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  • Gritty Realistic 70s Action/Dramas...

    I've been craving this genre lately. Stuff like Short Eyes, The Taking of Pelham 1,2,3 and Death Wish. Stuff like that. What are your favorites?
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  • #2
    We need to watch Night of the Juggler.



    And Hardcore.

    Rock! Shock! Pop!

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    • #3
      Yeah both those. Some of these are from the 80's but I think still have that vibe:

      Fear City
      China Girl
      Ms. 45
      The Seven-Ups
      Nighthawks
      The Killing Hour
      52 Pick Up
      Cop (with James Woods)
      Shakedown
      Sharky's Machine
      Street Smart
      Stripped to Kill
      Thief
      Vice Squad
      Vigilante
      Walking the Edge
      Who'll Stop the Rain
      Cutter's Way
      Year of the Dragon
      Exterminator
      Across 110th Street
      After Hours
      Angel
      Avenging Angel
      The Art of Dying
      Central Park Drifter
      Wolfen
      Cruising
      J.D.'s Revenge
      Night Moves
      "When I die, I hope to go to Accra"

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      • #4
        Good list.

        Everybody needs to watch NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER.

        I like SAVE THE TIGER with Jack Lemmon. It ain't a comedy. It's about setting your factory on fire to collect the insurance. There is no action in it, but there's plenty of mendacity. Plus two of the actors from Dark Shadows including Angelique in a rare movie appearance.

        BORN TO WIN (1971) remains vastly under-rated. Avoid the cheap public domain editions. The U.K. edition is widescreen, anamorphic and uncut but the PAL speed-up is really high-pitched.

        COPS AND ROBBERS (1973) and LAW AND DISORDER (1974) were two of my favorite films when they came out but I haven't seen them since. Gritty, yes. The latter is hard to find at a sane price and the longer I watch for a deal the less likely it gets.

        I've been meaning to see REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER again.
        "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
        - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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        • #5
          I'd add Assault on Precinct 13.

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          • #6
            Don't forget JOE with Peter Boyle. You'll recognize the neighborhood.
            "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
            - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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            • #7
              Movies don't come any grittier than LENNY (1974). Dustin Hoffman plays the 1960s standup comic and addict and Valerie Perrine his stripper wife. The lighting scheme was lifted from Daniel Kramer's photography in his photo-album book BOB DYLAN (1967).
              "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
              - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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              • #8
                Oh, and TENEMENT, how could I forget that!?
                "When I die, I hope to go to Accra"

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                • #9
                  Gritty Realistic 70s Action/Dramas...

                  THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN. Matthau, Bruce Dern and a classic opening that foreshadows SHARKEY'S MACHINE. Out now on a nice looking and inexpensive German Blu.

                  And it ain't no comedy.

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                  • #10
                    Going further into the 90's ...

                    Night of the Running Man
                    Extreme Justice

                    Would make a good Scott Glenn/Mark Lester double feature.
                    "When I die, I hope to go to Accra"

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                    • #11
                      Gritty Realistic 70s Action/Dramas...

                      If we're going into the 90's I have a soft spot for JUDGEMENT NIGHT.

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                      • #12
                        Me too.
                        "When I die, I hope to go to Accra"

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                        • #13
                          I'll echo the shouts for THE SEVEN-UPS and NIGHT MOVES and throw in THE DRIVER.

                          I'll also toss out a British film that's as gritty as they come - SITTING TARGET.
                          I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.

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                          • #14
                            Will Lustig's Vigilante and James Glickenhaus' The Exterminator.
                            "Ah! By god's balls what licentiousness!"

                            Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom.

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                            • #15
                              I don't like NIGHT MOVES anymore but THE DRIVER is a killer film in which Walter Hill channels Jean-Pierre Melville. Coming soon on Olive blu.

                              SITTING TARGET, absolutely.
                              "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
                              - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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