Recommended Movies

[Eleazar]

Just a thread to recommend lesser known or older movies that most people might not have seen, like Dr. Strangelove, that you think people should watch.

[Guirec730]

Night of the Living Dead and The Thing are most important horror viewing.

[LurkLurkLurk]

Guirec is correct.
The Thing is amazing.
Especially the scene where the doc uses the paddles on that guy's chest (sorry, I forgot the names).

[Warblade]

Galipoli is awesome

[Castrum]

Persepolis: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808417/

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401383/

Amistad (not sure how unknown this is): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118607/

The Triplets Of Belleville: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/

After Hours: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/

Apocalypse Now: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/

Il Postino: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110877/

Bloody Sunday: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280491/

The Glass Menagerie [1987] (hard as hell to find; only on VHS): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093093/

The Great Gatsby [1974]: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071577/

Ordinary People: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081283/

Almost Famous (not too unknown/old, but deserves a mention): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181875/

Letters From Iwo Jima (not sure how popular this was): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380/

A Clockwork Orange: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/

Full Metal Jacket: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/

Rambo I: First Blood & Rambo II (awesome action movies; third one maybe if you just want mindless badassery): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083944/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089880/

Brokeback Mountain (the story is good; don't let the gay stuff put you off): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388795/

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Bond movie that most probably haven't seen; best one ever made): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064757/

Up In Smoke (Cheech & Chong brilliance): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078446/

The Savages: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775529/

National Lampoon's Van Wilder (genius comedy): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283111/

Postal (Uwe Boll finally made a good adaptation of a game): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486640/

Shaft [2000] (every man must see this movie): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162650/

Super Mario Bros. (terrible, but epic): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/

A Beautiful Mind (might have missed this one): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/

American History X (again, might have missed it): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120586/

Beowulf [2007] (don't let the reviews fool you, it's an awesome action movie): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0442933/

Citizen Kane (a must-see for film-lovers): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/

Crash [2004] (needed a mention): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375679/

Dr. Strangelove (classic movie): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

Enter The Dragon (classic Bruce Lee): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/

Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story (fitting tribute to a great fighter): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106770/

Elizabeth: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/

Godzilla Final Wars (epic in its ridiculousness): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399102/

Grease: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077631/

Hard-Boiled (the origin of dual pistols): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104684/

Hotel Rwanda: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395169/

King Kong [1933] (better than Peter Jackson's IMO): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024216/

Left Behind I and II (Christian doomsday babble aside, Carpathia is a badass villain): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190524/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283644/

Network: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074958/

Plan 9 From Outer Space (this makes Uwe Boll's creations look like Oscar-winning material): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/

The Hours: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274558/

The Pursuit Of Happyness (Will Smith's best performance): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454921/

To Kill A Mockingbird: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/

Total Recall (the tri-boobed chick is worth the admission alone :-P ): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/

Brotherhood Of The Wolf: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237534/

The Godfather (if you have not yet seen this, watch it now): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

Romeo & Juliet [1968] (this one's sure to get your GF teary-eyed): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063518/

Hamlet [1996] (this version is the definitive one): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116477/

Macbeth [1971] (especially dark and gruesome, as Macbeth should be): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067372/

Home Alone 1 & 2 (I can't fathom anyone here not having seen these, but for good measure...): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099785/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104431/

Pulp Fiction (needs a mention): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/

Rent (awesome musical): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294870/

Scarface (another must-see): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086250/

Watchmen: Motion Comic (just in case anyone hasn't had the inclination yet; it's better than the movie): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1322240/

[Guirec730]

I am glad to see On Her Majesty's Secret Service on there.

That was Bond's best serious outing until Casino Royale.

[Wildkarde]

Nice list castrum!
Ill add:

Kung Fu Hustle- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/

13th Warrior- Very good action film that flew right under the radar, all toohuman fans should see for the vikings! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120657/)

Swingers - A lot of quotes you heard will make sense http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117802/
If you like swingers add MADE (not as good, but cool too see the character shifthttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0227005/

Waiting - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348333/

Zero Effect- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120906/

Count of Monte Cristo - 2002 version, havnt seen original. Very good film (Popular but not sure how popular) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245844/

Pan's Labrynth - Im a big fan of Del Toro http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/

The Orphanage - see above, good suspense. Actually think i saw that this waslisted on Netflix Streaming... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464141/

3:10 to Yuma- the new one, I havn't seen the original... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381849/

