Any good movie recommendations?

[jdbnsn]

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if you could suggest any of your favorite movies. I have nearly exhausted Netflix and I know there are many great films that are less heard of that I have not seen. So if you know of a diamond in the ruff, do pass it on please.

[sega01]

hmmm...

gladitor? starwars? dvd edition of 24? a happy tree friends dvd (http://mondo.happytreefriends.com/)?, dumb and dumber?

just a few movies off of the top of my head.

[XcOM]

I love happy tree friends, i got all the games and one of the DVD's, its sooo cool

[xmastree]

World's fastest Indian (http://www.worldsfastestindian.com/)

[nil8]

I think he's going for more obscure movies. Exhausting netflix isn't really possible.

What kind of movies? I'm a pretty big movie nerd. I have a collection of about 900 films and have watched them all at least once.

[public_eyesore]

"dogtown and the z boys" and "the fog of war" are a few of my favorites

[Rankenphile]

I can't find it on Netflix, which means it may not be on DVD, but I loved La Haine (http://imdb.com/title/tt0113247/) (or "Hate" as it is sometimes sold as in the US)

Smoke (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60026334&trkid=189530&strkid=72287311_1_0) with Harvey Keitel is a good movie, great storyline, but no action or anything. A little slow, but is like watching a good book, if you know what I mean.

If you like movies that are a bit disturbing and will really mess with your head (not in the trippy way, but in the "Jesus, these people are messed up" way, like "Kids", or "Gummo") then Happiness (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=11819494&trkid=189530&strkid=820261092_0_0) is a great one. Word of warning - not for kids, and when I first watched this movie, I hated it. Violently. As in I hated the film-maker for even creating this movie, it was so disturbing. After I knew what I was in for, I watched it again and loved it, but it's a tough one to get through the first time. John Lovitz' performance in the opening scene is priceless, though.

Welcome to the Doll House (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=1110494&trkid=189530&strkid=1894609133_0_0) is another great one. Very awkward early-teenage girl named Dawn Weiner tries too hard to fit in. Sort of disturbingly honest, but brutally funny.

If you like dumb, South Park-esque comedy and are not easily offended, Orgazmo (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=73&movieid=70024220) is absolutely hilarious, but pretty poorly made. It was Trey Parker's (co-creator of South Park) first quality movie. If you enjoy poorly-made movies and Trey Parker, check out his very first movie, Cannibal! The Musical (http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=14606642&trkid=189530&strkid=1621516454_0_0). Warning, this one is really, really bad, in a funny way. If you like Troma movies, this is a great one.

If you can't tell, I enjoy wierd and independent films, and am really hard to offend. Take a look, if you like any of those movies, let me know and I can probably dig up a dozen more you might like.

[OvRiDe]

Has any one seen "Primer (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390384/)". Its pretty wild. The movie was made for $7000, but the story is very interesting.

[Omega]

Band of Brothers.

[jdbnsn]

Thanks for all the suggestions, and yes, I am looking for more obscure. I have seen some of the above titles, and will definately check out the others. Thanks everybody! BTW, loved Band of Brothers, and Orgazmo was a side splitter! I am not easily offended.

[Cevinzol]

I'm not sure what you'd consider obscure nor what genres you like to watch so bear that in mind.

Akira: A milestone anime film
Brazil: An Orwellian nightmare by Terri Gilliam (Monty Python fame)
The 7 samurai: a classic B&W that holywood ripped off many times
My dinner with Andre: a 2 hour conversation about life
Spirited away: another great anime film (has lots of cultural refernces you might not be familiar with)
The gods must be crazy:
Rio Lobo: a John Wayne Classic it has my favorite movie line.
Smiley's People: (1982) great cold war spy story
Vampire hunter D:
fried green tomatoes:
Shaun of the dead: get milk, call mum, avoid zombies.
Wizards:
Heavy metal:
Arabian Knight:
Thunderheart:
Attack of the killer tomatoes:


Stuff from TV:
Anne of Green Gables/Avonlea: (8 hour mini series)
Cadfael mystreies: 12th century monk solves murder mysteries
Rumpole of the Bailey: a curmungeony barister and "she who must be obeyed"

[jdbnsn]

I just wanted to say that I have checked out all of the movies suggested in this thread and there were some real jems here! Thanks so much for the ideas. Anymore obscure/semiobscure flicks worth checking out, or any favorites that I may not have heard of? Particular interests are documentaries, horror, action. Thanks for the help gang! You the best!

