Mine:
Dressed to KillSea of Love (one of Pacino's few believable performances of the last twenty-five years; good Barkin and John Goodman work too).The Last Seduction
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:30 (twelve years ago) link
sorry not the nineties, the 00s
― omar little, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Few movies as forgettable as Sliver have soundtracks as awesome as that one does.
― jer.fairall, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
ellen barkin is like a one woman erotic thriller in any movie from the late 80s to the mid 90s
― omar little, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah it's like the 'empire records' of erotic thrillers
I have Sliver to thank for introducing me to Heaven 17
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
billy baldwin was the most useless actor hollywood tried to foist upon america as a star. well maybe not as useless as chris o'donnell.
― omar little, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
"Wild Things" is a masterpiece of some sort. Want to say this movie is a key component in the Bill Murray critical comeback, too. But really, everyone is perfect in this, and as erotic thrillers go, it's pretty sneaky. Plus, full frontal Bacon. "
Last Seduction" holds up well, too. Hate pretty much all the De Palma on here as anything more than camp.
Some real batshit stinkers here, from Jade to Color Of Night to Body of Evidence to Sliver. Joe Eszterhas, man. This guy went from esteemed journalists to lines like "I guess he got off before he got offed."
Eszterhas once saved the life of a friend while covering an Ohio race riot.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
1. Dressed to Kill, 2. Fatal Attraction, 3. Eyes Wide Shut. I like Body Double, and I'd throw in Disclosure, too.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Wild Things is an excellent comedy.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
It's hilarious. And the ending credits flips are inspired.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
The jokes come fast, the first of which is Matt Dillon wearing Tevas in 1998.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
i'm p sure i've told this story before, but in college some friends had a movie night at their house, and for some reason i succeeded in lobbying for both movie picks, and for some reason those movies were "wild things" and "the cook the thief his wife and her lover" and no i was not allowed to pick movies again.
― goole, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
gotta be body double for the soundtrack alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYQmsyYxSFk
― max, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, looks like "Wild Things" was John McNaughton's last feature film. Wonder what's up with that?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
also lol at the fact that 3 of these movies have "body" in the title
― max, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
tightrope is a good thriller, not sure how erotic it is
― chief rocker frankie crocker (m coleman), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXD0ZdYxOuM
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
oh man
all you needed to add in there is "Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down" and "Eat Drink Man Woman" and that would have been the lol-90s-college-est movie night ever
― dense macabre (DJP), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
and Threesome.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
this is tough!
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
I need to watch Tightrope again -- I love Genevieve Bujold in most anything. The first Serious Clint movie, no?
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
DePalma owns this thread. Dressed to motheruckin' Kill.
Body Double is 100% bravura ridiculousness but Craig Wasson is pretty terrible.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Monday, November 7, 2011 10:07 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark
He's pretty bad (and looks distractingly like Bill Maher) but his intrinsic wienerdom works for that character, IMO
― latebloomer, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
He is a lost soul
― ice cr?m, Monday, 7 November 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
And dumb
These are exactly the sort of movies that I never know whether they hold up at all to their positive memory. Loved Wild Things and The Last Seduction at the time. But I also loved Body Double when I was 14, and watching that one again last year, it did not hold up at all.
Whispers in the Dark (with Annabelle Sciorra and Alan Alda, and maybe Jason Patric or Adian Quinn?) is the one missing from this list that I liked at the time.
― your way better (Eazy), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
"the cook the thief his wife and her lover"
yeah someone got this for some lol-90s-college-dorm-movie-night thing and just ugh... I hate Peter Greenaway, I think.
― The Uncanny Frankie Valley (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 7 November 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
Voting for Dressed To Kill, even though that's equivalent to 1980's Raging Bull being the Best Movie Of The '80s for many.
― da croupier, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Dressed to Kill without any real runners up. (Eyes Wide Shut is awesome and all, but not much in line with the rest of these.)
― dor Dumbeddownball (Eric H.), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
Love Body Double's satire of Tangerine Dream.
― dor Dumbeddownball (Eric H.), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Never saw Whispers In The Dark but still lol at it nearly 20 years later cause of this:
http://siskelandebert.org/video/34MNK6G6NOAW/The-Worst-of-1992
― jer.fairall, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Color Of Night and Basic Instinct win my silver and bronze, mostly for the LOLs though
xpost oh man the "twist" of Whispers In The Dark is so awesome
― da croupier, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
LOL, I'm now going to spend my evening watching S&E's year-end worsts.
― dor Dumbeddownball (Eric H.), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
u guys saying body double doesnt hold up or that wasson is bad are crazzzyyyyy
― max, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
― The sham nation of Israel should be destroyed. (Princess TamTam), Monday, November 7, 2011 11:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― Y Kant Lou Reed (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
Jagged Edge would fit onto the list, although it does overlap with the courtroom-drama genre.
― clemenza, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
That S&E site is dangerously addictive. ESPECIALLY the year-end worst shows.
― jer.fairall, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
i should add that i thought both movies kicked total ass
― goole, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
oh no doubt, they are fantastic movies
― dense macabre (DJP), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
Hey shouldn't CRASH be on here?
― da croupier, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
the CRASH with Matt Dillon in Tevas?
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
I guess it's debatable whether Elias Koteas takes the film to hypothetical "thriller" status
xpost wah wah
― da croupier, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
I'd definitely rep for Dreamlover, where Madchen Amick gets all up in James Spader's business. For a list of erotic 80s and 90s stuff this feels low on James Spader.
― da croupier, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah where's Bad Influence?
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
or White Palace?
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
For a list of erotic 80s and 90s stuff this feels low on James Spader.
^^^
― latebloomer, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Does Wild at Heart count?
― Yasmine Teeth (La Lechera), Monday, 7 November 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
I guess it's how you dudes are defining thriller?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
Like, straight up drama with sex is not an erotic thriller. Gots to be some crime and killing and stuff.
White Palace isn't a thriller, but oh yeah to Bad Influence.
― da croupier, Monday, 7 November 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link