Memento- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/

Rounders - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128442/

and to be on the safe side...
TOMBSTONE (one of my all time favorite movies, but probably not one many people have missed out on) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108358/

[Castrum]

I thought Casino Royale's whole love story angle was far too drawn-out. IMO, OHMSS had it right: action, kissy scene, more action, action, kissy scene, action, saves girl, final battle, happily ever after and then



***SPOILER***




she gets killed, leaving Bond to weep over her body. I felt it had a lot more impact (and it sure surprised the hell out of me) than Casino Royale's extended "loving stares" sequences, followed by chick-death scene and then Daniel Craig going all Bond Pierce Brosnan-style again. The villain turning out to be a big pussy also left me with a strong distaste for the movie (Bond villains are supposed to be at least seemingly-powerful until Bond or one of his crew end up feeding him to piranhas or some ****).

I haven't seen Quantum of Solace, so I can't comment on that.

EDIT:

Can't believe I forgot The 13th Warrior. Antonio Banderas' best movie.

I also forgot 3:10 To Yuma. That was a good Western.

And I would have added Pan's Labyrinth, but I figured most people must have seen it by now (though I'm likely mistaken).

[Guirec730]

3:10 to Yuma (the remake) was nothing compared to Tombstone. I can't comment on the original.

[Beyond Birthday]

The protector (Tony Jaa=best martial artist ever (In my opinion))-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427954/


City of Lost Children-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/



Casshern-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821/


I'll probably add more later

[TheTreebeard]

Pulp Fiction and American History X are two of the greatest movies ever, of course in my opinion.

Pulp Fiction is just downright hilarious at times, but isn't really a comedy. Samuel L. Jackson's best movie.

American History X is one of the very few movies that can actually stir up strong emotions in me. Believe it or not I actually watched this in high school, and just about every girl in the room was crying at the end.

If you don't mind watching movies without paying for them, you can go to www.watch-movies-links.net. It's a website that has links to stream movies on your computer, but the quality can be pretty hit-and-miss sometimes. Also, if the link takes you to MegaVideo, you can only watch 72 minutes before it cuts you short. Otherwise, a pretty good website.

[Wildkarde]

The protector (Tony Jaa=best martial artist ever (In my opinion))-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427954/


City of Lost Children-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112682/



Casshern-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405821/


I'll probably add more later

Good picks. Casshern is a beautiful movie, but the story hurts your brain parts! hehe
City of Lost Children was crazy also..
The Protector is the shizz though! Absolutely ridiculous story with some awesome fight scenes =)

[batosai]

Gene Wilder & Richard Prior-See no Evil Hear no Evil:D

[InUrPink]

Here is just a quick list of some older films that are good. I would not be surprised if you could not find them.

Philadelphia Story (1940) - James Stewart, Cary Grant, and Katharine Hepburn—that’s all I am going to say

Auntie Mame (1958) - A crazy 1920’s flapper has to take care of her nephew

Bringing Up Baby (1938) - Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn—it’s a comedy with a leopard.

White Christmas (1954) – Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye with music from Irving Berlin.

Citizen Kane (1941) – if you have not seen this movie yet I am surprised people think of it as one of the best movies of all time.

[iron]

Bridge over the River Kwai.
Breakfast Club.
Desert Rats.
Silence of the Lambs.
American Psycho.
Fight Club.
The Glenn Miller Story.
Its a Wonderful Life.
Harvey.


I'll add move when I remember the titles. :p

[CannabisPrime]

Boondock Saints
Transformers the Movie (animated)
The Shawshank Redemption

[EntropyFree]

Bridge over the River Kwai.

One of my favorite movies as a kid. In that same vein I also really enjoyed Stalag 17 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046359/

There was this Australian movie called The Rage in Placid Lake that was ridiculous, I balled my eyes out laughing. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305999/

A recent movie that I saw that was way better than I expected (WWII movie) was a movie from the Netherlands called Zwartboek ("Black Book"). Absolutely a must see. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/

[Zukan]

Blade Runner (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/)
You must absolutely give Blade Runner a watch. You don't know sci-fi until you've seen it. I think if you're a fan of Too Human though, you probably already know about this film and the themes it represents.

Brazil (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/)
One of my alltime favorites, think Orwell's 1984 meets Monty Python. Because that's exactly what this film is, and it's hard to imagine anything else when helmed by Terry Gilliam. In fact, you should watch any movie made by this director, his Monty Python films alone don't make him justice by a long shot.

