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- The Mercenary (1968, 1080p) An early Zapata Western featuring Zapatistas in the Mexican Revolution, and a Mercenary who can help - for the right price.
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I learned about this from the spaghetti western wikipedia. According to that article, Zapata westerns are:
>often interpreted as a leftist critique of the typical Hollywood handling of the Mexican Revolution, and of imperialism in general.
Which, having an interest in that period of history, was quite an intriguing concept.
Overall I enjoyed the film, despite sometimes having some poor dubbing here and there. It's low budget, B-movie action hero stuff done fairly well, with some standout scenes.
This director and character (the mercenary) appears to have been the inspiration for Quentin Tarantino's Bounty hunter in Django Unchained, which is another great movie that I think was posted here a while back!
Also, with Google's assault on Invidious leaving it inoperable, consider watching this video with FreeTube, a nifty open source program that lets you watch youtube videos privately!
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953 1080p)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a 1953 American musical comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and written by Charles Lederer. The film is based on the 1949 stage musical of the same name, which in turn is based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Anita Loos. The film stars Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, with Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George Winslow, Taylor Holmes and Norma Varden in supporting roles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_(1953_film)
- Plane (2023 1080p)
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Plane is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by Jean-François Richet from a screenplay by Charles Cumming and J. P. Davis. The film stars Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson An, and Tony Goldwyn. The plot centers on a pilot (Butler) allying with a prisoner to save his passengers from a hostile territory in which they make an emergency landing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKi49xG-MgY
- Some Like it Hot (1959 1080p)
Some Like It Hot is a 1959 American crime comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, with George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown, Joan Shawlee and Nehemiah Persoff in supporting roles. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on a screenplay by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan from the 1935 French film Fanfare of Love. The film is about two musicians who disguise themselves by dressing as women to escape from mafia gangsters whom they witnessed committing a crime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Like_It_Hot
- A Fistful Of Dollars (1964, 4K Eng/Thai Sub)
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Synopsis: A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.
I've never actually seen this trilogy, but after seeing a filmmaker analysis of the last movie in the trilogy, I became intrigued, and found the first film on youtube!
Also, with Google's assault on Invidious leaving it inoperable, consider watching this movie (and other movies on this community) with FreeTube, a nifty open source program that lets you watch youtube videos privately!
- Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971 480p)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 American musical fantasy film directed by Robert Stevenson and songs written by the Sherman Brothers. It was produced by Bill Walsh for Walt Disney Productions. It is based upon the books The Magic Bedknob (1943) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947) by English children's author Mary Norton. The film, which combines live action and animation, stars Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Ian Weighill, Cindy O'Callaghan, and Roy Snart.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedknobs_and_Broomsticks
- Evil Dead II (1987 720p)
Evil Dead II (also known in publicity materials as Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn) is a 1987 American comedy horror film directed by Sam Raimi, who co-wrote it with Scott Spiegel. The second installment in the Evil Dead film series, it is considered both a remake and sequel (or "re-quel") to The Evil Dead (1981). It stars Bruce Campbell as Ash Williams, who vacations with his girlfriend to a remote cabin in the woods. He discovers an audio tape of recitations from a book of ancient texts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Dead_II
- Enter the Dragon (1973 480p)
Enter the Dragon (Chinese: 龍爭虎鬥) is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin. The film stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall, Shih Kien, and Jim Kelly. Enter the Dragon was Bruce Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American-Hong Kong co-production, the film was premiered in Los Angeles on 19 August 1973, one month after Lee's death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_Dragon
- Sunrise - a Song of Two Humans (1927 1080p?)
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (also known as Sunrise) is a 1927 American synchronized sound romantic drama directed by German director F. W. Murnau (in his American film debut) and starring George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, and Margaret Livingston.
While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Movietone sound-on-film process. The story was adapted by Carl Mayer from the short story "The Excursion to Tilsit", from the 1917 collection with the same title by Hermann Sudermann.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunrise:_A_Song_of_Two_Humans
- Sheffield Graffiti Kingdom (Documentary 2015 1080p)
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> This was a project that took me around two years to put together, all filmed and edited by myself and scored by my long time collaborator Cal Williams. Graffiti Art is scene that i have followed for many years and although i have never been a participant in the art form myself, its one i hold very close to my heart and can hopefully say with this documentary i have cemented my own little piece of Sheffield graffiti history. The filmmakers involved do not condone or encourage stealing, drug use, defacing, destroying or vandalizing public or private property.
- Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009 480p)
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This is a favorite of mine.
- Vampyrz on a Boat (2022 1080p)
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A man boards a boat crawling with bloodthirsty vampires that can disappear at will. As he fights to save the life of the woman he loves, he finds himself stuck in a bizarre cosmic time loop.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vampyrz_on_a_boat
- The Ladykillers (1955 480p?)archive.org The Ladykillers : Alexander Mackendrick : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. It stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner, and Katie Johnson as the old lady, Mrs. Wilberforce.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladykillers_(1955_film)
- El mundo de los vampiros (The World of the Vampires) (1961 480p)
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El mundo de los vampiros (The World of the Vampires) is a 1961 Mexican horror film, directed by Alfonso Corona Blake. The film is about a vampire, Count Sergio Subotai, who seeks revenge against the descendant of an enemy family. The hero is a musician (played by Mauricio Garcés) who knows how to play a piece of music that can kill vampires.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_mundo_de_los_vampiros
- Late Spring (1949 720p Japanese with English subtitles)
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Late Spring (晩春, Banshun) is a 1949 Japanese drama film directed by Yasujirō Ozu and written by Ozu and Kogo Noda, based on the short novel Father and Daughter (Chichi to musume) by the 20th-century novelist and critic Kazuo Hirotsu.
The film was written and shot during the Allied Powers' Occupation of Japan and was subject to the Occupation's official censorship requirements. Starring Chishū Ryū, who was featured in almost all of the director's films, and Setsuko Hara, marking her first of six appearances in Ozu's work, it is the first installment of Ozu’s so-called "Noriko trilogy", succeeded by Early Summer (Bakushu, 1951) and Tokyo Story (Tokyo Monogatari, 1953).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Spring
- Shall We Dance (1996) (Japanese with English subtitles)
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I like this one better than the more recent American version with Gere and Lopez.
- After Life (1998 480p?)archive.org After Life (1998) : Hirokazu Kore-eda : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
If you could choose only one memory to hold on to for eternity, what would it be? That’s the question at the heart of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s revelatory...
After Life, known in Japan as Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu), is a 1998 Japanese film edited, written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Arata, Erika Oda and Susumu Terajima. It premiered on 11 September 1998 at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed in over 30 countries, bringing international recognition to Kore-eda's work.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Life_(film)
- Uptown Saturday Night (1974 480p)
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Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy and crime comedy film, written by Richard Wesley and directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte co-starring. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for Let's Do It Again (1975) and A Piece of the Action (1977). Although Cosby's and Poitier's characters have different names in each film, the three films are considered a trilogy. Uptown Saturday Night premiered on June 15, 1974, at the Criterion Theatre in New York and opened to positive reviews.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Saturday_Night
- Man Bites Dog (1982 480p)
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Man Bites Dog (French: C'est arrivé près de chez vous, literally "It Happened Near Your Home") is a 1992 French-language Belgian black comedy crime mockumentary film written, produced and directed by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde, who are also the film's co-editor, cinematographer and lead actor respectively.
The film follows a crew of filmmakers following a serial killer, recording his horrific crimes for a documentary they are producing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film)
- Playtime (1967 1080p French with English subtitles)
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Playtime (stylized as PlayTime and also written as Play Time) is a 1967 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. In the film, Tati again plays Monsieur Hulot, the popular character who had central roles in his earlier films Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958). However, Tati grew ambivalent towards playing Hulot as a recurring central role during production; he appears intermittently in Playtime, alternating between central and supporting roles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtime
- Drive-In (1976 480p)
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Drive-In is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Rod Amateau and written by Bob Peete. The film stars Lisa Lemole, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Glenn Morshower, Billy Milliken, Lee Newsom and Regan Kee. It was released on May 26, 1976, by Columbia Pictures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-In_(film)
- Con Air (1997 480p)
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Con Air is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich in the lead roles. Written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film centers on a prison break aboard a JPATS aircraft, nicknamed as "Con Air". It features an ensemble supporting cast of Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson and Rachel Ticotin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Air
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- Ready Player One (2018 720p)
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Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction action film based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name. The film was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Cline and Zak Penn, and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The film is set in 2045, where much of humanity uses the OASIS, a virtual reality simulation, to escape the real world. A teenage orphan finds clues to a contest that promises ownership of the OASIS to the winner, and he and his allies try to complete it before an evil corporation can do so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)
- Swashbuckler (1976 1080p) - early James Earl Jones role
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tbh this is an "okay" but not really great film. The film's about the conflict between a corrupt Carribean governor and a ship of pirates. It's mostly interesting because James Earl Jones (RIP) is in it.
