Recomendations on Must See Film's

[Chromanin]

Are Casablanca and Citizen Kane really all they are hyped up to be? Are they overrated?

If you're seriously getting into film making, you need to see these movies. "Citizen Kane" is considered one the greatest and most artistic movies and "Casablanca" one of the best romances. Everyone says they're overrated, but I can never get anyone to give me a reason other than something stupid like "I don't like them," "they're boring," or(I'm not joking), "they're in black and white." I'm not saying you have to like them, but they are significant films.

Few others I would suggest are "The Player," which is an amazing Hollywood satire, "On the Waterfront," a very artistic movie and probably Marlon Brando's best work, and "Cool Hand Luke," great characters, story-telling, music, and symbolism.

If you haven't seen any Alfred Hitchcock, I reccommend "Psycho" and "Vertigo." Hitchcock really understood how to manipulate the audience. Check out "The Shining" to see horror done correctly. Maybe look at "Rebel Without a Cause." It, too, has great characters and symbolism, but I've always seen most of its significance come from the fact that it's a movie that speaks to a generation.

 

[MortalForNow]

OK, I've been wanting to have some sort of means to recommend two great movies I love in a meaningful atmosphere so, here goes...

If you artsy movies are what you seek, look no further than The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (yes, in case you're wondering, that it a hell of a long title). The cinematography is just brilliant, especially during an early train robbery scene. And, though the movie is quite long, the final 30-45 minutes are some of the most intelligent, emotionally draining scenes I've seen. Check it out if you're interested, but be warned that patience is necessary in this case.

If you just want to be blown away by a movie with an artistic veil, one of my favorite underrated movies is the Coen Brothers' Barton Fink, which has been overshadowed by some of their bigger hits. All you need to know is that it sets itself up as a 40s period piece but slowly unravels into a mindblowing experience full of symbolism. Word of caution, if you're interested, do not spoil anything. The surprises that the film packs have much more weight when kept secret.

 

[blankedboy]

The Fifth Element. That movie is fucking brilliant. A bit low-budget, but it's probably the most off-key and creative movies I've seen in ages.

Also, Moon. It's a darkish thrillerish thing with a no-way-out atmosphere to it, very artsy and with one of coolio plots that makes you have to watch it twice to get what's going on, because the clues are absolutely EVERYWHERE in the first half and the second half resolves it all bit-by-bit. Waaaatch iiiit.

 

[New Vegas Samurai]

Moon, really good indie flick, the uncut version of Kingdom of Heaven, and My personal favorite, DR.Strangelove,

A couple from This japanese movie Director, Akira something, he made Seven Samurai and Ikuru or in english, To live

 

[Nazulu]

Fantasia (1940s) and Space Odyssey:2001, the ultimate artsy films. Go see 'em NOW!

 

[ADDLibrarian]

You can't go wrong with checking out AFI's Top 100 Movie List.
http://www.filmsite.org/afi100filmsA.html
They pretty much cover the most influential films of all time.
I used to check em off once I've seen em- I should get my list out again and watch some of the ones I've missed!!

 

[The Rockerfly]

Fight Club
American Beauty
American History X
The Matrix (first one, not the other two)
Titanic
The Lord of The Rings
Requiem for a Dream
Hot Fuzz

All of them are fairly mainstream titles but there is a reason for that, all of them are fucking brilliant. They all either have; brilliant scripts, fantastic music, incredible scripts (or based on really interesting ideas), brilliant visual effects or for Hot Fuzz, humour.

Enjoy!

 

[Erja_Perttu]

Metropolis, one of the first big sci-fi films I think my teacher said, its a silent film. Its also one of the most expensive silent films made, as the wiki below states,(Then again *shrug* its wiki, as people say).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)

Delicatessen, Tokyo!, The Darjeeling Limited, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Fargo, Life is Beautiful, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Blazing Saddles, The Social Network, and Full Metal Jacket

These are a bunch of fantastic choices. I saw the extended edition of Metropolis when they rereleased it, and it's incredible how you can watch it and see where other films got some of their ideas from.

My personal recommendations come in the following flavours: The Princess Bride, Clue, Lord of the Rings, The Notebook, Brighton Rock, and any film made by Studio Ghibli.

I think that covers just about everything.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

Old Boy
Il Deserto Rosso
L'Avventura
The Passenger
Easy Rider
5 Easy Pieces
The Host
The Chaser
Phantom of the Paradise
Winter's Bone
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Frankenstein Must be Destroyed!
The Horror of Dracula
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave!
Frankenstein
Nosferatu
Die Nibelungen
M
Moontide
In a Lonely Place
Footloose
Streets of Fire
The Warriors
The Thing
Maniac(From the 30's)
The Black Cat(With Lugosi and Karloff)
Motel Hell
Days of Heaven
The New World
Thin Red Line
Badlands
Head

annnnddd I could go on forever. So for now, I cease!

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Go see Black Swan. Right now.

I just recently saw it and was completely blown away by just about everything in it.

 

[darth.pixie]

The Cameraman. It's really old but it's considered to be Buster Keaton's last masterpiece. It's full of ambitious gags but it works.

The Apartment . Two of my favorite actors are Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. I have watched every single one of their movies simply because they were in it. That said, this is one of the best movies Lemmon made and could be considered also Billy Wilder's (the director's) best. It balances drama and humour.

The serious suggestions being over with, Clue and Murder by Death, if you're into mystery. If only for the humour in them.

 

[Kortney]

Singin' in the Rain. See this movie! Quite simply, the greatest musical in existence.

Great comedy, writing, dancing, acting, storytelling...everything. Back when you needed talent to be in movies...

I agree it is a must see but to say it is the greatest musical in existence would be akin to me saying Halo is the best FPS of all time.

 

[Purple Shrimp]

Deliverance is probably my all-time favourite movie, watch it

 

[JoJo]

Grave of the Fireflies is a difficult, but worthwhile emotional film to watch, it's a real shame it gets far less atention than it deserves.

 

[octafish]

Moon, really good indie flick, the uncut version of Kingdom of Heaven, and My personal favorite, DR.Strangelove,

A couple from This japanese movie Director, Akira something, he made Seven Samurai and Ikuru or in english, To live

Don't do that, don't mess with Kurosawa like that.

One of the greatest films of all time is Night of The Hunter it has brilliant crisp visuals that borrow heavily from German expressionism, as well as very compelling villain, in fact Stephen King has said he is the greatest villain of all time.

There isn't a lot of fancy camera work or lighting in Glengarry Glen Ross but it is a very engrossing character exploration. It is also one of the manliest films ever made.

Casablanca deserves all the praise it gets, it's smart, funny, subversive, and yes romantic as well. Anyone who doesn't find Captain Renault hilarious, well there is something missing in them.

 

[John the Gamer]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (5th best comedy)
Monty Python and the Life of Brian (1st best comedy)

Seven Samurai (1950´s) (just good)

 

[laol1999]

watch "The Trotsky" and "Hamlet 2"
the trotsky is about a canadian boy who thinkshe is the reincarnation of trotsky and hamlet 2 s an amazing and funny movie about a drama teacher who is trying to make a hit new play

 

[Casual Shinji]

Swimming With Sharks.

If you haven't seen it yet you need to right now.