Akira (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/)
Despite being an avid anime watcher, I must admit when people say anime is mostly **** they're actually right. Some works however, unfortunately go unnoticed because of this noise. Akira is one of them. Gruesome, gritty, inspiring and from a time when anime was very different from what it is today, it's an absolutely awesome film.

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082694/)
The best thing to come out of Australia, ever. Mad Max 2 focuses more on entertaining action than anything else. Still it's very much able to stands on its own though thanks to some unique directing and characters. But above all, it contains a legendary 20 min long, 100% CGI-free, must-see car chase.

What's interesting about all of these films is that they all share bleak dystopian settings along with some very unique/bizarre but unforgettable endings. I fear they will probably haunt my dreams forever ;)

[Castrum]

In regards to Citizen Kane's legendary status, refer to a few of these reviews, most notably (if it is to be believed) "why did Citizen Kane create such an impact upon its first release?":

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/usercomments

The Breakfast Club and Fight Club are also good choices, Shawshank Redemption as well:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088847/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/

As much as I enjoyed Boondock Saints, I wouldn't classify it as one I would personally buy, but meh:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144117/

Blade Runner isn't one of my favs, from a purely cinematic perspective, but the themes it addresses and the ending are quality.

Road Warrior is an awesome movie. Feels like Fallout taken on the road, almost.

I'd like to toss in Monty Python And The Holy Grail. Absolutely hilarious comedy:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/

[Nimander]

I thought Casino Royale's whole love story angle was far too drawn-out. IMO, OHMSS had it right: action, kissy scene, more action, action, kissy scene, action, saves girl, final battle, happily ever after and then



***SPOILER***




she gets killed, leaving Bond to weep over her body. I felt it had a lot more impact (and it sure surprised the hell out of me) than Casino Royale's extended "loving stares" sequences, followed by chick-death scene and then Daniel Craig going all Bond Pierce Brosnan-style again. The villain turning out to be a big pussy also left me with a strong distaste for the movie (Bond villains are supposed to be at least seemingly-powerful until Bond or one of his crew end up feeding him to piranhas or some ****).

I haven't seen Quantum of Solace, so I can't comment on that.

EDIT:

Can't believe I forgot The 13th Warrior. Antonio Banderas' best movie.

I also forgot 3:10 To Yuma. That was a good Western.

And I would have added Pan's Labyrinth, but I figured most people must have seen it by now (though I'm likely mistaken).
OHMSS is commonly known as the worst bond movie.

[Castrum]

Worst, as in not completely B-movie quality?

It's one of the few Bond movies that isn't all about tits and big explosions.

[sir woimz]

One of my fav. is Sexdrive.

It's so funny and wrong in so many diff. ways.
Also Momento is another really good movie.

[Redenbacher09]

Death To Smoochy (Do not be turned away by the big purple dinosaur and the guy in the rainbow suit... this is an AMAZING movie. Robin Williams' best performance as well, in my opinion)

K-PAX

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

One Hour Photo

Butterfly Effect

Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Blow

Sweeney Todd (The newest one)

U-571

Stardust (Best fairytale movie I've ever seen, watch it with the Ms.)

My Cousin Vinny

[iron]

Death To Smoochy (Do not be turned away by the big purple dinosaur and the guy in the rainbow suit... this is an AMAZING movie. Robin Williams' best performance as well, in my opinion)

Have you seen The Bird Cage or Good Morning Vietnam? :rolleyes:

[Redenbacher09]

Have you seen The Bird Cage or Good Morning Vietnam? :rolleyes:


I've never even heard of them, good?

[SuperJay]

OMG, yes, go watch GMV, Red. NAO.

"Apocalypse Now" is also a must.

"Run Silent, Run Deep" and "Das Boot" are excellent WW2 submarine films.

Other WW2 faves include "Tora Tora Tora" and "Patton."

"American Beauty," of course - a contemporary classic IMO.

Oh, "Pootie-Tay" is mandatory viewing too :)

[Sergeant Gutsy]

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Donnie Darko. (HAH Ender!)

Series of unfortunate events.

Wild Hogs.

[laxfish76]

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Donnie Darko. (HAH Ender!)

Series of unfortunate events.

Wild Hogs.

:rolleyes:

Lol, isn't that movie bad? ;)

//Lax

[Sergeant Gutsy]

:rolleyes:

Lol, isn't that movie bad? ;)

//Lax

That movie was awesome. You have no talent, which is why you're coloring every post of yours in Cyan and putting a double slash next to your name to try and pretend you have some. Shoo!

