Movie Recommendations

[Blitzballer]

Whether youve seen the latest movie at the cinema, or have a DVD or film in your collection, what movies would you recommend to others as ones they must watch and why? What makes them required viewing for anyone interested in movies? Do they define a particular genre? Is the acting or plotline excellent and involving etc?

[Holy Hell]

Science of Sleep

Watch it high. You'll love yourself.

[Milly]

I'm going to go ahead and recommend Brick
http://www.brickmovie.net/

[Scrutator]

Since I'm in a bit of a Simon Pegg mood with Hot Fuzz coming next week I would recommend Shaun of the Dead, best British comedy film in years after all those crappy Hugh Grant films. Great humour used throughout and although it has some homages to other zombie films remains a great film in its own right. Fried gold.

[Sar]

More recent:

The Departed
Children of Men
Little Miss Sunshine
Jesus Camp
United 93

That's 2006 only. Someday I'll un-Jewish myself and make a comprehensive list.

[The Man]

2001: A Space Odyssey, Almost Famous, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, A Clockwork Orange, Fargo, High Fidelity, Kill Bill Volumes I & II, Life of Brian, Lord of the Rings (all three films), Kung Fu Hustle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Pulp Fiction, Sideways, Star Wars (Episodes IV-VI), Sybil, Taxi Driver, This Is Spinal Tap, The Usual Suspects

[itcouldbesweet]

Das Experiment

A German film based loosely on the Stanford Prison Experiment. Very very good if you like psychological thrillers.

[Jay]

Anchorman, 40-Year Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Starsky & Hutch, Batman Begins, Armageddon, Scarface, Saw, Saw II, SuperTroopers, Team America World Police, Van Wilder, Waterboy, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Old School, Grandma's Boy, Waiting, Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Borat.

[Blitzballer]

Ive got to say 40 year old Virgin was one of the Film highlights of last year.

Audition, a japanese film, which starts out with an ordinary life like situation with a man supposedly looking to hire a female actor for a film. However his true motives are to actually find someone who could be his wife. This is the first part of the film- then comes the part what the Japanese tend to do so well, with the violent psychological stuff.

[Antikhrist]

Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You for Smoking, and Lucky Number Slevin are the most recent ones I've seen recently. I don't watch movies that often, but Little Miss Sunshine is one of my favorites.

[Blitzballer]

Pulp Ficiton and Reservoir Dogs should be on any ones list of movies to recommend. Se7en, Man on Fire are also ones to watch as well.

[ECCENTRICHOCOBO]

Pan's Labyrinth (not for those who don't like gruesome images).
The Departed.
The Prestige.
Thank You for Smoking.
City of God.
21 Grams.
Amelie.
Vanilla Sky.
Little Miss Sunshine.

Yeah.

[Shakan'Dar]

From really recent releases, I'd say Night at the Museum and Deja Vu are good movies to see.

I really liked Event Horizon. that was a cool movie.

[Sunshine]

The movies on my profile are pure genius. ;D

Gladiator,
Shawshank Redemption,
Reservoir Dogs,
Pulp Fiction,
Godfather,
Godfather PT2,
Goodfellas,
The Departed,
Attilia,
Dawn of the Dead,
Danny The Dog (aka Unleashed),
Miami Vice,
Phonebooth,
Pirates of the Caribbean: COTBP,
Pirates of the Caribbean: DMC,
The Warriors,
Taxi Driver,
Spanglish,
Braveheart,
City of God,
It's A Wonderful Life,
Punch Drunk Love,
American Pyscho,
Scarface

[Naked Gackt]

I'd say Oldboy and A Tale of Two Sisters. The latter is extreeeeemely slow paced so be forewarned, it's absoloutely fanatstic though. Shame it took me about 4 watches to actually fully understand what was going on, and that was with the commentary.

[Nikki]

Talladega Nights: Balled of Ricky Bobby

This movie is so funny.

[Lye]

I always recommend trainspotting, and no one ever sees it.

[The Master]

The Original StarWars Trilogy, Clerks I&II, Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Devil's Advocate, The Matrix, A Night at the Roxbury.

Best damn films of all time.

[Wander]

Seven Samurai (1954). Directed by the infamous director Akira Kurosawa, it's a truly classic film that is widely regarded as one of the best films of all time. It's directing and editing are excellent, and it has a great ensemble of characters. The film takes you to early 16th century Japan, where a peasant village tries and eventually succeeds in persuading seven samurai to help defend the village from the wild and dangerous bandits that intend to raid. This film has a gritty realism that takes no prisoners, a definite "must-see".


Snatch (2000). Directed by Guy Ritchie, this film is a gritty comedy set in modern day London, whereTurkish and his companion Tommy hope to make some money through unlicensed boxing. As they endeavor to do so, they are affected by a chain of events taking place around them that began with the theft of a very valuable 86 carat diamond. This film is a good laugh, with a diverse range of vastly different characters.

[Scrutator]

Originally Posted by Lye

I always recommend trainspotting, and no one ever sees it.

I've seen it and would recommend it too.

Also I would say anything by Scorsese with my favourites being Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Casino and Raging Bull.

Ong-Bak
Godfather I+II
The Third Man
Blade Runner
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Dollars Trilogy (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)
Unforgiven
The Wild Bunch
It's a Wonderful Life
Oldboy