What are the best movies that are heavy on dialogue?
 

What movies do you like that feature mostly talking, and not much more? Maybe there was something about the conversing that held your interest: thought-provoking, funny, intellectual, snappy, witty? Hurly Burly is one I can think of to get things started. Perhaps not an example of a top one in this category.

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There is more, but these are dialogue-heavy, and the dialogue is terrific.

Elmer Gantry
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Casablanca
One, Two, Three
Sunset Blvd.
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
The Front Page/His Girl Friday
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Pygmalion
Some Like It Hot

I could list hundreds more, but that makes it no fun for everybody else.

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Reservoir Dogs
Glengarry Glen Ross
Coffee and Cigarettes
12 Angry Men
Dr. Strangelove
In Bruges

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12 Angry Men......Glengarry..........Virginia Woolf, etc.. Excellent textbook examples. Thanks for the listing. You now, it really says something when a straight-dialogue film leaves you just as fresh at the end of the movie.

His Girl Friday is my top choice for 'snappy' dialogue-driven film.

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Clerks
Pulp Fiction

I still have not seen Pulp Fiction. Is is a must see?

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Long Day's Journey Into the Night
Sleuth
All About Eve
The Lady Eve
The Four Poster
A Streetcar Named Desire
Come Back Little Sheba
Little Murderers
The Iceman Cometh
The Best Man
Waltz of the Toreadors

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One of my favourite films from Ingmar Bergman:

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My Dinner with Andre

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One of my favorites of late is In the Loop. It's witty and non-stop and one of those rare treats where paying attention leads to more laughs. Just a fun film in general.

Have you ever seen Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister? I guess it's an 80's version but funnier... Scrap that, funny. :D Either way, my guess is that you'd like it.

It also illustrate brilliantly the old saying; "The more things change, the more they stay the same."

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Could come up with a lot if I thought about it, but off the top of my head I'd say 12 Angry Men and The Breakfast Club.

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Any Woody Allen movie, duh! :D

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Submarine
12 Angry Men
Interview
Naked
Pulp Fiction

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Being there

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Magnolia.

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Oh, and My Man Godfrey.

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Remains of the Day
Sense and Sensibility
Gosford Park

Yes, it is a must see.

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I don't think I could take movie opinions seriously from anybody who hasn't seen it.

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Don't waste your time with Pulp, mountaineer:rotfl:

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Tarintino kinda owns this thread, i have yet to see jackie brown but,

Resevoir dogs
Pulp Fiction
Inglourious Basterds
Death Proof
Kill Bill Vol 2
are all top notch talky movies

12 angry men is also the best play ever made IMO

Tatantino, Schmarantino.

one odd-ball movie that tends to get over-looked a lot is Oleanna. i've always thought it had some heavy-handed but phenomenal dialogue. like many of its kind, it's based on the play of the same name. it's kind of an awkward, stilted experience and very ambiguous but really multifaceted.

I second All About Eve. Fantastic dialogue

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The Insider

Actually I'd say do waste your time with Pulp...if only for Nadia Cassini ;)

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Besides All About Eve, I'd add more Joe Mankiewicz flix, A Letter to Three Wives and People Will Talk. I'd also add Laura and Sitting Pretty, both with Clifton Webb just as witty as George Sanders.

I second this and anything Jane Austin. Persuasion (1995) is also very good.

I'd like to add...

Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and....

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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) to the mix.

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Great choice.

How about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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I figured I'd rent Pulp Fiction this coming weekend. What the heck.

The Ninth Configuration has great dialogue. It's directed and written by William Peter Blatty and was released in 1980. It's definitely a serious film, but has some of the most witty writing I've ever heard in a movie. Very highly recommended if you haven't seen it.

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12 angry men, Dr. Strangelove, and resevoir dogs

The Sweet Smell of Success

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I always get a laugh or two out of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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a wise choice

Tarintino>>>> Nolan

Not technically a movie but Metal Gear Solid was vey heavy on dialogue but was brilliant

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Waking Life has many interesting dialogues(monologues) about people,emotions and meaning of life,it's a philosophical movie.
Also I remember some great lines from Stalker.
Of course,the best I think is Tarantino. ^^

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Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Inglorious Basterds, etc. Almost all of Tarantino's work is heavy on dialogue, but he has a keen ear for that kind of stuff, which makes him one of the best.

The Godfather 1 and 2 were a little heavy on dialogue, and people consider them some of the best films ever made (myself included).

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was jam-packed with dialogue, but the film is spectacular, especially an unusually quiet Gary Oldman.