[SamTheSlightlyGood]

That movie was awesome. You have no talent, which is why you're coloring every post of yours in Cyan and putting a double slash next to your name to try and pretend you have some. Shoo!

Wrongfully placed burn?
He didn't deserve that.

[laxfish76]

That movie was awesome. You have no talent, which is why you're coloring every post of yours in Cyan and putting a double slash next to your name to try and pretend you have some. Shoo!

Well....

Touché.

All I am saying is I heard it was bad.

But whatever floats your boat.

//Lax

[The Oblivion]

That movie was awesome. You have no talent, which is why you're coloring every post of yours in Cyan and putting a double slash next to your name to try and pretend you have some. Shoo!

pure win. seriously, enough is enough with that lame crap.

[The Oblivion]

Wrongfully placed burn?
He didn't deserve that.

this is why you get no epicz

[Sergeant Gutsy]

Wrongfully placed burn?
He didn't deserve that.

Made to be a joke, but I'm not that good with that on the internet.



Well....

Touché.

All I am saying is I heard it was bad.

But whatever floats your boat.

//Lax

I apologize Lax, me wov you still.

PS: I am stealing your é and saving it so I can write touché whenever I want and not have to use the regular e, because that word is pure awesome.

[Ender]

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Much Ado About Nothing. I thought this really did the play justice, Kenneth Branagh is fantastic in this, as always in Shakespeare movies/plays.

[laxfish76]

Made to be a joke, but I'm not that good with that on the internet.



I apologize Lax, me wov you still.

PS: I am stealing your é and saving it so I can write touché whenever I want and not have to use the regular e, because that word is pure awesome.

No problem.

HIGH FIVE!

Also, I recommend watching the Shawshank Redemption.

//Lax

[ThEoRy]

Too many to mention quickly as I'm in a rush but, I'll mention a few.

Donnie Darko

Evil Dead trilogy

More to follow.

[iron]

I've never even heard of them, good?

GMV is better than DtS. :)

[Null17]

Traitor, with Don Cheadle. (sp?) Came out around Labor Day 08. Awesome movie.

[Jurgy]

Here is a short list of some of my favorite movies.

"Fear and loathing in Las Vegas"

"A Clockwork Orange"

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

"Boondock Saints"

"Green Street Hooligans"

"Saw" (the original... not the horrible tribble that has spawned rip off sequal after rip off sequal)

"The Shawshank Redemption"

"Training Day" (nice to see Denzel Washington finally being a terrible human being for a change)

"Thank You for Smoking" (wicked funny)

"The Protector"

"Stranger Than Fiction"

"Black Snake Moan"

"V for Vendetta"

"Sweeny Todd: The Demon Butcher of Fleet Street"

"The Nightmare before Christmas"

"The Pursuit of Happyness"

"Domino"

"Blood Diamond"

"Planet Terror"

"Fracture"

Well... I suppose that isn't such a short list after all now is it.

[Cubefan681]

I have to strongly agree with some of the movies already mentioned : Memento, 80s Animated Transformer Movie (god that brings me back), Tombstone, and 13th Warrior (Wild is right, this is an awesome viking movie)

Some of my personal favorites that I've watched over and over are

The Fifth Element

Driven (w/Stallone)

Spirited Away (awesome anime, I don't know how popular it is/was)

Zeitgeist (for the conspiracy minded out there :) )

The Adventures of Pluto Nash (this movie got terrible reviews for Eddie Murphy, I thought it was pretty good tho)

A movie I recently watched and was very surprised with was 7 pounds w/ Will Smith. It's a little lovey dovey but Rosario Dawson had me pulled in to this movie. Maybe a good flick to watch with the girlfriend/wife.

[Subhuman]

COMBAT SHOCK (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090866/) [1986]

