movies of all time to keep!

[Dogman]

What are your personal lists of good ones that are and have meaning!

[zap]

There are only 2 movies, I can think of that I watch over and over.

Tombstone and Forrest Gump

[Dogman]

There are only 2 movies, I can think of that I watch over and over.

Tombstone and Forrest Gump


Both great! I am building a library.

[sunshine05]

I like:

It's a Wonderful Life

Goodfellas

Godfather movies

Fargo

Christmas Vacation (Chevy Chase)

Those are some of the movies I liked enough to buy.

[Dogman]

Great keep then coming..

[nunaem]

http://www.criterion.com/library/dvd?page=1

Tons of good films here ^. Particularly all of Kurosawa's movies.

[mick silver]

anything with clint eastwood oh oh and john wayne and i also have a hugh dvd library

[sirgonzo420]

I just watched Casablanca for the first time in a long time the other night.

Kubrick films deserve a place on your list...such as: Dr. Stangelove, Spartacus, The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and one of my favorites; Eyes Wide Shut.

I also second Tombstone and Forrest Gump.

The Godfather trilogy also belongs in this thread.

[SLV^GLD]

This a bit off-topic as it's not a go to movie for me or anything but I saw it the 1st time this weekend and it certainly explicitly deals with corruption of governmental powers; Serpico.

My repeat viewing movies have little meaning, I suppose; The Shining and Four Rooms.

For a movie with meaning though it is hard to decipher; The Fountain... or for that matter any movie by Darren Aronofsky (ie Pi or Requiem for a Dream)

[Dogman]

I just watched Casablanca for the first time in a long time the other night.

Kubrick films deserve a place on your list...such as: Dr. Stangelove, Spartacus, The Shining, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and one of my favorites; Eyes Wide Shut.

I also second Tombstone and Forrest Gump.

The Godfather trilogy also belongs in this thread.




Good choices, some I have already, others need to down load, still feel there are pikers out there.

speak up! Anyone want a noisy bird..have a thread going about that,,bastard,,but not enough meat to make a meal.. ;D

It is amazing I can burn 4+ movies to disk..double layer..Depending on the rip!

[platinumdude]

The newest Star Trek movie.

[sirgonzo420]

This thread reminded me to go back through the one I started a while back: http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/official-gsus-bestfavorite-movie-thread!/

One I had kinda forgotten about: American Beauty

[Dogman]

This thread reminded me to go back through the one I started a while back: http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/official-gsus-bestfavorite-movie-thread!/

One I had kinda forgotten about: American Beauty


friend that is a good one!

[nunaem]

District 9 was good. Possibly the only good movie made in the last few years.

[sirgonzo420]

This a bit off-topic as it's not a go to movie for me or anything but I saw it the 1st time this weekend and it certainly explicitly deals with corruption of governmental powers; Serpico.

My repeat viewing movies have little meaning, I suppose; The Shining and Four Rooms.

For a movie with meaning though it is hard to decipher; The Fountain... or for that matter any movie by Darren Aronofsky (ie Pi or Requiem for a Dream)


I first watched The Fountain after SLV^GLD recommended it and I will say that it was different from most other movies I've seen.

I found it quite interesting.

(your post also reminds me to bump Four Rooms up on my Netflix queue... I've never seen it, but your repeat viewing means it's worth at least one watch from me!)

[SLV^GLD]

Promise yourself you'll stick it out through room 1. Room 1 is such a setup for the rest of the movie that the pacing is really strange. Once you've seen it and you watch it again it doesn't seem quite as weird. If you like Tarantino films you'll dig Four Rooms. It IS a new year's movie so if you can time your queue to watch it on or around NY it will fit perfect.

Dang, I wanna watch it with you, now.

[Dogman]

good replays and I am making a list to down load and burn to disk!

Made a newbies mistake on saving to disk, eats major space and when doing a backup. or image of the drive, If movies are there it will take (seems) forever! Had 10-13 and hours to back up disk, now down load and burn, and erase.