The Silence of the Lambs is up there in terms of heavy usage of dialogue, but I'll be damned if not one bit of it doesn't make it one of the best films ever created, even if Gene Siskel (rest his soul) disagreed with it.

12 Angry Men is all a courtroom drama, so dialogue is the driving force behind it. Even still, it's one of best dramas ever created on film, on stage, or even on radio.

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I love '12 Angry Men.' How bout' the scene near the end when Lee J. Cobb finally breaks down and votes not guilty. He was prejudiced against the juvenile delinquent defendant because his own son went bad.

The Philadelphia Story is a great example. The 30's and 40's in general are chock full of great movies that rely almost entirely on clever dialogue.

Clerks, or other Kevin Smith vehicles are good if your into that whole fanboy vibe.

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A bunch of films that are successfully adapted from plays and such, like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf or Carnage or any of Kenneth Branaugh's Shakespeare adaptations.

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I have always loved The Grass Is Greener with Cary Grant, entirely dialogue. I think Tarantino is the current master with Pulp Fiction being my favorite. Sorkin is hit or miss for me but I loved Social Network. I also feel that the dialogue in Lincoln is what made it the best of the year.

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Sleuth 1972 !!!

:yup:

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I even seen Social Network. What does does that say about me? :D

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I've never watched a movie that relies on dialogue as much as Glengarry Glen Ross. So, for fans of films that are heavy on dialogue and that haven't seen Glengarry Glen Ross yet, then you should see it.

But my favourite has to be Pulp Fiction.

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Good Will Hunting has very well-written dialogue, and deservedly earned Ben Affleck the title of being the youngest person ever to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay.

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Richard Brooks' Elmer Gantry has the best dialogue of any movie in my opinion, buy there are plenty of others which are fine examples, especially films by Lubitsch, Joe Mankiewicz and Billy Wilder.

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Thank You for Smoking (2005).

Great movie, satirical comedy, but very funny. The dialog makes it.

Social Network was a good one, very dialog heavy :)

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The Shipping News - criminally under-appreciated movie

Having said that, Newfoundlanders tend to dislike it as they don't like the way they and their island is represented; great film though it may be, I'm with the islanders on this - been to Newfoundland many times & a more beautiful, friendly place you'd be hard pressed to find.

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? comes to mind. Not to mention MY DINNER WITH ANDRE of course.

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Slacker is a brilliant and endlessly interesting film that revolves entirely around hopping from character to character and letting each one say their piece. It's Linklater's first filled with Joycean references and interesting philosophies. Not to mention that it's mostly in long takes! Slacker is an endlessly entertaining talkie that perfectly captures a time and space.

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Reped! Great choice. One of my fav movies.

Apart from that I would say all of Tarantino's movies are dialog heavy, he has distinct style of building up a story with casual chit chat.

Most notably Travolta-Jackson idle conversation in a car to bam, killing three people in Pulp Fiction.

And of course Shawshank, its movie more for the ears than for the eyes.

His Girl Friday. Brilliant rapid-fire dialogue delivered beautifully by a great cast. Billy Gilbert is delicious.

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I'd also recommend Z, Judgment to Nuremberg, and Scenes From a Marriage.

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Heavy on dialogue? I guess Persona is the highest ranked film on my favorites list that is driven by dialogue more than everything else.

Tokyo Story and Ikiru may be regarded as heavy on dialogue? I don't think so. They use dialogue to a moderate extent, more than a typical hollywood blockbuster but less than a typical Bergman film.

Hi,


I totally agree with you on Who's 'Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'!

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Pulp Fiction.

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Definitely Pulp Fiction. Such great dialogue in that film.

The best thing about that movie was Cary Grant's performance. I didn't like the rapid-fire dialogue that much, tbh. The movie is so fast-paced that it really becomes hard to keep up with.

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The Man From Earth is another good one.

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In Bruges I really,really ended up liking. It's a dark comedy. This film is one of my favorites already. The characters are so cool, the atmosphere is excellent as is the dialogue and writing. Such an awesome film.

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The first few that comes to mind are:
Dead Man Walking, Glengarry Glen Ross and The Women.

Whoa, now I have one! PMMM the movie.

I have to agree...how can any serious film buff have NOT seen PULP FICTION?

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I didn't see Pulp Fiction for a while, well after I began pursuing movies not just as entertainment, and after I would probably be considered a film buff. I just had different interests, and I didn't really care for the film. It wasn't revelatory, didn't have amazing dialogue like everyone said it would (I prefer Linklater or Weerasethakul), I just didn't care for it. I don't think Pulp Fiction should be a mandatory film for a film buff. There are much better films from that same year even, that should be a mandatory film for a buff, Satantango, Chungking Express or through the Olive Trees for instance.