Great must-see movies

[Spuds]

Id recommend the 13th warrior if you get tired of watching the heavy dramas or have already seen all the other action movies listed. Its just good old hacking and slashing with a solid story.

 

[Frezzato]

oh i'll give you one i just saw the other day.

watch "Exit Through the Gift Shop" and see what you think...and you will have something to think about...

I still have a hard time accepting that movie to be true, but it has to be, because life is always more ridiculous and screwed up than art. That was an excellent flick!

...the movies I've already watched this year are Moon....

I would have to recommend Welcome to Collinwood. I don't give a damn that it's a remake--of a film from 1958 no less. Enough time has passed. It has George Clooney, Sam Rockwell (from Moon), William H. Macy and Patricia Clarkson. It's so ridiculous and the characters are all lovable morons.

I also recently saw Reindeerspotting, a documentary about some young guys in Finland who are horribly addicted to a drug called Subutex (among other drugs, but mainly Subutex). It's all real-life footage shot on a home video camera. The craziest revelation in the film is that

Spoiler: Subutex:

Subutex is a habit-forming opiod substitute, like Methadone. It's distributed for free in France to treat addicts but ends up being sold on the black market, reaching all of Europe and into Scandinavia. It's a classic case of good intentions with bad results. Truly depressing.

And I really liked Dredd. It painted such an incredible picture of a futuristic, degrading, dystopian future while simultaneously humanizing so many of its characters. It was very brutal, and if the Blu-ray had any extra features I would buy it. Unfortunately I'll have to wait for a price drop instead. Dredd isn't necessarily a 'must see' movie, but damn it surprised me.

 

[AdamxD]

Any Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki film. They're easy and enjoyable watches.

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Any Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki film. They're easy and enjoyable watches.

Oh yeah, those are such classics. I don't think I could pick a favourite!

If you're into old movies at all, there's a couple I've watched that I think have really stood the test of time:

M (1931) - A creepy film with great use of sound and silence
Casablanca (1942) - Fast talking, dirty dealing film with great characters
The Big Sleep (1946) - Funny, clever crime drama
The Third Man (1949) - A great mystery film with some very interesting views on morality

Also, westerns are awesome. Spaghetti Westerns, John Ford westerns, Blazing Saddles - come to think of it, watch Blazing Saddles. That film is terrific.

 

[serious biscuit]

Any and or all of the Kevin James movies, I recommend also watching them in order as they all have little references to one another.

 

[VoidWanderer]

V for Vendetta
Equilibrium
The Covenant
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Princess Bride

 

[TakeshiLive]

One I'd recommend would be Sin City, what a spectacle that was to watch.

 

[Ickorus]

Ravenous is a film I would suggest everyone go see, it has a brilliant cast, brilliant soundtrack (By Michael Nyman & Damon Albarn) and a brilliant plot.

Unfortunately it didn't score that well with the critics but I love it anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenous

Any Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki film. They're easy and enjoyable watches.

Except Earthsea, as a fan of the books I hated that movie.

 

[Spinozaad]

Rambo: First Blood.

It actually has a very poignant moral. It's a shame how dumb the sequels are in comparison.

 

[Hoplon]

Lets see.

Millers Crossing.
Yojimbo.
Laptua, Castle in the Sky.
The Third Man.
Unforgiven.
Once upon a time in the west.
Toy story.
Reservoir Dogs.
Seven.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
Adaptation.
The Princess Bride.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Alien.
12 monkeys.
No country for old men.

 

[Professor Lupin Madblood]

Skyfall.

Just, Skyfall. It's so good.

 

[Vegosiux]

The Usual Sus-

There's way too many to even list them here. But you can't go wrong with Fight Club [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/] or The Usual Suspects [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/].

Ninja! Honestly, you and your kind, hiding everywhere, swiping our words right from under our noses. Okay, second suggestion. Her-

try Hero and House of Flying Daggers.

Oh, curse you.

Third time's the charm, right? I quite liked Master and Commander: The far side of the world and gladly recommend it.

 

[Tropicaz]

The Prestige, first and foremost. Great film.

