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I like this one better than the more recent American version with Gere and Lopez.
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After Life, known in Japan as Wonderful Life (ワンダフルライフ, Wandafuru Raifu), is a 1998 Japanese film edited, written and directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Arata, Erika Oda and Susumu Terajima. It premiered on 11 September 1998 at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and distributed in over 30 countries, bringing international recognition to Kore-eda's work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Life_(film) 
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Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 American action comedy and crime comedy film, written by Richard Wesley and directed by and starring Sidney Poitier, with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte co-starring. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for Let's Do It Again (1975) and A Piece of the Action (1977). Although Cosby's and Poitier's characters have different names in each film, the three films are considered a trilogy. Uptown Saturday Night premiered on June 15, 1974, at the Criterion Theatre in New York and opened to positive reviews. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uptown_Saturday_Night
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Man Bites Dog (French: C'est arrivé près de chez vous, literally "It Happened Near Your Home") is a 1992 French-language Belgian black comedy crime mockumentary film written, produced and directed by Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde, who are also the film's co-editor, cinematographer and lead actor respectively. The film follows a crew of filmmakers following a serial killer, recording his horrific crimes for a documentary they are producing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Bites_Dog_(film)
Playtime (stylized as PlayTime and also written as Play Time) is a 1967 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. In the film, Tati again plays Monsieur Hulot, the popular character who had central roles in his earlier films Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958). However, Tati grew ambivalent towards playing Hulot as a recurring central role during production; he appears intermittently in Playtime, alternating between central and supporting roles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtime
Drive-In is a 1976 American comedy film directed by Rod Amateau and written by Bob Peete. The film stars Lisa Lemole, Gary Lee Cavagnaro, Glenn Morshower, Billy Milliken, Lee Newsom and Regan Kee. It was released on May 26, 1976, by Columbia Pictures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-In_(film)
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Con Air is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Simon West and starring Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich in the lead roles. Written by Scott Rosenberg and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film centers on a prison break aboard a JPATS aircraft, nicknamed as "Con Air". It features an ensemble supporting cast of Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Colm Meaney, Mykelti Williamson and Rachel Ticotin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Air The poster: 
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Ready Player One is a 2018 American science fiction action film based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name. The film was co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Cline and Zak Penn, and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T.J. Miller, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The film is set in 2045, where much of humanity uses the OASIS, a virtual reality simulation, to escape the real world. A teenage orphan finds clues to a contest that promises ownership of the OASIS to the winner, and he and his allies try to complete it before an evil corporation can do so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film) 
tbh this is an "okay" but not really great film. The film's about the conflict between a corrupt Carribean governor and a ship of pirates. It's mostly interesting because [James Earl Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Earl_Jones) (RIP) is in it.  He must have been around 44 when this was filmed. He'd been winning awards on Broadway and had been getting movie roles here and there. He would have been doing the voice of Darth Vader around the time this came out and then in the 80s and 90s his career really took off.  In this movie he plays a supporting role, but gets a decent amount of screen time. Anyway, the movie bombed so it's usually forgotten. I just thought of it because of his passing -- he seems to be having a good time in the movie, or maybe he was just acting. (another James Earl Jones role posted previously is in: Conan the Barbarian: https://lemm.ee/post/36207082)
 > A couple of lovable, degenerate Juggalos must sojourn through America's hellish underbelly to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the one place on earth they feel accepted. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12245606/ It's an independent movie, but fairly well-shot, -written, and -acted, and surprisingly heartwarming. More cult than The Crow, more irreverent than Wolverine and Deadpool. The main characters are shifty lowlifes, but they have their own code and their own standards, and the film laughs with them not at them. Hey you said you were sick of franchises, right? - the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeRZcPopLms Someone posted this to youtube 1 day ago, so you never know how long it'll be up. - find an invidious: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=jeRZcPopLms
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Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête – also the UK title) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by French poet and filmmaker Jean Cocteau. Starring Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais as the Beast, it is an adaptation of the 1757 story Beauty and the Beast, written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont and published as part of a fairy tale anthology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1946_film) 
