24, 15:35:41
- Super work everyone, thanks very much. Bookmarked for future reference. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 24, 14:41:42
  - Too subtle for you, I suppose (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 15:06:21
- A Tale of Two Sisters (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Feb 24, 14:41:01
- Antichrist (Lars von Trier) (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 24, 14:36:21
- Anal Cum Sluts 6 (5, the nun version, was rubbish) (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 24, 14:35:21
- The Young Poisoner's Handbook (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Feb 24, 14:34:15
- Lars and the Real Girl (General Chat) - Hertz van Rental, Feb 24, 14:32:48
- Tucker and Dale vs Evil (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 24, 14:26:57
- Have 10 off the top of my head (General Chat) - norway, Feb 24, 14:26:19
- Some I like (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 24, 14:22:22
  - All of those films are well good (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Feb 24, 14:26:27
- The Mothman Prophecies (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Splat, Feb 24, 14:13:01
  - Dicky Gere ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 24, 14:19:18
- Dark City (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Splat, Feb 24, 14:12:47
  - Dark City is an underrated masterpiece. (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Feb 24, 14:46:15
    - AGREED!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 24, 16:37:12
- La Haine and 13 Tzameti - two French films that have stayed in my head for a while... (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Feb 24, 14:09:48
  - Watch the original Tzameti, avoid the remake! (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Feb 24, 14:47:45
    - Is the original the b/w version? Is the remake the one with Ray Winstone? (n/m) (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Feb 24, 15:22:38
      - Yes - original, b/w, very good. Remake - same director, stars Ray Winstone but is dreadful (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Feb 24, 15:27:25
        
        Thanks - I shall avoid! The scenes in the house in the woods are so tense - love the (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Feb 24, 15:38:03
  - Kontroll - a Hungarian film set in the Underground (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Feb 24, 14:11:29
- Full Metal Jacket (General Chat) - Molmans Custard, Feb 24, 14:06:58
  - Little-known?! (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 24, 14:15:12
- Yojimbo and Sanjuro are both brilliant (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Feb 24, 14:04:08
- Buena Vista Social Club (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 14:02:00
- Once were Warriors (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Feb 24, 13:58:47
- Ong Bak (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:58:14
- EUFA cup final 1979 in black and white betamax (n/m) (General Chat) - Upperjarroldmiddle, Feb 24, 13:56:35
- The Wages of Fear (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:56:20
- District 9 (n/m) (General Chat) - Bristol Graham, Feb 24, 13:55:41
- "ITFC: 12 years of shit." (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 24, 13:48:12
- If (n/m) (General Chat) - trustsec, Feb 24, 13:47:58
- Vajazzled (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 13:46:17
- The Raid (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:42:18
- A history of violence (n/m) (General Chat) - Dunney, Feb 24, 13:41:53
- Norwich City Christmas Video 1989 (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 13:41:49
- Bedazzled (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:41:46
  - This is surely a joke? (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Feb 24, 14:18:00
    - Philistine (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 15:11:40
- when the last sword is drawn - 2003 Samari (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 24, 13:40:47
  - Samurai - brom knew (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 24, 13:41:46
- Jacobs Ladder (n/m) (General Chat) - ramsgatecabbie, Feb 24, 13:40:21
- Charlie Varrick (n/m) (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Feb 24, 13:39:40
- In Bruges (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 13:39:19
- millennium man (n/m) (General Chat) - Dunney, Feb 24, 13:39:07
- russian ark (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:38:48
- Brewster's Millions (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:38:37
  - which one? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 24, 13:42:17
- Star Wars Part VII (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Feb 24, 13:37:43
- Varsity Blues (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:37:16
- Whisky Galore, charming fillum (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:36:13
  - what's it about? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:38:59
    - Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 24, 13:44:05
    - GIYLF (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:40:35
      - wilco (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:42:45
        
        Don't talk to me about staff (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:44:44
- Lesbian Fruits 4 (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 24, 13:35:52
- consequences of love (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:35:23
  - AGREEED!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 24, 16:37:48
- Revenge of the Nerds (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Feb 24, 13:35:04
- Anal Nun Cum Sluts 5 (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 24, 13:34:28
  - You are Steve in Holland and I claim my five euros (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 24, 13:37:51
    - Fail. Sorry. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 24, 13:40:47
- max (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:33:54
- Dark Days. (General Chat) - bird table, Feb 24, 13:33:39
- prisoner of the mountains (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:33:25
- Comfort and Joy (General Chat) - Bertie Bertschin, Feb 24, 13:32:37
- Brotherhood of the Wolf (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Feb 24, 13:31:07
- Silent Running (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 24, 13:30:28
  - Powder ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Feb 24, 15:11:34
  - One of my faves. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 24, 14:14:07
    - tear jerker for me. gets me every time. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 24, 14:21:34
- A Serbian Film (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 24, 13:30:02
  - No ta, read the writeup, not risking it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Feb 24, 13:33:48
  - underground (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 24, 13:31:36
  - Black Cat White Cat (n/m) (General Chat) - phrankin, Feb 24, 13:30:27

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