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Recommend me dialogue based movies
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CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
Glengarry Glen Ross
The best. Anything Mamet, really.
teruterubozu
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All movies that take place in one room.
SirIgbyCeaser
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eh Every single woody allen flick?
Crimes and misdemeanors.. want to see that one again.
Crimes and misdemeanors.. want to see that one again.
teruterubozu
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His earlier movies are a bit more physical comedy - like Bananas and Sleeper.
k_trout
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ok dont laugh but there's a movie called
"happy accidents" with Vincent D'Onofrio and Marisa Tomei
it is a very clever dialogue heavy time travel movie
it aint primer but its a close second
and love and death by woody allen is one of his strongest movies as far as dialogue is concerned
"happy accidents" with Vincent D'Onofrio and Marisa Tomei
it is a very clever dialogue heavy time travel movie
it aint primer but its a close second
and love and death by woody allen is one of his strongest movies as far as dialogue is concerned
Femmeworth
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Based on a play and directed by Richard Linklater (Before trilogy).
dapperbandit
Banned
Clerks has a lot of great dialogue
Coffee and Cigarettes is quite an interesting film. It's kind of like a collection of short scenes set in a diner where different people talk about different things over...caffiene and nicotine lol. Quite a lot of interesting little cameos, Tom Waits, RZA, Bill Murray, Jack and Meg White from the White Stripes, Steve Buscemi, Catee Blanchett, Iggy Pop, Steve Coogan...
And both are in black and white!
Coffee and Cigarettes is quite an interesting film. It's kind of like a collection of short scenes set in a diner where different people talk about different things over...caffiene and nicotine lol. Quite a lot of interesting little cameos, Tom Waits, RZA, Bill Murray, Jack and Meg White from the White Stripes, Steve Buscemi, Catee Blanchett, Iggy Pop, Steve Coogan...
And both are in black and white!
Prophet Steve
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The Man from Earth and 12 Angry Men, I haven't watched a whole lot of these type of movies.
Yea, a lot of Kevin Smith movies would fit. Completely unrealistic dialogue and wit for the characters, but its still unique and entertaining in its own way.
Frost/Nixon would be a really good choice.
And while it wasn't my cup of tea, I recently saw Interview(the one with Steve Buscemi). It was......different. I can see other people liking it more than I did.
EDIT: Oh god, I'm blind. Interview is right in the OP. lol
Featheredkitten
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Primer hasn't been menttioned? You should see primer.
kurisu_1974
Banned
crimsondynamics
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I'm not sure what qualifies as a dialogue-centric movie, but I love the dialogue in this one:
Edit: yes besada, it is. Changed.
Edit: yes besada, it is. Changed.
Razgriz-Specter
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Still unparalleled in its message and delivery.
Amazing.
We watched this in junior high(could have even been middle), most of my class thought it was so boring but I loved it.
Squirrel Killer
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Seconding (or thirding or fourthing) these recommendations:
12 Angry Men
the Before series
Carnage
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (definitely know Hamlet before going in)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
And if you like the Before series, I highly recommend:
This movie follows the Before formula of just following two people around as they wander a city, but the relationship between them is much different and your understanding of their relationship is much different too. (Not so much a spoiler, but as a key to understanding the movie, I found this not directly related observation by a reviewer to be very helpful to understanding the relationship {don't read until you've watched it at lease once,}
12 Angry Men
the Before series
Carnage
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (definitely know Hamlet before going in)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
And if you like the Before series, I highly recommend:
Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami.
This movie follows the Before formula of just following two people around as they wander a city, but the relationship between them is much different and your understanding of their relationship is much different too. (Not so much a spoiler, but as a key to understanding the movie, I found this not directly related observation by a reviewer to be very helpful to understanding the relationship {don't read until you've watched it at lease once,}
the key to improvisation is to never say "no" to your counterpart, it's always, "yes, and," or "yes, but."
spandexmonkey
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Was a tough film for me to sit through because their exchanges were just so brutal, but loved it through and through.
k_trout
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Was a tough film for me to sit through because their exchanges were just so brutal, but loved it through and through.
ye tough for me too
difficult and awesome at the same time
a cracker of a movie
Solon Solute
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Shutter Island
Dogfacedgod
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One movie that I loved the dialog in that no one has mentioned yet is "I'm Not Rappaport."
hardcastlemccormick
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Dogma is mostly conversations - and very smart ones at that.
I had no idea The Man From Earth was so beloved. Even ignoring the budget and terrible acting, I didn't see anything in the film to praise.
I had no idea The Man From Earth was so beloved. Even ignoring the budget and terrible acting, I didn't see anything in the film to praise.
Typhoon_Ex
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Came to post this
k_trout
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a movie with a script that has more than run jump shoot drive in it i guess
kurtrussell
Banned
Wayne Wang's Smoke fits that criteria, I really enjoyed that.
kurisu_1974
Banned
The Man From Earth was horrible I agree.
Just thought of another:
Just thought of another:
fuzzyreactor
Banned
One of the greatest, it's on netflix too i think.
also
also
Sanky Panky
Banned
Was a tough film for me to sit through because their exchanges were just so brutal, but loved it through and through.
Beat me to it. I can't think of a movie that is more focused on the dialogue between the characters. Makes me want to watch it again.
MDSVeritas
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This may be my favorite movie of all time. It's one of the most character-centric movies I've ever seen, and it's amazingly subtle in how it showcases a really unique and unpretentious relationship between two people alone in Japan.
Sablicious
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- The Man From Earth
- The Thin Red Line (any of Malick's ruminative films, though they get steadily worse after TTRL)
- Kevin Smith's stuff
- 2DLK (Japanese)
- The Thin Red Line (any of Malick's ruminative films, though they get steadily worse after TTRL)
- Kevin Smith's stuff
- 2DLK (Japanese)
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