Recommend a Movie for Matt72582 (Please!)

If you pay attention to the "Last Movies" thread, you can see that I've watched hundreds of movies recommended from MOFOs, sometimes from the HOF's, other threads, especially since I've to know the movie tastes of others.. I figure I only can muster a certain amount of movies in a month, so I want to go into it expecting it to be great.

I'm looking for dramas (no mysteries or noir, please). Preferably 1930s-70s. Great writing might be the most important thing. I don't like aristocratic movies or "old english"... Well, here are my favorites -- they aren't all in order, many haven't been rated by me officially, with the exception of a 1-10 score on here, IMDB, etc... I've been here about 3 years, and I've got great recommendations.... Thanks!!

P.S. - Hit CTRL-F to find, much quicker.


Harry and Tonto
La Strada
Nashville
They shoot horses, dont they?
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Network
The Battle of algiers
treasure of the sierra madre
a woman under the influence
Buffalo '66
mr deeds goes to town
la grande illsuion
the seventh seal
ace in the hole
wild strawberries
mccabe and mrs. miller
the misfits
a child is waiting
mikey and nicky
a face in the crowd
on the waterfront
Birdman of alcatraz
12 angry men
grapes of wrath
elmer gantry
annie hall
sunset boulevard
johnny got his gun
harold and maude
umberto D
taxi driver
a cloockwork orange
the godfather
rashomon
ikiru
bicycle thieves
citizen kane
seven samurai
gentleman's agreement
shane
red beard
dodsworth
the incident
never on sunday
the rules of the game
last tango in paris
the devil and daniel webster
loneliness of a long distance runner
meet john doe
crossfire
all about eve
au hasar balthazar
le jour se le ve
chinatown
barry lyndon
shoeshine
You can't take it with you
A Taste of Cherry
the outlaw josey wales
the swimmer
-Knife in the water
-bad boy bubby
-the collector
-shadows in paradise
-the match factory girl
-ariel
-the plumber
-crime and punishment
-friends of eddie coyle
-ladybug, ladybug
-the new centurions
-boy
-il sorpasso
-thief
-la tera trema (the earth trembles)
love streams
opening night
fist in pocket
pather panchali
accattone
mamma roma
-M
-cathy come home
-kapo
dog day afternoon
high and low
manhattan
a streetcar named desire
touch of evil
casablanca
make way for tomorrow
tokyo story
-the fifth monkey
-the woman on the beach
-equus
-the front
-david and lisa
-the harder they fall
-looking for eric
-the desperate hours
-looks and smiles
-la promesse
-that cold day in the park
-david and lisa
-whity
-the bitter tears of petra von kant
-the merchant of four seasons
-mother kusters goes to heaven
-veronika voss
-ali: fear eats the soul
-naked
-secrets and lies
-nuts in may
-meantime
-all or nothing
-two is a happy number
-nevada smith
-the effects of gamma rays
-a woman in the dunes
-riff raff
-the happy ending
-papillon
-the outrage (8.5)
-i, daniel blake
-a man to remember
-our vines have tender grapes
-hombre
-the road builder
-dry summer
-an enemy of the people
-Paisan
-La Bianche Notte
-Place de la République
-A Special Day
-hardcore
-the roof
-Sunflower
-To DIe For
-sounder
-the blue hotel

-The Cranes Are Flying
-Autumn Sonata
-the heiress
-Fat City
-zandy's bride
-litle fugitive
-lies my father told me
-my dinner with andre
-all fall down
-dogville
-brink of life (bergman)
-The Working Class Go To Heaven
-Kes
-Hunger
-An Autumn Afternoon
-A Taste of Cherry
-Close-Up

-nights of cabiria
-The Caretaker
le jour se le ve
the lost weekend
the deer hunter
-Peeping Tom
-Hell Drivers
-Ride the high country
-Ordet
-Marriage Italian Style
lolita
heaven can wait
Godfather Part II
The Blue Dahlia
too late blues
One-Eyed jacks
M
the last detail
persona
in cold blood
and justice for all
the conversation
marty
five easy pieces
-Joe
caged
il gido
two women
-paper moon
-johnny belinda
interiors
come back, little sheba
Patch of Blue
caged
alice in the cities
wrong move
raging bull
the snake pit
splendor in the grass
seargant york
the third man
Baby Doll
paths of glory
home of the brave
the caine mutiny
mr. smith goes to washington
I live in fear
La Dolce Vita
inherit the wind
asphalt jungle
love story
The Graduate
high noon
stagecoach
the getaway
The Wild One
anatomy of a murder
from here to eternity
the long goodbye
Salt of the Earth
mildred pierce
This is Spinal Tap
the searchers
No Regrets For Our Youth
One Wonderful Sunday
alice doesn't live here anymore
apocalypse now
Giant
key largo
maltese falcon
cat on a hot tin roof
-The Slender thread
-The Hitchhiker
guess whose coming to dinner
on golden pond
spartacus
easy rider
cool hand luke
blackboard jungle
-of human hearts
-the great sinner
-i want to live!

