What's your favorite non-Hitchock thriller?

[tjdee]

Thrillers are my favorite type of film--the edge of your seaters.

My favorite is probably...The Manchurian Candidate or...Seven.

Props to the original Cape Fear and Night of the Hunter (Mitchum=scary as hell). And Primal Fear.

[charlyvi]

1. Woo Hoo...

MITCHUM!!! His Max Cady was brilliant; so was Gregory Peck. And I still get shivers when I watch Night of the Hunter and hear him singing that song.

[tjdee]

7. I get very uncomfortable, LOL.

That's one of the few times I was physically uncomfortable because of a villain in a movie...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

69. Nobody could portray sheer evil like Robert Mitchum

He is so subtly creepy in Night of the Hunter...

[FunBobbyMucha]

82. I had that same unease when the music swelled and

Ray Liotta appeared in "Something Wild."

Somewhere deep in my gut I thought "Oh, shit..."

I still think Demme's swing from screwball comedy to thriller at that moment was brilliant. I love that movie.

[auburngrad82]

81. That's a creepy one alright

I love Night of the Hunter

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. "Don't Look Now"....

Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, based on the Daphne DuMaurier story.

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[charlyvi]

4. Their bedroom scene

is the sexiest thing I've ever seen on film.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. It sure as hell was....

:wow:

[tjdee]

9. Better than...what's that film with he and Jane Fonda?

That was kind of interesting. I had to re-evaluate whether Donald was in fact sexy.

Ahem.

[FreedomFry]

14. Are you thinking of "Klute?"

He's a detective; she's a call girl. Jane won an Oscar.

[tjdee]

18. Too busy thinking about Donald LOL.

Yeah, it was Klute. DUH.

[charlyvi]

21. When I was in my twenties....

I won't say exactly how long ago that was, ahem ahem, I used to have Donald Sutherland dreams. Trust me, he was very sexy. LOL

[FreedomFry]

50. I remember those days...

...and yes, he was.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

68. The love scene in Don't Look Now is much, much hotter

than the one in Klute.

:7

[tjdee]

85. WeEEEELLL.

I may have to pick that up then!

[terrya]

3. "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Charade"

[tjdee]

10. Charade is one of my all time favorite pictures.

Cary :loveya:

[terrya]

12. Cary...and Audrey!

Beautiful chemistry between these two gorgeous legends!

[tjdee]

17. Cary almost didn't take the part...

He didn't want to be seen as the dirty old man (OH CARY!) chasing that sweet young thing around.... so they reworked the script so SHE was chasing HIM.

I like Audrey, but I never got the "WOW, AUDREY" thing....one of the things I get a kick out of in that movie is both of their weird "lived everywhere" accents.

[terrya]

23. I can't imagine anyone else but Cary Grant in it!

Yeah...I liked the "lived everywhere" accents. :-)

From Stanley Donen's direction...to Henry Mancini's great score...it's an almost pitch perfect movie.

[tjdee]

28. They almost gave it to Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood.

I think they offered it to Cary first, and then when it was thought he wasn't going to take it they were throwing around Beatty and Wood.

[terrya]

30. No. no, no, no! This is an example of the importance of good casting.

It would have been a much different...and inferior...film with Beatty and Wood. Not that I dislike both of them!

[tjdee]

52. With Natalie particularly, I think...

I like Natalie Wood, but I think she lacked the strength Audrey brought to it. The role is a bit damsely in distress, but Audrey played it well.

[FreedomFry]

16. Mine, too.

"Why don't you go start an avalanche or something?"

"How do you shave in there?"

"Drip dry!"

[tjdee]

29. "Well......when you come on, you come on, don't you."

Mmhmm.

[FreedomFry]

51. So ... come on!

And my favorite:

"Last time I sent a tie to the cleaners, only the spot came back." (Carson Dyle)

[MrScorpio]

5. A real old one called TEN LITTLE INDIANS

It even used a timer at the end of the movie to allow the audience to figure out who the real killer was.

I was fooled.

I loved that old black and white masterpiece

[terrya]

22. OMG. That was the one with..Fabian in it, wasn't it???

Wilfred-Hyde White...Stanley Holloway...and...hubba, hubba...Hugh O'Brien!

Yes...I remember it. Good movie!

