[Peptobismol]

For starters, several films of Rajini and Kamal.

As some of you know, guru sishyan is right on top for me! Rajini is in great form here. Also, rAjAdhi rAja, mannan, aNNAmalai, uzhaippALi and so on. Most of the late 80s-early 90s Rajini films are truly addictive in this sense. Even the fairly turgid melodramas like dharmaththin thalaivan, dharmadhurai do the trick for yours truly.

[Lt_Apple]

MadhavilAm guilty pleasurela kaNakku vaRAdhu. It is a healthy and legitimate pleasure, I say.

ippadi ponna, 10 page kooda thERaadhu. All the best. :P

[MannoFr]

Youth - Ippo potta kooda virumbi paappen

These days, obscure 80s-90s movies. Visu films top the list

[LottiFurmann]

Yeah, mostly from the 80-90s timeframe. Karthik, Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Vijayakanth 'nu adukkittE pOga vENdiyadhu dhAn.

[9mm_fan]

Many Prabhu Deva philims. Rising star, wonderful performer-nu nambi iruntha kaalam athu.

List:
Indhu
Mr. Romeo
Kathala Kathala (share with Kamal's list)
Nam Iruvar Namakiruvar
VIP
Manadhai Tirudivittai
Ezhayin Sirippil

Time for me to

[LottiFurmann]

Yeah, I also thought of nAm iruvar namakkiruvar! You're right on the money. Prabhu Deva is a good candidate here.

Bhagyaraj's 90s films. Hopelessly anachronistic, but fun nevertheless.

[LottiFurmann]

Kodi parakkuthu
Raja Chinna Roja
Singara Velan - as a Kamal movie
Vikram

will post more when I recollect...

[Big A]

I like Bagyaraj and FravudevA films.
Hardly feel embarassed about them.

Visu is ..predictable, regressive, badly made stagey - ellAm solluvEn aanA ukkAndhu pArppEn. aboorva sagOdarigaL. Anyone?

[Beerinkol]

arasiyal padangaL: amaithippadai, Gurudhanapal, and, gulp, RK Selvamani! (makkaL Atchi, anyone?)

[radikal]

Bhagyaraj's 90s films.

Same same. RR, agree on Vikram.

PR, GEn-Y might have reasons to sneer at Bagyaraj though. As for Visu, I am with you. Pattukottai Periyappa anyone :P

[NeroASERCH]

amaithippadai

idhukkellAm enna thayakkam.

Gurudhanapal,

Dontach !
thAimAman, Maaman MagaL, periya idathu maapiLLai, kalyANa galAttA. Guilt-ku idamE illaiyE.

RK Selvamani! (makkaL Atchi, anyone?)

Ah..of course

[Big A]

Gurudhanapal films rejetted from this thread. Please refer to Annan's thread for clarification

RK Selvamani, good candidate. Makkal Aatchi & Arasiyal, good companion pieces.

[Ifroham4]

Bhagyaraj - Rudra
PD - Kaadhalan. Apart from the songs/visuals, I like the film itself. Can watch any number of times.

[HedgeYourBets]

Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran
Durga (my childhood favourite)
Poove Unakkaaga

[Slonopotam845]

Thiruda Thiruda - Critical/commercial dud. But, a big favorite of mine.

[PhillipHer]

P_R,
But 90s Bhagyaraj became very different from 80s, right? In one sense, he was making the same kind of films, but I think he also got stuck in a time warp and didn't adapt to the new status quo form, because of which his films were generally immersed in plot mechanics, and often very stagey (think ammA vandhAchchu and such).

Yes I agree.
I saw the 90s only now

Perfect description of the problems in his 90s films. Time warp dhaan.

irundhaalum kudumbathOda pOyi first weekla paathuruvOm. Practice continued till vEttiyai madichu kattu

[MannoFr]

Thiruda Thiruda - Critical/commercial dud. But, a big favorite of mine.

idhukkellAm guilt feel paNNappadaadhu 'ngrEn.

Critics-kku enna theriyin? Venkirau-ai kEttu paarunga.
adhE maadhiri public-ku enna theriyin? Flau-ai kEttu paarunga.

[Drugmachine]

Originally Posted by equanimus amaithippadai

idhukkellAm enna thayakkam.

Gurudhanapal,

Dontach !
thAimAman, Maaman MagaL, periya idathu maapiLLai, kalyANa galAttA. Guilt-ku idamE illaiyE. vERa vazhiyE illai, irukkaNum 'ngaREn.

[brraverishhh]

PR, that gives me an idea to start "Critically acclaimed, public loved films that you hate". :P I yam looking at you, Roja.

[Drugmachine]

PR, that gives me an idea to start "Critically acclaimed, public loved films that you hate". :P I yam looking at you, Roja.