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Recommendations for 'gritty' films

Chaosut​27

10 months ago

Hi, I was just wondering if I could get some recommendations for good films in the ‘gritty’ style. I’m sure exactly how I would define the term, but what I’m my case I’m mostly looking for dark and serious films that are devoid of comedy or idealism. Here are some of the ones that i’ve already seen, and might also provide an better idea of what I’m looking for:

-Animal Kingdom
-A Prophet
-Ben X
-Bleeder
-blue Valentine
-Boy A
-Boy’s Don’t Cry
-Bully
-Clean, Shaven
-Code Unknown
-Confessions (2010)
-Eastern Promises
-Elite Squad
-Enter the Void
-Fish Tank
-Hard Candy
-Hunger
-Irreversible
-Kids
-Klass
-La Haine
-Monster
-Munich
-Narc
-Nil by Mouth
-No Country for Old Men
-Noise (2007)
-Open Your Eyes
-Platoon
-Public Enemies
-Pusher trilogy
-R (2010)
-Red Dragon
-Romper Stomper
-Scum
-Shame
-Snowtown
-Spartan (2004)
-Spider
-The Boys
-The Chaser
-The Loast Battalion
-The Road
-The Seventh Continent
-2:37
-Taxi Driver
-When Trumpets Fade
-Wonderland (2003)
-Zodiac

House of Leaves

-moderator-
10 months ago

Stalker
Martyrs
The Red and the White
Marketa Lazarova
The House

Well, since I just time and it fits that bill…

Punishment Park

House of Leaves

-moderator-
10 months ago

Good one.

captain

10 months ago

Hmm, yeah. the term “gritty” when applied to films was always something I wasn’t sure that I knew an exact definition of. Some examples I think of

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Winter’s Bone
Pusher
Cassavetes films

Mean Streets

Cat

10 months ago

Tyrannosaur

Jesse Richard​s

10 months ago

I second Cat’s suggestion, and would also suggest Naked…

Peter

10 months ago

Simon Rumley’s Red White and Blue

christo​pher sepesy

10 months ago

I suggest you begin with the master, Sam Peckinpah, the ‘grittiest’ filmmaker of all.

The Wild Bunch, The Getaway, and, especially, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. You’ll feel the need for a shower afterwards.

Jesse Richard​s

10 months ago

Oh my god yes! Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is grittier than anything else already mentioned. Good call!

Scampi

10 months ago

The War Zone (Roth)
Made In Britain (Clarke)
The Firm (Clarke)
Dead Man’s Shoes (Meadows)
Get Carter (Hodges)
The Long Good Friday (MacKenzie)
London To Brighton (Williams)

NIGHTSH​IFT

10 months ago

^^ The Firm/ Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia- I second, great picks!

ACROSS 110TH STREET (Barry Shear, ‘72)
COUP DE TORCHON (Tavernier,’81)
COCKFIGHTER (Monte Hellman, ‘74)
FAT CITY (John Huston, ’72)
ROMEO IS BLEEDING (Peter Medak, ’93)
NAKED PREY (Cornel Wilde,’73)

If you want griity and greasy (not flashy, like The Expendables) films about mercenaries, the best ones outside of Seven Samurai are:
DARK OF THE SUN (Jack Cardiff, ’67)
THE WILD GEESE (Andrew McLaglen, ’78)