Recommend me some films?

[cheese_wizington]

Really, anything by Quentin Tarantino.

Pulp Fiction is probably his best, and then there is Kill Bill, Death Proof, Basterds, Reservoir Dogs, etc.

 

[Saboonatic]

The Shining, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, The Shawshank Redemption and Tim Burtons Batman, guess who my favourite actor is?

 

[Nicragomi]

TOP SECRET!

Many funny scenes in this movie, from the Pigeon Statue to the Underwater Saloon fight scene.
Classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOWIlP9t8y4
Ford Pinto Scene

 

[Federalist92]

Recently I started sixth form, and one of the subjects I decided to take was Film Studies, and as a result I get to borrow films from the school library.

The point of the thread is this: what are some good films that I should take out? I'm willing to watch anything so long as it's decent. And if you include a brief synopsis of the film, no spoilers please.

EDIT: I also took History, Biology and Classical Civilisation for my A-levels, so stop being smug.

Starship troopers is an amazing action film that has some satirical humor and makes you proud to be a human.
Out of 10 I would give it...lee evans.
Thats way better than 10 ever could be.
Lee Evans/10

 

[Vlane]

Scarface
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Spirited Away
Clockwork Orange
Citizen Kane (just because it's Citizen Kane)
and maybe a B-Movie. Something from Ed Wood if you can find a movie or just watch Evil Dead 1 and 2.

 

[Abedeus]

Drunken Master and The Legend of the Drunken Master.

Classics.

 

[Matzilla]

Watchmen!

 

[UncleOvid]

Depends on what type of film you're looking for.

Yeah, could you be a bit more specific?

But off the top of my head, my (highly biased) Film Studies Primer would include the following:

Metropolis (1927)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
King Kong (1933)
La Grand Illusion (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Pinocchio (1940)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Casablanca (1942)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Othello(1952)
Pather Panchali (1955)
Le Notti di Cabiria (1957)
A Bout de Souffle (1960)
Yojimbo (1961)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Andrey Rublyov (1966)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Aguirre: der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Chinatown (1974)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
Taxi Driver (1976)

That's my fairly compact, if incomplete, history of film. Basically, if you're actually studying film, you should have at least seen these. Like I said though, if you can be more specific about what you're looking for, I got like, a zillion more recommendations. But then, who doesn't?

 

[twistedmic]

I'd say 'The Departed' 'Aliens' is pretty good too

 

[The_Echo]

Watchmen
Pan's Labyrinth

These, and Donnie Darko. Twelve Angry Men is pretty good, too.

 

[omega 616]

Fight club, my fav film ever.

For some great camera work watch crank 2.

 

[Fangface74]

Memento

The Usual Suspects

Being John Malkovitch

Midnight Run

 

[G1eet]

Sherlock, Jr.

It's an amazing silent film directed and starring Buster Keaton. He also does his own stunts in the movie, which are pretty fucking fantastic for a film from 1924.

 

[Instant K4rma]

Heres a list of some qualitly movies:

Watchmen: Very psychologicly deep, very interesting, very thought provoking.

Good Will Hunting: FANTASTIC movie about a janitor who doesnt realize his full potential as a genius.

Pulp Fiction: Wonderful piece of story telling.

 

[000Ronald]

Twelve Monkeys [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Monkeys] is an excellent psychological thriller. You know what's going to happen the whole time, but you're not sure it's going to happen.

Goodfellas [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodfellas]is phenomenal; you should take a look at this, too.

Hero [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_(2002_film)] is one of my favorite films of all time; it has so many different layers of meaning that it still boggles my mind. I would recommend it just as an awesome movie.

If you're looking for a balls-out action movie, Die-Hard is a good choice; however, I'd also recommend The Road Warrior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Warrior].

There are other things, of course, but nothing I don't think would be mentioned by someone else.

Apologies if this isn't very helpful.

 

[metalmmaniac]

American Beauty
American Psycho
American History X
Memento
Fight Club
Snatch
Boondock Saint
Donnie Darko
Requiem for a Dream
Pi (the title is actually the mathematical symbol, but i couldn't find the symbol)
Gangs of New York
Johnny Got His Gun
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Usual Suspects
...and plenty more.

 

[RanD00M]

Schindler's List.A great movie.And it has LIAM FUCKING NEESON.

 

[Mr. Squee]

Magnolia
Eternal Sunshine Of the spotless mind
Sunshine
District 9(If you can still find it in theatres)
Moon(if you can still find it in theatres as well)

 

[this_was_a_mistake]

Must...resist...Fight club...!

I would say any Tarantino movie.

 

[Lordmarkus]

Anything with either Clint Eastwood or Stanley Kubrick.

Kubrick
Full Metal Jacket
The Shining
Dr. Strangelove

Eastwood
Dirty Harry
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Gran Torino
Letters from Iwo Jima

Other of my personal favourites are:
Forrest Gump
A Beautiful Mind
Shaving Ryans Privates
Frensh Connection
The Sting
American Gangster
Platoon
Rambo; First Blood
The Godfather
Psycho