I really enjoyed this movie and haven't seen many like it, maybe Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is similar, or even Maniac, though both are stretches. Can anybody recommend to me movies like Vengeance Is Mine. I know there are many foreign films I haven't seen and wouldn't know which ones are good anyways. Thanks.
Hollywood used to create, now they just destroy.
If you haven't seen it, the South Korean movie Memories of Murder may be of interest.
shareSome possible films to check out:
Obvious newer film -- "Zodiac" by Fincher
Less obvious: "A Fugitive from the Past" ... though good luck finding it
"Castle of Sand"
Teshigahara -- "Pitfall," "The Woman in the Dunes," and "The Face of Another"
Melville's gangster films like "The Red Circle" and "Le Samourai" also cover similar existential ground
Great recommendation for Melville's "The Red Circle" as that is my favorite film of his.
shareMr.Brooks is a very in depth tale about a family man during the day and sociopath at night good movie
share"Perfume", with Dustin Hoffman
shareI agree with Alpha on the second post. I thought memories of murder was excellent. Also for more mainstream, Zodiac was very good.
shareFilms that show a compulsive killer in a "tells his story" method...
First there's the classic impulsive killer movie, "M" by Fritz Lang
American Psycho...not one of my favorites but everybody else carps on it.
Honeymoon Killers...Truffaut called it one of his fave flicks
Targets...Bodonovich's breakout movie and probably Boris Karloff's greatest latter year performance.
Birdman of Alcatraz...true, only two murders committed, but it peels the psyche of the criminal and shows a side that compels the viewer to sympathize in spite of the character's first impression.
High and Low...murder and kidnapping by an unrepentant mental case, seen from the viewpoint of the victims. A rare modern performance by Mifune.
Um High And Low was not a rare Modern Perfomencae most of Mifune made with Kurosawa were modern The bad Sleep Well Stray Dog Drunken Angel Scandal The Idiot The Quiet Duel are all modern Movies.
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shareHenry: the portrain of a serial killer
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