To try to clarify, or at least try, If you are not making backups of your system, and settings you are doing a major no no.. How many reading this have had a wipe out and then had to rebuild again?

Have learned to only keep on hd just long enough to make sure good copy, then burn to disk, and hd is wiped, dam they take alot of space.!!


Keep the list coming It is interesting in gereranl to see what others count good..

[solid]

Heat. For the most realistic bank robbery/shoot-out scene.

Office Space. You'll laugh your ass off if you work in an office.

Captain Ron. ;D

We Were Soldiers. Awesome war movie.

[zap]

Yes Sunshine, I forgot Goodfellas !


These 3 movies I can watch over and over

Forest Gump
Tombstone
Goodfellas

[Gaillo]

My post on this subject from GIM1:


This is a thread for movie fans. Of all the movies you've ever seen, pick up to 10 of your favorites, and make a list. It doesn't have to be in any kind of order (mine isn't) - the only criterion is that the movies you pick have to have meaning to YOU... and have left a lasting impact on your world view or the way you view films. If you'd like, please also give a brief (or long, if you'd like!) explanation as to why you chose the movies you did. Here is my list:

* The Lives of Others (Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
* Blade Runner (Director: Ridley Scott)
* The Princess and the Warrior (Director: Tom Tykwer)
* Queen Margot (Director: Patrice Chéreau)
* HEAT (Director: Michael Mann)
* Fallen Angels (Director: Kar Wai Wong)
* Barry Lyndon (Director: Stanley Kubrick)
* The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Director: Philip Kaufman)
* Layer Cake (Director: Matthew Vaughn)
* Das Boot (Director: Wolfgang Petersen)
* Ran (Director: Akira Kurosawa)

OK... I know. I couldn't keep it at 10 or less!!! It was impossible... but I did manage to prune it down to 11, so not doing too bad here!

Here are the reasons I chose each film... hope this doesn't turn into a novel!

The Lives of Others: The human condition meets the East German secret police. Hilarity ensues. Actually, not much hilarity - just a down and dirty peeling open of the human condition, including examinations of things such as love, betrayal, state vs. individual, censorship, and compassion. This movie impressed me so much that I started another entire thread on GIM... and everyone who has taken my recommendation to watch this film so far has come back to me and thanked me for recommending it. This is a film that MUST be seen to be believed - it's german with English subtitles, but WELL worth watching.

Barry Lyndon: Not much of a film with respect to plot, it's basically a simple story of a man who is struggling to increase his social status and position in 19th century Europe. However, visually this film is SOMETHING AWESOME. This is the first film I ever saw that made me realize that cinema could be a legitimate ART FORM, every frame of this film is like a beautifully painted canvas. Stunning.

Blade Runner: If I thought Barry Lyndon took filmmaking to an art, I hadn't seen ANYTHING yet. Blade Runner completely blew me away... in every way that I COULD be blown away. This is still, to this day, the most incredibly visually stunning and mind blowing film I've ever seen. As an added bonus, unlike Barry Lyndon, Blade Runner has a complex plot and underlying message that is well worth unraveling as you watch the cold gritty beauty/ugliness of its futuristic panorama. How human is human? What does it mean to be human? What is the nature of memory? What are the moral questions involved with genetic engineering? What does it mean to be a slave? These are just some of the philosophical topics touched upon by my favorite film I've seen so far.

Fallen Angels: Pure eye candy. Wong Kar Wai (Director of Fallen Angels) is undoubtably the Asian equivalent of Ridley Scott (Director of Blade Runner), and in some ways actually surpasses Ridley's visual artistry. This film is the story of an assassin and his female partner who are doing "business" in China. In Chinese with English subtitles - but dialog is fairly minimal during most of the film, so it's not a hard film to watch if you don't like reading subtitles.

