Recommend Me Some Good Movies

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

The Ruin (Or Ruins)

I really hope that isn't the movie I'm thinking of...

Spoiler: Major spoiler

Where they were getting killed by a plant

If so, that is one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

OT: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Run Fat Boy Run are hilarious.

Yes, it is.

 

[Nazulu]

Death to Smoochie is a really good movie that has all elements in it.

The Lethal Weapon Quadrilogy is great fun to watch.

Evil Roy Slade is a really good but kinda old comedy.

 

[c0lefalk]

Blade Runner
Apocalypse Now
Fight Club
The Boondock Saints
Die Hard
Brazil
The Dark Knight
The Seventh Seal
The Day the Earth Stood Still (Original. God help you if you saw the remake)
Burn After Reading
Saving Private Ryan
Army of Darkness
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Pink Floyd The Wall (This still fucks with my brain)
Unforgiven
Frost/Nixon
All the President's Men
Watchmen
Seven
Citizen Kane
Ghostbusters

 

[ffxfriek]

star trek, avatar, lord of the rings, star wars

 

[microwaviblerabbit]

The Milagro Beanfield War.
Who thought a movie about illegally growing beans would be so good.

New Waterford Girl
Hard to find, worth it.

Romero
I really wanted to hate this film. REALLY. Everything I knew about it turned me away.
Story of a real catholic bishop. Whoop-de-do.
Then I saw it.

American Dreams.
Trashy, stupid, most characters unlikeable.
Yet one of the funniest movies I have seen.
(The characters being like this helps, since it about a tv talent show...so
I guess it makes it more real).

If you have an entire day, about 6-8 hours straight at least, watch the TV adaptation of
Dune.

Alternatively watch the BBC Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth.

As stated before; Repo:The Genetic Opera and Donnie Darko are must sees. Also Robin Hood; Men in Tights.

 

[revjay]

Evil Dead 2 (obviously, I mean, it's me)
Original Dawn of The Dead
Let the right one in

I'll think of more.

• 
  The Killer by John Woo
  
  In Bruges
  
  Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
  
  Blood Simple
  
  Come and See (Soviet war film, difficult to find.)
  
  Badlands
  
  Gomorrah
  
  Hunger
  
  The Thing
  
  Amadeus
  
  Battle Royale

If you want any more info on these great films, PM me. I've nothing else to do!

EDIT: I ain't seeing them PMs boy.

Finish watching this huge amount of win and come back later. Nice choices there burt.

 

[NewGeekPhilosopher]

How about -

Hercules Returns (1993 Australian film)
Midnight Cowboy
Mary and Max
Paint Your Wagon
Osamu Tezuka: The Experimental Films
Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise

 

[T-Bone24]

I recommend District 9. And if you're not really looking for action, Moon is great, too.

 

[pearcinator]

Hot (fucking) Fuzz!

EDIT: I just read that you have already seen it...

Well my other top movies are...

Pirates of the Caribbean 1 & 2 (not 3 cos it blew chunks)
The Incredibles
Kung Fu Panda
Rat Race
Die Hard (any of them...although I thought #2 was the weakest)
Indiana Jones (1 & 3 are the best)
The Untouchables
2012 (very entertaining for me)
Johnny English (lol I love this movie)
Star Trek (the most recent one, I liked it although the story was pretty weak)

as for ones in cinemas now...

Avatar (although I would be VERY surprised if you havnt seen it yet)
Sherlock Holmes (same as above)
The Lovely Bones (I liked it but critics gave it so much shit)

Avoid...

Transformers 1 & 2
Twilight 1 & 2
Anything else shithouse lool

Seen all of them up to the Indiana Jones movies. All of them afterwards I haven't seen. Yes, I'm going to see Star Trek soon. And yes, I'm going to see Avatar this weekend (haven't so far because of time conflicts and because I want to build the anticipation for myself). Haven't seen Sherlock yet but want to soon. The Lovely Bones looked really promising and had a lot of hype, but even with the critics' opinions, I still want to see it.

And, on a side note, I agree with your views on the best/worst Die Hard and Indiana Jones movies.

OMG, I completely forgot 'The Frighteners'. Peter Jackson directed it before he did Lord of the Rings, I think it might have been Michael J Fox's last movie before he quit due to his disorder.

So yeah...watch The Frighteners, fantastic movie!

The Untouchables is the best mafia/mobster movie ive ever seen...although I dont watch many of them since they dont interest me that much, but The Untouchables kept me interested the whole way through.

are there any movie genres you dont like? (eg. I dont like romance and not too fond of dramas). My fave genre are Action-Comedies but straight up action or straight up comedy is good too! I also love almost anything sci-fi....if you like sci-fi try...

