Favourite Movies!

[demented]

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Favourite movies? Recommendations?
Post 'em!



- d.

[seba_boi]

Nobody here is into film noir ('xcept maybe DAVE or MEP) so I'll recommend that ;):

Amorous Noir:
. The Maltese Falcon
. The Big Sleep
. Notorious
. To Have And Have Not
. Mildred Pierce
. Laura

Street-gritty Noir:
. Out Of The Past
. The Killers
. Detour
. The Third Man
. In A Lonely Place
. The Postman Always Rings Twice
. The Asphalt Jungle

Psychological Noir:
. Sunset Boulevard
. Ace In The Hole
. The Night Of The Hunter
. Nightmare Alley

[HugeHarHar]

I have a list of about 80 movies I could drop here, all of the movies I would definitly recommend watching.

Eh, for now just a few I guess.

Adaptation
Airplane
Broken Flowers
City of God
Coffee and Cigerettes
Dreams
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Groundhog Day
I Heart Huckabees
Lost In Translation (My personal favorite)
Life Aquatic
The Princess Bride
Punch Drunk Love
Raising Arizona
The Royal Tenenbaums
Seven Samurai
Snatch
Willow

[demented]

Some recent ones (not all these are for everybody of course)

The Constant Gardner
Memoirs of a Geisha
Capote
Pirates of The Caribbean Dead Man's chest

and some classics i feel like rewatching again:
Edward Scissorhands
Nightmare before Christmas
Silence of the Lambs
Solaris

seba-boi - man I've been itching to get some good noirs, now I now what to look for.

HugeHarHar - Life Aquatic and The Royals are also two of my most memorables. Wes Anderson is an awesome director.

- d.

[BuckWeisel]

The Devil's Rejects
Halloween
The Evil Dead
Saw 1 and 2

er there a many good movies i cant remember right now.

[jerkface]

what dreams may come
donnie darko
garden state
little miss sunshine (just saw that one today-its a great one)
v for vendetta

[demented]

really want to see what dreams may come again - saw it looong ago can hardly remember anything.

BuckWeisel - the Saw movies are actually semi-rip-offs of a movie called Seven - fantastic movie by the same director of FightClub - also a stunning movie. should check them out if you haven't done so yet.

- d.

[HugeHarHar]

I still want to see Rushmore.

8 1/2
Big Fish
Blazing Saddles
The Blues Brothers
Caddy Shack
The Dark Crystal
Fighter in the Wind
Ghost Dog
The Jerk
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
O, Brother Where Art Thou?
The Producers (the original)
Pi
Sideways

[BuckWeisel]

really want to see what dreams may come again - saw it looong ago can hardly remember anything.

BuckWeisel - the Saw movies are actually semi-rip-offs of a movie called Seven - fantastic movie by the same director of FightClub - also a stunning movie. should check them out if you haven't done so yet.

- d.

oh ok. I seen Fight Club and ejoyed it. Ill check out Seven.

[John]

Adaptation
I Heart Huckabees
Life Aquatic
Punch Drunk Love
The Royal Tenenbaums


Yes. Really liked all of those. I'd add Garden State + Matchstick Men / Tricks to the bunch. Just wondering, what would be the "genre" of those? Any recommendations of this kind?

I like pretty much every movie that is well made, and a good couple of movies that you might consider bad. As long as a movie isn't just made to please, like a lot of tv productions and really major Hollywood productions are, it usually has something to offer for me. Kind of a leaning towards action - i'll accept more bad movies of that genre - and a dislike for dumb romantic comedy, but thats probably to be expected since i'm a guy and all that.

[HugeHarHar]

I guess they can all be considered intelligent romantic comedy/dramas. They all pretty much have those elements, and balance them out mostly between the drama and the comedy.

To be honest I would much rather watch most romantic comedies over shitty action movies. Just because you're a guy doesn't mean you have to enjoy action flicks. There's a bunch of action movies that came out lately that I know for a fact I will never make myself see.