[MrScorpio]

You are correct.

I haven't seen it in years.

That was a great movie

Some great plot twists.

[MrScorpio]

25. delete

dupe

[greatauntoftriplets]

34. The father of a girlfriend looked like Hugh O'Brian....

This man was an officer in the Naval Reserve for many years. On his Reserve nights when he was dressed up in his uniform, we'd all go down to the house (when allowed out at night, that is....) and oooh and aaah at him.

He was one handsome man.

[fudge stripe cookays]

8. "The Bedroom Window"

"Charade"

I'm sure there are plenty of others. I just can't think of any right now.

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[Imalittleteapot]

11. Deliverance.

I was on edge the entire film.

[Beaverhausen]

13. Primal Fear is GREAT! Anybody like Body Double?

Brian de Palma's homage to Hitchcock.

[stpalm]

15. shamyalan

bleh... as long as its not a shamylan film... he thinks hes Hitchcock but his films suck. Sixth Sense was okay, but Signs and The Village were awful.

[tjdee]

19. M. Night Shyamalan is a HACK!

:grr:

He is a good director (the only good thing about Signs), but he really does think he's Hitch, what with his "look at the clever ways I can put myself in the movie, like when I play the totally unrealistic solitary person of color in Signs!" It makes him look like an egomaniac. And plus, he's no Hitch by a long shot.

And as far as writing goes, won't SOMEONE PLEASE do the rewriting work?

He should just have the ideas and direct it. Someone else should do the actual scripting.

Btw LOL, welcome to DU!!

[xray s]

20. The Ususal Suspects

Kaiser Sosa kicks ass.

[charlyvi]

24. Whoa!!!!

That movie truly stumped me until the end. I didn't see it coming at all---until Kevin Spacey started walking normally and got in the limo. WOW!!!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

75. Usual Suspects is great

Remember when the Spacey character tells the detective that he was a member of a quartet in Skokie, Ill. I didn't get it even though I'd delt for years in my job with a real chalk/bulletin board company named Quartet from Skokie. The detective realizes Spacey is making it up from stuff on the bottom of his coffee mug and a logo on the bulletin board.

[tjdee]

87. Maybe I need to see it again...

I was in like with Gabriel Byrne at the time, so I watched it.

It moved VERRRRRRRYYYYYYYY ssssllllllllooooooowwwwwwlllllyyyyy.

And then, Spacey left the detective's office. From then on it was amazing.

Maybe I need to watch it again? It was a while ago.

[charlyvi]

26. Dressed to Kill

Brian DePalma's homage to Hitch. Michael Caine, Angie Dickensen.

[flamingyouth]

40. Good pick

I remember really liking that one when I saw it years and years ago.

[liberalmuse]

27. 'Frailty'

Because it was just so completely fucked up. I was blindsided by the twist at the end, and that almost never happens.

[Twillig]

73. I really like that one.

I spent all film rooting for the wrong people, militant atheist that I am.. I really liked the way it suckered me.

:dunce:

[luzdeluna]

31. Blade Runner

Riddley Scott is so cool

ldl

[Khephra]

32. Blue Velvet

[Kire]

33. Memento

[tjdee]

53. Love Memento.

After seeing it I called all my friends to tell them they HAD to see it. Very clever, very cool....Guy Pearce did a nice job of walking us through it.

[RebelOne]

35. Nothing can match Psycho.

It's the ultimate in thriller and horror movies.

[Jade Fox]

36. "The Parallex View" great political thriller!

The late, great Alan J. Pakula directed. Stares Warren Beatty.

[tjdee]

54. Is that the one where he watches the "Mother Father" film?

I was flipping channels one day and came upon a film (I think this one?) where they were playing a film that said "Mother" and then showed moms, "Fathers" and dads, and "Me", happy person. Then the images got REALLY twisted, and eventually the final images were "Mother" as a prostitute, "Father" as Hitler or something, and "Me" as a dead body (I think?). The music started out nice too I think, then got all heavy. I was too bummed to watch beyond that.

The most disturbing bits of film I've ever seen. Been trying to figure out what it was, and I think it was the Parallex View.

??

