Tony Scott Appreciation- Talk about your favorites, most underrated

[Knights89]

Director (17 Credits)
Title Role Year
Unstoppable (Movie) 2010
The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3 (Movie) 2009
Deja Vu (Movie) 2006
Domino (Movie) 2005
Man On Fire (Movie) 2004
Spy Game (Movie) 2001
Enemy Of The State (Movie) 1998
The Fan (Movie) 1996
Crimson Tide (Movie) 1995
True Romance (Movie) 1993
The Last Boy Scout (Movie) 1991
Revenge (Movie) 1990
Days Of Thunder (Movie) 1990
Beverly Hills Cop II (Movie) 1987
Top Gun (Movie) 1986
The Hunger (Movie) 1983
Loving Memory (Movie) 1970

this guy has a damn good filmography. Stand out movies like Top Gun, and Crimson Tide, etc but its way beyond those.

For my favorites it would have to be Man on fire, Enemy of the State, Last Boy Scout

His most underrated movies are The Fan with Deniro and Snipes. Just a crazy, electric film.
Spy Game with Pitt and Redford. Spy game just like Enemy of the state is one of my hand full of favorite Smith or Pitt movies.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Top 5 for me

True Romance
Last Boy Scout
Crimson Tide
Man on Fire
Revenge

 

[jay211]

In no order.

MAN ON FIRE
TRUE ROMANCE
TOP GUN
ENEMY OF THE STATE

 

[OmegaK2099]

Last boy scout
Revenge the theatrical cut
Beverly hills cop 2
Man on fire
True Romance

 

[Vandelay]

Beverly Hills Cop II is grossly underrated as an action movie.

Kinda think Antoine Fuqua, as much as I like him, jacked Tony's style.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Last Boy Scout
Crimson Tide
True Romance
Top Gun
Beverly Hills Cop 2

Dude was underrated as an action director and unfairly overshadowed by Ridley. He's a much much much more consistent director than Ridley and I'd rather watch a Tony movie any day of the week.

He gave birth to a lot of action directors, whether it's Fuqua, Bay, or even some of the shyt they're doing with Baba Yaga right now

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

He fell off after 98 tho...no pun.

Definitely was one of the most influential action directors of the 80s and 90s. Very big fan.

 

[re'up]

Fuqua's early work is more grounded and grimy than Scott ever was, but the influence is there, certainly as Fuqua has careened into D list action movies.

The story on which the disastrous 1990 "Revenge" is based, is so dope, it deserved a better adaptation.

I saw "Spy Game", "Enemy of The State" in theaters, and "The Fan" on bootleg ppv in 97, and as a young kid, they were some of my favorites and most anticipated in those days. Now, I see the thinness of his work, in some of my favorites, but I think largely those I named hold up, and of course his iconic Beverly Hills Cop in the 80's, which I also watched on VHS in the late 90's.

I think "Spy Game" may be my favorite, part nostalgia for 10thgrade sure, but "True Romance" is very grating in parts, though an undeniable classic.

 

[OmegaK2099]

Revenge was a feature length movie of the r kelly "down low" music video

 

[Double J]

I wonder why he jumped off of that bridge though?

 

[MenacingMonk]

It’s already close to a decade (2022) that he offed himself. It feels like it only happened in 2015/16.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

The Last Boy Scout and then everything else... what a fukking classic action/comedy

 

[hazardous]

Great director who knew how to blend action with emotion, the music in his movies really helped with the tone

Top 5 films would be

True Romance
Crimson Tide
Man on Fire
Top Gun
Enemy of the State

 

[nahnah]

That's an insane filmography

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Legend. Rip.