Recommend your favorite movies!

ebagg

I got one of those mail-in online movie rental memberships, and I was wondering what movies you guys would recommend, top movies, cream of the crop, particularly those lesser known ones.

Nilium

Night of the Living Dead
Braindead
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
All of the Invader Zim DVDs
Um.. that about covers it for me.

Mongrelman

Near Dark
The Assassination Bureau
Renaissance Man

Justin Meisse

if you liked Pan's Labyrinth: Chronos and The Devil's Backbone

Neo_God

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Night of the Living Dead
Braindead
Evil Dead 2
Army of Darkness
All of the Invader Zim DVDs
Um.. that about covers it for me.

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Those are some good picks. Although I would reccommend the Tom Savini Remake of Night of the Living Dead. It's the same story for the most part, but it's done better.

Honestly I don't have a favorite movie(there are just too many), however I can suggest some good titles.

Schindler's List
City of Lost Children
Cemetery Man
Bringing out the Dead
Wizards (Animated)

Those are just a couple, and they range in genre and style.

low odor

Dark City
Time Bandits
Goodfellas
Heat
The Secret adventures of Tom Thumb

Vermeulen

dr strangelove
casino
fargo
requiem for a dream
big lewboski
boogie nights
united 93

MoP

Amelie
Barton Fink
The Man Who Wasn't There
Hero
Taxi (not the recent American remake)
Delicatessen

arshlevon

city of the lost children
dancer in the dark
Trois couleurs: Bleu
The Seven Samurai (or any film by Akira Kurosawa)
robocop
big trouble in little china
happiness

xysdf

the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
the godfather 1/2/3
Goya's Ghosts
Princess Mononoke
Amelie
Bladerunner
Amadeus

flaagan

BladeRunner
Amadeus
Gone in Sixty Seconds (original and remake)
Bullitt
Vanishing Point
pretty much anything starring Danny Kaye
The Sting

Joao Sapiro

Big lebowsky
Kiss Kiss bang bang
Lucky number slevin
Smoking room ( spanish one, great acting )
Life of Brian
Lost Horizon
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
almost all Peter Seller movies.

Daz

The Vanishing (jesus make sure you get the original French version and not the shit Kiefer Sutherland starring remake)
The birds (Im serious. been watching a lot of Hitchcok lately and the birds is amazingly good)
Dr. Strangelove
Apocalypse now
Sexy Beast
Layer Cake
28 days later
Cache

Check out the awards on rottentomatoes for ideas, although they only go back to 2000:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/

notman

Braveheart
Office Space
Crash

Gav

Reservoir Dogs
Pulp Fiction
Office Space
Way of the Gun
12 Monkeys
Heat
Full Metal Jacket

Not rare by any means...but cool movies imo.

fmnoor

Brazil
Untouchables
Mr. Bean

bearkub

Dreams (Akira Kurosawa)
Koyaanisqatsi
Baraka
Waking Life
40-Year Old Virgin
Animal House (John Belushi was super awesome to me when I was younger..)
Akira
The Quiet Man

yah....that should do for a bit. I am a bit of a media buff.

and is this

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Trois couleurs: Bleu


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From the Red, White Blue (Rouge, Blue, Blanc) triology, then? I never did get in to those much. I should try them again.

Emil Mujanovic

City of Lost Children (already mentioned)
Evil Dead Trilogy (also mentioned)
Fight Club
Ghostbusters
Jaws
Shaolin Soccer
Snatch
Oh, anything with Van Damme and/or Chuck Norris is always quality

-caseyjones

Mongrelman

Shaun of the Dead
The Ring 1&2 (Original Japanese versions)
Real Genius
Saw (the first one)

Spark

Hey, speaking of movies. I'm having trouble remembering this one particular movie. It is along the lines of Layer Cake, and Lock Stock, and Two Smoking barrels. It has a group of guys, that are hit men, and in one scene, they go to this girls boat house to get revenge, she is naked and tries to seduce them, but they shoot her in the head due to the fact that she killed one of there friends. Wish I could remember more, but they are blending together, and I was working so wasn't fully paying attention. Thanks in advance for the help, ohh and my picks are.
Sneakers/Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels/Galipoli/Enemy at the Gates.

Spark
www.bbriley.com

e_x

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Although I would reccommend the Tom Savini Remake of Night of the Living Dead. It's the same story for the most part, but it's done better.

