Similar Movies. - Straight Time (1978) Discussion

[–] kitie7 15 years ago

Any similar movies to this one?

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I recommend movies like Heat,Score,The Bank Job and The Italian Job(the 1969 version not the remake).

Who on Earth could that be ?

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[–] kitie7 15 years ago

Thanks but no, I mean realistic movies about bank robbers thives junkies, if from the 70's even better. Movies that reflects the life outlaws delinquent's, real street life.

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[–] pupkin81-1 15 years ago

You should check out Thief with James Caan.

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[–] deniropacino89 15 years ago

Thieves Like Us is a great movie,The Driver with Ryan O'Neal also deals with the lives of thieves and Bonnie and Clyde is another classic movie that you must check out.As pupkin81-1 said earlier Thief starring James Caan is a must watch if you liked Straight time.

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[–] kitie7 15 years ago

Thanks to all of you, any more would be great.

pupkin81-1, I own a copy of Thief but still have'nt have time to watch it, I will right away, thanks.

deniropacino89, Thieves Like Us, you mean the one based on the 1930's right? I'll check it out for sure. Like I said, any more would be great.

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[–] cervantes-4 9 years ago

'I own a copy of Thief but still havn't time to watch it,...'

Dude, you're hilarious!

I'm not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful. Marilyn Monroe

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[–] Badlands1 8 years ago

I would say The Getaway from Peckinpah

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[–] vbelyshev 13 years ago

hea tis a good film, and there is a subplot that mirrors straight time. in fact, michael mann wrote the first draft of straight time. edward bunker, the author of no beast so fierce, which straight time adapts was the technical advisor for heat also

Time is Luck. Luck ran out.

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[–] kazzarelli 15 years ago

Here you go.

Fingers (1978, Harvey Keitel) About the son of a loan shark that is trying to
it as a professional pianist.

The Gambler (1974, James Caan) About a gambler going down the drain. This one is
so so.

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[–] deniropacino89 15 years ago

kitie7-Yep the Robert Altman movie starring Keith Carradine and Shelly Duvall.

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[–] mumblewick38 9 years ago

Love "Fingers". Like "Straight Time", It tries to be at bar with "Taxi Driver".

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[–] mobocracy 15 years ago

Try "The Panic in Needle Park" with Al Pacino. As far as I can tell, it's about as close as you get to gritty, 70s New York City without a time machine.

Like "Straight Time" it was also long out of print and didn't get a DVD release until fairly recently.

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[–] spope2 15 years ago

"The Friends of Eddie Coyle", IMO the ultimate 70's criminal movie, told from the criminals point of view. Realism at it's best! If you love "Straight Time", you should enjoy this movie.

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[–] estella2 15 years ago

"Raising Arizona" with Nicholas Cage. it's a comedy with plot and character similarities. in fact, i wouldn't be surprised if "Straight Time"' sort of inspired the writers for that movie.

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[–] spope2 15 years ago

Eh!!!...'Straight Time' is not about a couple stealing a baby!!!!

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[–] estella2 15 years ago

yes i know that. of course the baby stealing part is what made the film original. i was saying that the style and character and parts of the plot were an inspiration to the movie Raising Arizona. watch them both again and see for yourself. especially the character of H.I. his life of recidivism.

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[–] premont 15 years ago

If you like Bunker's work you might want to see "Animal Factory" or "Runaway Train".

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[–] cmvoger 15 years ago

The Anderson Tapes -- Early non-Bond Connery.

cmvgor

"A man does what he has to do-if he can't get out of it. - Bret Maverick's Pappy

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[–] Badlands1 8 years ago

Those two were terrible movies^

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[–] Zook-II 15 years ago

Check out Blue Collar, with Harvey Keitel.

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[–] Raoul813 15 years ago

Brian De Palma's "Carlito's way".

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[–] ridge-m-1 10 years ago

You like gritty New York films? From the cops' perspective "The French Connection" from 1971 is a real picture like "Straight Time". William Friedkin = Genius!

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[–] SamBNX 14 years ago

Dog Day Afternoon

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[–] dark_frances 13 years ago

This movie has reminded me a lot of Malick's Badlands.

there's a highway that is curling up like smoke above his shoulder

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[–] GamblinMike 13 years ago

John Cassavetes' The Killing of a Chinise Bookie (watch both the theatrical and 1978 director's cut).

also:
Un Flic (Jean-Pierre Melville)
Pusher Trilogy (Nicolas Winding Refn)
Pickpocket (Robert Bresson)

the some of the stuff people have menioned:
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese)
Thief ( Michael Mann)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates)

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[–] Felonious-Punk 12 years ago

Other awesome 70s movies like this:

Badlands
Scarecrow
Panic in Needle Park
Lenny
The Last Detail

My attempt to list the best movies of all-time: http://www.themoviecanon.blogspot.com

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[–] x_imdb-385 11 years ago

Three movies haven't been mentioned:

Taxi Driver (1976) obv.
Serpico (1973) obv.

Charley Varrick (1973)

Death Wish (1974) with Charles Bronson might also be worth checking out.

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[–] westal_sage 10 years ago

The Sugarland Express is pretty cool. Paper Moon another.

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