User Comment from IMDB:
You think you have bad days? Try watching this movie about a day in the life of Ricky (Ricky Giovinazzo, billed as "Ricky G"). He is a shell shocked Vietnam vet who may have massacred his own men, he is in debt to the local loan shark, he cannot find a job, his wife (Veronica Stock) is nagging him constantly, he is about to be evicted from his crummy Staten Island apartment and his rich dad is senile, has lost his fortune, lives in a nursing home and thinks his son is dead. Okay, now how was YOUR day? This movie was marketed by the folks at Troma Films as a RAMBO clone. I think a lot of people who rented it thinking they would see lots of fight scenes and explosions had to pick their jaws up off the floor long before it ended. Try not to flinch when you see a junkie tear open his vein with a coat hanger (and look what's on the end of that hanger!) and cram heroin into his bleeding wound. I dare you not to look away when you see Ricky's infant son, an Agent Orange mutated . . .thing. In fact, this whole picture will leave you in a cold sweat and sleeping with the lights on . ..or TRYING to sleep anyway. Filmed on a budget of, well, nothing by Buddy Giovinazzo this film was thrown out of 50, yes FIFTY, film festivals because it was just too darn hard hitting and realistic for many peoples tastes. The cut version, COMBAT SHOCK is on video but several mail order sources have the uncut version, which is the cinematic equivalent of a sucker punch. This time the cliched old line "See it if you dare" is a legitimate warning. Oh, and a word of advice: under no circumstances watch this film and DEADBEAT AT DAWN on the same night. Consider yourself warned.

[theALLseeingEYE]

So...

I'll admit, I've been decently out of touch with movies for the last couple of years, since I've been focusing too much on games.

This thread is to suggest films, TV Shows, whatever you feel is worth watching (could even be plays or performance groups). Basically, give me and everyone else your favorites, or even tell us something cool coming up.

Personally, I'm into everything from cheese, to cool Anime, serious, weird, to artsy films. So if any of you have some great suggestions there, please let me know.


Here are a few of my favs.

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347246/

- A dark, stunning anime, with very cryptic, smart and inspiring undertones. While a bit slow moving, and largely missing the main star of the series, I found it to still come off as a beautiful and excellent film.

http://internetservices.readingeagle.com/blog/moviehouse/ghost%20innocence.jpg


Immortel Ad Vitam

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314063/

- A lower budget futuristic sci-fi french film (full english acted version) based on a trilogy of graphic novels by Enki Bilal (he also directed the film), that has an interesting egyptian myth slant. I love the art style, and the setting, and also found the mood, and music are all very cool and interesting. The story surrounds the god Horus who has been sentenced to death for rebellion, and posseses a political exile to do his bidding. Some might find it slow, personally I loved it.

http://www.upv.es/bib/bibliotecas/bib_infoapp/Imagenes/Immortel.jpg


Tromeo and Juliet

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114733/

One of my favorite movies. Full on B-movie shock and cheese, done very well. Full of extreme violence, overt sex jokes, references, nudity, wierd shock moments (live nipple piercing), that somehow comes out great, perhaps due to actually having, and following a storyline, unlike some of their other films (by Troma, of Toxic Crusader fame). It even has Lemmy from Motorhead. Definitely worth watching, if the above sounds at all appealing.


http://www.dvdrama.com/imagescrit/tromeopic01.jpg



So..watcha got? I need new movies to watch :)

[Mattpfeil]

Kings. It is an awesome show and all of the episodes are on Hulu

[theALLseeingEYE]

Kings. It is an awesome show and all of the episodes are on Hulu

Cool, what is it about?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137462/

[Mattpfeil]

Cool, what is it about?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1137462/

It is really hard to explain, It has a very deep story line. I can post a link to the first episode. If you like it then you will love the show.Kings (http://www.hulu.com/kings)

[theALLseeingEYE]

Cool, well the description on IMDB sounds interesting enough

"A modern day, alternate-reality drama about a hero who rises to become the King of his nation, based on the biblical story of King David. "

Unfortunately, I'm in Canada, so I can't use Hulu. I can probably still find it though.

[Mattpfeil]

Thats pretty gay, you really can't use Hulu? try going through an american based proxy server.

[Castrum]

Seven pages back, and I have unearthed it:

http://siliconknights.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10091&highlight=Movie

Good suggestions there.



you really can't use Hulu?


Nah. The big media conglomerates are too cheap to book a few meetings to allow us access to their ****.

