Thriller movies and cigars

[Dwamon]

For the winter, I installed a tv in my garage and have a solid heater. I’ve found thriller movies to be the best accompaniment to 2-3 cigars and a quarter bottle bourbon/scotch.

 

Saw all the Hitchcock films and now have seen French Connection and Chinatown. Please provide additional movies that I should see: ideally from 1970s and before.

 

 

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[JohnS]

If you like thriller films, and you want to view the all-time classics that influenced all movies thereafter, you owe it to yourself to view the following films....

• M (1931)
• The Third Man (1949)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Les Diaboliques (1955)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• The Killing (1956)
• Rififi (1955)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Blow-Up (1966)
• The Wages of Fear (1953)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
• Knife in the Water (1962)
• Le Samourai (1967)
• Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• Purple Noon (1960)
• Cape Fear (1962)
• In a Lonely Place (1950)
• Z (1969)
• Stray Dog (1949)
• Night and the City (1950)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• High and Low (1963)

Note that some of these films come from Non-Anglophone countries. Please don't let that deter you.

[Ken Gargett]

12 hours ago, JohnS said:

If you like thriller films, and you want to view the all-time classics that influenced all movies thereafter, you owe it to yourself to view the following films....

• M (1931)
• The Third Man (1949)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Les Diaboliques (1955)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• The Killing (1956)
• Rififi (1955)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Blow-Up (1966)
• The Wages of Fear (1953)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
• Knife in the Water (1962)
• Le Samourai (1967)
• Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• Purple Noon (1960)
• Cape Fear (1962)
• In a Lonely Place (1950)
• Z (1969)
• Stray Dog (1949)
• Night and the City (1950)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• High and Low (1963)

Note that some of these films come from Non-Anglophone countries. Please don't let that deter you.

excellent collection, john. and fully agree - don't let non-english put you off.

have been keen to see the french connection again for years. never see it on tv or anything i have access to. saw it as a kid when it came out. always loved gene hackman. 

if you like thrillers, think about some of the series, especially the scandi-stuff. 

chestnut man very good, though the book is better. there are many of them. 

for me, the near perfect series is a swedish series called 'before we die'. brilliant. seen it several times. the poms did an english version which is good but close to a slightly lesser frame by frame remake. the swedish one is a step up. one of the best pieces of television in decades. 

 

ps - not from the 70s. very recent, about three years ago. 

[Chibearsv]

Hard to beat John's list.  In fact, there's a few there I haven't seen but will make a point.  My 2 cents:

Three Days of The Condor

The Odessa File

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Wait Until Dark

No Way Out - 80s movie

Dressed to Kill - 80s movie

 

[MoeFOH]

Not pre-1970s but I'd recommend...

Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981)

Takashi Miike's The Audition (1999)

Michaele Haneke's Funny Games (2007)

[SpecialK]

turning into a Taylor Sheridan fan... (Modern Western)  ... More current of course than the time period you are looking for ..

just watched two of his outstanding movies very Character driven pieces: 

Hell or High water

Wind River... 

 

[bishop532]

Lots of great movies so far! I’ll add:

- Apocalypse Now (1979 - maybe not a thriller, but maybe so; either way an amazing movie)

- The Boys from Brazil (1978) 

- The Eagle has Landed (1976 - Donald Sutherland as an Irish Nazi spy in Britain during WWII)

- Throne of Blood (1957 - Macbeth in Japan by Kurasawa)

- The Wicker Man (1973 - extremely creepy slow burn, a million times better than the recent version)

- Deliverance (1972 really uncomfortable to watch but a great film)

- Duel (1970 - Spielberg) 

A few after the 70s:

- Cutter’s Way (1981 - noir)

- Thief (1981 - Michael Mann’s first film, you can see some of Miami Vice and Heat in there) 

- Heat (1995 - best cops and robbers movie ever made IMO, first time De Niro and Pacino were on the screen together) 

- House of Games (1987 - classic noir from David Mamet)

- The Professional (1992 - the opening scene can come off a bit corny, stick with it and you’ll see Gary Oldman’s best role) 

 

EDIT: Removed Chinatown; I missed it in your original post. 

[Rob08]

Thanks guys! Very good list of movies. I get a lot of pleasure from watching the old good movies . Now I'm watching Feline's films . I installed blink kodi addon from here. This is a real catch for me. Man, I get chills.

[riderpride]

On 2/4/2022 at 11:27 PM, JohnS said:

If you like thriller films, and you want to view the all-time classics that influenced all movies thereafter, you owe it to yourself to view the following films....

• M (1931)
• The Third Man (1949)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• The Maltese Falcon (1941)
• Les Diaboliques (1955)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
• The Killing (1956)
• Rififi (1955)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Blow-Up (1966)
• The Wages of Fear (1953)
• The Night of the Hunter (1955)
• Point Blank (1967)
• Elevator to the Gallows (1958)
• Knife in the Water (1962)
• Le Samourai (1967)
• Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
• The Big Heat (1953)
• Purple Noon (1960)
• Cape Fear (1962)
• In a Lonely Place (1950)
• Z (1969)
• Stray Dog (1949)
• Night and the City (1950)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• High and Low (1963)

Note that some of these films come from Non-Anglophone countries. Please don't let that deter you.

Loved The Big Sleep. Or any other adaptation of Chandler's works. Truely one of the greats.

I haven't seen some on the list - I'll have to see what I can get my mitts on.

Cheers

[Texwrangler]

Man on Fire 

Denzel Washington fan

[Ford2112]

Predator. The most man movie ever made. Cigars? Arnold smokes them in spades!

[cigcars]

        **How about some Vincent Price movies courtesy of William Castle and Roger Corman for some light-hearted spooky fun with our smokes! 

            *House on Haunted Hill  *The Tingler  *The Pit and the Pendulum  *The Fall of the House of Usher  *The Raven (with a brand new undiscovered Jack Nicholson)  and other fun fun hits! 

[Ford2112]

3 hours ago, cigcars said:

        **How about some Vincent Price movies courtesy of William Castle and Roger Corman for some light-hearted spooky fun with our smokes! 

            *House on Haunted Hill  *The Tingler  *The Pit and the Pendulum  *The Fall of the House of Usher  *The Raven (with a brand new undiscovered Jack Nicholson)  and other fun fun hits! 

I'm a big fan of the Abominable Dr Phibes

[riderpride]

Eyes Without a Face (1960). Highly controversial for it's time.

Cheers!

[PigFish]

12 hours ago, cigcars said:

        **How about some Vincent Price movies courtesy of William Castle and Roger Corman for some light-hearted spooky fun with our smokes! 

            *House on Haunted Hill  *The Tingler  *The Pit and the Pendulum  *The Fall of the House of Usher  *The Raven (with a brand new undiscovered Jack Nicholson)  and other fun fun hits! 

... miss one of our favorites, Night of the Demon/Curse of the Demon! How about The Haunting...?

[PigFish]

Some obscure and some not so. Some old and some new(er). Some film noir favorites...

 

Enjoy...

 

Here is a different one for you...! Don't see this in too many lists!

[Chibearsv]

43 minutes ago, PigFish said:

Here is a different one for you...! Don't see this in too many lists!

High Noon in space. I’m a fan.  Might be the first time anyone saw a golf simulator too.