doubel indemnity

a place in the sun
lust for life
vagabond
the bad and the beautiful
the wild bunch
alfie
hud
body and soul
tootsie
hunger
serpico
bonnie and clyde
brute force
sweet smell of success
all the president men
Summer With Monika
the last picture show
cape fear (1960)
patton
ivan's childhood
mean streets
norma rae
the life of emile zola
bang the drum slowly
husbands
i never sang for my father
opening night
zelig
singing in the rain
midnight cowboy
cool hand luke
-nights at maud's
the day the earth stood still (1950)
ballots or bullets
it happened one night

advise and consent
the candidate
strangers on a train
room at the top
im a fugitive from a chain gang
gloria
the outsiders
things to come
the hustler
the sting
its a wonderful life
jeremiah johnson
Lenny
kramer vs. kramer
rocky
scarface (1932)
clash by night (1952)
the manchurian candidate
johnny guitar
mutiny on the bounty
-l'argent
-my brilliant career
-the man who knew too much
-without pity
-hondo
-germany year zero
-stranger than paradise
-cinema paradiso
-Hell in the Pacific

Contempt
Children of Paradise
The Little Foxes
Hiroshima Mon Amour
The Straight Story

I can't believe I left out "The Straight Story" -- one of my favs.. There's a couple I haven't seen, so thanks!

Matt, give me a day or two and I'll try to hook you up with some cool recommendations.

By the way I'm thrilled to see "Il Sorpasso " on your list of favourites !

Thank you, much! Isn't that such a fun and great movie?

Matt, that's an impressive list of favorites! You have some of my all time favs on your list.

I know you said no noirs, but I noticed you actually have a lot of noirs on your list. Do you consider noirs to be something else? Or have you just seen enough for now? I ask because that's the genre of films I'm most interested in, so some of my suggestions would be noir.

Do you consider these films from your list noir?

treasure of the sierra madre
ace in the hole
citizen kane
crossfire
touch of evil
casablanca
-the harder they fall
-the desperate hours
caged
the third man
asphalt jungle
key largo
maltese falcon
double indemnity
sweet smell of success
strangers on a train
clash by night (1952)

I know you like well written dramas about the human condition. I have one for you that I highly recommend, as it fits that criteria. Unless you have a problem with Caucasian actors playing Asians in a 70 year old film. Some people do, but I think it's unfair to apply 21st century ethics to film making from 7 decades ago. Anyway it's a powerful film about life, loss, suffering and joy.

The Good Earth 1937

Harold And Maude

Breathless

Ghost Dog

Here are couple of films I thought you'd like. Hopefully I'm not totally off track here. Let me know what you think and if you had seen any of them.

Le Corbeau (1943)
Los Olvidados (1950)
The Search (1948)
Nazarin (1959)
Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Skammen (1968)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Rocco And His Brothers (1960)
The Shop Around The Corner (1940)
Leave Her To Heaven (1945)

If I remember more, I'll add them to the list.

EDIT: And yes, Il Sorpasso is a hell of a film. I was really pleased when you decided to watch it after seeing my rating and ended up loving it.

Maybe I'm wrong but Breathless strikes me as the type of film Matt would hate.

How about a British film, Letter To Brezhnev,1987, it's a good film, made here in Liverpool. It's about 2 young girls who meet 2 Russian sailors on a night out in town.

Yes, I have many, but I've seen too many.. The same with mysteries.. I want genre-less movies if anything. Drama usually covers it, but I've been afraid for a couple of years of running out of great movies, even though I come across at least a few a month.

I'll put "The Good Earth" on my list.. Thanks again!

Sounds like something I might like, thank you for the recommendation. Is this a conversational kind of movie? Or is it more party?

It's more of a fun night out, it wouldn't bring much of a discussion, it's set in Liverpool during high unemployment. It's quite funny in parts and shows some great shots of Liverpool as it was 30yrs ago.

One of the worst - you know my tastes and dislikes!

Thanks for the recommendations, I'll put an automatic recording, and try to find the rest!

@matt72582

Somewhat randomly it dawned on me to recommend this ... of course if you're still looking for suggestions.

Classically, Lolita Vibrator Torture.

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

Always! I like Marcello, too... Thank you very much!