Layer Cake: A drug crime film set in Holland and England. Not really that great of a plot, acting showcase, or story - but something else. This film has STYLE - to spare. The "feel" of this movie is very odd... almost like a fast paced crime novel comic book come to life, but with subdued grace instead of outright flash and "in your face".

HEAT: A crime film set in Los Angeles. Visually compelling, and the story is excellent. It also contains one of the best heists, and possibly the greatest cops/robbers shootout scenes in cinematic history.

Queen Margot: A little known french film about a decent-hearted woman who's destined for the throne, in a cruel-hearted world that all TOO real. This film, above every other film I've ever seen, shows you OUTRIGHT the evils of hereditary monarchy, and the religious social order it thrives in. Catholics massacreing Protestants, and vice-versa. Now THAT's entertainment!

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: The story of a group of people behind (and in front of) the iron curtain during the cold war. Almost unbearably heartbreaking - an excellent account of how communism crushes the life and hope out of people.

Ran: Japan's greatest film maker does his interpretation of Shakespear's King Lear. Tragic doesn't even BEGIN to describe this film... it's tragic to the 56th power! Sweeping, epic, glorious, and just plain amazing. See it! Japanese with English Subtitles.

Das Boot: Quite simply the greatest war movie ever filmed, in my opinion. The story of WWII german submarines and the men who lived and died in them... from the German perspective. German, with English subtitles.

The Princess and the Warrior: One of those rare movies that actually gives you and uplifting, and positive outlook on humanity instead of the typical cynicism or syrupy schmarmy Hollywood "feel good" crap. German with English subtitles.

Along with those, I would also highly recommend:

* Idiocracy
* They Live
* Serpico
* V for Vendetta

[Dogman]

Just a thought to throw out to you all,

When is the last time you backed up your system???????

We have all have had crashes and had to rebuild witch sucks major....


Just a friendly public announcement..

[Book]

It is amazing I can burn 4+ movies to disk..double layer..Depending on the rip!



What software are you using and what/where are your source video files?

We can already copy a DVD and burn it for less than a buck using the free DVDShrink.

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[Spectrism]

We Were Soldiers

The Patriot

The Omega Man

Zulu

The Man From Snowey River

The Matrix

[oldmansmith]

If I was stranded on a desert island (with a VCR or DVD):

1. Wizard of Oz (Brilliant, even ignoring the gold ounces "Oz" allegories and the federal reserve "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain")
2. Casablanca
3. It's a Wonderful Life (Or is it? Since he doesn't get what he wants, this is somewhat dystopian)
4. Vertigo (What the hell is going on? You don't know until the end!)
5. 2001 a Space Oddessey (the opening scene is worth the price of admission; also: "You'll find that quite difficult without your space helmet" is another gem)
6. Blade Runner ("I didn't know how much time we had...hell does anybody?")
7. The Gods must be Crazy (comedy, but a great commentary on modern "civilization")
8. Start Wars Trilogy (Luke: I-I don't believe it!" Yoda: THAT is why you failed.)
9. The Matrix ( I believe that reality is like this, just not run by computers...but by inorganic beings)
10. Lord of the Rings trilogy

[sirgonzo420]

Promise yourself you'll stick it out through room 1. Room 1 is such a setup for the rest of the movie that the pacing is really strange. Once you've seen it and you watch it again it doesn't seem quite as weird. If you like Tarantino films you'll dig Four Rooms. It IS a new year's movie so if you can time your queue to watch it on or around NY it will fit perfect.

Dang, I wanna watch it with you, now.


Oh, I'll definitely have to watch it. I'll try to time it so I get it around New Year's, but I might not be able to wait; I don't take your recommendations lightly!

;D

[willie pete]

too many to list, but a big fan of film noir

[zusn]

High Plains Drifter
Naked Lunch
CB4

[Dogman]

It is amazing I can burn 4+ movies to disk..double layer..Depending on the rip!



What software are you using and what/where are your source video files?

We can already copy a DVD and burn it for less than a buck using the free DVDShrink.

