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Dazed And Confused is the only movie I've seen that comes close to depicting what small town southern high school life was like in the 1970s. It was spot on in many ways. I recognized every single character in it.
Most movies about southern HS life back then show a bunch of bubbas and the rest are uptight church going folk. In reality we had all of the types in Dazed And Confused. We went to big parties in the sticks, we cruised Main, we hung out in parking lots, all the things in that movie happened most every Friday and Saturday night in Cedartown Ga. in the mid 70s.
What American Graffiti was for teen age night life in Southern California in the 1960s DAC was for my time and place.
Comedy - Didn't see anyone mention My Cousin Vinny - love that movie.
War - Tora Tora Tora
Drama - A Time to Kill
Broadway Show (saw it in Vegas) - Jersey Boys
Can't believe I didn't think of Dazed til now.
Oh, and come at me: Reading through all these lists I'm not sure if I should admit it but I've not seen ANY of the Marvel movies. Nothing against them...just one of those things where you don't get into something from the beginning, hear from everyone how great it is, but just kinda let it pass you by.
At this point IDK if I'd want to start from the beginning. I think if I were to try one it would be one of the ancillary ones like Deadpool as opposed to one of the Avengers ones. And I think I'll pass on the one with Captain Marvel..not a big Brie Larson fan.
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MAJOR props for knowing about Kentucky Fried Movie. Not many people know about that one. And if you haven't seen it, you must check out Movie 43. It's very much in the same fashion as Kentucky Fried Movie. It's got probably the biggest all star cast I've ever seen in one flick. It's rib cracking funny (but not for the feint of heart). I can't believe how much it flew under the radar. Guess society is just a little to uppity for movies like that these days.
all right all right
Kentucky Fried Movie was written and made by the same team that wrote and made Airplane a few years later. They also wrote and made the Police Squad movies.
American Graffiti was young life in the 60s.
Dazed and Confused was young life in the 70s.
80s? Probably tons of movies represent that era.
Go was a movie that was fantastic and portrayed life in the 90s. I probably watched that movie a million times in college. Decent soundtrack too.
80s, for a vintage laugh, Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
One of my favorite lines
People on 'ludes should not drive. — Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn)
Didn't read all of these so it may have been mentioned. Django Unchained. Top 3 for me.
Since no one has mentioned these gems, I will.
Comedies :
Musicals:
Cool Hand Luke
Any of the Eastwood spaghetti westerns.
A little film noir....
Shadow of a Doubt 1943 directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Teresa Wright (Yum Yum). Macdonald Carey and Joseph Cotton.
FYI, Teresa Wright was also in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946).
Also, The Third Man 1949 with Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten; directed by Carol Reed.
Double Indemnity 1944 directed by Billy Wilder. Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson
The Maltese Falcon 1941 directed by John Huston in his directorial debut. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond. The Fat Man hires the gunsel to try to steal the dingus, that is, "The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of".
Not exactly noir, but Treasure of the Sierra Madre 1948 directed by John Huston. Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt. and Alfonso Bedoya, who doesn't need no stinking badges.
RXDawg. pick most any John Hughes movie from the 80s and it might represent the decade. Really though I have little clue what high school years were like in the 80s, Hughes may have just made shiit up.
George Lucas wrote and directed American Graffiti, it was based on his experiences in Southern California in the 60s.
The guy who wrote and directed Dazed And Confused went to high school in East Texas in the 70s if I recall correctly. .He was also a QB, guess which character was based on him. The movie could have been about Cedartown Ga. from that period.
Eraserhead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK-2_OsBe0s
Two that I don't believe have been mentioned but are IMO quite worthy.
Little Big Man.
Last Picture Show.
Both have held up very well.
I just LOVED little big man - especially chief dan George. “Some days the magic works, some days it don’t”.or something like that.
Band of Brothers - I know it's not a movie but one of the best war series ever made
Anything Humphrey Bogart
The Verdict
Patton
The Negotiator
Breakfast Club - Too many Bender quotes to list that make this one a favorite.
Stripes
Goodfellas
Shawshank Redemption..will get to this after my list..
Saving Private Ryan
Crank and Crank 2
The Godfather 1 &2
The Castle(1997 Australian comedy)
Major League
Gallipoli(Mel Gibson)
On the Shawshank Redemption..being the 25th anniversary of the release, they are doing a big thing at the Ohio State Reformatory where the movie was filmed. I got to tour the prison and the some of the bigger sites in the movie, like where Brooks carved his name just before he hung himself and the rock wall and tree where Red got the box Andy left for him. Sadly, the oak tree is no longer there as it was damaged by a storm. Got to see it just before the storm came through.
https://www.wkyc.com/mobile/article/entertainment/movies/last-of-shawshank-redemption-tree-cut-up/430048122