Star Trek (yeah I read that you are going to see it)
The Fifth Element
Star Wars (all of em, I enjoyed them )
Back to the Future trilogy
Terminator 1 & 2...Salvation is pretty good too, 3 is kinda meh.

 

[Xette]

Audition was okayish. Not as suspenseful as I had hoped though.

Now if you want a creep factor - consider Guillermo Del Toro films. Notably his most recent two The Orphanage (2009) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006). Sickeningly sad but sweet.

 

[Aur0ra145]

I didn't read any of this thread but I'll put in my two cents...

The Believer
Below
Requiem for a Dream
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Layer Cake
8 Seconds
Fandango
American History X
El Topo
Crimson Tide
Run Silent, Run Deep
Mr. Roberts
The Caine Mutiny
The Winds of War
The Boys in Company C
View from the Top
Zachariah
Ice Pirates
Glory Daze

 

[MattRooney06]

District 9, Surrogates, Inglorious Basterds, A Knights Tale (yeah, A knights tale, big whup, wanna fight about it?) The Emperors New groove (I don't care it's a Disney cartoon, it's amazing and funny), 300, Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddik, Jet Li's Fearless and Unleashed, American Gangster, Anchorman, Baseketball, Blades of Glory, Cars, Children of Men, Crank and Crank: High Voltage, Eastern Promises, Eight Legged Freaks, Gridiron gang, Hostage, Kung Pow, Million Dollar Baby, Semi-Pro, Shooter, Sunshine, Taken, The Bank Job, The Forgotten, The Longest Yard.

They should keep you substantially busy.

plus if you liked the longest yard watch mean machine....its the same plot but its the british remake of the original starring vinnie jones

btw that film collection made me ope n my mouth in awe!!!


oh yeah

OT: watch lock stock and two smoking barrels, snatch

and i know its in the above list but Taken (what an awesoime film)

twas the only film i watched this year that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through....i mean it it was really tense

 

[zari]

Mary and Max

Definitely second Mary and Max. Great little animated film.

Oh and I'll add Leon (the Professional), Fido and Stickmen (a kiwi movie about pool, which is pretty damned funny) to my previous list.

Loving this thread, getting lots of ideas for things to see myself.

Edit: Oh and how could I forget Rozencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead? Fantastic movie.

 

[HuntrRose]

I see the newer movies are well suggested, so for some older more classics:

-Ran
-7 samurai
-Yoyimbo
-Down by Law
-Spartacus
-2001
-a clockwork orange
-Full Metal Jacket
-Sanjuro (a followup to Yoyimbo)
-The Godfather trilogy (although you've probably seen it)
-Scarface
-Leningrad cowboys (Go America and Meet Moses)

just a few of the top of my head.

 

[Dwarfman]

After painstakingly going through all these posts hopefully here are some you may or may not have seen yet.

War Films - Tora Tora Tora (The best take on Pearl Harbour Ever); The Longest Day(The best take on D-Day ever and features soooooooo many awesome actors); The Big Red One (My favourite war film ever. Blood, guts and realism long time before Spielberg came on the scene. Stars Lee Marvin so you know it rocks); ANZACS (Not a movie but a TV series similar to Band of Brothers only made back in the 80's. Needless to say it's about the Australian soldiers during WWI

Cult Films - Mad Max (You mentioned you've seen Road Warrior but if you haven't scene the first Mad Max take the time and do so); Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Drugs, Johnny Depp, Terry Guilam directing Hunter S. Thompson novel. Heh...heh); Subway ( French Film by Luc Besson. Stars Christopher Lambert); City of Lost Children ( Another Luc Besson Film. Very Trippy); The Warriors (WARRIORS!!!! COME OUT TO. PLAAAAAAAEEEEEY!!!); Seven Samurai ( Already mentioned above somewhere but worthy of a second mention); Dark City (Bleak, dark, dingy, creepy, noir...hmm I think all those words cover it)

Music - Pink Floyds the Wall (AWESOME); Rammstien-Live Aus Berlin (Who cares if you can't understand a word they say, they are true show men and the concert is amazing)

Fantasy - Clash of the Titans (Clayme sword and sorcery, featuring all your favourite Greek gods and beasties); Excalibur (Old school knights of the round table and the best King Arthur movie ever); The Gamers2-Dorkness Rising (Very funny if you've ever played DnD in your life)

Hmmm I could keep going but chicken is calling! Hope these help

 

[Radelaide]

Robin Hood; Men in Tights.

Do eeeet!

