What a fantastic list, as I watched every one of these movies in my teens in the 1970s. Bloody Sam's "Cross of Iron", Paul Newman's"McIntosh Man", "Serpent"(Night Flight from Moscow), "Scorpio", "The Executioner"(Excellent George Peppard movie, 1970), "Sorceror", "The Parallax View", and 3 of Alain Delon's "Le Gang", "Le Giton", and "Mr. Klein" could be added to your great list.
Roy Scheider Was in several great films during the 70s, Klute The French Connection The Marathon Man The Sorcerer and The Last Emrbrace. And of course the huge blockbuster Jaws. He was a great actor who doesn’t always get the credit he deserves, it’s not just a coincidence that he appears in so many great movies.
You're going to need to lighten up on the adjectives. Not every noun needs an extreme modifier slammed into it. Not every 70's director was a surgeon. All of these particular directors were great but not all were great in the 70's. While you lighten up on the surgeons and "desperate" this and that you need to come up with new adjectives particular to each film. They deserve that. Even the ones you read too much into. Elaine May was a director who understood comedy but failed to understand the film business. How else do you explain the radical difference between her directing career and that of he former partner, Mike Nichols? She's a footnote, he's the textbook. He understood each film must succeed as a film first and make it's impact on the art form as part of that process. This alone is the difference in The Heartbreak Kid and The Graduate. If you make The Graduate they let you make Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff. You make The Heartbreak Kid you get to direct Dinner Theatre.
I like your comments but not sure about the last line- If you make The Graduate they let you make Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The latter reference(Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a picture made in spring 1965 released in 1966 and the former reference (The Graduate) was made in late 1966 and released in fall 1967. Mike Nichols made Virginia Woolf a year and a half before The Graduate. Both great movies. Nichols won the oscar for best director for The Graduate in April 1968 and it should have also won best picture (went instead to In The Heat of the Night). A year earlier he was oscar nominated for best director as well for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I believe Fred Zimmerman won for directing A Man For All Seasons
Scarecrow is incredibly overlooked given it stars Pacino and Hackman. I saw it decades and decades ago on late night TV and was fascinated by it. Hardly anyone I know even heard of it.
Grew up in the 70s and served in the military.. Wasn't aware of Rolling Thunder until this year. Explores a more complicated and subtle side of PTSD, well before Deer Hunter. The war was still going on when the movie came out. Hippies were still protesting and blaming soldiers, and there was guilt in others for soldiers, whom they saw suffering in the news every day, so I get why the movie didn't resonate (it was too early). The main character, however, comes home to a hero's welcome, but he doesn't care. Unlike PTSD depicted in most movies, he isn't broken, deranged, seeking therapy. He is pleasant but lacks feeling. He is self aware enough to know that he can't be the husband he was or probably the father. His response to horror was to destroy an emotional side of himself for his own mental survival. He has to recognize that he can't return to his old self during interactions with his family and friends. War doesn't just do this to people. Many people taking hits in life get destroyed piece by piece. It is almost easier to deal with emotional trauma in this way. More than just a war movie.
The 70's was a decade where the Studios had less control, and it resulted in a new age of writers and directors going beyond the old boundaries. Some other gems might be Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taking of Pelham 123, White Lightning, Juggernaut, The Paper Chase, Sugarland Express, The Gambler, The Seven Ups, Sorcerer, Soylent Green... list goes on.. so many...
Always reconed Barry Lyndon was a "Lost Masterpiece " One of Kubricks best. 'Bring me the Head of AG' a film so 'gritty ' you need a shower after watching it. I love BMtHoAG. Warren Oates at his finest. Add 'Vanishing Point' to the list with '2 Lane Blacktop' Warren Oates again. Another great one is the original 'Get Carter and 'Performance' with Mick Jagger. The 70s was a great decade for cinema some REAL master pieces. Thanks for reminding me about some of these films. I'm old enough to have seen quite a few of them first time around.
Really want to see Barry Lyndon as it's one of Kubrick's most beloved by actors visiting the Criterion closet! Another forgotten classic from the 70's is The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
Bound For Glory, with David Carradine and directed by Hal Ashby. Prime Cut with Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman. Les Valseuses ("Going Places") with Gerard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, and Patrick Deware.
I was born in 1961 in New York. I consider myself lucky to have grown up to see many flicks in the theater. I'm a Fan of "Straight Time" and a big fan of Eddie Bunker the author of the book of the same name. Hoffman is a great character actor who is a star.
