Since Whiplash is one of my all-time favorite films and is also possibly the most intense film I've seen, I was wondering if there were any other films that had a similar level of intensity.
I did some searching on my own for this but haven't found any of the commonly mentioned films to be as intense (and I had already seen them) which include Prisoners, Sicario, No Country for Old Men.
blackswan shares the similar topic with whiplash, but it isnt as intense as whiplash..not even close
social network...that film is a totally different topic, but it has the similar level of intensity...especially the editing part
Try Hitchcock? Rear Window, in particular.
Full Metal Jacket is mentioned in tandem with this film a lot.
Taxi Driver
Collateral
Reservoir Dogs
Oldboy (I've only seen the Korean film, I can't speak for the remake)
Dog Day Afternoon
I'm not sure any of those have quite what you're looking for, but they're pretty thrilling/ intense. At the very least, I don't think any of them will waste your time.
I enjoyed Collateral, Reservoir Dogs, and Old Boy (Korean version) so I'll give the others a look. I've had intentions to watch Rear Window, Taxi Driver, and Full Metal Jacket for a while so I'll try to get to them sooner rather than later
shareThe first part of Full Metal Jacket in particular, I think, will be what you're looking for. I'm not sure if Taxi Driver or Rear Window will, but again, even if they're not, they're still excellent flicks.
shareBit late to the party but can I recommend the Hateful Eight? Watched it recently and thought the atmosphere was fantastic. Very tense and also very grisly.
shareIt's very, very different to all the above (and excellent) films, but I always thought Lost Highway by David Lynch was massively intense and a study in how to instill a feeling of impending darkness into the viewer, especially in the first half of the movie...
PS I saw Whiplash less than a week ago, have told pretty much everyone I have met about it and bought it for myself and a friend already. It absolutely blew me away! :-)
Requiem for a Dream, The Battleship Potemkin, and Dial M for Murder are my suggestions.
shareBlack Swan was certainly the film that came to mind – it builds the intensity in a very similar way, with more than a nod to Dario Argento, like a piece of music rising to a huge crescendo
But oddly another film it reminded me of was Steve Jobs – with Michael Fassbender .. It's a more cerebral intensity, but I suppose they both left me with quite a similar feeling – somewhere between exhaustion and euphoria
If you haven't seen it you should watch Children of Men. Another I would choose would be Danny Boyle's Sunshine.
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