Tryceratops - Referenzfilme

by schosyhoff | created - 27 Jun 2014 | updated - 30 Sep 2014 | Public

Ein paar Filme die unter verschiedenen Aspekten eine Inspiration für unseren Independentfilm sind. to be continued...

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1. Brick (2005)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

72 Metascore

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin, Meagan Good

Votes: 110,038 | Gross: $2.06M

Brick ist von der Machart und wie die Geschichte sich entwickelt eine Inspiration. Es ist eigentlich ein typischer Detektivthriller aber in ein anderes Milieu versetzt.

2. The Snowtown Murders (2011)

Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

66 Metascore

Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Bob Adriaens

Votes: 20,606 | Gross: $0.01M

Milieu, Farben, Gewaltdarstellung

3. Only God Forgives (2013)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

37 Metascore

Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown

Votes: 118,073 | Gross: $0.78M

Farben und Metaebene, als Referenz für Pierres Hütte. Drive gehört hier eigentlich auch mit rein, wobei ich mich für OGF entschieden habe, weil er dunkler ist und mehr auf Atmosphere basierend ...deswegen eher als Referenz geeignet als Drive.

4. Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)

R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

74 Metascore

The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.

Director: David Lowery | Stars: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker

Votes: 22,771 | Gross: $0.39M

Ungewöhnliche Mischung aus Liebesfilm und Western. Streckenweise ein wenig langatmiges Tempo, aber gute Stimmung.

5. Out of the Furnace (2013)

R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

When Rodney Baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesn't follow through fast enough, his older brother Russell takes matters into his own hands to find justice.

Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Zoe Saldana, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 125,048 | Gross: $11.33M

Gute Stimmung, gutes Setting und vom Licht/Kamerakonzept ähnlich Darwin. Die Käpmfe sind bissl schlampig. Der Teil mit Casey Affleck im Wald ist finde ich sehr gut.

6. Revenge for Jolly! (2012)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Drama

A man recruits his cousin to find out who is behind his dog's suspicious death.

Director: Chadd Harbold | Stars: Brian Petsos, Kristen Wiig, Elijah Wood, Oscar Isaac

Votes: 1,648

Meine Inspiration zusammen mit Killing them Softly für unseren Krumovfilm. Typisch Fantasie Film Fest. Gute Charaktere, teilweise echt gute Dialoge, aber alles recht eindimensional.

7. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

R | 99 min | Crime, Thriller

81 Metascore

When a simple jewelry heist goes horribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn

Votes: 1,087,727 | Gross: $2.83M

Multiploterzählung, Verbindung von Szenen und Charakteren. Pulp Fiction gehört hier eigentlich auch mit rein, aber RD passt als Referenz etwas besser.

8. Killing Them Softly (2012)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

64 Metascore

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy

Votes: 153,089 | Gross: $15.03M

Charaktere, Dialoge, Kameraarbeit und die Faszination und Zielsetzung für Geld.

9. Mysterious Skin (2004)

Unrated | 105 min | Drama

74 Metascore

Two pre-adolescent boys both experienced a strange event and later it affects their lives in different ways. One becomes a reckless, sexually adventurous prostitute, while the other retreats into a reclusive fantasy of alien abduction.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Brady Corbet, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elisabeth Shue, Chase Ellison

Votes: 76,282 | Gross: $0.70M

Fällt bisschen mehr in die Kategorie Brick. Die Filme haben so ne ganz bestimmte amerikanische independent Machart, die mir für Tryceratops auch mehr oder weniger vorschwebt. Eher ein schwerer Film.

10. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

68 Metascore

Two men and their sons must deal with the unforeseen consequences of their actions.

Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook

Votes: 290,224 | Gross: $21.38M

Nur der erste Teil mit Ryan. Die anderen beiden entsprechen nur wenig dem Stil bis auf den Teil wo Ray Liotta Avery in den Wald lockt, bzw. Ryans Sohn Avery im Wald erschiessen will.

11. As I Lay Dying (2013)

R | 110 min | Drama

50 Metascore

Based on the classic novel by William Faulkner, first published in 1930, "As I Lay Dying" is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her last wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

Director: James Franco | Stars: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Ahna O'Reilly

Votes: 4,194 | Gross: $0.02M

James Franco hat es zwar n bisschen mit seinem Splitscreenkram übertrieben, aber vom Milieu her hatte ich ursprünlich so etwas angedacht. Typische südstaaten Familiengeschichte mit Abgründen und vielen ungesagten, sehr puristisch und triebhafter.

12. Winter's Bone (2010)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

90 Metascore

An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Director: Debra Granik | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt, Isaiah Stone

Votes: 150,514 | Gross: $6.53M

Südstaaten, Abenteuergeschichte, gute Atmosphere obwohl noch ein wenig zu seicht. Trotzdem ne Referenz.