Barry Lyndon is the most picturesque film ever made. Freeze frame any part of the movie & your left with a framed picture, postcard or masterpiece painting. With the legendary & visionary Stanley Kubrick at the helm this film immerses you in beauty both man made & natural.
Growing up in the 1970s was a treat for film fans. I was a big fan of European cinema and the BBC showed all the greats, with subtitles. Probably tiny viewing figures, but that was the advantage of non commercial television. In Britain, however, filmmaking was in the doldrums, but television drama was going through a golden age.
I recently rewatched STRAW DOGS.. it doesn't hold up. You just stop believing that he would go that far...and his mistreatment of his wife, she's raped, brutalized, Hoffman treats her like crap and pushes her aside because he suddenly needs to step up and be a man, even if it means stepping over his wifes beaten and psychologically brutalized body. There's a small piece missing that stops it from being a gem. Unlike Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia.
70’s ruled for films…i wouldve been shocked if I hadnt seen all of these, and no surprise I was right which simply means you completely nailed it! Hoffman os among my faves, and obviously was in a lot of great films, but Straight time MIGHt be his best work
The problem with Le Cercle Rouge is that Le Samurai is even better. Still any movie with Yves Montand and Gian Maria Volonte (two Leone movies with Eastwood) and Alain Delon in it automatically is at least very good.
@@marknieuweboer8099 the other problem is I have heard about all these great movies with sub titles and I’m dyslexic and have no chance of catching any more than a 1/5 of the dialog, all others (with the exception of the Garcia’s head, I have not seen it either) and they are great and so was 70’s cinema
Excellent list! I've watched almost all of them (exception Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) but the selection was terrific, love particularly Barry Lyndon, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Charley Varrick, Le Circle Rouge, and Paper Moon. I'll add 10 suggestions based on some of your points throughout the video: Macon County Line, Saint Jack, Fat City, Camera Buff, Harold and Maude, Get Carter, Mikey and Nicky, Phantom of the Paradise, Blue Collar, and Life of Brian.
A Great list, but there are a few left off here. Let's finish your homework assignment with a few more classics. "The Yakuza" 1974, with Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Richard Jordan. A subtle look into culture clash of crime, Sydney Pollack directs a Paul Scrhraeder/Robert Towne screenplay. "When an American cracks up, he opens the window and shoots people on the street. when a Japanese cracks up, he closes the window and kills himself". "Blue Collar" 1978, Paul Schraeder directs a screenplay cowritten with his brother Leonard. Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel. A B&E goes poorly and hijinks ensue with a cast of every character actor in Hollywood who wanted a piece of this script. "Taxi Driver" 1976. OK, maybe not a hidden gem, but Martin Scorcese's masterpiece rarely gets it's due, fading with time and this film should remain upfront and in everyone's face. Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and 12 year old Jodie Foster working a Paul Schraeder screenplay that is the peak of the 70's 'Cinema of Loneliness'. An illustration of a small, petty, ignorant and angry bigot who goes off the rails.At least he made a decision, right?
Peter Boyle was great as a working class guy who is an occasional hit man. Rolling Thunder was an excellent drive in movie that made you fear garbage disposals. The ending reminded me of Butch Cassidy…and maybe the Wild Bunch. Charlie Verrick was really good with Jo Don Baker great as usual.
Spielberg ruined cinema ( has never made a movie I liked). Then Lucas ran a sword through its heart. I was going to make a similar comment you beat me to it
Alot of these films stir up my childhood with the 70's Network movie nights..NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, ABC Movie of the Week, and The CBS Friday Night Movies...Your picks remind me of Two I really enjoyed - Slither with James Kahn....and The Lady in the Car (with Glasses and a Gun.) I was a litte too young when I saw this on TV at my grandmothers farm (the adults had gone to sleep.)
it’s a great list, thank you. just go easy on the “this movie whispers when others scream “ and “this movie screams when others whisper” i had to giggle when you kept repeating these contradictory words of praise And yes, I know both can be true, just don’t juxtapose them so closely lol
I more or less blind-bought 'The Friends Of Eddie Coyle' a while back during one of the Criterion Collection's 24-hour 50% off sales. Some of the best money I've ever spent.