I'll second any mentions of Seven, the Usual suspects, Tarantino films and Hero/House of flying daggers/curse of the golden flower.

My other favourite films are probably Saving Private Ryan, Fight Club, Brick, Battle Royale, Con Air, Sin City and In Brugges, I'd recommend all of them.

 

[Saregon]

The Shawshank Redemption, my all time favorite movie.

Also, some of Peter Jackson's early work is great fun, like Braindead (Dead Alive some places).

I would say Saving Private Ryan, but it's been said, so The Thin Red Line.
Platoon and Full Metal Jacket are also great. I'll also recommend Starship Troopers.

 

[thejarofdirt882]

I'll give a second to these because they were two of the first ones I thought of (& I don't want to be taking credit for saying them)

Fight Club

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Arsenic and Old Lace

The Third Man

Anything that Ray Harryhausen worked on, but in particular these two:
Jason and the Argonauts (1963) - the fight scene with the skeletons is probably my favourite piece of special effect ever
Clash of the Titans (1981)

Ben-Hur (if you can sit through 3.5 hours mind)
The 39 Steps (1935)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Italian Job (1969)


I'd also add in Invictus. Just don't be put off if you don't like rugby (or sport in general). Or politics. And now I've put you off it... j/k (I hope.)

 

[rocketdive2001]

Wow, there are so many out there - here are some to get started with:

The Town
The Grey
Source Code (If you loved Moon, then this is a must watch!)
28 Days later and 28 Weeks later
Limitless
Black Swan
The Wrestler
Watchmen
Tropic Thunder (Damn, gotta love Robert Downey Jr in this one)
Gran Torino
Chloe
From Hell
Eastern Promises
Hot Fuzz
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Be kind Rewind
Trainspotting
Revolutionary Road
District 9
The bucket list
Taken
The Hangover
Yes Man
The Kingdom
Shaun of the Dead
Crying Freeman
A clockwork orange
Click
Fortress

HK/Japan movies:
Hanabi
The Hidden Blade + Twilight Samurai + Love and Honour (watch all 3)
Warlords
Shinjuku incident (a very different Jackie Chan movie)
5 Centimeters per second (Japanese animation)
About her brother
Overheard
Fuyajo (Sleepless Town)
Wu Xia
Infernal Affairs (just watch the 1st one)
Zatoichi
Shinobi - Heart under blade
Confessions
S.P.L
Outrage
Red Cliff (part 1 and 2)

Others:
Pan's Labyrinth
Cell 211
In Darkness
The secret in their eyes
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (Korean)

 

[Lt._nefarious]

Spoiler

John Dies at the End
Fight Club
Apocalypse Now
The Usual Suspects
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Se7em
Bad Lieutenant (Nic Cage)
Matchstick Men
Adaptation
Being John Malchovich
Splice
Black Swan
The Assassination of Jesse James
Gerry
Gone Baby Gone
Rambo
Serenity
Lord of War
Paranormal Activity
Hot Rod
Reservoir Dogs
In Bruges
Seven Psychopaths
The Warriors
The Life of Brian
Wild at Heart
From Dusk 'til Dawn
Inglorious
The Avengers
Magic Mike

Yeah, all the films that you should see if you are looking for great films. And I can't promise you'll like all them, and I'm sure you've seen some. Of that list Matchstick Men, Adaptation and In Bruges are probably my highest recommended

And with Gerry, John Dies at the End, Hot Rod and Bad Lieutenant while I can't promise you'll like them, hell I'm not sure I liked Gerry all that much, they will stick with you. Gerry is totally unscripted, it's just Casey Affleck and Matt Damon walking through the deesert talking but it's worth seeing...

 

[Frezzato]

Ravenous is a film I would suggest everyone go see, it has a brilliant cast, brilliant soundtrack (By Michael Nyman & Damon Albarn) and a brilliant plot.

Unfortunately it didn't score that well with the critics but I love it anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenous

Any Studio Ghibli/Miyazaki film. They're easy and enjoyable watches.

Except Earthsea, as a fan of the books I hated that movie.

Is Ravenous the one in the fort? Yeah haha that was a great movie!