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Expanded recommendations:

Clerks [TV] (was based on the first Clerks movie; funny as hell): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerks:_The_Animated_Series

Hellboy 1 & 2 [Movie] (good action movies with paranormal ****): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy_II:_The_Golden_Army

Hellboy animated series [TV] (awesome adaptations): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy:_Sword_of_Storms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy:_Blood_and_Iron

Richard C. Hoagland documentaries [Movie?] (if you love conspiracy stories, Hoagland has some very interesting points to make): http://www.filmbaby.com/films/3603 http://www.filmbaby.com/films/423 (He has another about the Moon I think; there's a torrent or two out there if you want to not pay $100+)

In The Valley Of Elah [Movie] (surprised me by not being another stupid "LET'S KILL ME SUM ARABZ!!!" movie): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Valley_of_Elah

Metalocalypse [TV] (watch the first season; the second one was ****): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalocalypse

Milk [Movie] (it's about a gay guy, so expect weird man-man kissy scenes): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_(film)

Passchendaele [Movie] ("war" movie about Canada's involvement in the Passchendaele battle in WWI, though it's mostly about the relationships the male lead has with others along the way; based on a true story about the director/lead actor's grandpa): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passchendaele_(film)

Religulous [Movie] (another "religion is bad" documentary, though it has a comedian dude narrating and such): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religulous

Sling Blade [Movie] (a very nice movie, similar to Forrest Gump in some ways): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sling_Blade

Slumdog Millionaire [Movie] (very good foreign movie; lots of action): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire

Spy Groove [TV] (amazing cartoon spy show; like if Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were in a more mature Austin Powers movie. Good luck finding it though. Not even on Youtube, due to Viacom gayness): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_Groove (I found all but Episode 13 via torrent)

The Pick Of Destiny [Movie] (Jack Black and Kyle Gass in the most Metal movie ever): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_of_destiny

The Boondocks [TV] (amazingly racist, but funny as hell): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondocks_(TV_series)

The Wrestler [Movie] (awesome film about a washed-up wrestler and the trainwreck his life has become since his glory days; I'm still haunted by its events a month after watching it): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wrestler_(2008_film)

The King Of Kong [Movie] (documentary about pro old-school arcade gaming, and the Donkey Kong rivalry between loveable newcomer Steve Wiebe and the cold, manipulative champion Billy Mitchell; this documentary will show you how gaming can indeed be a sport worth watching): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_kong

Mission Hill [TV] (awesome show about a mid-20s guy and his roommates in the city): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Hill (Episode 16 is on Youtube, albeit in animatics form, but with full real voice-acting)

Downtown [TV] (a show similar to Mission Hill, thematically; single dude living in New York surrounded by friends/relatives): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_(TV_series) (it's available via torrent or via PayPal on the director dude's site; I think it was on Youtube for a bit)

Clone High [TV] (the U.S. government digs up famous dead people, clones them, and then proceeds to try to raise them in a semi-closed environment for some nefarious purpose. Hilarity obviously ensues): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clone_High

Sonic the Hedgehog [TV] (this is the more mature Sonic cartoon, not the "Adventures Of" one; this is the series that spawned basically all that was continued on from in the comics and some of the newer games): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATAM (Jim Cummings voiced Robotnik in this series; he was terrifying)

Venture Bros. [TV] (need I remind you of this? http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f145/Castrum89/BrockSamsonWindowCrash.gif): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_Bros

Home Movies [TV] (a unique cartoon comedy show. I'm not really sure what else to say): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Movies_(TV_series)

Band Of Brothers [TV] (the first TV series I ever bought on DVD; absolutely awesome WWII series): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Brothers_(TV_miniseries)

EDIT:

NOTE: I can't seem to fix the URLs for the ones ending with a ")", so just type one in on the address bar after clicking on the link.

[theALLseeingEYE]

Seven pages back, and I have unearthed it:

http://siliconknights.net/forums/showthread.php?t=10091&highlight=Movie

Good suggestions there.
****.

Good call. Lucky for me, I have the means to hide some of my embarrassments ;)

[Zakath]

I'll try not to list movies already mentionned and for those interested, I'll even name some Quebec movies that you certainly have never seen, but are totally worth watching if you get a chance.


Some of my favorites :

-Shawshank Redemption

-LotR trilogy ( shame on you if you haven't seen it :P )

-Casino Royale ( I never get tired of that movie )

-The longest yard (with Adam Sandler, fun movie)

-Click (that one resonated with me and it's impossible to hold the tears at the end)

-Wall-E (there are some interesting elements in that movie, it's not just a kids cartoon)

-Batman Begins

-The Dark Knight ( worth watching just to see Heath Ledger as the joker, you've all seen it already anyway )

-Army of Darkness ( an old movie with Bruce Campbell...Clatu Verata Nik-cough cough cough-u hehe )

-Spiderman 1-2 ( the 3rd one was disappointing, but I thought the first 2 were great )

-Fight Club

-Get Smart ( for fun AND Anne Hathaway...)