You mentioned that The Friends of Eddie Coyle has dialogue that sounds like a wiretap of actual criminals. That's because it pretty much is. George V Higgins was a US Attorney in Boston specializing in organized crime cases. His career was during the window after the FBI developed wiretapping tech and started using it regularly but before the criminals realized they were doing so. Because of this Higgins listened to thousands of hours of wiretaps of gangsters talking openly in what they assumed was complete privacy. It made his dialogue incredibly banal and authentic in Eddie Coyle, and in Killing Them Softly, a more recent Higgins adaptation by Andrew Dominik starring Brad Pitt.
Very good, missing the scarecrow with gene hackman,the ninth configuration, sometimes a great notion,red sky at morning,....the old gun w/philippe noiret ..going places,w/depardieu
Straight Time (great pick btw) came out in 1978 the year BEFORE Kramer v Kramer. When the film bombed, Hoffmann thought his career over ... a year later he won the Oscar!
Charley Varrick, what an amazing crime flick by the great Don Siegel. Tarantino borrowed this recognizable line for Pulp Fiction, "They're gonna strip you naked and go to work on you with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch"... 💯
Seen them all back in the 70s. Double features or all nite drive in movies. TV on Friday and Saturday played movies all night. Those were the days of you liked good but cheap movies with human stories and no computer generated graphics.
Rolling Thunder rocked. It doesn't make it to TCM that often, but it's been on Pluto TV lately. William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones worked great together.
Seen The Last Detail, Kramer vs Kramer, Scarecrow many times. Barry Lyndon several times, it looks beautiful but its one of my lesser fav Kubrick movies. Paper Moon never grabbed me. Heartbreak Kid I've loved for decades. Charles Grodin was so underappreciated (see also Albert Brook's REAL LIFE, a completely overlooked comedy gem). I've never seen Eddie Coyle, sounds like Dog Day Afternoon gritty realism. I remember Rolling Thunder, been a long time.
By the way, Hoffman has said Straight Time is his best on screen work. Trivia question: anyone recognize the link between Straight Time and Reservoir Dogs?
I remember watching the navy movie, nursing a hangover on a Saturday or Sunday, I didn’t watch sports back then so I caught that at like noon on some channel that nobody really watched maybe kids for the kids show , we’re they escort a prisoner??? It was good I liked it
Absolutely! Anyone who has ever served in the Navy or the Marines can see the small details of life in the military, the cynical attitude of the salty NCOs, and the naiveite of the young sailor as he is taken to the brig. Every moment of this movie is brilliant.
Part Two > 10 Hidden Gems of 70s Cinema That Blew Our Minds! th-cam.com/video/-t95AVrPPpo/w-d-xo.html Let me know if you saw any of these.
Paper Moon was actually a hit and even earned an Oscar for best supporting actress.
Eddie Coyle and Charley Varrick - two absolute classics.
What a fantastic list, as I watched every one of these movies in my teens in the 1970s. Bloody Sam's "Cross of Iron", Paul Newman's"McIntosh Man", "Serpent"(Night Flight from Moscow), "Scorpio", "The Executioner"(Excellent George Peppard movie, 1970), "Sorceror", "The Parallax View", and 3 of Alain Delon's "Le Gang", "Le Giton", and "Mr. Klein" could be added to your great list.
Roy Scheider
Was in several great films during the 70s,
Klute
The French Connection
The Marathon Man
The Sorcerer and
The Last Emrbrace.
And of course the huge blockbuster Jaws.
He was a great actor who doesn’t always get the credit he deserves, it’s not just a coincidence that he appears in so many great movies.
The Seven Ups. With Bullitt and The French Connection the 3 best chase scenes in movie history.
The 7up’s
The 70's were legendary.
Barry Lyndon, aka the best movie ever made by man. Every single photogram of it is gold. Overlook it at your own peril.
I am 86 and while I never saw some of these films; the ones I did see I shall never forget.
You're going to need to lighten up on the adjectives. Not every noun needs an extreme modifier slammed into it. Not every 70's director was a surgeon. All of these particular directors were great but not all were great in the 70's. While you lighten up on the surgeons and "desperate" this and that you need to come up with new adjectives particular to each film. They deserve that. Even the ones you read too much into. Elaine May was a director who understood comedy but failed to understand the film business. How else do you explain the radical difference between her directing career and that of he former partner, Mike Nichols? She's a footnote, he's the textbook. He understood each film must succeed as a film first and make it's impact on the art form as part of that process. This alone is the difference in The Heartbreak Kid and The Graduate. If you make The Graduate they let you make Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff. You make The Heartbreak Kid you get to direct Dinner Theatre.