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Book when I have a actual disk ripit4me, dvdshrink, but most now are torrants, and only on hard drive long enough to make sure a good copy then burned to dvd disk, most rips I find I can place 4-5 ripped movies on a duel layer disk 8gig or so.

Edit: I use imageburn mostly, still looking for a burn progran that will leave a disk open to add to it, and not close it at the end of the burn. Nero I used to like but from what I understand they have really screwed it up..

Anyone have some suggestions on burning software that can leave a dvd open and not close it after burning it.??

[RJB]

I agree with many of the above.

Cool Hand Luke.

The Good the bad and the Ugly

Raiders of the Lost Ark

For a few Dollars more

The Godfather

Napoleon Dynamite (For the life of me I don't now why this movie cracks me up)

Duck Soup

The Malteze Falcon

[Dogman]

I agree with many of the above.

Cool Hand Luke.

The Good the bad and the Ugly

Raiders of the Lost Ark

For a few Dollars more

The Godfather

Napoleon Dynamite (For the life of me I don't now why this movie cracks me up)

Duck Soup

The Malteze Falcon



Most if not all of Steve mcqueen are good to go.the great escape?? was a classic.
Edit: Downloading a shit load now, keep the names coming!


The old black and white movies were an art form with the use of light and shadow.

[JDRock]

THEY LIVE.

[chad]

Red dawn

[midnight rambler]

The most memorable line ever in any movie since it is as succinct as it gets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wi4W2ATGAs

And double plus good for this one as Ennio Morricone composed this masterpiece as part of the soundtrack.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky492eCHTkY

[Dogman]

All of the old spaghetti movies are classic in their own weard way, they are on the list, they made some stars. That is a style that will never be repeated, but at the time was perfect, tho quriky.

[madfranks]

The Princess Bride

Memento

[gunDriller]

"we are mated now before Aywa" - AVATAR

"sleep when you die, man" - Alien Resurrection, Alien #4

[skid]

Lookin through my library these are a few of my fave's: Enemy of the state, Conspiracy Theory, Apocalypse Now, The Terminator, Scarface, The fugitive, Gangs of New York, Under siege, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Bourne Series, The hunt for red october...

[midnight rambler]

The Parallax View, way ahead of its time. Watched it again the other night. I was stunned as to how prophetic it was at the time.

Also Fahrenheit 451.

[Dogman]

"we are mated now before Aywa" - AVATAR

"sleep when you die, man" - Alien Resurrection, Alien #4

Avatar I can watch and be amazed at the graphics, some do not like it for the message is carrys , but they can eat shit and die.. ;D

Keep the list going, downloading now so much that using this forum is kind of clunky, but still cool, so far You all have given me a list that will keep me downloading and burning for at least a week,

Bring it on!! ;D

[Dogman]

Lookin through my library these are a few of my fave's: Enemy of the state, Conspiracy Theory, Apocalypse Now, The Terminator, Scarface, The fugitive, Gangs of New York, Under siege, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Bourne Series, The hunt for red october...


We are now buddys all good choices!

[SLV^GLD]

Sometimes I'm in the mood for a real mindfucker. I can stomach a lot of hard core stuff and these movies take it to the edge of the abyss and make you wish you could burn it from your mind:

Fat Girl

The Piano Teacher

Anatomy of Hell

A Real Young Girl

[Sparky]

These are some of my favorites off IMDb top 250:
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?groups=top_250&sort=user_rating&my_ratings=exclude

Shawshank Redemption (1)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (22)
Memento (29)
It's a Wonderful Life (30)
Forrest Gump (35)
Terminator 2 (42)
Back to the Future (72)
Braveheart (88)
Jaws (112)
The Wizard of Oz (121)
The Sixth Sense (129)

Also, everyone at GSUS needs to watch Network (1976, #200) at least once. It was way ahead of its time.

