神女 (The Goddess) (1934)
One does have to listen to rather a lot of piano to get through this movie, and it takes a while to generate interest in seeing what happens to the characters, but once it gets rolling, it's remarkable. The characterisations on display are great! Also, ten culture cred points if you watch through to the end.
Sorcerer (1977)
Takes thirty minutes of almost no talking jumping around the world to establish that these guys are a disparate bunch of desperadoes. Then they get into trucks in South America loaded with unstable nitroglycerin. Then they drive across a river, in a storm, on a rope bridge! While this is an existential thriller, and from the seventies to boot, it does have some nail-biting moments simply from watching trucks sway. The fashions are to die for too. Also, locations, locations, locations. Must watch in hi-def or bluray.
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