Check out A New Leaf. May & Matthau 😂
You’re going to need to reassess your sense of self-importance. What a pretentious and unhelpful rant
I like your comments but not sure about the last line- If you make The Graduate they let you make Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The latter reference(Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a picture made in spring 1965 released in 1966 and the former reference (The Graduate) was made in late 1966 and released in fall 1967. Mike Nichols made Virginia Woolf a year and a half before The Graduate. Both great movies. Nichols won the oscar for best director for The Graduate in April 1968 and it should have also won best picture (went instead to In The Heat of the Night). A year earlier he was oscar nominated for best director as well for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I believe Fred Zimmerman won for directing A Man For All Seasons
Thanks for shouting out The Friends Of Eddie Coyal ---- A Movie SOOO Gritty , it was like a light sandpaper of your eyes.
One of my All-Time favs. Mitchum never looked so beaten, and Boyle is low-key brilliant.
Boyle had that simmering menace, the ruthlessness of a boa slowly tightening around you.
The book is very good too.
Stunning movie. Just flawless from the first scene to the last.
I love the way it portrays Boston, so grimy and blue collar, and dying as evidenced by the fall setting
I would not say Paper Moon was forgotten or ignored. It was a box office hit and Tatum O Neal was the youngest to ever win an Oscar. It was brilliant
Exactly. One of the most famous movies of its era.
Barry Lyndon a movie that will always stand the test of time its a winner 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
My favourite Kubrick movie along with 'Paths of Glory '
Just saw Straight Time which I had not even heard of until recently. It’s so good.
Scarecrow is a hidden gem. I also loved Capricorn One
Scarecrow is incredibly overlooked given it stars Pacino and Hackman. I saw it decades and decades ago on late night TV and was fascinated by it. Hardly anyone I know even heard of it.
Le Cercle Rouge is a masterpiece - great call. Jean Pierre Melville was one of the greatest to ever do it.
Grew up in the 70s and served in the military.. Wasn't aware of Rolling Thunder until this year. Explores a more complicated and subtle side of PTSD, well before Deer Hunter. The war was still going on when the movie came out. Hippies were still protesting and blaming soldiers, and there was guilt in others for soldiers, whom they saw suffering in the news every day, so I get why the movie didn't resonate (it was too early). The main character, however, comes home to a hero's welcome, but he doesn't care. Unlike PTSD depicted in most movies, he isn't broken, deranged, seeking therapy. He is pleasant but lacks feeling. He is self aware enough to know that he can't be the husband he was or probably the father. His response to horror was to destroy an emotional side of himself for his own mental survival. He has to recognize that he can't return to his old self during interactions with his family and friends. War doesn't just do this to people. Many people taking hits in life get destroyed piece by piece. It is almost easier to deal with emotional trauma in this way. More than just a war movie.
The 70's was a decade where the Studios had less control, and it resulted in a new age of writers and directors going beyond the old boundaries. Some other gems might be Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taking of Pelham 123, White Lightning, Juggernaut, The Paper Chase, Sugarland Express, The Gambler, The Seven Ups, Sorcerer, Soylent Green... list goes on.. so many...
Great list, I may great a new video on these, thanks for the suggestions!
Great list, I may great a new video on these, thanks for the suggestions!
The Sorcerer was a remake of the ‘50’s film “The Wages of Fear”. Worth a watch!
Juggernaut is a cracking movie. Richard Lester knew how to direct!
All excellent movies, you have good taste!
Always reconed Barry Lyndon was a "Lost Masterpiece " One of Kubricks best. 'Bring me the Head of AG' a film so 'gritty ' you need a shower after watching it. I love BMtHoAG. Warren Oates at his finest. Add 'Vanishing Point' to the list with '2 Lane Blacktop' Warren Oates again. Another great one is the original 'Get Carter and 'Performance' with Mick Jagger.
The 70s was a great decade for cinema some REAL master pieces.
Thanks for reminding me about some of these films. I'm old enough to have seen quite a few of them first time around.
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Watching _Barry Lyndon_ is like walking through an art gallery. ❤️💋
Not hidden, but a gem, The Mechanic. I love those gritty, nihilistic 70's films.
