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Rexmons 05-15-2007 03:22 PM

Favorite Movies
 
If you could recommend some movies for everyone else on the board to watch, what would they be?

The Usual Suspects
The Shawshank Redemption
Gladiator
Braveheart
V for Vendetta
The Departed
Fight Club
Seven Samurai
The Professional (Leon)
Kung Fu Hustle

Happy Monkey 05-15-2007 03:23 PM

Brazil

Rexmons 05-15-2007 03:43 PM

im surprised, deniros in it and i've never even heard about it, it's goin on the Tivo list, thanks!

jester 05-15-2007 03:46 PM

some of these are "superficial" but i like

Underworld 1 & 2
Last of the Dogmen
Pirates
Transporter
Regarding Henry
Renaissance Man
Unleashed

so many more but those are a few favs

glatt 05-15-2007 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey (Post 343639)
Brazil

That DVD has been sitting on top of my TV for two weeks. I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Maybe tonight?

Shawnee123 05-15-2007 03:56 PM

So many. Some personal faves:

Pulp Fiction
Harvey
Gone With the Wind
The L-shaped Room
Amelie
To Kill a Mockingbird
Twelve Angry Men
Full Metal Jacket
O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Fargo
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Hundreds more I can and can't think of.

Happy Monkey 05-15-2007 04:01 PM

There are several versions of Brazil (warning: spoilers). I think you're relatively safe with the single-disk DVD, but the best one is the Criterion Collection version, which includes the director's cut, which is awesome, and the American TV cut, which is stunningly awful.

Sheldonrs 05-15-2007 05:11 PM

"The Lion In Winter"
"Champaigne For Ceasar"
"Stage Door"

Yznhymr 05-15-2007 06:58 PM

Sgt York
12 Angry Men (1957)
No Time for Sergeants
Agnes of God
Winchester '73
Carbine Williams
The Green Mile
Cool Hand Luke
Citizen Kane
Boy's Town
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Harvey
Mister Roberts
The Shawshank Redemption
A Knight's Tale
& a tie between Gigli and Larry the Cableguy: Health Inspector

Crimson Ghost 05-16-2007 02:54 PM

American Psycho
The City Of Lost Children
The Fifth Element
Brazil
Freaks
Bloodsucking Freaks
The Shining (original and remake)
From Hell
Bruiser
The Big Red One
Full Metal Jacket
Heavy Metal

cklabyrinth 05-16-2007 08:05 PM

The Matrix
Fight Club (watch it then read this article: http://wattage.blogspot.com/2004/08/...e-as-yoga.html)
Swingers
Good Will Hunting
Chariots of Fire
Shakespeare in Love
Garden State
Romeo and Juliet (Caprio and Danes)
Vanilla Sky
Inside Man
The Hustler
The Color of Money
The Last Samurai
High Fidelity

Added:
The Brothers McMullen
Looking for Kitty
Sidewalks of New York
SLC Punk
Lost in Translation


There are just so many.

nowhereman 05-17-2007 09:31 AM

Being There
Network

bluecuracao 05-17-2007 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shawnee123 (Post 343665)
The L-shaped Room

I LOVE this movie!

DucksNuts 05-17-2007 06:48 PM

Behind Enemy Lines
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Fight Club
Moulin Rouge

Hime 05-18-2007 10:25 AM

L.A. Confidential
Vertigo
A Bout de Souffle (Breathless)
Casablanca
Out of the Past
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Princess Bride
Brick

I know there are more, but those are the ones that occur to me.

EDIT: How could I forget Reservoir Dogs?!


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