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• Castle in the Sky (for the beautiful hand-drawn art) (also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky)
• Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (for the memes)

• Lost Highway
• Session 9
• Blade Runner: The Final Cut
• Speed Racer
• Constantine
• Total Recall (1990)
• Sin City
• Atomic Blonde
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• The Blair Witch Project
• Paranormal Activity
• Strange Darling
• Postal (I know it sucks, but I love it)
• Superbad

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)

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.

Jurassic Park

• 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.

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.

1. Airplane
2. Shawshank Redemption
3. Shrek
4. Secretary
5. Dead Poets Society
6. Bo Burnham: Inside