[Dogman]

Keep the list growing boys and girls.. I am seeing classics to add to my library

[sirgonzo420]

The most interesting Robin Williams movie I've seen:

World's Greatest Dad

Also, the wife and I are quite fond of The Big Lebowski.

[illumin19]

The Princess Bride

Memento

Nice choices, especially The Princess Bride. I was just talking about that movie the other day....i need to see it again.

"The Truman Show" was a "matrix" like movie for me when i was younger.

Dot the I......good independent film with a twist

Mongol......independent film about genghis khan

[Buddha]

Full Metal Jacket

Dead Presidents

Pulp Fiction

Others have listed good ones

Oh and there is one that I can not remember the name of. It's about a brit in WW2 stranded on a phillipeno or such island, a guy from WW1 is stranded there also and became the king. So now they are both there and have to fight off the Japanese and their "Phantom Colonial" to save their way of lfe.

The word "King" is somewhere in the title. I know this is a horrible description but I know that someone must know the film of which I speak.

[Buddha]

Mongol......independent film about genghis khan




I have this on my instant queue, but have hesitated watching it. Now I must watch.

[PatColo]

O Brother Where Art Thou?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08e9k-c91E8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODlmEjZ8UFA

Swingers

Kingpin

[Dogman]

Downloading and burning like mad, some of you have some great choices, Keep it up..! I am old school, and being able to burn an 8 gig disk , is mind blowing, Yea I know blue ray can do more, but as of now have not moved to that format. When I started 640k floppy's were the norm, and when 1.4 megs came out Wow could fit in pocket.

Old fart in training!! ;D

[gunDriller]

Ocean's 11 - how to rob a casino
Ocean's 12 - how to rob a Faberge Egg
Ocean's 13 - how to bankrupt a casino using the "Reverse Big Score" technique.

[learn2swim]

Breakfast Club
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Platoon
Patton
Sixteen Candles
Vacation
History of the World, part 1

[SLV^GLD]

I love, love, love me some good horror and it might take me a year to recall all the good ones but just off the top of my head:

Last House on The Left (1972)

The Stepford Wives (1972)

Them (2006)

The Strangers (2008)

What Lies Beneath (2000)

Halloween (1978)

The Birds (1963)

Cape Fear (1962 and 1991)

Looking for Mr Goodbar (1977)

Carrie (1976)

The Shining (1980)

Christine (1983) (Stephen King adaptations are all pretty good)

Candyman (1992) (Most things with Tony Todd in them are worth watching)

The Good Son (1993)

Deliverance (1972)

The River Wild (1994)

Wolf Creek (2005)

The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

Black Christmas (1974)

The Devil's Rejects (2005)

Camp Sleepaway (1983)

Anything by David Lynch (Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet)

The above list was stream of consciousness with some date checking because some of the above were remade and the remakes are terrible. I tried to provide suggestions that stay away from the typical horror plot devices and pure camp (except camp sleepaway which defines the genre). Some of it is more good suspense than straight up horror.

[SLV^GLD]

Everyone owes it to themselves to see Into the Wild if they have not already.

[Dogman]

Good ones keep it up..

[Twisted Titan]

Three Days of the Condor

The Falcon and The Snowman

Network

The Motherlode

Zulu Dawn

Rollover

Smokey and the Bandit

Convoy

Close Encounters of The Third Kind

Its a Mad,mad,mad world

Airplane

Dark City

The House of Rothchild ( MUST SEE)

Scanners

The International

Battle of The Buldge

Bridge over The River Kwai

Rose Mary's Baby

[Dogman]

Three Days of the Condor

The Falcon and The Snowman

Network

The Motherlode

Zulu Dawn

Rollover

Smokey and the Bandit

Convoy

Close Encounters of The Third Kind

Its a Mad,mad,mad world

Airplane

Dark City

The House of Rothchild ( MUST SEE)

Scanners

The International

Battle of The Buldge

Bridge over The River Kwai

Rose Mary's Baby

Will agree with all except one, the bridge over the river Kwai, I have been in Thailand and seen it, also walked where the rails used to be , in my travails in life I have met not one bur two survivors (both passed on now)
The movie is great as a in your face, but not at all even close to the truth.