[Twillig]

76. I thought that it was interesting that he passed that test.

He (Beatty's journalist character) had a shrink buddy of his have a psychopath answer the questions on the application. But Beatty had to go in to that room to watch the film and have his body reactions monitored.

Apparently he was found acceptable because they used him.

But then again they put him immediately on a one-way mission to blow up an airplane..

Now I'm feeling paranoid...

[Jade Fox]

79. Yeah, that's it. The film is pretty complex.....

so you'd need to watch the whole thing (probably more that once) to
totally get what's going on. But well worth it.

That part you saw is meant to be disturbing, and I agree, it is.

[BQueen]

37. Some overlooked faves

"Red Dragon" (3rd, or truly, 4th, remake of 1st, in Lecter series)
A lot of people didn't bother, since "Hannibal" sucked and went all gore and no psychology -- not like Thomas Harris' book.

Has Hopkins back as Lecter and a dream cast: Edward Norton as his FBI nemesis, Ralph Fiennes(!) as the nuanced and sympathetic killer, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel as Crawford, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, original Oscar-winning screenwriter and score by Danny Elfman --- Directed by Brett Ratner, who was devoted to the book, "Silence," and Hitchcock.

"The Contender" -- not a scary "thriller" in the sense that some mean, but a political thriller in the tradition of "The Manchurian Candidate" -- watch the DVD with commentary to hear director note specific homages to TMC (and great inside stuff from Joan Allen and dir. Rod Lurie)
Can't imagine any DUer doesn't already know about this great movie...so I'll leave it with my belief that Joan Allen was robbed, imho.

"Arlington Road" Direction a little jerky (first time feature from music video), but it works with the story in a way. About domestic terrorism. A bit hard to watch some of it after 9/11, but it is an incredibly intense movie about paranoia, or is it paranoia? Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, and Joan Cusack. Chilling and great twists. Certainly topical.

"Suture" Obscure independent BW feature I saw a loooong time ago where a man from South America discovers his double/half-brother in Southern US and invites him down, with sinister intent as it turns out. Weird thing is, the two characters are played by actors who look nothing alike, though everyone behaves as though they do. And when I say "nothing alike" - one guy's lanky and white, the other muscular and black (I think he does Allstate commercials now). But it works and it's a fantastic story, beautifully shot.

Although not technically a thriller, I can't recommend it highly enough (murder mystery, but much more) "Lonestar" directed by John Sayles -- First I saw of Chris Cooper, incredible film.

[tjdee]

58. Arlington Road was FANTASTIC. Excellent, excellent.

Had forgotten about that one, the ending is great. Thrillerific.

Red Dragon WAS a dream cast. Edward Norton and Ralph Fiennes are both on my list of celebrity boyfriends, and Hopkins was great as usual.
But I wasn't thrilled so much--maybe because I kind of knew what would happen...

The Contender was good too, but I thought the slightest touch preachy-ish at the end.

Haven't seen the last two you named--why do I know the name John Sayles? What has he done lately?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

67. John Sayles' recent work:

"Men with Guns"--excellent story about repression in an unnamed Central American country

"The Secret of Roan Innish"--fantasy

"Matewan"--early film about the struggle to unionize a coal mine.

[Taverner]

38. Either Momento or Identity

Both excellent

[webjamn]

39. Wait until Dark

eom

[JimmyJazz]

46. scariest movie EVER!!!!

8th grade teacher showed it for Halloween -- still in therapy

[mac56]

84. A big second on "Wait Until Dark".

Honorable mention to "The Hitcher".

[mitchum]

93. Particularly when Arkin comes lunging across the room

still makes me jump

[flamingyouth]

41. The Haunting

[charlyvi]

44. OOOOOOO Yes!

Roddy McDowell, Julie Harris, Gayle Hunnicutt. Creepy--I have of tape of it I watch every Halloween.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

66. Gayel Hunnicutt? I thought it was Claire Bloom

:shrug:

[Downtown Hound]

74. You're thinking of The Legend of Hell House

very similar movie and also very good.

[MissMillie]

42. The Silence of the Lambs

Anthony Hopkins nailed the role of Lecter.

[Catshrink]

43. The Third Man

remember Harry Lime? I don't think it's Hitchcock.

[charlyvi]

47. Love that zither music. eom

[tjdee]

59. Ooh, it's Welles......

Don't think he directed it though. Or wrote it (actually I'm sure he didn't). But he's in it!