[AKA_RA]

A few of my favorites include "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch." They have similar styles, and both are rather impressive in my opinion. Theres even a few actors that play roles in both movies.

[xmastree]

Particular interests are documentariesWhat about based on true stories?
A Beautiful mind (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/)
The true story of John Nash, Nobel Prize winning mathematician. If you haven't seen it, and intend to, don't read any reviews or they may spoil it for you...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005JKQX.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg (http://www.abeautifulmind.com/)

When I saw it I hadn't even heard of John Nash. Sometimes ignorance is better. Imagine seeing Titanic and not knowing in advance that she was going to sink?

I enjoyed the Blair Witch Project too, for the same reason.

[Short Modder]

How about some oldies?

The Big Red One
Smokey and the Bandit (1,2, & 3) Three sucked IMO

How about some John Wayne or Clint Eastwood?

[justleftlife]

Happy accedents, Buying the cow, hackers

[BigV1027]

definatley rent the birdcage. omg it is the funniest movie i have ever seen!

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0792833198.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Cevinzol]

A nice twist on a thriller is Momento.
The hero of the movie can't remember anything for more than 10 minutes. Its played backwards so its a challenge to watch and follow.

Watch The Atomic Cafe for a perspective on the cold war.

Refer Madness is a also a hoot. It was a seriuos cautionary tale at the time.

Henry V (with Kenneth Branagh) is a nice adaptation of a Shakespear history drama. lots of blood and mud

if you're looking for obscure horror just goto IMBD.COM and lokk up Vincent Price or Christopher Lee.

[OvRiDe]

A few of my favorites include "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch." They have similar styles, and both are rather impressive in my opinion. Theres even a few actors that play roles in both movies.

They were both written and directed by Guy Ritchie. Both are indeed great movies.

[R/C Pilot]

Clint Eastwood in Firefox.

[Rankenphile]

Oh! Waking Ned Divine. Very neat little comedy.

[OvRiDe]

Looking at my Movie shelf.. I came up with a few others I have enjoyed.

The Girl Next Door (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265208/) .. for some reason I can watch that one over and over. :D
Fantastic Voyage (http://http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060397/) and Forbidden Planet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/) are 2 great SciFi oldies.
AntiTrust (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218817/) and Swordfish (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244244/) are a couple of decent hacker style movies that haven't been mentioned. Speaking of hackers, Takedown (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/) is about how the FBI caught infamous hacker Kevin Mitnick with the help of Tsutomu Shimomura.
And one of the funniest movies I have seen in a while is Lone Star State of Mind (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269483/). Its definately one to check out.

[jdbnsn]

Wow! Thanks again for all the great suggestions. I have seen some of these and liked them all, and if I hadn't seen them they are in my queue. If you think up any more keep them coming. Some of these titles I would have never run across elsewhere and some have turned out to be favorites.

[nil8]

Happy Texas is one of my favorite comedies.

[Rankenphile]

jon, just out of curiosity...

what did you think of Happiness? It's one of those movies that people's reactions tend to go pretty extreme in one direction or another.

[CanaBalistic]

Movies eh... I consider myself a movie buff.

Some goodies:
Lord of war
Reservoir Dogs
Boondock Saints
The Core
Manic
Prozac Nation
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Formula 51
The Saint
Rock Star <-- very good
Blowin' Smoke
The Score
Contact
Wishmaster
Secret Window
Evolution
Changing Lanes
Heist
Foolproof
The Constant Gardener
The Seige
Jonny Mnemonic
The Itallian Job
Suspect Zero
Corky Romano
The Boss
Slackers
Sahara
28 Days Later
White Noise
Species 1,2&3
The Perfect Score
Swordfish
Casualties Of War
Ghosts Of Mars
The Bone Collector
The Devils Rejects
Minority Report
Planet Of The Apes
Three Kings
Tears Of The Sun
Man On Fire
Dead Birds
Out Break
Phonebooth
Artifical Intelligence
Tigerland
Solaris
Bandits
Dog Soldiers
Cube 2: Hyper Cube
Constantine
Colateral Damage
Cast Away
Rules Of Engagement
Resident Evil
Powder
Orange County
John Q.
Half Past Dead
12 Monkeys
Spy Game
Matchstick Men
American Beauty
Armegedon
Be Cool
Darkness
Dazed And Confused
Fantastic Four
Gladiator
House Of Flying Daggers
Kung Fu Hustle
The Big Lebowski
The Dreamers
The Jacket
The Machinest
The One
Trainspotting
Wet Hot American Summer <-- cool comedy
What Lies Beneath
American Pie Band Camp
Freddy Got Fingered
Kingdom Of Heaven
Varsity Blues
Van Wilder


I could add more but that should keep you busy for a long while

[jdbnsn]

jon, just out of curiosity...

what did you think of Happiness? It's one of those movies that people's reactions tend to go pretty extreme in one direction or another.