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The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. Arthur Laurents adapted the screenplay from his own 1972 novel of the same name, which was based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Were 
Roman Holiday is a 1953 American romantic comedy film directed and produced by William Wyler. It stars Audrey Hepburn as a princess out to see Rome on her own and Gregory Peck as a reporter. Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance; the film also won the Academy Award for Best Story and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Holiday 
 It's the 80s in England and there's this kid who's getting picked on at at school, and he's walking home and he makes some friends. Nice guys, but they all shave their heads. It's cool though, they listen to [Toots & the Maytals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwUPqnEpz6w) and other first-generation Jamaican ska and are pretty down-to-earth people. Pretty soon the kid's hanging out in good-times montages.  Everything's going great, but then their old pal gets out of prison. Next thing you know, things are getting kind of tense, and people are making political speeches and going on racist rants and having to pick sides. In fact, this is a coming-of-age film for the kid, and there's also a theme on the [Falklands War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War), which comes to an end just as the film reaches its conclusion.  - the link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_9QPrpbbHw - look for an invidious link: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=d_9QPrpbbHw - another link, with Spanish subtitles embedded (480p): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimN_9vh3_8 - this movie [was posted here on fullmovies](https://lemmy.world/post/1727697) over a year ago but now you got to sign in to confirm your age for that link - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_England **BONUS FILM**  Made in Britain (1982) A UK made-for-TV film, [Tim Roth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Roth)'s first role, and he nails it, playing a crazed racist skinhead in the 80s. It's amazing what a modest budget will get you if you have quality actors and a strong script. Definitely one you want to watch without advertisements. - 780p: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vuZXiW68Q - look for an Invidious link: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=N2vuZXiW68Q - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_in_Britain
Kung Fu Chefs is a 2009 Hong Kong action film directed by Ken Yip, starring Sammo Hung, Louis Fan, Vanness Wu, Sammo Hung's real life son Timmy Hung, Ku Feng and Lee Hoi-sang. This was Lee Hoi-Sang's final film appearance. This film was shot with a low budget. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Chefs Blocked in China, Taiwan
Kung Fu Chefs is a 2009 Hong Kong action film directed by Ken Yip, starring Sammo Hung, Louis Fan, Vanness Wu, Sammo Hung's real life son Timmy Hung, Ku Feng and Lee Hoi-sang. This was Lee Hoi-Sang's final film appearance. This film was shot with a low budget. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Chefs Blocked in China, Taiwan
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Planet of the Apes is a 1968 American science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Michael Wilson and Rod Serling, loosely based on the 1963 novel by Pierre Boulle. The film stars Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore, James Daly, and Linda Harrison. In the film, an astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)
 This is a TV movie about a high-school girl who has a problem with alcohol. It's not a bad example of the "[after school special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_school_special)" genre, but it's mainly interesting because of the actors in it. [Mark Hamill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hamill) plays the boyfriend of the main character. This was a couple years before Star Wars (and far, far away from the abominations that Disney would later produce). [Linda Blair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Blair) plays the main character; she'd recently starred in The Exorcist, had been doing a number of supporting roles in films, and would go on to make a series of horror films. Other actors of interest include [Larry Hagman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hagman) who had a number of other successful TV roles such as "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Dallas", and [William Daniels](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Daniels) who did the voice of KITT the talking car in Knight Rider. Other than that, the "70s mood" abounds...  - The link from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY It has Italian subtitles, but they're not embedded, you can turn them off. - Look for an Invidious instance: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=EvcXvkJwORY - For more information see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_T._%E2%80%93_Portrait_of_a_Teenage_Alcoholic edit: BONUS FILM: "Cocaine: One Man's Seduction" (1983 480p) - another TV movie, this time about the perils of powder cocaine. [James Spader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Spader) plays a supporting character in an early role. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToLYAzOwiqY - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine:_One_Man%27s_Seduction
My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a 2006 American superhero romantic comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Uma Thurman and Luke Wilson with Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson and Wanda Sykes in supporting roles. In the film, when a regular guy (Wilson) dumps a superhero (Thurman) for her neediness, she uses her powers to make his life a living hell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Super_Ex-Girlfriend
 > Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone, starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp. ... The film, based on Stone's experience from the [Vietnam] war, follows a new U.S. Army volunteer (Sheen) serving in Vietnam while his Platoon Sergeant and his Squad Leader (Berenger and Dafoe) argue over the morality in the platoon and of the war itself. ... > > ...On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 89% based on 120 reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Informed by director Oliver Stone's personal experiences in Vietnam, Platoon forgoes easy sermonizing in favor of a harrowing, ground-level view of war, bolstered by no-holds-barred performances from Charlie Sheen and Willem Dafoe." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoon_(film)  - English dub (the link from above): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qqdwf - Spanish dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8r6zo2 - German dub? (I haven't watched it): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x93kduo
Hard Boiled (Chinese: 辣手神探) is a 1992 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by John Woo from a screenplay by Gordon Chan and Barry Wong based on a story written by Woo. The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, and Anthony Wong. It follows a police inspector whose investigation of a brutal Triad leader entangles him in the complex world of undercover policing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_Boiled
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Duck Soup is a 1933 American pre-Code musical black comedy film written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby (with additional dialogue by Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin) and directed by Leo McCarey. Released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it stars the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo in his final film appearance) and also features Margaret Dumont, Louis Calhern, Raquel Torres and Edgar Kennedy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Soup_(1933_film)
Island in the Sun is a 1957 drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen. It features an ensemble cast including James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie, Stephen Boyd, Patricia Owens, John Justin, Diana Wynyard, John Williams, and Basil Sydney. The film is about race relations and interracial romance set in the fictitious island of Santa Marta. Barbados and Grenada were selected as the sites for the movie based on the 1955 novel by Alec Waugh. The film was controversial at the time of its release for its on-screen portrayal of interracial romance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_in_the_Sun_(film)
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Stray Dog (野良犬, Nora inu) is a 1949 Japanese film noir crime drama directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura. I t was Kurosawa's second film of 1949 produced by the Film Art Association and released by Shintoho. It is also considered a detective movie (among the earliest Japanese films in that genre) that explores the mood of Japan during its painful postwar recovery. The film is also considered a precursor to the contemporary police procedural and buddy cop film genres, based on its premise of pairing two cops with different personalities and motivations together on a difficult case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stray_Dog_(film)
 > Rocky III holds a score of 66% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 44 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10. The film's consensus reads, "It's noticeably subject to the law of diminishing returns, but Rocky III still has enough brawny spectacle to stand in the ring with the franchise's better entries". ... Gene Siskel gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Sorry to say this, but there's not anything new in Rocky III, and we sit there wondering why it exists." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_III OK, I'll tell you why it exists.  A. [Hulk Hogan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan). Sure, the guy's made racist, homophobic, and pro-Trump comments. But this movie came out before any of that, and every second he's on screen is magic.  B. [Mr. T](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T). I pity the fool who hasn't seen him in action. Playing a character with as much personality as Clubber Lang takes effort, hard-earned skill, and raw talent. C. Carl Weathers as [Apollo Creed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Creed), teaming up with Rocky, lending him his boxer shorts, taking him to train in LA and dropping some fundamental knowledge including: D. [The Eye of the Tiger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob8TNqQw2hY). The king of all training montage sountracks. If you're preparing for something and this comes on, you know you can't fail. There's also a fun "Rocky being successful" montage where he goes on the Muppet Show and poses with motorcycles while Clubber Lang prepares to beat him down. And some great supporting roles from Burt Young and Burgess Meredith. Besides that, sure, it's a formula Rocky film but there's nothing wrong with that. *When someone praises Reddit on Lemmy*:  - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x91wziq - the link from above - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x902lne - Spanish dub - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vkam4 - Portuguese dub **BONUS FILM** Over the Top (1987) - Stallone plays a trucker single father who bonds with his kid over the sport of arm-wrestling - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVokX7JnEU (360p) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-BBgKzcWO8 (1440p) - another link, this one's higher-res visually but the other one has better sound, go figure - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_the_Top_(1987_film)
"Rules of Engagement" won a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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