Best Pulp Movies. Movies based on or Similar in concept to Pulp Magazines. Movies similar to Pulp Fiction.
First of all, it’s crucial to understand that the idea of a pulp film largely derives from three interrelated sources of the 1930s and 1940s era: 1) pulp magazines; 2) radio dramas; 3) the B-serial format loosely referred to as "poverty row" pictures where lesser film studios cranked out a steady stream cheaply made genre entertainment. Separately or combined, this cliffhanger style of narrative emphasized action, mystery, romance or any generality of high excitement thrills (often cheap or exploitive) within a short running time and, consequently, at a brisk pace. By the 1950s episodic television replaced both radio and Saturday Matinee-like chapters that accompanied feature films while the printed pulps gave way to more specialized reading material such as adult 'Men’s Magazines' and the DC/Marvel superhero comic books for kids.
We'll only count 1 movie from a series, like only one will be included in our list from the Indiana Jones series. Also for Pulp Magazine Heroes like Zorro, Phantom, Flash Gordon, The Spider, Biggles, G-men, Captain Midnight, The Green Archer, Masked Marvel, The Scarecrow, The Shadow, The Green Hornet, Raffles, Buck Rogers, Doc Savage, Modesty Blaise, Fu Manchu, Arsene Lupin, Fantomas, Mabuse, Conan, we are only including their best movie.
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- RéalisateurQuentin TarantinoVedettesJohn TravoltaUma ThurmanSamuel L. JacksonLes vies de deux hommes de main, d'un boxeur, de la femme d'un gangster et de deux braqueurs s'entremêlent dans quatre histoires de violence et de rédemption.Best Pulp movie ever, hands down
- RéalisateurSteven SpielbergVedettesHarrison FordKaren AllenPaul FreemanEn 1936, l 'archéologue et aventurier Indiana Jones est engagé par le gouvernement américain pour trouver l'arche de l'alliance avant que les nazis d'Adolf Hitler ne puissent obtenir ses pouvoirs extraordinaires."Fortune and glory, kid. Fortune - and - glory."
- RéalisateurHoward HawksVedettesHumphrey BogartLauren BacallJohn RidgelyLe détective privé Philip Marlowe est engagé par une famille riche. Avant que l'affaire complexe ne trouve son dénouement, il y aura des meurtres, du chantage et peut-être même de l'amour.Humphrey Bogart takes on Raymond Chandler, starring as his detective, Phillip Marlowe. The script is by William Falkner and Leigh Brackett, though it is a bit confused (so is the novel). One character thread is completely lost. The film would later inspire the basic plot of The Big Lebowski. The novel, itself, was created by combining elements from two previous Chandler stories from Black Mask: The Killer in the Rain and The Curtain.
- RéalisateurGeorge LucasVedettesMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker se joint à un chevalier Jedi, un pilote arrogant, un Wookiee et à deux droïdes pour sauver la galaxie de l'Empire, tout en essayant de sauver la princesse Léia du maléfique Dark Vador.Without a doubt the most sprawling, epic and thematically ambitious endeavor on the list. George Lucas used the B-movie pulp conceit as a tonal, structural and stylistic vehicle for his grand mythology. No need to further explain these films on a Star Wars message board. The only reason I’ve slotted them at No. 4 instead of giving them the title of numeo uno is precisely because said artistic ambition has, in certain aspects, elevated the saga to abstract, avant-garde proportions. Pulp adventure is the part-and-parcel foundation of Star Wars, but not necessarily the sum total. That title -- in perfect balance between art and form -- belongs to...
- RéalisateursFrank MillerQuentin TarantinoRobert RodriguezVedettesMickey RourkeClive OwenBruce WillisCe film explore la ville sombre et misérable de Basin City et raconte l'histoire de trois personnages différents, tous gangrenés par une violente corruption.Pulp Noir
- RéalisateurFritz LangVedettesRudolf Klein-RoggeOtto WernickeThomy BourdelleUne nouvelle vague de crimes envahit la ville et tous les indices semblent conduire au néfaste Dr. Mabuse, qui a pourtant été emprisonné dans un asile psychiatrique près de dix ans plus tôt.Fritz Lang returns to the criminal genius in this film. Mabuse is believed dead, but the writings of a madman in an asylum suggests differently. This was Lang's last German film, before fleeing the country. It also features Inspektor Lohman, from Lang's film M, played by the same actor. Lohman would also turn up as Mabuse's adversary in the 60s Mabuse films.