Really want to see Barry Lyndon as it's one of Kubrick's most beloved by actors visiting the Criterion closet! Another forgotten classic from the 70's is The Killing of a Chinese Bookie.
Seen 7 of the 10 and will see the rest asap. Great films all.
The 70's supplanted the 50's as America's best in cinema, not only in terms of its well known standouts but its unsung gems, like these.
Charley Varrick ...Walter Mathau was brilliant in it .
the director wanted Eastwood and he said fagettaboutit!
Joe Don Baker was great in it too, only there should have been more of him.
Glad I checked I was just gonna say Charley varrick , that was a good one
Bound For Glory, with David Carradine and directed by Hal Ashby.
Prime Cut with Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman.
Les Valseuses ("Going Places") with Gerard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, and Patrick Deware.
Loved Bound For Glory
I was born in 1961 in New York. I consider myself lucky to have grown up to see many flicks in the theater. I'm a Fan of "Straight Time" and a big fan of Eddie Bunker the author of the book of the same name. Hoffman is a great character actor who is a star.
I love "The Heartbreak Kid." It's Brilliant Elaine May.
Barry Lyndon is the most picturesque film ever made. Freeze frame any part of the movie & your left with a framed picture, postcard or masterpiece painting. With the legendary & visionary Stanley Kubrick at the helm this film immerses you in beauty both man made & natural.
Growing up in the 1970s was a treat for film fans. I was a big fan of European cinema and the BBC showed all the greats, with subtitles. Probably tiny viewing figures, but that was the advantage of non commercial television. In Britain, however, filmmaking was in the doldrums, but television drama was going through a golden age.
Wonderful list! I would've added the gambler with James caan, the outside man with Roy scheider and straw dogs with Dustin Hoffman.
I recently rewatched STRAW DOGS.. it doesn't hold up. You just stop believing that he would go that far...and his mistreatment of his wife, she's raped, brutalized, Hoffman treats her like crap and pushes her aside because he suddenly needs to step up and be a man, even if it means stepping over his wifes beaten and psychologically brutalized body. There's a small piece missing that stops it from being a gem. Unlike Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia.
The Gambler is great. What about Fingers with Harvey Keitel. Unforgettable scene with Jim Brown. And Shamus with Burt Reynolds.
Loved, Loved, Loved The Gambler. I hated the main character but still felt sorry for him to a degree.
Yeah, The Gambler is an intense movie.
70’s ruled for films…i wouldve been shocked if I hadnt seen all of these, and no surprise I was right which simply means you completely nailed it! Hoffman os among my faves, and obviously was in a lot of great films, but Straight time MIGHt be his best work
I saw actually 90% of what you put on this list. I owned about 50% of the movies during the last twenty years.
The problem with Le Cercle Rouge is that Le Samurai is even better. Still any movie with Yves Montand and Gian Maria Volonte (two Leone movies with Eastwood) and Alain Delon in it automatically is at least very good.
And Un Flic is more beautiful to look at than both of them.
@@marknieuweboer8099 the other problem is I have heard about all these great movies with sub titles and I’m dyslexic and have no chance of catching any more than a 1/5 of the dialog, all others (with the exception of the Garcia’s head, I have not seen it either) and they are great and so was 70’s cinema
Le Cercle Rouge and Barry Lyndon are two of the best films ever made.
The music in Barry Lyndon ❤
Excellent list! I've watched almost all of them (exception Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia) but the selection was terrific, love particularly Barry Lyndon, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Charley Varrick, Le Circle Rouge, and Paper Moon. I'll add 10 suggestions based on some of your points throughout the video: Macon County Line, Saint Jack, Fat City, Camera Buff, Harold and Maude, Get Carter, Mikey and Nicky, Phantom of the Paradise, Blue Collar, and Life of Brian.
Fat City for sure would be a great addition here.
I’m really glad I found your channel, the content and real narrative voice are very insightful, top shelf!
The narration is a bit over the top, but I love that this list begins with two of my three favorite movies from my favorite movie decade.
Kramer vs. Kramer came out (1979) Straight Time (1978)
When American society embraces its underlying rage, we get brilliant cinema.
I've seen nearly all of them. Good films.
I'm only a third of the way through this video but giving a tick. All these in my DVD collection and I watch them regularly.😊
A Great list, but there are a few left off here. Let's finish your homework assignment with a few more classics.
