Suggest some amazing films to watch!

[Locut0s]

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I'm in the mood to watch a good or fun movie.

My tastes are pretty broad and eclectic. I tend to like good dramas and documentaries but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a well made popcorn flick, emphasis on the well made here. I also very much enjoy Sci-Fi, but usually only the cream of the crop, it's sad how much crap this genre is packed with given its potential. Anyway here's a list of some of my favourite directors and actors to give you an idea of my tastes:

Fav directors (short list, there are many others):

Coen Borthers
Scorsese
Paul Thomas Anderson
Michael Haneke
Steven Soderbergh
Terrence Malick

So chances are if you are suggesting one of their films I've probably already have seen it, though please suggest it anyway!

[Duer 157099]

1. I could rewatch Fargo dozens of times

Sometimes it's best to stick with the tried n true

[Locut0s]

2. Indeed such a masterpiece. The depth of the Coen's talent keeps amazing me...

I have yet to see a film of theirs that I have not enjoyed and so many of their films are utter masterpieces. I could likewise watch No country time and again.

[Duer 157099]

3. Yep, same for No Country

There are just a handful of films that if I stumble upon them while flipping around, I stay and watch the whole thing, no matter how many times I've seen them.

The Deerhunter, PulpFiction, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Sophie's Choice, The Shining, BladeRunner, Minority Report, Goodfellas, The Matrix, Raising Arizona, Once Upon a Time In America, My Name is Nobody (yeah lol), The Big Lebowski. Etc.

[Grantuspeace]

22. Just watched Blood Simple (again) tonight. Two thumbs up!

[Paulie]

4. The movie catalogs are vast. Pretty much everything in 1939

12 angry men
Here comes Mr Jordan
Random Harvest
Goodbye Me Chips
Roman Holiday
Desk Set
The farmers daughter
Mr smith goes to Washington
Stalag 17
Prime of Ms Jean Brodie
Forbidden Planet
Auntie Mame

The goodbye girl
Towering inferno
Tootsie
Logan's Run

How many of this list have ya seen?

[Locut0s]

7. I really need to brush up on my classics, I've heard of all of them but only seen 2

12 angry men - fantastic classic
Logan's Run - corny and hippie dippy but more fun and compulsively watchable than you might think.

[sarge43]

13. Some of my favorite 30's and 40's classics

Metropolis: An essential for any science fiction fan

It Happened One Night: First and (IMO) the best of the screwball comedies

The Lady Eve: Sexiest of the screwball comedies

Shadow of a Doubt: Hitchcock's favorite. He put most of his later themes in this one: Man on the run, things are not what they seem and ordinary people and setting, very creepy undercurrent.

Some noir: Murder, My Sweet; The Woman in the Window and Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang and Edward G Robinson, great combo); Laura (the most elegant noir)

Speaking of Gene Tierney, The Ghost and Mrs Muir. Ms T at her best and most beautiful.

[Paulie]

14. Noir for me would be Double Indemnity

[narnian60]

18. Auntie Mame IS a must. Rosalind Russell -glorious!

[TexasBushwhacker]

5. Looper is out on DVD at Redbox

It's a time travel story with a twist. The less you know about it before hand, the better. Just go with it and it will take you for quite a ride.

[Locut0s]

6. Seen it. Surprisingly good considering the type of film...

By that I mean it's still something of an action sci-fi flick which usually means bad but it's quite well written and directed

[TorchTheWitch]

8. some I've seen recently that I really liked...

Paradise Road
The Edge
The Ledge
The Life of David Gale

[Wounded Bear]

9. If you want classics, it's hard to beat some of Bogie's work...

Casablanca....bit of a chick flick but a good tale

The Maltese Falcon....again, a bit of a love story mixed in with the classic film noir

The Big Sleep....Bogart was always the best Marlowe IMHO

Or, The Duke had some really good stuff.

The Searchers...cowboys and Indians quest tale with some surprisingly deep undertones for our times

For fantasy go with:

Ladyhawke....a bit of magic and mysticism in a medieval setting. Matthew Broderick actually shines in this one.

The Princess Bride, of course....classic spoof of the fairy tale genre

Enjoy your movie.

[JCMach1]

10. Anything by Stanley Kubrick

[justiceischeap]

11. A few dramas for you

State of Grace
The Believer

[lame54]

12. City of God...

It's so stylish it would make Tarrantino jealous

Amazing Movie

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. That film is on my alltime top ten

What a powerful movie that takes you into world of its own.

For something off beat and well made, I could suggest Baxter. I would classify the odd movie about a murderpous bull terrier as belonging to the horror genre but there's plenty of wit there too.

[pink-o]

15. Here's some from my list...

Being There.

Dr Strangelove

Harold and Maude

Network

I love films that are full of incisive, mordant social comment. If you like the Coen Bro's, hopefully these older ones will appeal as well.

[Moondog]

17. Okay - for "well made popcorn flick" I nominate -

"Red". Or actually it should be "RED", but it shows up in the listings as Red.

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Earnest Borgnine, the leading lady from "Weeds" (forget her name), and others. Very strong cast. Came out in '10 or '11.

Basically, it's a tongue in cheek send up of a shoot-em-up with a bunch of old, retired spooks going back to doing some wet work, before it gets done to them.

I just saw this a few weeks ago. Not sure how I missed it when it came out. But I enjoyed it a lot.

[harmonicon]

19. Ok...

Well, I don't really know what you mean about not being up on the "classics," because that word could mean so many things, but I'll second what others said about Metropolis (one of the best films ever made, I think - it essentially invented what would become sci-fi film while also being politically leftist in a way that no popular film would dare try these days) and Harold and Maude.


Then, based on directors you say you like, I'd add anything by Sergio Leone, but especially Once Upon a Time in America (it's a gangster movie with a great cast) and everything by Werner Herzog - I don't even know what to suggest from him without knowing more about your tastes. His documentaries are uniformly great, but his fiction is usually great too, even the weird ones like this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443693/ (The Wild Blue Yonder).

... and thinking of that film made me think of Brad Dourif - certainly you've seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? If not, do that as soon as possible. I mean, take the day off of work if you have to. Another great film with Brad Dourif is David Lynch's 80's adaptation of Dune. I'm pretty sure it counts as well made sci fi.

Last, but not least: Buster Keaton.

[Major Nikon]

20. Reefer Madness

[a la izquierda]

21. How Tasty was my Little Frenchman

Excellent!

[sendero]

23. In leaving out Speilberg...

.... .you gained instant credibility with me!!! Feel dumb, don't know of Haneke. Looking forward to the replies!