- RéalisateurJohn CarpenterVedettesKurt RussellKim CattrallDennis DunUn camionneur impitoyable aide à sauver le fiancé de son ami d'un ancien sorcier lors d'une bataille surnaturelle au coeur de Chinatown.A hidden world of chop-socky and sorcery in San Francisco China Town gives rise to one of the most entertaining (and most quotable) action adventure films of all time. John Carpenter’s ode to Fu Manchu pulps, John Wayne heroics and the history of Asian martial arts films is a barrel of awesomeness, while Kurt Russell as the swaggering Jack Burton has since become a household name for any fan of the genre(s). Who can forget the back alley war between the Chang Sing (yellow sash) and the Wing Kong (red sash) or Egg Shen’s crystal rocket launcher or an exploding Thunder? Carpenter edits from start to finish with a tight economy, giving the whole enterprise an exuberance that never wanes.
- RéalisateurJohn HustonVedettesHumphrey BogartMary AstorGladys GeorgeSam Spade et Miles Archer sont deux privés. Au cours d'une enquête, Miles est assassiné. Sam soupçonne Brigid qui les avait dirigés sur l'enquête. Mais cette dernière, qui fascine Sam par sa beauté et son argent, lui demande de l'aider et il accepte.The classic version of the Dashiell Hammett story. Bogey is the quintessential tough guy and set the pattern for every private eye to follow. John Huston's script and direction are brilliant.
- RéalisateurWalter HillVedettesMichael ParéDiane LaneRick MoranisUn mercenaire est embauché pour sauver son ex-petite amie, une chanteuse qui a été enlevée par un gang de motards.A gritty rock 'n' roll fable from Walter Hill that mixes the urban settings of the 1950s with the music and fashion of the early 1980s music video phenomenon. Taking place in an unnamed city that evokes the L-train underworld of Chicago along with the rainy street atmospheres of yesteryear St. Louis and Detroit, the rock star diva Ellen Aim is kidnaped by a biker gang called The Bombers; a motley crew comes to her rescue, led by a stalwart ex-solder named Tom Cody. Songs that are at once dated and timeless, a stunningly gorgeous Diane Lane and a bitchin climax fight scene involving sledge hammers ...these are just a few gems this movie has to offer. It’s sexy. It’s got attitude. It’s a great movie for tough guys and tender girls alike.
- RéalisateurGeorge MillerVedettesTom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultDans un désert post-apocalyptique, une femme se rebelle contre un dirigeant tyrannique à la recherche de sa patrie avec l'aide d'un groupe de prisonnières, une adoratrice psychotique et un vagabond nommé Max.Fury Road is what happens when retro pulp meets social progress.
- RéalisateursMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackVedettesFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotUne équipe cinématographique se rend sur «Skull Island» au large de Sumatra. L'île est peuplée d'animaux préhistoriques et d'indigènes qui vénèrent un gorille géant, Kong. Ceux-ci capturent la femme de l'équipe pour l'offrir à Kong.The one and only. Forget that maudlin, overwrought remake from Peter Jackson. The original’s lean and mean narrative doesn’t force audiences to sympathize with Kong, but depicts the giant ape for what he is and allows us to project onto him our own 'me-against-the-world' sentiments. Even after some 80 years the stop-motion puppetry and rear-screen projections still hold a certain fantastical allure, the way Skull Island’s murky jungles beckon the imagination with its antique surrealistic qualities.
- RéalisateurMartin CampbellVedettesAntonio BanderasAnthony HopkinsCatherine Zeta-JonesUn jeune voleur, cherchant à se venger de la mort de son frère, est formé par Zorro, autrefois connu, mais aujourd'hui âgé, qui lui aussi poursuit sa propre vengeance.I honestly consider this the finest Zorro film of them all and one of the best swashbucklers ever made, right up alongside the Flynn-Curtiz collaborations of yore. Both Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins are handsome and utterly convincing in their roles as young and old Zorro, while Catherine Zeta-Jones is breathlessly beautiful and impassioned as Elena, the dramatic-romantic crux of what is a measured and well scripted story. Martin Campbell’s slick staging and editing of the action rounds out the film with a perfect score.