13. Prisoners (2013)

R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

70 Metascore

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo

Votes: 808,889 | Gross: $61.00M

Kameraarbeit und Atmosphere. Musik. Herbst - Nebel - Regen - Geheimnis

14. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

68 Metascore

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.

Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell

Votes: 167,670 | Gross: $1.74M

Sehr guter Film. Im Hinblick auf Janniks Familie. Unerklärliche Bedrohung durch den Sohn. Sehr gute Kamera, Verbindung von poetischem Kino mit stark inszenierten Szenen und Handlungskino.

15. The Reflecting Skin (1990)

R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

In the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighboring widow is actually a vampire, responsible for a number of disappearances in the area.

Director: Philip Ridley | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore

Votes: 9,340

Eigentlich ne Referenz für all meine Filme. Da komm ich n bisschen her auch wenn ich mich immer versuche davon wegzuentwickeln. Nie als Vorbild für irgendwas gehabt aber ne starke Referenz für mich oder wo ich her komm. Schwer zu erklären.

16. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

R | 83 min | Horror

90 Metascore

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Marilyn Burns, Edwin Neal, Allen Danziger, Paul A. Partain

Votes: 183,495 | Gross: $30.86M

Vor allem wahrscheinlich weil ich mich immernoch nicht davon lösen kann mir meine Filme immer in diesem alten Horrorfilmstil auf dreckigem Filmmaterial vorzustellen. Liebevoll und ambitioniert gemacht. Nostalgie für die B Movie Horrorfilme

17. IOWA (2005)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama

35 Metascore

A cautionary tale of love, crime, fantasy and addiction that follows two young Iowan lovers who decide to go into the "batch" business - cooking their own methamphetamine - only to watch it burn a searing hole in their lives.

Director: Matt Farnsworth | Stars: Matt Farnsworth, Diane Foster, John Savage, Rosanna Arquette

Votes: 430

s. Brick - brutaler mehr B-Movie, auch sehr low Budget, etwas an Tarantino orientiert, aber vielversprechender Regisseur. Mittlerweise ist der aber krasser in die Splatterrichtung gewandert.

18. Undertow (2004)

R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller

63 Metascore

Pig farmer and widower John Munn is raising his two sons in an isolated farmhouse, until his troubled brother arrives and changes their lives forever.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Jamie Bell, Josh Lucas, Dermot Mulroney, Devon Alan

Votes: 9,359 | Gross: $0.02M

Coming of Age Geschichte. Auch ein wenig in Richtung Snowtown aber nicht so brutal. An sich eher schwacher Film aber die Charaktere ähneln teilweise denen in Tryceratops.

19. The Village (2004)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

44 Metascore

A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix, Bryce Dallas Howard

Votes: 277,621 | Gross: $114.20M

Verbindung von Dorf und Wald als Mysterium.

20. Kill List (2011)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

67 Metascore

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

Director: Ben Wheatley | Stars: Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson, Michael Smiley

Votes: 45,315 | Gross: $0.03M

Spiel mit Erwartungen, unvorhersehbare Entwicklung, freie Erzählweise. Besonders interessant aber dem Einsetzen der Kapitel, die erste halbe Stunde muss man bissl die Zähne zusammenbeissen damit man nicht gleich wieder aus macht.

21. We Are What We Are (2013)

R | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

71 Metascore

The Parkers, a reclusive family who follow ancient customs, find their secret existence threatened as a torrential downpour moves into their area, forcing daughters Iris and Rose to assume responsibilities beyond those of a typical family.

Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Wyatt Russell

Votes: 22,112 | Gross: $0.08M

Ich denke das original ist eigentlich mehr eine Referenz aber Kameratechnisch eher ein Schlag ins Gesicht. Interessant im Hinblick auf alternative Lebensformen, fast Sektenartige Gemeinschaft und der Entrückung erwarteter Storyelemente.

22. Blue Ruin (2013)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

78 Metascore

A mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack

Votes: 78,831 | Gross: $0.26M

Steigt schnell in die Handlung ein, hat ein sehr gute Tempo, viele Plotwendungen, Kameratechnisch wahrscheinlich nicht so spannend, aber sehr starker Drive.

23. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

52 Metascore

A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell, Stuart Wolfenden

Votes: 58,341 | Gross: $0.01M

Guter britischer Independentfilm. Gute Storyline und auch ein wenig B-Moviemäßig. Gut erzählt und gute Musik.

24. Red State (2011)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Horror

50 Metascore

Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

Director: Kevin Smith | Stars: Michael Parks, Melissa Leo, John Goodman, Michael Angarano

Votes: 67,164 | Gross: $1.10M

Südstaatengeschichte. Entfaltung der Story. Sekten und Kommunen mit differenzierenden Gesellschaftsmodellen und Gewaltvorstellungen.

