A stint of watching Shane Meadows favourites has got me wondering about late 70’s/80’s films that capture Britain with the same realism.
Any recommendations to add to the list below?
Kes
I would have been too young to watch most of the best films of this era, limited to the likes of Gremlins, E.T., Poltergeist and less critically acclaimed Hollywood cheese.
I’ll be having a search here too, reminds me of standing looking at the rows of Betamax covers in my local video shop.
"The Empire Strikes Back", "The Shining", "Raging Bull", "Airplane!", & "The Blues Brothers" are on The Best Movies of 1980 on Flickchart.
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The Terminator
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Bob. Not seen it properly though so will find it
Some Scottish films of the 80s
Restless Natives: Directed by Michael Hoffman. With Vincent Friell, Joe Mullaney, Teri Lally, Ned Beatty. Two Scottish friends become local folk heroes and tourist attractions when they start holding up tour buses with novelty items.
Average Rating: 6.8
Duration: 01:29
Gregory's Girl: Directed by Bill Forsyth. With John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan. Gregory is a normal teen who is infatuated with a classmate. He must work to win her affection.
Average Rating: 7.1
Duration: 01:31
Local Hero: Directed by Bill Forsyth. With Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson. An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.
Average Rating: 7.3
Duration: 01:51
Chariots of Fire: Directed by Hugh Hudson. With Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers, Ian Charleson, Ben Cross. Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with...
Average Rating: 7.1
Duration: 02:05
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Gyroscope:
Mona Lisa.
“I don’t wanna hear nothing about tea…”
Also, house favourite from 1988
Quite the cast. Featuring Sting as the jazz-gangster and a ridiculously young Sean Bean.
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Only seen Gregory’s Girl out of those, cheers.
“We could go into hiding in Penicuik”
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Suppose these count, but don’t really capture my youth (!)
Quadrophonia
1971, so only just into the 70’s, but after Kes
I enjoyed this, but I’m not sure it would be to everyone’s taste
Kevin
30 May 2023 10:02
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1979 and 1971 so they don’t count at all
Kevin
30 May 2023 10:03
15
Is this an 80s film thread or 70s?
Edit: Just saw the brief was late 70s and 80s
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Spenagio:
has got me wondering about late 70’s/80’s films that capture Britain with the same realism.
Any recommendations to add to the list below?
Kes
Sorry, I just read the original post rather than concentrating on the thread title
Films are 1969, 1980, 1979, 1976 I think.
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I can’t believe I forgot about this Scottish film which has all the gritty realism you can handle. Absolute classic.
A Sense of Freedom: Directed by John Mackenzie. With David Hayman, Jake D'Arcy, Sean Scanlan, Alex Norton. The life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.
Average Rating: 7
Duration: 01:21
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Just searching for material that has the same authenticity/aesthetic, appreciate the dates are a bit woolly!
Some great stuff so far, shame Sky Movies is full of dirge!
Well if we’re going there, then
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