"The Yakuza" 1974, with Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura and Richard Jordan. A subtle look into culture clash of crime, Sydney Pollack directs a Paul Scrhraeder/Robert Towne screenplay. "When an American cracks up, he opens the window and shoots people on the street. when a Japanese cracks up, he closes the window and kills himself".
"Blue Collar" 1978, Paul Schraeder directs a screenplay cowritten with his brother Leonard. Richard Pryor, Yaphet Kotto and Harvey Keitel. A B&E goes poorly and hijinks ensue with a cast of every character actor in Hollywood who wanted a piece of this script.
"Taxi Driver" 1976. OK, maybe not a hidden gem, but Martin Scorcese's masterpiece rarely gets it's due, fading with time and this film should remain upfront and in everyone's face. Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel and 12 year old Jodie Foster working a Paul Schraeder screenplay that is the peak of the 70's 'Cinema of Loneliness'. An illustration of a small,
petty, ignorant and angry bigot who goes off the rails.At least he made a decision, right?
I nominate Joe 1970, with Peter Boyle.
Great low budget movie.
All great movies, none of them forgotten.
Prime cut , 3 women, The changeling, Cruisin, The army of shadows, In cold blood, Marathon man
Is it safe? 😮
Peter Boyle was great as a working class guy who is an occasional hit man. Rolling Thunder was an excellent drive in movie that made you fear garbage disposals. The ending reminded me of Butch Cassidy…and maybe the Wild Bunch. Charlie Verrick was really good with Jo Don Baker great as usual.
Joey’s Little Puppets is another great film from the 70’s. Directed by Storm Reddington.
Then Jaws and Star Wars and we still haven't recovered. Maybe never will.
No, we never will.
Great comment!💯
Spielberg ruined cinema ( has never made a movie I liked). Then Lucas ran a sword through its heart. I was going to make a similar comment you beat me to it
The cult of Star Wars used to make me somewhat sad. Then I stopped caring.
Cimino didn't help things running crazy with Heaven's Gate, bankrupting United Artists, that threw a wet blanket on things!
Alot of these films stir up my childhood with the 70's Network movie nights..NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, ABC Movie of the Week, and The CBS Friday Night Movies...Your picks remind me of Two I really enjoyed - Slither with James Kahn....and The Lady in the Car (with Glasses and a Gun.) I was a litte too young when I saw this on TV at my grandmothers farm (the adults had gone to sleep.)
it’s a great list, thank you. just go easy on the “this movie whispers when others scream “ and “this movie screams when others whisper” i had to giggle when you kept repeating these contradictory words of praise And yes, I know both can be true, just don’t juxtapose them so closely lol
Check out Walter Matthau in The Laughing Policeman. Gritty San Francisco 70’s crime drama.
I more or less blind-bought 'The Friends Of Eddie Coyle' a while back during one of the Criterion Collection's 24-hour 50% off sales. Some of the best money I've ever spent.
You mentioned that The Friends of Eddie Coyle has dialogue that sounds like a wiretap of actual criminals. That's because it pretty much is. George V Higgins was a US Attorney in Boston specializing in organized crime cases. His career was during the window after the FBI developed wiretapping tech and started using it regularly but before the criminals realized they were doing so. Because of this Higgins listened to thousands of hours of wiretaps of gangsters talking openly in what they assumed was complete privacy. It made his dialogue incredibly banal and authentic in Eddie Coyle, and in Killing Them Softly, a more recent Higgins adaptation by Andrew Dominik starring Brad Pitt.
Straight Time - brilliant - true story too
Showed The Heartbreak Kid to my students. They thought it was misogynistic. They weren't prepared to witness. Welcome to 2024.
Thanks, great list abd lots of suggestions. If you could include the titles in the notes section, that would be really helpful.
"Wanda" with Barbara Loden....is a fave
Diary of a Mad Housewife. Brilliant performances by Richard Benjamin and Carrie Snodgress
Neil Young 'fell in love with the actress, she was playing a part I could understand.'
Le Cercle Rouge looks interesting. Some others here you are not going to be missing anything. Barry Lyndon, of course, if you can find it.
The Duelists 👍👍 great list!!!
Outstanding list! Gotta pimp my movie..Vanishing Point.
Very good, missing the scarecrow with gene hackman,the ninth configuration, sometimes a great notion,red sky at morning,....the old gun w/philippe noiret ..going places,w/depardieu
When Paul Newman uses a chainsaw to cut the guy's desk in half....I cheered!