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You are completely out of your mind.

The original Dawn of the Dead is amazing too, and the remake isn't too bad either.

I'd recommend 'Iron Giant' though. The best non-Disney animated movie out there.

Also:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
The Nightmare Before Christmas

poopinmymouth

Seconding "the Iron Giant" it's my favorite movie.
Seconding 28 days later.
The Fox and the Hound (disney)
Hero (great colors)
Starship Troopers (best B movie ever)

Sa74n

city of the lost children - one of my favorite movies
howls moving castle
amelie
band of brothers
seven samurai
the hidden (low budget french movie)
munich
leon
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
edit: forgot "the experiment" (excellent movie from germany)
and lots more

spark: ive seen that movie as well but i cant remember the name either. its not munich, is it?

Vermeulen

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Hey, speaking of movies. I'm having trouble remembering this one particular movie. It is along the lines of Layer Cake, and Lock Stock, and Two Smoking barrels. It has a group of guys, that are hit men, and in one scene, they go to this girls boat house to get revenge, she is naked and tries to seduce them, but they shoot her in the head due to the fact that she killed one of there friends. Wish I could remember more, but they are blending together, and I was working so wasn't fully paying attention.

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Yeah it is Munich, thats exactly what happens to the women assassin

danr

hahaha, i didn't think i'd ever see Munich compared to Lock Stock and two smoking barrels with a straight face ...

renting for the evening :

sexy beast (seconded from daz, cracking film)
the raven


renting for the night :

the haunting
psycho

renting for the afternoon (should be sunday) :

ben hur
cromwell

Peris

some favorites from my collection that havnt been posted yet:

-totall recall
-commando (BEST 80ies action movie)
-leon
-hard boiled (deathcount: 307)
-sky captain and the world of tomorrow
-the life aquatic
-man bites dog/c'est arrive pres de chez vous (fucked up and awesome movie)

blankslatejoe

For fun:
Aliens (single best sci fi film ever made)
Abyss
Predator
TREMORS! (ultimate cheese film)
Shaolin Soccer
HArd boiled (good mention peris!)
time bandits
butch cassidy and sundance kid

For serious:
Shawshank Redemption
SevenSamurai
Yojimbo
spirited away
seventh seal
blade runner
godfather

For dates:
amelie
life is beautiful
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
roman holiday
what's up pussycat? (very silly)
aresenic and old lace

firestarter

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Black Christmas (1974)
Little Big Man (1970)
Suspiria (1977)
Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
The Haunting (1963)
Jacob`s Ladder (1990)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Dead & Buried (1981)
Being There (1979)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
The Changeling (1980)
Sleeper (1973)
... and on and on..
Edit: Damn, these have to be in there too:
The World According to Garp (1982)
The Omega Man (1971)
Blade Runner (1982)
She (1965)
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Spark

Hey, thanks for helping me with finding the movie. Though I have seen Munich, I didn't think that was the movie, wow I must have really been into my work, as I agree Danr, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels is a completely different move:). I will watch it again and see if that was it, thanks Sa74n, and Vermeulen! Oh, and here are a few more that are good

40 yr old Virgin/Happy Gilmore/My Life (tear inducing)/ and The Libertine

Spark
www.bbriley.com

Asherr

movies i've seen recently and enjoyed:

District B-13
Mirrormask
Sky Captain and the World of Tommorow
City of Lost Children
Ong-Bak
Nightwatch
Underwold Evolution
The Covenant
The Chronicles of Riddick
12 Monkeys
Full Metal Alchemist: The Conquerer of Shamballa

Daz

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It has a group of guys, that are hit men, and in one scene, they go to this girls boat house to get revenge, she is naked and tries to seduce them, but they shoot her in the head

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That is most definitely Munich, Brett. Daniel Craig I think was the shooter. She is naked, on her houseboat, although I don't recall her trying to seduce them as such. Her death is a pretty shocking scene, since it's not particularly quick as shooting deaths go. I don't think the first bullet was a head shot, since she even gets a chance to stroke her cat in between bullets (plus If I recall correctly she says something like 'what a waste'). But the manner in which she was killed really stuck with me.