-Dan in real life ( I liked it )

-The Rock ( Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage )

-Defiance ( with Daniel Craig, I liked it )

-Swordfish

-Shooter (with Mark Walhberg)

-Slevin ( AWESOME MOVIE, best script, how did I not think of this one earlier )

-Someone like you ( movie to watch with your gf, I liked this one )

-28 Days later (my favorite horror movie, the sequel wasn't as good)

-Enemy of the State

-Mr. et Mrs. Smith ( funny and sexy )

-Princess Mononoke ( my favorite anime )




Movies from Quebec (they're really worth it if you see the DVD)

-La Grande Séduction ( Seducing doctor Lewis, great comedy)

-Bon cop, bad cop ( popcorn action flick, worth watching to to hear Colm Feore swear in french hehe : **** de merde de **** de **** de TABARNAC )

-Les trois p'tits cochons ( The three little pigs, awesome movie about relationships )

-Maurice Richard ( The Rocket, tells the life of the best hockey player, great movie )


Thats it for now :)

[Mattpfeil]

Religulous [Movie] (another "religion is bad" documentary, though it has a comedian dude narrating and such): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religulous


Almost every bit of this movie was filmed within 100 miles of my house. It was an awesome movie.


"Enemy at the Gates" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215750/) how has this not been mentioned yet? This was an awesome movie.

[Castrum]

Yes, Enemy At The Gates is good.

The Stalingrad beach landing in CoD1 reminded me of it so well.

[Batou079]

i just saw Benjamin Button via Netflix.
8/10. Actually really REALLY good acting. Interesting story.

[theALLseeingEYE]

Cool, thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Here are a few more of my favs.

Night Watch

Based around a group of vampires called 'Others' divided into the light and dark, I found the movie to be quite captivating, despite its often bordering on cheeseball tendencies. Thoroughly recommended, as it all comes together into a pretty powerful movie by the end. I beleive its the highest budget movie to come out of Russia. Its sequel Day Watch is also quite good, but the triligy finale has yet to be made.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SXY59QZ7L.jpg


The Thing

Perhaps already mentioned, the Thing is one of my new favorite horror films. Many of its aspects have been riffed by numerous games (Resident Evil) and no doubt other movies for years.

http://www.horror-movies.ca/AdvHTML_Upload/TheThing09_1.jpg


Lust Caution

Directed by Ang Lee, of Brokeback Mountain fame. It is an espionage thriller with erotic tendencies, set in WWII-era Shanghai. A group of students plot to assassinate a well known government traitor, by having one of the female members use their acting skill to get close to the officer through seduction. I loved it, very much worth checking out.

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/upl0/1/13839/08_2008/lust-caution-for-web.jpg


Barbarella

An entirely entertaining dose of 60's sci-fi sexed up cheese. Who doesn't want to see Jane Fonda at her peak of hotness slip into hot new outfits every other scene while taking on aliens, and crazy space dudes.

http://www.strand-theatre-shelbyville.org/wp-content/uploads/barbarella.jpg

[Batou079]

if you liked Nightwatch, try Daywatch.
The sequel, prequal, or whatever they call it.

I own em both simply cause i like strange. films. :)

[theALLseeingEYE]

if you liked Nightwatch, try Daywatch.
The sequel, prequal, or whatever they call it.

I own em both simply cause i like strange. films. :)

Ya, I've seen Day Watch, didn't quite like it as much as Night Watch, but they are both great.

Of note, I finally got to check out GITS: Solid State Society, and while I think I passed out near the end, it definitely seemed pretty sweet. I'll have to pick up the english dubbed version pretty soon, as subs are tough late at night.

[Castrum]

Night Watch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(computer_game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(computer_game))

[Batou079]

Of note, I finally got to check out GITS: Solid State Society, and while I think I passed out near the end, it definitely seemed pretty sweet. I'll have to pick up the english dubbed version pretty soon, as subs are tough late at night.
haha, yay definitly lots of dialogue, long speaking/explanation parts in this one. But kickass story, albiet convoluted, great action like usual and quality production work. I'm one of the "desperatly clinging to additional GITs movies/episodes being released" people... lol

[theALLseeingEYE]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(computer_game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Watch_(computer_game))

Interesting. I've heard of that game, but for some reason assumed it wasn't related. Doesn't sound like its too hot, but considering how compulsive I can be, I'll probably try it out someday.


haha, yay definitly lots of dialogue, long speaking/explanation parts in this one. But kickass story, albiet convoluted, great action like usual and quality production work. I'm one of the "desperatly clinging to additional GITs movies/episodes being released" people... lol

The convoluted GiTS plots are a large part of why I like 'em. I wouldn't consider them unnecessarily complicated, but they are always pretty intriguing. Still need to finish watching season 2, but I'm sure once I'm done that, I'll be joining you in the wait.