I loved it, I agree with you totally about Jon Lovitz's performance (golden break up scene). I was actually really impressed with the story, of course the subject matter is one of emotional heaviness, but life is emotionally heavy and for some people this is their reality. In my line of work, you hear the most chilling stories imaginable, people will tell their doctors things they won't even tell their spouse or police, so I guess I am a little more immune to the shock effect. But the blunt honesty that the father showed toward his son was quite original for screenplay. Very impressive work, thanks for the suggestion!
Jon

[jdbnsn]

Holy crap cana-balistic! I will go through that list and pick out what I haven't seen and check them out, thanks for the very comprehensive list dude!

[Rankenphile]

I loved it, I agree with you totally about Jon Lovitz's performance (golden break up scene). I was actually really impressed with the story, of course the subject matter is one of emotional heaviness, but life is emotionally heavy and for some people this is their reality. In my line of work, you hear the most chilling stories imaginable, people will tell their doctors things they won't even tell their spouse or police, so I guess I am a little more immune to the shock effect. But the blunt honesty that the father showed toward his son was quite original for screenplay. Very impressive work, thanks for the suggestion!
Jon

glad to hear. I've had a number of people feel the same way, but a few just got angry with me for even suggesting it.

[CanaBalistic]

Holy crap cana-balistic! I will go through that list and pick out what I haven't seen and check them out, thanks for the very comprehensive list dude!

If your looking for more...
http://www.imdb.com/ <-- internet movie database. They advertise that its the earths biggest movie database

[jdbnsn]

glad to hear. I've had a number of people feel the same way, but a few just got angry with me for even suggesting it.

It's been my experience that many people are "offended" by material like this due entirely out of their strong objection to the behavior being portayed, forgetting altogether that for one, this is only a story and not pornagraphy (i.e. filming of actual acts), and two being this movie is not at all condoning rape. The film is showing the effects on one's life whom suffers from an addiction to sex (in this case, illegal sex). But I think more people should see things like this with an open mind to see inside the mind of an addict and to also come to grips with the fact that these things are a part of human reality, unfortunately it happens all the time. I though the film was a brave insight into a man's world who clearly loathes his addiction (his frustration is plainly explained by his fantasy of walking through the park with assult rifle) and is deeply ashamed of his behavior, and none the less seems powerless to control it.

[blue73]

Apocalypse Now, Battle Royale, Old Boy, Brotherhood (Korean war movie, very good, makes Saving Private Ryan look like Battlefield Earth,Yuk) and what Rakenphile said earlier La Hain is brilliant! In the UK and Europe its available on Tartan Video. A Belgian, Yes Belgian, movie called Man Bites Dog, Sick but very good. Band Of Brothers boxset US import with DTS is OUTSTANDING!!! Zombie Flesh Eaters Uncut, infact any Zombie movie, Third House on the Left, I Spit on Your Grave:eek: . If You see it You'll know what I mean. The Breakfast Club, Wargames "Goddammit I'd piss on a sparkplug if I thought it'd do any good". Spongebob Squarepants;) ...

[maximan1]

Apocalypse Now, Battle Royale, Old Boy, Brotherhood (Korean war movie, very good, makes Saving Private Ryan look like Battlefield Earth,Yuk) and what Rakenphile said earlier La Hain is brilliant! In the UK and Europe its available on Tartan Video. A Belgian, Yes Belgian, movie called Man Bites Dog, Sick but very good. Band Of Brothers boxset US import with DTS is OUTSTANDING!!! Zombie Flesh Eaters Uncut, infact any Zombie movie, Third House on the Left, I Spit on Your Grave:eek: . If You see it You'll know what I mean. The Breakfast Club, Wargames "Goddammit I'd piss on a sparkplug if I thought it'd do any good". Spongebob Squarepants;) ...
Dude n00b this thread hasn't been active for a few weeks.
You don't post to threads at the end of the forum.

[blue73]

Err Sorry:redface:

[blue73]

Hold on You are joking?