Spark

K, sounds good:) I'll be watching that movie again tonight, as it has been bothering me for a bit on what the hell that was. And Daz, you need to get online more often:) as I haven't seen you on in a bit, and when Dominance War comes online, I want to chat about things:)

Spark
www.bbriley.com

Cybroxide

Most of my favorites are already listed but I didnt see

Boondock Saints

I highly recommend that

IronHawk

few more

Wargames
Brazil
Vampire Hunter D
The search for animal chin

swampbug

Golden Chicken 1&2 Comedy drama, (fictional)story of a hookers life. very funny uplifting movie. Character driven. Not centered around negatives like drugs/hard life. Very unexpected.


Play it again Sam -I love all woody allen movies.



Sexmission (english title) - Futurama, eat your heart out


Rock and Rule - 80's animation. Fighting evil with the power of music.


FREAKS - old movie about carnival freaks, real ones, its not a documentary.


Forbidden Zone -Bizzare Musical, Danny elfman plays satan (minor role)

RazorBladder

Just a bunch off the top of my head:

Ichi The Killer
Evil Dead 2
12 Monkeys
A Clockwork Orange
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Fight Club
Carnival of Souls (1962)
Black Christmas (1974)
Ju-On
Ringu
Lost Highway
Brain Dead (both peter jackson & the 1990 film that has nothing to do with the former)
Apocalypse Now!
The Burbs
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
The Shining
Se7en
Silence of the Lambs


ah, that'll do

Rick Stirling

Fuck, it's turned into a bunch of lists of titles that I couldn't be bothered to read.

Why should you watch Harvey? It's got Jimmy Stewart playing a likeable drunk (that never drinks) who has the entire world figured out with the help of his 6 foot rabbit friend. It still wears the mantle of the play, with a limited cast and only a few sets, but in a good way.
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/harvey/


Raging bull - I've seldom enjoyed a film where I've loathed pretty much every single character in it. Nevertheless, it draws you to these people, much like Requiem for a Dream.
http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/raging_bull/



There's a lot of great TV out there that I'm working my way through. Deadwood is stunning - the acting, scripts, characters, timing and camerawork is among the best I've seen. We got it from our online rental place, watched the first 2 series, then bought the boxed sets. My dad likes western, so I got him series 1. Loved it. Ian McShane just eats up the screen in pretty much every scene he is in after the first few episodes.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0348914/


Twelve Angry Men is possible my favourite film ever. I've not watched it in a year, which is a shame. The remakes stands tall beside it. 12 men in a room, arguing the merits of a foregone conclusion murder trial, with one man believing that the frightened young man on trial is innocent, undermining the very fabric of the justice system and its use of witnesses and evidence. Nothing so far fetched as episodes of Boston Legal or CSI, just honest to god acting.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000013-12_angry_men/

Justin Meisse

This thread reminds me that I need to watch more Hitchcock, I've only seen Vertigo and Psycho but I thought they were great. Are there any sub-par Hitchcock films?

bearkub

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few more
The search for animal chin

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OOOOOH HELL YAH!!! I never expected to see that on here! Tony Hawk at age 14 skating = priceless.

Pedro Amorim

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This thread reminds me that I need to watch more Hitchcock, I've only seen Vertigo and Psycho but I thought they were great. Are there any sub-par Hitchcock films?

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man hitchcock rocks!
Psycho
Dial M for Murder
The Rope (the whole movie is a single shoot)
Strangers on a Train

All awesome movies. Check also:

BladeRunner
They Live

There are so much more but i can't think of any.

Nogan

I have to recommend:
The Fugitive (with Harrison Ford)
Fight Club

And I have to add my vote to:
The Iron Giant
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Animal House

BRUTICUS(CW)

noone has said "City of God" AWESOME Brazilian gang/crime ring movie.

Daz

Good call. Staying on the South American tip, I watched 'The Aura' last night. An Argentinian movie that is just stunningly well made. Unfortunately the director just died so I dont think he'll be making too many more like this:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_aura/

Pedro Amorim

Oh yeah, city of god is really cool.

Did someone already said Amores Perros? Its an awesome movie by the same director of Babel.
Yet i think Amores Perros is better then Babel.

danr

rope isn't a single shot - in fact he seems to relish making the cuts hugely obvious, just to make the point that there's not many.

genuine90

Anything By Uwe Boll i am just joking, he sucks

-fearless
-the promise
-five people you meet in heaven
-twilight samurai

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