25. Weekend (1967)

Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A surreal tale of a married couple going on a road trip to visit the wife's parents with the intention of killing them for the inheritance.

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Yves Afonso

Votes: 15,785

Einer der wenigen Filme die ich von Godard gesehen hab. Natürlich kein typisches Unterhaltungskino, aber ungewöhnle Ideen und es brennt. Teilweise aber n bisschen zu viel künstlerkino als pure Unterhaltung. Muss man sich bissl reinfühlen.

26. Dogville (2003)

R | 178 min | Crime, Drama

61 Metascore

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson

Votes: 158,600 | Gross: $1.53M

Filmisch ein sehr anstrengender Film, weil ja eigentlich kein richtiges Set existiert und mehr am Theater orientiert ist, aber von der Gesellschaftsform und den Moralvorstellungen in dem Dorf sehr interessant und klug gedacht....der Lars...

27. Van Diemen's Land (2009)

Not Rated | 104 min | Adventure, Biography, History

The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment,... See full summary »

Director: Jonathan auf der Heide | Stars: Oscar Redding, Arthur Angel, Paul Ashcroft, Thomas M. Wright

Votes: 3,427

Außergewöhnlicher australischer Debütfilm, bissl anstrengend auch zeitweise, aber treibt sich auch so n bisschen an den Grenzen von Konventionen und Moralvorstellungen rum. Wie gesagt unter dem Aspekt zu was Menschen bereit sind wenn sie unter sich eine Pseudogesellschaft gründen.

28. The Host (2006)

R | 120 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

85 Metascore

A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and begins attacking people. One victim's loving family does what it can to rescue her from its clutches.

Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Doona

Votes: 132,656 | Gross: $2.20M

Leichtigkeit und Entwicklung der Storyline.

29. Boys Don't Cry (1999)

R | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

86 Metascore

A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.

Director: Kimberly Peirce | Stars: Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III

Votes: 103,265 | Gross: $11.53M

Schwerer Film. Kann man auch nur einmal alle 5 Jahre gucken. Geht es mehr um eine rückständige Gesellschaft, die bereit ist Situationen oder Menschen die sie nicht kontrollieren kann zu zerstören.

30. Donnie Darko (2001)

R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

88 Metascore

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.

Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne

Votes: 849,734 | Gross: $1.48M

Referenz für mich um an den gewöhnlichen Erzählungsmustern vorbei zu denken.

31. The House of the Devil (2009)

R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery

73 Metascore

In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

Director: Ti West | Stars: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig

Votes: 51,225 | Gross: $0.10M

Eher fad, aber als Referenz für Junes Leben im Haus ihres Vaters auch Setdesign technisch.

32. Gummo (1997)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

19 Metascore

Lonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.

Director: Harmony Korine | Stars: Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell, Lara Tosh, Jacob Reynolds

Votes: 38,226 | Gross: $0.02M

Außergewöhnlicher Film von Harmony Korine. Eigentlich mein angedachtes Milieu, aber teilweise sehr schwere Charaktere die irgendwo zwischen liebevoll erzählt und abstoßend erzählt sind.

33. Martyrs (2008)

R | 99 min | Horror

A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

Director: Pascal Laugier | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin, Robert Toupin

Votes: 106,334

Referenz für Junes Storyline

34. Tideland (2005)

R | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

26 Metascore

Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer

Votes: 34,681 | Gross: $0.07M

Referenz für June

35. Cold in July (2014)

R | 109 min | Crime, Thriller

73 Metascore

When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.

Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Vinessa Shaw

Votes: 37,614 | Gross: $0.41M

36. The Rover (2014)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

10 years after a global economic collapse, a hardened loner pursues the men who stole his only possession, his car. Along the way, he captures one of the thieves' brother, and the duo form an uneasy bond during the dangerous journey.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, David Field

Votes: 51,152 | Gross: $1.11M

37. Shotgun Stories (2007)

PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Thriller

76 Metascore

Set in Arkansas, this poetic and powerful film directed by Jeff Nichols (Mud, Take Shelter) tracks a blood feud that erupts when two sets of half-brothers come to blows at their father's funeral.

Director: Jeff Nichols | Stars: Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs, Michael Abbott Jr.

Votes: 11,238 | Gross: $0.05M

38. True Detective (2014– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Stars: Vince Vaughn, Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams, Taylor Kitsch

Votes: 655,944

39. Animal Kingdom (2010)

R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

83 Metascore

A seventeen-year-old navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Director: David Michôd | Stars: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton, Bryce Lindemann

Votes: 60,481 | Gross: $1.04M

40. Se7en (1995)

R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

65 Metascore

Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Andrew Kevin Walker

Votes: 1,797,975 | Gross: $100.13M



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