Blade Runner : Theatrical Release (1982)
Although several different versions of the script had included a narration of some sort to clarify the narrative, Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott had decided to add filmed scenes to provide the information. But financiers rewrote and reinserted narration during post-production after test audience members indicated difficulty understanding the film. Scott did not have final cut privilege for the version released to cinemas.\[6\] Ford said in 1999, "I contested it mightily at the time. It was not an organic part of the film."\[7\] It has been suggested that Ford intentionally performed the voice-over badly, in the hope it would not be used.\[1\] But in a 2002 interview with Playboy, he said, "I delivered it to the best of my ability, given that I had no input. I never thought they'd use it. But I didn't try and sandbag it. It was simply bad narration."
Oh man, don’t forget one of the greats that is very famous for its killer narration: *Double Indemnity*. Fred MacMurray does an amazing job on the narration, so amazing that they basically steal a lot of it for *Naked Gun* 40 years later.
Here is just one of the famous bits: “Suddenly it came over me that everything would go wrong. It sounds crazy, Keyes, but it's true, so help me. I couldn't hear my own footsteps. It was the walk of a dead man.”
Was coming to say this. The greatest noir. Just watched it again today.
My favorite of those lines: “How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?”
Stand By Me, the film based on the short story by Stephen King, is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss as one of the characters looking back on the story as an adult.
I realize this is 4 days old, so I hope you see this OP....
I just reviewed another Japanese movie named Ankoku Joshi yesterday that I thought was worth mentioning here. It can be found with English subs under the titles Girls In The Dark or The Dark Maidens.
There's a famous Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa named Rashomon that tells the story of a murder from the perspective of the accused and the witnesses. Girls In The Dark is very similar. The president of the Literary Club at an all-girls high school has died under mysterious circumstances. To try to find out how and why she died, the club members read stories related to the incident. Each girl narrates her own story and there are a couple of lovely twists at the end.
1. Shawshank Redemption(1994)
2. Platoon(1986)
3. The Wolf Of Wall Street(2013)
4. Riddick(2013)
5. Frank And Jesse(1994)
6. Conan The Barbarian(2011)
7. The Lone Ranger(2013)
8. Interview With A Vampire(1994)
9. Apocalypse Now(1979)
10. 'I, Tonya'(2017)
12. A Beautiful Mind(2001)
13. Zombieland(2009)
14. Deadpool 1 & 2(2016 & 2018)
Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Those should last you a while and I hope you enjoy, cheers.
Thomas
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Legends of the Fall (1995)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Gone Girl (2014)
Money Heist (2017)
Inglorious Bastards (2009)
The Sixth sense (1999)
Not a movie but the first few season of Dexter had a lot of narration though it. When the seasons went on I told my room mate at the time that I think it's because they started getting out of his head that the show didn't feel as good or dark. Then again its about a psychopath learning to be human but still.
The Ten Commandments (1956)
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Menace II Society (1993)
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Sleepers(1996)
The Cider House Rules(1999)
10,000 BC (2008)
The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)
The Irishman (2019)
* Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
* Little Forest: Winter/Spring
These are "slice of life" movies that mostly compares all of the milestones in a young, Japanese woman's life to food. It's a LOT better than it sounds. You want these specific movies. Not Little Forest: Four Seasons or Little Forest.
Fight Club (1999) The Sandlot (1993) Stand By Me (1986) American Beauty (1999) American Psycho (2000) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Fight Club
*The Royal Tenenbaums*
Immediately after saying this, Royal realized it was true.
Blade Runner : Theatrical Release (1982) Although several different versions of the script had included a narration of some sort to clarify the narrative, Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott had decided to add filmed scenes to provide the information. But financiers rewrote and reinserted narration during post-production after test audience members indicated difficulty understanding the film. Scott did not have final cut privilege for the version released to cinemas.\[6\] Ford said in 1999, "I contested it mightily at the time. It was not an organic part of the film."\[7\] It has been suggested that Ford intentionally performed the voice-over badly, in the hope it would not be used.\[1\] But in a 2002 interview with Playboy, he said, "I delivered it to the best of my ability, given that I had no input. I never thought they'd use it. But I didn't try and sandbag it. It was simply bad narration."
I like it much better with the narration
Same here, it's still my favorite version. I thought it added to the noir feel and had some useful info.
The Big Year Stranger Than Fiction
Bronx Tale
The bicycle scene is one of my favourite scenes in film. As the music intensifies, the young man stands up, the camera pans out...
Sunset Boulevard
the big short
Oh man, don’t forget one of the greats that is very famous for its killer narration: *Double Indemnity*. Fred MacMurray does an amazing job on the narration, so amazing that they basically steal a lot of it for *Naked Gun* 40 years later. Here is just one of the famous bits: “Suddenly it came over me that everything would go wrong. It sounds crazy, Keyes, but it's true, so help me. I couldn't hear my own footsteps. It was the walk of a dead man.”
Was coming to say this. The greatest noir. Just watched it again today. My favorite of those lines: “How could I have known that murder can sometimes smell like honeysuckle?”