[seba_boi]

seba-boi - man I've been itching to get some good noirs, now I now what to look for.
Noirs are good... It's pretty much the only true art movement in films that originated in America...
;)

And I maybe in the minority, but I vastly prefer the works of Paul Thomas Anderson over Wes Anderson's...

To be honest I would much rather watch most romantic comedies over shitty action movies. Just because you're a guy doesn't mean you have to enjoy action flicks. There's a bunch of action movies that came out lately that I know for a fact I will never make myself see.

Same here... Although most rom coms are usually a hit or miss with me... But overall, I prefer films that invest on a huge payoff rather than bombarding you with action scenes here and there...

[lefran]

I have quite a range of genres of films i like, theres some good classics in this list IMO
American Beauty,
Pirates of the Caribbean 1+2
Battle Royale 1+2,
Spirited away,
Howls moving castle,
My neighbour totoro,
the cat returns,
kikis delivery service
princess mononoke
Girl Interrupted,
Donnie Darko,
Natural born killers
pulp fiction
Amelie'
Sin city
all pixar films
Blade 1+ 2 ( i havent seen the third one im deprived)
Terminator trilogy but the third one isnt as good
Back to the future (all three)
Hook
Charlie and the chocolate factory
edward scissor hands
nightmare before christmas
corpse bride
sleepy hollow
riding in cars with boys
family guy film - stewie griffin story
meet the parents
meet the fockers- theyre both a bit cheesy though
13 going on 30
se7en
identity
saw
Billy Elliot
Lord of the rings trilogy
Star wars series
The matrix
Monty python and the holy grail,
Kill Bill 1+2,
school of rock,
sean of the dead,
chocolat',
miss.congeniality1 +2,
waynes world 1+2,
10 things i hate about you,


my most favourite is Amelie though- beautiful soundtrack

[demented]

Holy crap lefran - I can pretty much second all of those apart from the few I haven't seen and yep Amelie was amazingly spectacular.

Saw "What Dreams May Come" tonight again and I'm seconding it now that my memory is refreshed. I almost cried at the end...

few others:
Hotel Rwanda
Chicago
The English Patient
Momento (spelling?)
The Phantom of the Opera

seba_boi - will definitely be looking into Pual Thomas Anderson's stuff - the dude behind Magnolia right? Still need to see it.

cheers peeps!

- d.

[lefran]

hehe i love watching films, i buy so many dvds- whats your list?

[demented]

Here's a more comprehensive list lol - most have been mentioned before - but these are most of my faves. I think.

Hotel Rwanda
Chicago
The English Patient
Memento (spelling?)
The Phantom of the Opera
The Constant Gardner
Memoirs of a Geisha
Capote
Pirates of The Caribbean 1&2
Edward Scissorhands
Nightmare Before Christmas
Silence of the Lambs
Solaris
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
Sleepy Hollow
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
History of Violence
Red Dragon
What Dreams May Come
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
21 Grams
StarWars movies (esp. episode 4-6)
LOTR trilogy
SinCity
Chronicles of Riddick
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Crash
The Merchant of Venice
Braveheart
Amadeus
Immortal Beloved
Bowling for Columbine
Fahrenheit 911
Gladiator
A Beautiful Mind
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
White Oleander
King Kong
The Last Samurai
Legends of the Fall
Zoolander
Meet the Parents
Meet the Fockers
School of Rock
Orange County
Catch Me If You Can
Munich
Saving Private Ryan
Traffic

Of these my top 3 right now are Solaris, Memoirs of a Geisha and What Dreams My Come.

- d.

[John]

To be honest I would much rather watch most romantic comedies over shitty action movies. Just because you're a guy doesn't mean you have to enjoy action flicks. There's a bunch of action movies that came out lately that I know for a fact I will never make myself see.

Hm no, being a guy doesn't mean you have to watch action stuff :P It's just what i tend to watch most often with my friends and my brother. I try to put a good distance between myself and Steven Seagal / Van Damme movies though :$

[Satine]

Star Wars
Gothica
It
The Shining
Pet Semetary
The Others
Fifth Element
Unleashed
War Of The Worlds
Lord Of The Rings
Don't Say A Word
Halloween
The Mask
The Lady Killers
Kingdom Hospital