He must have been around 44 when this was filmed. He'd been winning awards on Broadway and had been getting movie roles here and there. He would have been doing the voice of Darth Vader around the time this came out and then in the 80s and 90s his career really took off.
In this movie he plays a supporting role, but gets a decent amount of screen time. Anyway, the movie bombed so it's usually forgotten. I just thought of it because of his passing -- he seems to be having a good time in the movie, or maybe he was just acting.
(another James Earl Jones role posted previously is in: Conan the Barbarian: https://lemm.ee/post/36207082)
- Off Ramp (2023 720p) - Juggalo road trip / buddy film
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> A couple of lovable, degenerate Juggalos must sojourn through America's hellish underbelly to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the one place on earth they feel accepted.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12245606/
It's an independent movie, but fairly well-shot, -written, and -acted, and surprisingly heartwarming. More cult than The Crow, more irreverent than Wolverine and Deadpool. The main characters are shifty lowlifes, but they have their own code and their own standards, and the film laughs with them not at them. Hey you said you were sick of franchises, right?
- the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeRZcPopLms Someone posted this to youtube 1 day ago, so you never know how long it'll be up.
- find an invidious: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=jeRZcPopLms
- La Belle et la Bête (1946 French with English subtitles 480p)archive.org La Belle et la Bête : Jean Cocteau : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Jean Cocteau’s sublime adaptation of Mme. Leprince de Beaumont’s fairy-tale masterpiece—in which the pure love of a beautiful girl melts the heart of a...
Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête – also the UK title) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story Beauty and the Beast, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1946_film)
- The Way We Were (1973 720p)
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The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents adapted the screenplay from his own 1972 novel of the same name, which was based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Were
- Roman Holiday (1953 720p)
Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the film also won the Academy Award for Best Story and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Holiday
- This is England (2006 480p)
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It's the 80s in England and there's this kid who's getting picked on at at school, and he's walking home and he makes some friends. Nice guys, but they all shave their heads. It's cool though, they listen to Toots & the Maytals and other first-generation Jamaican ska and are pretty down-to-earth people. Pretty soon the kid's hanging out in good-times montages.
Everything's going great, but then their old pal gets out of prison. Next thing you know, things are getting kind of tense, and people are making political speeches and going on racist rants and having to pick sides. In fact, this is a coming-of-age film for the kid, and there's also a theme on the Falklands War, which comes to an end just as the film reaches its conclusion.
- the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_9QPrpbbHw
- look for an invidious link: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=d_9QPrpbbHw
- another link, with Spanish subtitles embedded (480p): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimN_9vh3_8
- this movie was posted here on fullmovies over a year ago but now you got to sign in to confirm your age for that link
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_England
BONUS FILM
Made in Britain (1982)
A UK made-for-TV film, Tim Roth's first role, and he nails it, playing a crazed racist skinhead in the 80s. It's amazing what a modest budget will get you if you have quality actors and a strong script. Definitely one you want to watch without advertisements.
- 780p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vuZXiW68Q
- look for an Invidious link: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=N2vuZXiW68Q
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Britain
- Kung Fu Chefs (2009 1080p)
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Kung Fu Chefs is a 2009 Hong Kong action film directed by Ken Yip, starring Sammo Hung, Louis Fan, Vanness Wu, Sammo Hung's real life son Timmy Hung, Ku Feng and Lee Hoi-sang. This was Lee Hoi-Sang's final film appearance. This film was shot with a low budget.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Chefs
Blocked in China, Taiwan