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Thriller Film Rankdown

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  1. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    Misery
     
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    Don't mean to take this thread off topic, but if you like Misery, watch season 2 of Castle Rock. Shows you how she became a whackadoodle doo
     
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  3. JC Anton Get yer, hats, scarfs badges & tapes

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    Is that on Netflix
     
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    So Far We Have...

    A Bronx Tale
    (Robert DeNiro, Chazz Palminteri)
    A Prophet (Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup)
    A Simple Favor (Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively)
    A Simple Plan (Bill Paxton, Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton)
    A Time to Kill (Samuel L Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock)
    Absolute Power (Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Judy Davis)
    Ad Astra (Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones)
    Angel Face (Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons)
    Angel Heart (Robert DeNiro, Mickey Rourke)
    Arlington Road (Tim Robbins, Jeff Bridges)
    Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 d. John Carpenter, s. Austin Stoker)
    Bad Day at Black Rock (d. John Sturges s. Spencer Tracy)
    Basic Instinct (Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone)
    Big Bad Wolves (d. Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado)
    Blade Runner (Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Darryl Hannah)
    Black Swan (Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder)
    Blood Diamond (Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly)
    The Blue Dahlia (Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd)
    Blue Velvet (d. David Lynch, s Kyle MacLachlin, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern)
    Brawl at Cell Block 99 (Vince Vaughn. Don Johnson)
    Brooklyn's Finest (Don Cheadle, Richard Gere)
    Boys From Brazil (Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck)
    Buried (d. Rodrigo Cortes, s. Ryan Reynolds)
    The Butterfly Effect (Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart)
    Calibre (Martin McCann, Jack Lowdon)
    Cape Fear (1962 - d. J. Lee Thompson, s. Robert Mitchum & Gregory Peck)
    Cape Fear (1991 - d. Martin Scorcese, Robert DeNiro, Nick Nolte, Juliette Lewis)
    The Car (James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd)
    The China Syndrome (Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas)
    City of * (Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino)
    Clear and Present Danger (Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe)
    The Client (Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones)
    The Conversation (d. Francis Ford Coppola, s. Gene Hackman)
    The Constant Gardener (Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes)
    Dead Calm (Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane)
    Dead Man's Shoes (Paddy Considine, Toby Kebbell)
    Dead Again (Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Andy Garcia, Derek Jacobi)
    Deadly Pursuit (Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley)
    Dial M For Murder (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. Grace Kelly)
    Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllanhaal, Drew Barrymore, Maggie Gyllanhaal)
    Deliverence (Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds)
    Deliver Us From Evil (Eric Bana, Olivia Munn)
    Dirty Harry (d. Don Seigel, s. Clint Eastwood)
    Double Indemnity (d. Billy Wilder, s. Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray)
    Double Jeopardy (Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones)
    Duel (d. Steven Spielberg, s. Dennis Weaver)
    Eye of the Needle (Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan)
    Fallen (Denzel Washington, John Goodman)
    Fargo (d. Coen Brothers, s Frances McDormand, William H Macy)
    Fatal Attraction (Glenn Close, Michael Douglas)
    Fight Club (Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Jared Leto)
    Frantic (d. Roman Polanski, s. Harrison Ford)
    Firestarter (Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen)
    The French Connection (Gene Hackman, Roy Schneider)
    The Fugitive (Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones)
    The Game (Michael Douglas, Sean Penn)
    Get Carter (1971 - Michael Caine, Britt Ekland)
    Gerald's Game (Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood)
    Gilda (Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford)
    The Girl on the Train (Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson)
    Gone Baby Gone (Casey Affleck, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman)
    Gone Girl (Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike)
    Greta (d Neil Jordan, s. Chloe Grae Moretz, Isabelle Huppert)
    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra)
    Heat (Robert De Niro, Al Pacino)
    Hotel Rwanda (Don Cheadle, Joaquin Pheonix)
    The Hunt (Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Emma Roberts)
    The Hunt For Red October (Alec Baldwin, Sean Connery, Sam Neill)
    Hush (Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco)
    Identity
    (John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet)
    Inception
    (Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy)
    Insomnia
    (Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank)
    In the Line of Fire
    (Clint Eastwood, Rene Russo, John Malkovich)
    In the Heat of the Night
    (Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger)
    The Interview
    (Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin)
    The Ipcress File
    (Michael Caine, Gordon Jackson)
    Jaws
    (d. Steven Spielberg, s. Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Schneider, Robert Shaw)
    Killing Them Softly
    (Brad Pitt, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini)
    Kiss or Kill
    (Matt Day, Frances O'Conner)
    Kiss the Girls
    (Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman)
    Klute
    (Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland)
    La Femme Nikita
    (d Luc Besson, s Jean-Hughes Anglade, Jean Reno, Anne Parillaud)
    La Trou
    (d. Jacques Becker, s. Michel Constantin)
    L.A. Confidential
    (Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey)
    Leon: The Professional
    (d Luc Besson, s. Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman)
    Looper
    (Emily Blunt, Bruce Willis)
    Lost Highway
    (d. David Lynch, Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette)
    M (d. Fritz Lang, s Peter Lorre)
    Malice
    (Nicole Kidman, Alec Baldwin, Bill Pullman)
    Man on Fire
    (Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning)
    Marnie
    (Sean Connery, Tippi Hedren)
    The Maltese Falcon
    (Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor)
    The Machinist
    (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christian Bale)
    Manhunter
    (d Michael Mann, s. Brian *, Stephen Lang, Joan Allen)
    The Man Who Knew Too Much
    (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. James Stewart, Doris Day)
    Memento (d. Christopher Nolan, s. Guy Pearce)
    Misery (Kathy Bates, James Caan)
    Motherless Brooklyn (Edward Norton, Gug Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin)
    Mulholland Drive (d. David Lynch, s. Naomi Watts)
    Mystic River (d. Clint Eastwood, s. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon)
    Nightcrawler
    (Jake Gyllanhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton)
    The Negotiator
    (Kevin Spacey, Samuel L Jackson)
    Nerve
    (Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Juliette Lewis)
    No Country For Old Men
    (d Coen Brothers, s Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin)
    North By Northwest
    (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint)
    The Odessa File
    (Jon Voight, Derek Jacobi)
    One Hour Photo
    (Robin Williams, Gary Cole)
    Pacific Heights
    (Michael Keaton, Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith)
    Panic Room
    (Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Kristen Stewart)
    The Pelican Brief
    (Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington)
    The Perfection
    (Warren Browning, Alison Williams)
    Play Misty For Me
    (Clint Esstwood, Jessica Walter)
    The Prestige
    (d Christopher Nolan, s Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale)
    Predestination
    (Ethan Hawke, Noah Taylor)
    Primal Fear
    (Edward Norton, Richard Gere)
    Prisoners
    (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllanhaal)
    Psycho
    (1960 d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh)
    Rear Window
    (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. James Stewart, Grace Kelly)
    Requiem For a Dream
    (Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto)
    Ronin
    (Robert DeNiro, Jean Reno)
    Runaway Train
    (Jon Voight, Rebecca De Morney)
    Runaway Jury
    (John Cusack, Rachel Weisz, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman)
    Run Lola Run
    (Franke Potente, Armin Rohde)
    Searching
    (John Cho, Debra Messing)
    Se7en
    (Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey)
    Shallow Grave
    (d. Danny Boyle, s. Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston)
    The Shining
    (d. Stanley Kubrick, s. Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall)
    Shutter Island
    (d. Martin Scorcese, s. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo)
    Sicario
    (Emily Blunt, Benico Del Toro, Josh Brolin)
    The Silence
    (Miranda Otto, Stanley Tucci)
    The Silence of the Lambs
    (Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins)
    Single White Female
    (Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bridget Fonda)
    The Sixth Sense
    (d. M Night Shyamalan, s. Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment)
    Sleeping With the Enemy
    (Julia Roberts, Patrick Bergin)
    Sling Blade
    (Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Duvall)
    Snake Eyes
    (d. Brian De Palma, s. Nicolas Cage, Carla Gugino, Gary Sinise)
    Strangers on a Train
    (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. Farley Granger, Robert Walker)
    Straw Dogs
    (d. Sam Peckinpah, s. Dustin Hoffman, Susan George)
    Subway
    (d. Luc Besson, s. Jean-Hughes Anglade, Christopher Lambert)
    Suspicion
    (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine)
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
    (Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw)
    The Talented Mr Ripley
    (Matt Damon, Jude Law, Phillip Seymour Hoffman)
    Taxi Driver
    (d. Martin Scorcese, s. Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster)
    Training Day
    (Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke)
    The Thirteenth Floor
    (Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio)
    This Gun For Hire
    (Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd)
    Uncut Gems
    (Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Kevin Garnett)
    The Usual Suspects
    (Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palaminteri)
    The Village
    (d. M Night Shyamalan, s. Joaquin Phoenix, Sigorney Weaver)
    The Vanishing
    (Gerard Butler, Conner Swindells)
    Vertigo
    (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. James Stewart, Kim Novak)
    Wait Until Dark
    (Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna)
    What Lies Beneath
    (Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfieffer)
    Whiplash
    (JK Simmons, Miles Teller)
    Wind River
    (Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Graham Greene)
    Witness
    (d. Peter Weir, s. Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover)
    Witness For the Prosecution
    (Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton)
    8MM
    (Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini)
    The 39 Steps
    (d. Alfred Hitchcock, s. Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll)




