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What's the best movie set in the 80s that wasn't made in the 80s? (Original Post) ButterflyBlood Sep 2012 OP
Napoleon Dynamite would have to be on the short list phantom power Sep 2012 #1
"Lebanon". An Israeli-made film from 2009, set during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Aristus Sep 2012 #2
No Country for Old Men rachel1 Sep 2012 #3
I love the book av8rdave Sep 2012 #12
Hot Tub Time Machine. opiate69 Sep 2012 #4
"Monster" (Charlize Theron film) n/t Shrek Sep 2012 #5
+1000 geardaddy Sep 2012 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2012 #7
Persepolis Burma Jones Sep 2012 #8
Wet Hot American Summer IrishEyes Sep 2012 #9
"Wonderland" because... Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #10
Boogie Nights pokerfan Sep 2012 #11

Aristus

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2. "Lebanon". An Israeli-made film from 2009, set during the 1982 invasion of Lebanon.
Mon Sep 10, 2012, 02:37 PM
Sep 2012

It's kind of the "Das Boot" of tank warfare. The entire film, except for the first and last scenes, takes place entirely within the turret of an Israeli tank.

A flawed, but still excellent film.

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