- RéalisateurFrank CapraVedettesRonald ColmanJane WyattEdward Everett HortonLes rescapés d'un accident d'avion se retrouvent dans la vallée isolée de Shangri-La, mais est-elle vraiment l'utopie miraculeuse qu'elle semble être ?Based on the James Hilton novel, this features Ronald Coleman. A group of people find themselves shanghaied in an airplane and set down near the fabled city of Shangri-La. There, no one grows old and they have conquered disease. However, there is a catch. The novel and the film inspired many a pulp and comic book hero, with its Tibetan utopia. The novel was a favorite of FDR, who when asked where the Doolittle Raiders had struck from, he joked, "From our base in Shangri-La!" which led to the USS Hornet being dubbed the Shangri-La.
- RéalisateurSimon WincerVedettesTom SelleckLaura San GiacomoAlan RickmanLe tireur d'élite Matt Quigley est embauché dans le Wyoming par un éleveur australien avec un prix très élevé à la clé. Mais quand Quigley arrive à Down Under, rien n'est comme cela paraît.Hats off to Tom Selleck. Here’s a guy who never quite reached the level of stardom he rightfully deserved. Matthew Quigley is his most polished yet effortless leading man role. Selleck strides through the film with both an easygoing persona and the moral convictions for your classic cowboy hero. This is a good old fashion Western (or extreme Southern) adventure where right is right and wrong is wrong; where the good guy saves the natives from the evils of genocide, guns down villains with a steady hand and gets the girl in the end.
- RéalisateurStephen SommersVedettesBrendan FraserRachel WeiszJohn HannahUn Américain servant dans la Légion étrangère française lors d'une fouille archéologique dans l'ancienne ville de Hamunaptra réveille accidentellement une momie qui le ravage, ainsi que son équipage.A solid B-movie with an A-movie budget. Nothing more. It’s well polished and competently directed, but not brilliantly directed. The story is meat 'n' potatoes adventure narrative but lacks thematic wit. That’s okay. It’s still plenty fun enough to pass the time. Frankly, I don’t see any issues concerning the sequel, particularly any dip in quality. To me it just feels like more of the same, just bigger and with more outrages set pieces. Rachel Weiz, in particular, was the casting high point.
- RéalisateurMonte HellmanVedettesMillie PerkinsJack NicholsonWill HutchinsA mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme.One of the greatest Westerns ever made is also one of the strangest. Roger Corman produced it, without credit, sending director Monte Hellman and star Jack Nicholson out into the Utah deserts with the assignment of filming two Westerns for the price of one. Ride in the Whirlwind became the other, but The Shooting (1967) is a kind of existential masterpiece, using the established Western genre to play with themes of identity. A beautiful, cold-hearted woman (Millie Perkins) enlists a couple of cowboys (Warren Oates and Will Hutchins) to escort her to some mysterious rendezvous. Halfway there, a hired gunman (Nicholson) joins them, leading to all kinds of personality clashes, and a bizarre showdown. Carole Eastman wrote the screenplay, under the pseudonym “Adrien Joyce.”
- RéalisateurJoe JohnstonVedettesBilly CampbellJennifer ConnellyAlan ArkinA la veille de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Cliff Secord, jeune passionné d'aviaton, découvre une minifusée qui permet à son utilisateur de voler dans les airs. Il s'en sert pour devenir le Rocketeer, une sorte de super héros en guerre contre l'ennemi nazi...Still the best from Joe Johnson, this film is a winning example of a well-balanced screenplay, mixing just the right amount of character, plot and action at an even pace. There is a delightful nostalgic feel to the setting and the airborne scenes with Rocketeer really bring out the kid in all of us. Its single most inspired moment is a top secret, Max Fleischer-styled cartoon with an army of rocket pack Nazis invading the US, and the end set piece aboard the German zeppelin is pretty spectacular. Oh, and likewise for Jennifer Connelly.
- RéalisateurBob ClarkVedettesChristopher PlummerJames MasonDavid HemmingsSherlock Holmes enquête sur les meurtres commis par Jack l'Éventreur et découvre une conspiration pour protéger le tueur.Director Bob Clark had made the first American slasher movie, Black Christmas (1974), and would later achieve fame with both Porky’s (1982) and A Christmas Story (1983), but Murder by Decree (1979) is probably his classiest film. It begins with the pulpy idea of Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) tangling with Jack the Ripper, but Clark ran with it, creating a vivid, moody, foggy atmosphere with many unique angles, as well as some subtle attempts at dry humor. James Mason plays Watson, and John Gielgud, Donald Sutherland, and Genevieve Bujold help round out the terrific cast.