The Scarecrow. Downer of a movie.
@@danmcn61 excellent! "now that ain't no new truck, but it's a down payment" he says after cutting.
@@philippebryndzia3646 huge fan of Scarecrow
Straight Time (great pick btw) came out in 1978 the year BEFORE Kramer v Kramer. When the film bombed, Hoffmann thought his career over ... a year later he won the Oscar!
Saw them all and have most on dvd. You could add The Driver, The Thief That Came to Dinner, Two Lane Blacktop and The Outfit to that list.
Love Two Lane Blacktop
Thief Who Came to Dinner was brilliant.
you have to go through the Italy catalog if you want to find the real hidden gems from the 70's..........I'm not giving them away.....
Charley Varrick, what an amazing crime flick by the great Don Siegel. Tarantino borrowed this recognizable line for Pulp Fiction, "They're gonna strip you naked and go to work on you with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch"... 💯
Tarantino steals anything that isn't nailed down... he's a DJ at best.
That is a fantastic list.
Seen them all back in the 70s. Double features or all nite drive in movies. TV on Friday and Saturday played movies all night. Those were the days of you liked good but cheap movies with human stories and no computer generated graphics.
Paper Moon is my favourite film ever
Great video. More!!!!
Rolling Thunder rocked. It doesn't make it to TCM that often, but it's been on Pluto TV lately. William Devane and Tommy Lee Jones worked great together.
I saw every one of these in the 70's.
Your observations are gritty and razor sharp.
Barry Lyndon. Huge.
M favorite film
Amazing terrific flicks
Seen The Last Detail, Kramer vs Kramer, Scarecrow many times. Barry Lyndon several times, it looks beautiful but its one of my lesser fav Kubrick movies. Paper Moon never grabbed me. Heartbreak Kid I've loved for decades. Charles Grodin was so underappreciated (see also Albert Brook's REAL LIFE, a completely overlooked comedy gem).
I've never seen Eddie Coyle, sounds like Dog Day Afternoon gritty realism. I remember Rolling Thunder, been a long time.
okay you got my subscription but do you think you could say surgical more often please?
The thumbnail picture is one of my favorites ever. Friends of Eddie Coyle. It aired all the time on my local UHF channel.
strange monologue, but thanks for posting.
Is Zardoz on this list? Because the new millenium needs to see Sean Connery in a loincloth.
The movie "Joe" with Peter Boyle. Apparently unseen for what? 50 years? Weird.
Hoffman did Straight Time a year before Kramer v Kramer
Kramer vs. Kramer came out after Straight Time.
Straight Time was released BEFORE Kramer Vs. Kramer, no?
Ever hear of google?
Add Monte Hellman’s “Two Lane Blacktop” to this list.
Only 2 obscure films. The rest were hugely popular. These movies could only be considered forgotten by someone who wasn't alive when they were made.
The Hot Rock, Hard Times, Boys in Company C
By the way, Hoffman has said Straight Time is his best on screen work.
Trivia question: anyone recognize the link between Straight Time and Reservoir Dogs?
I would also add Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York. Brilliant performances by Jeannie Berlin and Roy Schneider (pre Jaws)
I'd add Hard Times and The Emperor of the North Pole.
You forgot "All That Jazz".
might want to list the movies in the "more" so we can reference
Heartbreak Kid is a holy grail for me.
Three Days of the Condor. The Bedford Incident
I remember watching the navy movie, nursing a hangover on a Saturday or Sunday, I didn’t watch sports back then so I caught that at like noon on some channel that nobody really watched maybe kids for the kids show , we’re they escort a prisoner??? It was good I liked it
"... probably never seen"?!? 🤔
Is this selection exclusively addressing Generation Z?
The last detail is Nicholson"s greatest performance.
Absolutely! Anyone who has ever served in the Navy or the Marines can see the small details of life in the military, the cynical attitude of the salty NCOs, and the naiveite of the young sailor as he is taken to the brig. Every moment of this movie is brilliant.
Kubrik is so boring that I would not watch any of his movies again
All of these hidden gems, need to be remade, especially the first movie. I will love to see it as a anime movie, butt with a present-day twist.
NONE of these need to be remade, cheapened and ruined.
None of them should EVER be remade.
Add THE NICKEL RIDE.
I saw zon the Nickel
The Last Detail was the only one I didn't see.