Alien, Aliens, Alien 3. Two different movies that are great, then how to make a movie bad.
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- City of God
- Alien
- The Shining
- 2001 Space Odyssey
- The Exorcist
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Blue Velvet
- 12 Angry Men
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- The 39 Steps (Hitchcock original)
- The Third Man
- Some Like It Hot
- Royal Tenenbaums
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- Shaun of the Dead
- The Act of Killing
- Nosferatu (1979)
- Yojimbo
- Rashomon
- A Serious Man
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I was hesitant about adding Blue Velvet to my list because it's so...'difficult', let's say. Lynch knocked it out of the park (as usual), but it's just so deeply unsettling on so many interesting levels. Thinking about it tho, that might be exactly why I should have added it. Eh. Either way, great picks!
And please continue making edits lol. You've got good taste and I plan on checking this thread over the the next couple days just to compare notes/see what I want to watch next.
I am not sure if its exactly what you are lookomg for by some random movie recs. Some of these may not be great but are just movies I enjoy for one reason or another.
- True Lies
- Varsity Blues
- Scott Pilgrim vs the World
- Coraline
- Shawshang Redemption
- Jurassic Park
- The Princess Diaries
- Speed Racer
- Das Boot
- Maverick
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Lost in Translation
There are way to few people recommending The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions. I recently rewatched them after not seeing them for a decade and I was surprised by how much growing older allowed me to better recognize the themes in the story. My wife watched them for the first time with me and she said they're the best movies she's ever seen.
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Geez everyone's got a list! I got just one movie I watch over and over.
FIGHT CLUB
I cant talk about it.
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A few nobody has mentioned:
- A Mighty Wind
- Best in Show
- Dumb and Dumber
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Moonrise Kingdom
Young Frankenstein Labyrinth Last Unicorn Reservoir Dogs The Crow Hard Boiled
Seconding Young Frankenstein! It's still one of the funniest films I've ever watched.
- Rubber
- Fantastic Planet
- Willy Wonka
- Heavy Metal
Brazil
Wings of Desire
Blade Runner: Original Theatrical Cut
Others too obvious to mention... see the rest of the thread.
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Rush is probably one of the best motorsports movies out there, definitely better than whatever the fuck the F1 movie was trying to be.
Also try Ford Vs Ferrari that one's good too.
Adding in some documentaries, I'd highly recommending watching these climbing docs as a trilogy to understand the scope of what's being achieved as well as understanding the different approaches to the sport:
The Dawn Wall: Introduces you to climbing legends such as Tommy Caldwell and the difficulty of the sport, with the main focus being one climb in Yosemite.
Free Solo: Takes the dawn wall and makes it look entry level, focuses on Alex Honnold who climbs 'free solo' meaning without ropes or a partner.
The Alpinist: Difficult to put into words, focuses on an almost completely unknown climber called Marc-André Leclerc who is to climbing as Michael Phelps is to swimming. This guy completes climbs even the greatest in the sport consider far from humanly achievable, with part of the doc being a battle to even find the guy to film as he doesn't care for media attention or fame for his climbs.
The docs all contribute to the understanding of what drives the people pushing the bar of what's considered possible, and in the subsequent docs the previous climbers appear frequently in interviews that adds a kind of continuum which is why I love these 3 together rather than as individual pieces.
gattaca
matrix
the mask
Poor things
Everything Everywhere All At Once
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Black Swan
All I can think of right now.
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