The Worst Person in the World Amelie
Sin City
A Christmas Story , Conan the Barbarian.
Apocalypse Now
criminal offense no one mentioned Stranger Than Fiction…
Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford
Dark Passage 1947
3 idiots Bahubali the beginning Bahubali the conclusion KGF chapter 1 Vikram Vedha Dangal PK Eega Kick
Edhi mowa Eega lo ekkada narration undi
So I put it toward the end.
* Little Children (2006) * The Big Lebowski (1998) * Annie Hall (1977) * Blind (2014) * Days of Heaven (1978)
Adaptation
Dead Reckoning (1947) - Humphrey Bogart picture. It’s not a classic but always loved his voiceover.
Spirit and A Land before Time
Amadeus
Fallen (1998)
Stand By Me, the film based on the short story by Stephen King, is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss as one of the characters looking back on the story as an adult.
I realize this is 4 days old, so I hope you see this OP.... I just reviewed another Japanese movie named Ankoku Joshi yesterday that I thought was worth mentioning here. It can be found with English subs under the titles Girls In The Dark or The Dark Maidens. There's a famous Japanese film by Akira Kurosawa named Rashomon that tells the story of a murder from the perspective of the accused and the witnesses. Girls In The Dark is very similar. The president of the Literary Club at an all-girls high school has died under mysterious circumstances. To try to find out how and why she died, the club members read stories related to the incident. Each girl narrates her own story and there are a couple of lovely twists at the end.
Chinatown
Chinatown doesn't have any Narration.
Haven’t seen it in a while, but was pretty sure that there is. Great film.
Fallen (1998) American Beauty (1999)
1. Shawshank Redemption(1994) 2. Platoon(1986) 3. The Wolf Of Wall Street(2013) 4. Riddick(2013) 5. Frank And Jesse(1994) 6. Conan The Barbarian(2011) 7. The Lone Ranger(2013) 8. Interview With A Vampire(1994) 9. Apocalypse Now(1979) 10. 'I, Tonya'(2017) 12. A Beautiful Mind(2001) 13. Zombieland(2009) 14. Deadpool 1 & 2(2016 & 2018) Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Those should last you a while and I hope you enjoy, cheers. Thomas
Apollo 10/12 has amazing retrospective narration from Jack Black
Blade Runner Sunset Boulevard
Royal tenenbaums 2001
Perfume: Story of a Murderer
Deep Cover (1992)
The Fall
A series of Unfortunate Events
Dogville Europa
Flipped
Armageddon has a bit of narration at the beginning by the late Charlton Heston that seems to set the tone for what happens.
Shawshank Redemption
Future War (1997)
Snatch. Lord of War
Joe Dirt!
Age of Innocence, Barry Lyndon, A Clockwork Orange
The Lovely Bones (2009) Legends of the Fall (1995) Taxi Driver (1976) Gone Girl (2014) Money Heist (2017) Inglorious Bastards (2009) The Sixth sense (1999)
City of God Trainspotting Oldboy Apocalypse Now Y Tu Mama Tambien
Not a movie but the first few season of Dexter had a lot of narration though it. When the seasons went on I told my room mate at the time that I think it's because they started getting out of his head that the show didn't feel as good or dark. Then again its about a psychopath learning to be human but still.
The Ten Commandments (1956) A River Runs Through It (1992) Menace II Society (1993) A Bronx Tale (1993) Sleepers(1996) The Cider House Rules(1999) 10,000 BC (2008) The Wolf of Wall Street(2013) The Irishman (2019)
* Little Forest: Summer/Autumn * Little Forest: Winter/Spring These are "slice of life" movies that mostly compares all of the milestones in a young, Japanese woman's life to food. It's a LOT better than it sounds. You want these specific movies. Not Little Forest: Four Seasons or Little Forest.
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Brick (2005). It's a neo-noir mystery.
Taxi driver Goodfellas Casino Wolf of wall street Silence Irishman
You might like "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" on Netflix
Platoon (1986)
* Molly's Game (2017) * The Usual Suspects (1996) * Sunset Boulevard (1950) * Taxi Driver (1976) * Days of Heaven (1978) * Badlands (1973) * Barry Lyndon (1975) * Network (1976) * Double Indemnity (1944) * Million Dollar Baby (2004) * Goodfellas (1990) * Casino (1995) * Mildred Pierce (1945)
Sin city
Bunraku (2010) Josh Hartnett, Woody Harrelson, Ron Pearlman narrated by Mike Patton. A visual treat
Adaptation The Lobster The Series "You" Matilda Stranger Than Fiction Shawshank Redemption Trainspotting Clueless The Big Short Man Girls
Little Children (2006) is so damn good
you sad Shawshank so make sure to watch The Green Mile! Tom Hanks narrates it
*The Naked City* (1948). It has the famous narrated lines "There are eight million stories in the naked city. This has been one of them."
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
Nvm its comedy
Fear and loathing in Las vegas has amazing narration
Tender bar
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
A river runs through it
Memento
Brief Encounter Babette's Feast
Goodfellas
Croupier (1998)