Reno 911!: Miami
Bad cops are* really *incompetent.
The Bangville Police
Made “Keystone Cops” household name.
Dirty Harry
Only rule-breakers get things done.
Next: crime movies where the official police actually solve a crime.
Hot Fuzz
Plucky British cops bust cabal.
In the Line of Fire
Secret Serviceman does his job.
Se7en
Seven murders solved - but ouch!
Next: Movies with good rock soundtracks.
Easy Rider
Steppenwolf, Dylan, Hendrix-- and more.
Metropolis (1984)
Moroder’s version with rock soundtrack.
The Big Chill
Stupid movie, but great songs.
Next: Movies post-1935 without a music soundtrack.
The Blair Witch Project
Forest noises are soundtrack enough.
Fail-Safe
Music would be a distraction.
No Country for Old Men
Implacable killer not singing type.
Next: Other movies about implacable killers.
Psycho
Once “mother” forms an opinion…
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Even death doesn’t deter Freddy.
Jaws
Insatiable appetite is like “implacable.”
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Next**: Sequels where seemingly dead characters returned.
Laura
Portrait doesn’t do her justice.
Star Trek Into Darkness
Magic blood brings back [spoiler]
Vertigo
Troubled cop demands total makeover.
Next: Movies about birth or newborns.
Rosemary’s Baby
Baby mostly at end…still…
Alien
Loose interpretation of the topic.
3 hommes et un couffin.
Way better than American remake.
Next: First black or woman something movie. (Example: First Monday in October, about first woman on Supreme Court, made years before actual woman on SCOTUS. And yes, you can use that. Fact-based films OK too.)
The Man
A black POTUS in 1972!
Kisses for My President
Hardly at all like Hillary.
Deep Impact
Freeman’s voice best in crisis.
Next: Movies about ex-Nazis.
The Stranger
Nazi says “Einstein isn’t German.”
The Boys from Brazil
Mengele attempts to clone Hitler.
Apt Pupil
Boy blackmails ex-Nazi next door.
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Next**: Best Foreign-language Film (Oscar) nominees and winners.
Babette’s Feast
“Can I cook, or what?”
Cinema Paradiso
Charming tale of village theater.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Masterful drama / love story / adventure.
Next: More Best Foreign Language film (Oscar) nominees and winners.
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
In Spain, Antonio Banderas comedian.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears
Hey! Soviet film wins Oscar.
Rashomon
“Rashamon story” is now trop.
Next: movies that have given us a trop.
Clue
In German release, called Trop.
Saving Private Ryan
Got to rescue a troop.
Aliens
“Nuke it from orbit” trope.
Next: Movies with one or more blue beings.
Flipper
Dolphins are pretty much blue.
Finding Nemo
Dory. What else to say?
Monsters University
Blue fur counts, doesn’t it?
I try to stick to movies I’ve seen, and I haven’t seen Avatar.
Next: low-budget hits.
Low budget hits:
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Blaire Witch Project:
Idiots thought it was true
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Mad Max
Lawlessness on the lonely freeway
Night of the Living Dead
Title really says it all
Next up:
Zombie movies
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Originally “Zombies from Outer Space.”
Night of the Living Dead
This one started the trend.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Bennett Sisters hunt husbands, zombies.
Next: vampire movies without the word “Dracula” in the title.
The Fearless Vampire Killers
Roman Polanski’s classic cult farce.
Blacula
Blaxploitation meets blood suckers genre.
Love At First Bite
George Hamilton’s a suave vampire.
Next: Movies with an action heroine protagonist.
Aliens
Ripley is quite simply awesome.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Rey is spunky, sexy, skilful.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Don’t mess with Sarah Connor.
Next: More movies with an action-heroine protagonist.
*Kill Bill *(vol.s 1&2)
Bride is ruthless in quest.
G.I. Jane
Only Moore film I like.
La femme Nikita
Felon Nikita trained spy/assassin.
Next: woman pretending to be a man, or man pretending to be a woman movies.
Where’s Charley?
Guy in drag helps friends.
Some Like It Hot
Hiding from Mafia - with Marilyn!
Albert Nobbs
Irish hotel waiter has secrets.
Next: Movies with MacGuffins.
The Maltese Falcon
The, well, you know, title.
Strangers on a Train
Guy’s lighter-- proves guilt? innocence?
Pulp Fiction
What was in the briefcase?
Next: more MacGuffins!