I love Orson Welles. Egomania and all. Such a larger than life figure.
:loveya:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

65. The director was Sir Carol Reed

Yes, "Sir" Carol Reed. Evidently that can be a man's name in Europe.

Anyway, there are two versions, one for British and one for American audiences. The British version implies so strongly that you'd have to be terribly naive to miss it that the Count and the Doctor are lovers.

[BlueHandDuo]

45. Seance on a Wet Afternoon...

...Richard Attenborough and Kim Stanley.

Some people find it "not suspenseful enough" but for me it was creepifying just by virtue of how completely plausible it was.

[charlyvi]

48. The Eyes of Laura Mars/Alien

Faye Dunaway and TOMMY LEE JONES!!!! Woo Hooo Tommy Lee!

I nearly jumped out of my seat watching the first Alien--Tom Skerritt (sp), Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton.

[helnwhls]

49. Sexy Beast

[Tom Kitten]

55. Repulsion

with Catherine Deneuve, she's a psychologically off-balanced young woman who house sits her sister's apartment for a weekend and goes insane...this movie disturbed me for a few days afterwards!

[Tom Kitten]

56. dupe...sorry

oops!

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

57. Marathon Man

Then again, I have a dentist's appointment next week.

[ghostsofgiants]

60. Probably Lost Highway.

But I dunno, there are a lot of contenders.

[Kat45]

61. Definitely "The Usual Suspects" --

That was the movie that got me back into the theaters regularly again--it reminded me of how good a movie can be. I saw it the first day it came out, in limited release. Loved it!

"Memento" is another good one.

And I really liked "No Way Out" with Kevin Costner. I found the twist in that movie to be quite unexpected, but it flipped me out times 2 -- I think I got twice the surprise that was intended, just due to my way of thinking.

[Lisa]

62. "Road Games", with Stacy Keach

Also one of my favorite low-budget pics.

[DrWeird]

63. "With a Friend Like Harry."

But it's very, very Hitchcockian.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

64. "Harry qui vous veut du bien"

is the French title.

I've never seen anybody who wasn't actually Alfred Hitchcock do a better job with the Hitchcock formula of every day life gradually dissolving into fear and suspense with plenty of sly, black humor.

See it if you get a chance.

[DianeG5385]

70. Dead Again

Kenneth Branaugh and Emma Thompson. You can watch it over and over and it still gets you. Robin Williams had a bit part.

[tjdee]

86. I was so impressed with their American accents.

That was my first look at Mr. Branagh, who I think is just a smart, smart guy. Actually, Emma too now that I think of it.

Which is funny, because neither of them have done movies like that again!

[Kenneth ken]

71. dang, you have good taste

I'll have to see if I can think of others, since you already picked from the top of the lot.

:hi:

[tjdee]

90. :)

:hi:

[marigold20]

72. The Narrow Margin

I'm thinking of the 1952 original version, though the remake was pretty good. It's a great cat and mouse thriller set on a train.

[norml]

77. Fatal Attraction is a thriller.

I don't know about sticking with it as a favorite,but it's a good one.

[barb162]

78. Body heat

[auburngrad82]

80. Blood Simple

A low budget Coen Brothers homage to Hitchcock. Great movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

[CO Liberal]

83. Easy - "The 2000 Election"

But I didn't like the ending....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

88. Just thought of another recent one: The Eye

A Hong Kong-made movie about a young blind woman who receives her sight after a corneal transplant. As she adjusts to seeing, she starts to see dead people (all the time), although she doesn't realize it at first.

Very creepy and atmospheric, with the added touch of taking place in a culture that still has a strong belief in ghosts.

[tjdee]

89. Aren't they remaking that here?

I could be wrong....they seem to be remaking a number of Chinese and Japanese thrillers here lately.

Julianne Moore is in one soon I think--not the Eye....hmm.

[amerikat]

91. Three days of the Condor....Redford as a CIA bookworm that

uncovers a plot to take over the middle east oil fields. I'm not sure what year this was released(mid 70's?) Very relevant to what has just happened.

[mitchum]

92. "Cape Fear" and "Night of the Hunter" (Big surprise there, huh?)

:)