    If anyone wants to add any, you have until tomorrow evening to have them posted in this thread and I will add them to the list. :50:

    Have omitted a few of the nominated films based on being a better fit in a different genre (eg, Dawn of the Dead, Rosemary's Baby etc) as well as those based on real people/true crimes (Mississippi Burning, Zodiac, To Catch a Killer etc).

    While all these films are classics, again they are a better fit for a seperate biographical &/or true crime genre at a later stage.
     
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    That is one * of a Quality List Taz:60:
     
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    When do we rank the films mate, and is it a top 10 we have to pick ?
     
  10. Taz Blind Justice Gold Member News Writer

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    • People have until tomorrow night, Mon 9pm, to nominate any films.
    • After that, everyone can vote/rank after the finalized list is posted.
    • At least rank Top 10 from the finalized list, sending these to me via PM.
    • Although you can vote for more - and it is appreciated the more that are ranked, but at least Top 10.
    • The Ranking/Voting deadline is next Sunday 8pm.
    • Will reveal the order determined by the rankings from about 9pm onwards.
    Obviously not expecting everyone to have seen every film listed, so just base your rankings on those that you have and liked the most etc.

    Will post all this again when the finalized list is posted in this thread tomorrow evening. :50:
     
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    Mulholland Drive
    Requiem For a Dream
    Greta
    Searching
    What Lies Beneath
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    The Talented Mr Ripley
     
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    Taz the way you do these Topics is Priceless:60:
     
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    4 of my favs, tremendous movies. :50:
     
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