- Lost Highway
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- Postal (I know it sucks, but I love it)
- Superbad
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I checked that no one has posted these yet:
- Dallas Buyers Club
- The Trial of the Chicago 7
- The Prestige
The last unicorn
- Joe vs the Volcano
- The Princess Bride
- Monty Python and the holy grail
- Inception
- the matrix
- UHF
- Knives Out
- Groundhog Day
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Various Studio Ghibli movies (spirited away, Howl's Moving Castle, etc.)
(I'm definitely forgetting some)
UHF is underrated as hell. I really liked Knives Out as well. Groundhog Day is a fucking classic.
Lawrence of Arabia
12 Angry Men
To Kill A Mocking Bird
The Thin Man or any of the sequels
Some Like It Hot
The Fifth Element
Grosse Pointe Blank
Life Boat
2001 Space Odyssey
Singing In The Rain
On The Town
Blazing Saddles
Dr. Stangelove
Young Frankenstein
Kubo and the Two Strings
Apocalypse Now
Guess it depends on what kind of vibe I'm looking for. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is high up on the list. It's funny and it's got that noir detective vibe, but a bit more modernized. Considering the movie was released in the early 2000s, I guess it isn't that modern. Speaking of another movie that isn't that modern, twelve angry men. I don't care how often this thing is posted on lists. It's posted on lists, because it is good. And to follow up something else that is not posted on lists, but is also good. The man from Earth. Do not confuse it with its sequel. The sequel is dog shit. But the man from Earth might be one of the best movies I've ever seen. One set films are probably my favorite movies, because it relies heavily on acting and dialogue, not just visuals and special effects. That being said, I do love visuals and special effects, which is why Star Trek First Contact is also high up on that list. But the last movie I'll reference is also a one set film. The sunset limited. It is a movie directed by Tommy Lee Jones, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson. Tommy Lee Jones's character tries to kill himself by jumping in front of a train called the sunset limited. Samuel Jones saves him and brings him back to his apartment to try and talk him out of suicide. The entire movie takes place in this very, very, very small apartment. And is exceptional considering it is two powerhouses of acting, acting opposite one another with an amazing script
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
I'm saving this thread to make a watch list, but I'll add a comedy I haven't seen mentioned: The Blues Brothers
Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite is a masterful film in every aspect. See also:
The Lighthouse Pulp Fiction
-Boondock saints
Here ya go!
- Ghost in the Shell 1998
- Hard Boiled
- Inception
- Aladdin 1992
- It's a Mad Mad Mad World
- The Raid
- Coco
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
- Godzilla Minus One
- The Lord of the Rings trilogy
- Mask of Zorro
- Searching 2018
- Carnival of Souls
- Casino Royale
- The Dark Knight
- The Social Network
- Angel's Egg
- Wicker Man 1975
- Wild Robot
- Idiocracy
- Arrival
This list is in no particular order. And it's admittedly all over the place in time and genre. Feel free to use it as a grab bag rather than a checklist.
Make sure you get the original version of Ghost in the Shell. I recently decided to rewatch and could only find my 2008 remaster DVD, where they replaced some scenes with CGI. It was absolute trash, and my DVD didn't seem to have the unaltered version available.
- LA Confidential
- One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
- Chinatown
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Alien
- Wrath of Khan (Director's Cut)
- Moulin Rouge
- Children of Men
- Gattaca
- The Usual Suspects
- Fight Club
- The Thirteenth Floor
And probably a thousand more I'm not thinking of off the top of my head.
Gattaca and Children of Men are still my top two. Absolute masterpieces that should be seen by everyone.
I found a few missing!
I personally loved Sunshine. if you are into Scifi; it's not Interstellar, but it's great in it's own right.
Then there are movies that are so bad that they come out on top, the Sharknado series fill that spot for me.
I'm also a big fan of The Machinist, seeing what actors do to their bodies opened my eyes to the dedication they show.
A movie that was so full of suspense for me that I couldn't watch it to the end in one sitting was The Hunt (2012), a Danish film about Mass Hysteria in a small village after someone gets falsely accused of child molestation.
All other movies that I can recommend are already mentioned in the other lists, and I've saved this whole thread for the huge amount of movies I'm still missing.
I second Sunshine, it is one of the best movies I've ever seen.
- Airplane
- Shawshank Redemption
- Shrek
- Secretary
- Dead Poets Society
- Bo Burnham: Inside
I'd watched Dead Poets Society years and years ago, then watched it again yesterday. Very powerful movie that touched on themes I'd missed the first time around (probably too young). Thanks for the suggestion!
Snatch
And watching Napoleon Dynamite with a 10-12 year old is HILARIOUS.