- RéalisateurAnthony HemingwayVedettesCuba Gooding Jr.Gerald McRaneyDavid OyelowoA crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program, having faced segregation while kept mostly on the ground during World War II, are called into duty under the guidance of Col. A.J. Bullard.Using the latest in digital wizardry from ILM (and subset FX houses), Lucas and Co. have rendered a series of lush, vivid, clear sky aerial combat set pieces to accompany the human story of WWII's Tuskegee Airmen. But this is no contemporary telling. Instead, the film lovingly harkens back to the simpler propaganda war films of a bygone Hollywood era: broad characters, clipped scenes of hokey drama, squared framing style. But there's sincerity to it all as well. It's the dogfight sequences that shoot for the moon with sensational, even surreal, digital artifice.
- RéalisateurClint EastwoodVedettesHilary SwankClint EastwoodMorgan FreemanUne femme résolue travaille avec un coach de boxe expérimenté afin de devenir professionel.Pulp Noir
- RéalisateurAndrew LemanVedettesMatt FoyerJohn BolenRalph LucasWhile sorting the affairs of his late Uncle, a man accidentally stumbles across a series of dark secrets connected to an ancient horror waiting to be freed.The unusual The Call of Cthulhu (2005) actually is based on honest-to-goodness “pulp fiction,” written in 1926 by H.P. Lovecraft and published in Weird Tales magazine. The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society decided to make a movie out of it, but wanted it to be as truthful to the material as possible, so they made an authentic silent movie, complete with German Expressionist imagery, film scratches, and intertitles. It’s only 46 minutes long and with a cast of unknowns, but it’s incredibly moody, and does indeed capture the chilling dread of reading an actual Lovecraft story.
- RéalisateurLawrence KasdanVedettesKevin KlineScott GlennKevin CostnerUn groupe d'amis se réunit pour remédier aux injustices dans une petite ville.Covering just about every trope of the classic American cowboy Westerns, writer and director Lawrence Kasdan still manages to infuse his characters with a degree of sophistication while the entire cast performs with ease. Scott Glenn and Kevin Kline in particular make the absolute best of Kasdan’s subtle, witty humor. Lots of cool gunfights and horse chases, capped with a quintessential happy ending.
- RéalisateurGeorge StevensVedettesCary GrantJoan FontaineVictor McLaglenEn Inde, au XIXe siècle, trois soldats britanniques et un porteur d'eau indigène doivent empêcher une renaissance massive et secrète du culte meurtrier des Thuggee avant qu'il ne puisse se répandre dans tout le pays.It’s a real guy’s movie about a trio of sergeants fighting off a horde of mad Thuggee vermin in British Colonial India. Just a big ol’ blast of excitement with horseback battle scenes that are nothing short of epic. Clearly, this one informed many kinds of adventure films that would follow throughout the decades; the most obvious one of course doesn’t even need mentioning.
- RéalisateurW.D. RichterVedettesPeter WellerJohn LithgowEllen BarkinAventurier, neurochirurgien, musicien de rock Buckaroo Banzai et son équipe de lutte contre le crime, les Cavaliers de Hong Kong, doivent arrêter les envahisseurs extraterrestres maléfiques de la huitième dimension qui se préparent de conquérir la Terre.A physicist, neurosurgeon, test pilot, rock star... a samurai gunfighter with his own comic book... there’s nothing Buckaroo Banzai can’t do. If you haven’t seen this movie, really, no description or explanation can do it justice. I can only express my amazement at how unaffected the cast and overall tone is considering the material; all the makings of wacky parody and yet the movie plays it straight as an arrow.
- RéalisateurRussell MulcahyVedettesAlec BaldwinJohn LonePenelope Ann MillerDans le New York des années 30, The Shadow combat son ennemi juré, Shiwan Khan, qui construit une bombe atomique.Don’t let its history as a box office disaster dissuade you from enjoying what is actually a visually creative crime fighting strip. There’s great art direction and the stylistic flourishes never cease. Baldwin assumes the role with equal parts cool and deliciously maniacal (his rendition of the signature Shadow laugh gets an A+) while John Lone plays the stereotypical villain with modern charm and Penelope Anne Miller looks hot slinking around in night gowns. The best feature, however, is Jerry Goldsmith’s kick-ass score.