[Null17]

Traitor. Great movie, Don Cheadle did a great job. Definitely worth the rent, even purchase.

[Batou079]

The convoluted GiTS plots are a large part of why I like 'em. I wouldn't consider them unnecessarily complicated, but they are always pretty intriguing. Still need to finish watching season 2, but I'm sure once I'm done that, I'll be joining you in the wait.
heh, so far you have been the only other GITs fan that i know of on this site besides me.

Traitor. Great movie, Don Cheadle did a great job. Definitely worth the rent, even purchase.
It is in my xbox netflix queue to watch... can't wait.


So the latest streaming netflix film i watched was actually an Uwe Boll movie.
BUT, before you ridicule me for even bothering with another film of his, this is honestly the FIRST film that is semi-respectable from him... Tunnel Rats.

Still only about a 5/10.
The Good:: Surprisingly good acting (discovering new talent?), impressive production quality (sets, explosions affects, lighting, etc), fairly good dialogue.
The Bad:: Typical craptastic directing by Uwe. Utterly ridiculous storyline (military base crotch-deep in the jungle in the middle of trees with no clearing around it, no perimeter no guards, and no heli drop? WTF, inaccuracy MUCH?!), constant disregard for historical accuracies (weapons, references, lingo, dress, and common sense).

This kinda story in any other filmmakers hands could have been an epic masterpiece. But alas Uwe Boll got his hands on it. Still somewhat crappy, but to be sure, it is now Uwe Boll's least crappy film thus far. If you happen to catch this streaming or a super cheap rent out of boredom, try your very very very very damndest to ignore "The Bad" that i pointed out, and perhaps you can enjoy the film a bit better.

Every time that man makes a film, several hundred babies die.
Tunnel Rats, in this case, only killed a couple hundred.
lol :)

[Castrum]

this is honestly the FIRST film that is semi-respectable from him



it is now Uwe Boll's least crappy film thus far.


Someone hasn't watched Postal yet.

[theALLseeingEYE]

I haven't seen any Boll films yet. Is Postal actually not hat bad? I heard it was pretty funny.

Will have to have a Uwe Boll film marathon one of these days, just so I can say I did.

[Castrum]

Will have to have a Uwe Boll film marathon one of these days, just so I can say I did.


Dear God, no. Only a few of his movies are worth the time and money.

The only one I can wholeheartedly recommend is Postal. The premise for the Postal games is already ridiculous and cheezy, so it fit perfectly with Uwe Boll's ability to take something serious and turn it into laughable ****.

[Zakath]

I haven't seen any Boll films yet. Is Postal actually not hat bad? I heard it was pretty funny.

Will have to have a Uwe Boll film marathon one of these days, just so I can say I did.


Is it possible to survive that ?

[Castrum]

Survive, yes.

Stay awake throughout, no.

Last 1 hour without laughing at how bad the movie is, impossible.

[SpazROK]

How I haven't posted here already is beyond me.

11:14 and Babel are both good movies for the same reason:

Multiple storylines culminating into plot twists.

[Neji Hyuga]

great movie is Clerks and Clerks II and also But Im A Cheerleader

[Shikamaru07]

go see ' I Love You Beth Copper that movie is awsome

http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/hayden-panettiere-beth-cooper.jpg


She is bringing Sexy back:cool:

[Axeman87]

13th Warrior- Very good action film that flew right under the radar, all toohuman fans should see for the vikings!

Oh yeh!! I ****** LOVE this movie man. Hardly anyone I know has seen it. I honestly dont know why this went unnoticed. The story, characters, dialogue, costumes, sub plots and performances are all brilliant.

Another one is "A Scanner Darkly". Its a bit more well known, but I still have friends that dont know of this cracka' of a movie.

[SpazROK]

go see ' I Love You Beth Copper that movie is awsome

She is bringing Sexy back:cool:

It got a .5 out of 10 on IGN, haha. But I have been informed that she is naked in the movie at some point, which could be worth seeing.

[Warblade]

Has anyone here seen Dead Snow? It is Nazi Zombie Horror/Humor film. The concept was kickass, but it wasn't well produced. Still worth watching if there is nothing better to do.