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Your Favorite Movies Under 90 Minutes?

posted 3 years ago by BillHicksFan (10101)
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I have to double-check some things before I reply.

There were a lot of decent 75 minute movies in the 30/40s, a lot of ones with Cagney, Bogart, Raft, etc.. But I'm looking for great, not just "good". Plus, many of those movies were very similar. Star power, short story with great pace (hence, some being barely over an hour) and probably making good money, but many felt factory-made.

I just remembered one... "Pickpocket" by Robert Bresson. It's a great movie, a 9/10

[–] trevorh321 (5495) 3 years ago

Beauty and the Beast 1991
Stand By Me 1986
The Naked Gun 1988
The Death of Superman 2018
April Fool's Day 1986
The Halloween Tree 1993
Airplane! 1980
Trick r Treat 2007
The Thing From Another World 1951

[–] Jones70 (6195) 3 years ago

The Jackass movies
A lot of the Sherlock Holmes movies from the 30s and 40s
Eraserhead
Standoff
Phone Booth
Halloween H20

[–] tsrt (1091) 3 years ago

Liar Liar

[–] Interlepos (1784) 3 years ago

12 Angry Men. No wait, thats 96.

I would say Duel (1971).

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

these are the films on my top 100 that clock in under 90 minutes.

i almost always prefer shorter films.
i just don't have the patience for epics.
it's better to say something quickly than to take a long time to do it.
it's better to tell a simple story with a few characters and a basic streamlined plot than to go on and on and on.
it's better to do something quickly than to do it slowly.
keep it short.
in all aspects of life.
i've read far too many long books that should have been much shorter.
or books that should have been magazine articles.
or 10k word pieces that should have been half that length.

brevity is a gift to the world. bequeath that gift to all n 2021.

it's such a beautiful day
pieces
the evil dead
tower
my neighbor totoro
my life as a zucchini
wendy and lucy
commando
welcome to the dollhouse
superstar: the karen carpenter story
faster pussycat! kill! kill!
invasion of the body snatchers
fat girl
videodrome
vixen
last house on the left
texas chainsaw massacre

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7401) 3 years ago

Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein
Dracula
The Wolf Man
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
The Pagemaster.

[–] beantown23 (1438) 3 years ago

Hondo, Tall in the Saddle, The Virginian 1946, Amazon Women on the Moon, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Top Secret and Johnny Dangerously just missed the cut at 90 minutes.

[–] BillHicksFan (10101) 3 years ago

"Hondo" is an underrated movie.. The first 15 minutes basically tell the story of the world. Fine writing.

[–] beantown23 (1438) 3 years ago

Hondo is where John Wayne first met James Arness who he later recommended for the role of Matt Dillon. It also featured one of my favorite heavies in Leo Gordon who also wrote books and screenplays. Director Don Siegel once said Gordon was the scariest guy he ever met.

[–] BillHicksFan (10101) 3 years ago

Yeah he has one of those faces that read "Don't fuck with me"

[–] blue1981 (6444) 3 years ago

Chopping Mall (77 minutes)