 

[Jamash]

One film I highly recommend to everyone is The Man From Earth [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/].

I don't want to give too much away by describing the plot, but basically it's one of the best, most masterfully written, subtle pieces of Science Fiction I've ever seen.

Apart from telling you that you have to see this film, the only non-spoiler way of recommending it to you is to post some of it's credentials.

Spoiler: Copied from Wikipedia so you don't have to try and avoid spoilers

The film has been nominated and won numerous awards.

* 2007 - WINNER - 1st place - Best Screenplay - Rhode Island International Film Festival
* 2007 - WINNER - Grand Prize - Best Screenplay - Rhode Island International Film Festival
* 2008 - WINNER - Best Film - Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival of Uruguay
* 2008 -WINNER - Audience Choice Award Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival of Uruguay
* 2008 - WINNER - Best Director - Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre, Brazil
* 2008 - WINNER - 2ND place - Best Screenplay - Rio de Janeiro International Fantastic Film Festival (RioFan)
* 2008 - WINNER - Audience Award: Best Screenplay Film - Fixion-Sars Horror & Fantastic Film Festival of Santiago, Chile
* 2008 - WINNER - Jury Award: Best Screenplay - Fixion-Sars Horror & Fantastic Film Festival of Santiago, Chile
* 2008 - WINNER - Best SCI-FI Screenplay - International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, Phoenix, AZ
* 2008 - WINNER - Best Screenplay - Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre - Int'l Independent Horror, Fantasy & Bizarre, Argentina
* 2007 - Official Selection - Another Hole in the Head SF IndieFest
* 2007 - Official Selection - San Diego ComicCon International Film Festival
* 2008 - Official Selection - Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
* 2008 - Official Selection (Opening Night Screenplay) - Down Beach Film Festival, Atlantic City, NJ
* 2008 - Official Selection - Otrocine Fantastic Film Festival of Bogota
* 2008 - Official Selection - FilmColumbia - Festival of Film in Chatham, NY
* 2008 - Official Selection - Festival de Cine Fantástico (Fantastic Film Festival of Malaga) (FANCINE)
* 2008 - Official Selection - Festival Cinema de Salvador
* 2008 - Official Selection - Mostra Curta Fantastico of Sao Paulo, Brazil
* 2007 - Saturn Award nominee - Best DVD Release - The Man From Earth
* 2008 - WINNER - DVD Critics Award - Best Non-Theatrical Movie

Spoiler: Don't just take my word for it though

"The Man from earth is technically a low budget film without any implications of great potential but it definitely has a script that shivers through your bone when you watch the movie. One of the best story ever made" - Milton Arya Nayaban,Filmforum.Com.
"A considerable achievement... a picture which deserves wide exposure... The Man From Earth gradually and stimulatingly builds to a pitch of near hypnotic intensity." - Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter
"Based on a really wonderful final work by Jerome Bixby... If you're a fan of Bixby's - it's a must own." - Harry Knowles, Ain't It Cool News
"The Man From Earth restores dignity to science fiction of the mind." - Michael Guillen, Twitch
"A tall tale... that ends with a devastatingly clever twist." - Michael Janusonis, The Providence Journal
" Great acting performances... with an ending you wouldn't want to miss... Jerome Bixby's last written work has turned out to be his best." - Hock Teh, IGN
" A mind bending drama... It sure beats watching Transformers." - Nick Lyons, DVD Talk
"The Man From Earth is very much a labor of love from all involved... it's well worth the effort. The final work from the writer responsible for some of the finest episodes of The Twilight Zone and the original Star Trek gets a thoughtful, low-budget treatment." - Ian Spelling, Sci Fi.com
"Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth is one of the most intelligent science fiction films ever made... probably one of the best science fiction films of the decade." - Mark L. Leeper, Stephen Hunt's SF Crows Nest
"The Man From Earth really has a chance of being the single best piece of screenwriting you will see on a screen large or small this year (really!)." - Late Film

Another great film I recommend is In The Loop [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Loop_(film)].

If you enjoy political satire, can handle British accents & lots of swearing, and enjoy sublime comedy then maybe you should check it out.

Spoiler: In The Loop

Spoiler: Trailer

Spoiler: Clip

Spoiler: The crossest man in Scotland

 

[xXErasmusXx]

And yes, Reefer Madness seems pretty random today, but back then, it was trying to warn the people. Today, however, it is viewed as nowhere near as serious as it was trying to be and did not stand the test of time like some of those other movies you've listed. Then again, when you have the intent of that movie along with way of displaying its content, that probably also killed its relevance.

I actually have never seen the original, I watched the new version with Kristen Bell. Sorry to disappoint.