Tropical locales. Journalism. Expats. Colonialism. Mystery. Suspense/danger. Political turmoil. Heat.
Preferably 70s/80s.
Movies similar to The Year Of Living Dangerously
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 9, 2023 1:54 AM |
Albert Nobbs, except for the lack of an Oscar.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 8, 2023 10:44 PM |
The Quiet American, 2002 , Michael Caine & Brendan Fraser
The Lover, 1992, Jane March & Tony Ka Fei Leung
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 8, 2023 10:49 PM |
I don't know that there's anything matching all your criteria, but I'd suggest Missing.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 8, 2023 10:49 PM |
Sorry OP, didn’t see that you wanted movies from the 70s-80s.
The Quiet American is set during the early 50s when Vietnam was still a French colony and The Lover was set in 1929, ditto.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 8, 2023 10:54 PM |
I'll accept those r4! I was also thinking of The Letter with Bette Davis as a similar older one.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 8, 2023 10:57 PM |
The Constant Gardener.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 8, 2023 10:59 PM |
There was a recent one with Lake Bell and Pierce Brosnan that was good. They had to escape from a hotel...
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 8, 2023 10:59 PM |
I love the atmosphere of Saint Jack. It's the atmosphere of these movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 8, 2023 11:04 PM |
Walkabout has some similar vibes. And the Vietnam part of Deer Hunter.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 8, 2023 11:05 PM |
Welcome to Sarajevo, although it's 90s.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 8, 2023 11:08 PM |
Beyond Rangoon with Patricia Arquette.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 8, 2023 11:19 PM |
R3 really good movie! Of course it’s never on TV or anything - I’m guessing it made next to no money.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 8, 2023 11:50 PM |
Do you watch French films? A lot of Jean-Paul Belmondo movies are like what you describe. That Man From Rio is my favorite - it’s from the mid-60s but quite vibrant.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 8, 2023 11:55 PM |
Indochine.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 9, 2023 12:26 AM |
I love the Year Of Living Dangerously. Yes, there are problems, but overall, I think it's a great film.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 9, 2023 12:37 AM |
Mel Gibson at peak beauty.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 9, 2023 1:01 AM |
White Mischief about the scandalous Happy Valley set
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 9, 2023 1:29 AM |
The TV miniseries "The Jewel in the Crown," about the Partition and Independence of India in the 1940s, but made in the mid 80s.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 9, 2023 1:34 AM |
Justine (1969), with Michael York and Anouk Aimee, about sex, gunrunning, and intrigue in 1930s Alexandria.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 9, 2023 1:51 AM |
I'd also recommend the 1983 miniseries "Reilly Ace of Spies," starring Sam Neill, which is about the real-life inspiration for James Bond, the spy Sidney Reilly. There are some episodes set in very out of the way places (like Baku) during the first quarter of the century.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 9, 2023 1:54 AM |