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transmogrifier
07-16-2014, 12:40 PM
Having just watched The Friends of Eddie Coyle and The Hit, I need more. Things like Across 110th Street, The French Connection II, Charlie Varrick. Recommendations are very much welcome. I still have seven weeks of vacation.
Are these sorts of films still being made these days? Killing Them Softly would be one, I guess.
Irish
07-16-2014, 12:59 PM
Point Blank, 1967
Get Carter, 1971
The Panic in Needle Park, 1971
Serpico, 1973
Night Moves, 1975
Assault on Precinct 13, 1976
Thief, 1981
Fort Apache, The Bronx, 1981
The main character from Point Blank appears in Payback (1999) and Parker (2013).
Mike Hodges kinda sorta remade Get Carter thirty years later with I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003).
More recently: After Dark, My Sweet (1990), Red Rock West (1993), Flesh and Bone (1993), Cold Comes the Night (2013), Cold in July (2013), and We Gotta Get Out of This Place (2014).
transmogrifier
07-16-2014, 01:34 PM
Point Blank, 1967 - liked it
Get Carter, 1971 - liked it
Serpico, 1973 - was underwhelmed when I saw it like 15 years ago, worth a rewatch I guess
Night Moves, 1975 - love it
Assault on Precinct 13, 1976 - can't really remember it
Thief, 1981 - can't really remember it
Red Rock West (1993) - love this
Haven't seen the following, so thanks for the recs:
The Panic in Needle Park, 1971
Fort Apache, The Bronx, 1981
After Dark, My Sweet (1990),
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2003).
Cold Comes the Night (2013),
Cold in July (2013)
We Gotta Get Out of This Place (2014).
Yxklyx
07-16-2014, 07:44 PM
The original Bad Lieutenant.
Torgo
07-16-2014, 07:55 PM
Try these:
Insomnia (1997)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Violent Cop (1989)
bac0n
07-16-2014, 09:11 PM
I enjoyed Payback.
Gordon Parks' The Super Cops, if you can find it.
Skitch
07-17-2014, 02:37 AM
Obvious, but you never know...Heat.
Listening to the score today (god I love my raids of film scores in bargain bins), and I can see the movie. What a great friggin movie.
Mysterious Dude
07-17-2014, 02:50 AM
Sorry to be off-topic, but... are there any crime films that aren't "gritty"?
Irish
07-17-2014, 02:56 AM
Sure. The Ocean's 11 movies, Miami Blues, Thomas Crown, Get Shorty, &c.
Ezee E
07-17-2014, 03:30 AM
Narc might be the best gritty cop movie of the 2000s.
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