[steyr_m]

Braveheart and Michael Collins. Forrest Gump and District 9 are nothing but social engineering projects.

[Dogman]

Braveheart and Michael Collins. Forrest Gump and District 9 are nothing but social engineering projects.


I feel sorry for those that see a buggy man behind every corner and under every rock.


some lives can be so narrow, that they really miss a lot of stuff.

Social engendered maybe, add avatar to your mix.

But still kick ass.


May your life be good if not so twisted, Some things in life can be enjoyed and also be seen what they are.

The Dog!

[Bullion_Bob]

The newest Star Trek movie.


Agree, and also "Generations" where they go into and escape from the Nexxus. Picard and Kirk in the same movie...can't go wrong with that.

Thought I would add, as I just watched all 10 motion pictures sequentially. Highly recommend doing this for ST fans as they segue quite well.

[gunDriller]

"Meet Joe Black" is good.

the way it talks about Love and Death, Deep Man Deep - but entertaining.

it's about a 3 hour movie.

with Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, and Claire Forlani.

some nudity. Women get to see Brad naked, i.e. his butt. Men get to see Claire half naked.

[SLV^GLD]

As much as it pains me to say it, I enjoyed Benjamin Buttons. It's kind of Forrest Gumpish.

[Glass]

Ferris Buellers Day Out/off(?)
Weekend at Bernies 1.0
Gone in 60 seconds 70's orignal and Cage remake
GBU, Fist full and a Few dollars more
5th Element
Lock Stock and two smoking barrels
Snatch
Heat
Terminator

[Gaillo]

Bump.
Saw Wong Kar Wei's "Fallen Angels" again last night, reminded me of this thread.

[muffin]

Naked Lunch

no, NO, NO!! that movie is so screwed up. i wish i'd never watched it....



one that i thought was pretty awesome (very much along the line of four rooms) is The Signal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780607/). (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780607/) it's from 2007.

from imdb.com : A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

[joboo]

Where to start. Check out the informant. Not sure how that one slipped by me, watched it the other day, and it's based on a true story.

I like both Johnny English flicks (comedy).

Tons more, but not sure what to openly recommend if money is an object....i.e if you have an unlimited budget ;)

[Cebu_4_2]

Horrible bosses

Bad santa

Nothing to do with economy or gold/silver but good movies

Horrible bosses seemed to get me in the zone where I laughed... That takes a fvcking lot.

[mamboni]

Captain Blood (Errol Flynn - ?1938)
Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)
Treasure of Sierra Madre
White Heat (James Cagney)
Man of a Thousand Faces (James Cagney)
The Great Escape
Hard Times (Bronson)
The Dirty Dozen
Goldfinger
Thief of Baghdad(Reeves -1957)
Forbidden Planet
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
Gladiator
Apocalypto
Lawnmower Man
The Time Machine(1960)
Time Bandits
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Adventures of Baron Munchausen (~1990s)
Battle of the Bulge
Spartacus (1960)
Naked Jungle (Heston-Parker-Conrad)
Tarantula (1956)
Monolith Monsters
Kronos (~1956)
It the Terror from Beyond Space
20 Million Miles to Earth
Lawrence of Arabia (1959)
Land of the Pharoahs (1959)
The 4D Man
The Fly (Original and 1980s remake)
Andromeda Strain
Thief
Mysterious Island
Failsafe
The Deerhunter
Raging Bull
King Kong (1933 original and 2000 remake)
Jurassic Park
Fight Club
The Vikings
The Long Ships
Lillies of the Field
Apocalypse Now
Taxi Driver
The Super (Joe Pesci is hilarious)

[Hatha Sunahara]

Gladiator

Braveheart

Rob Roy

The Big Lebowski

Lolita

Amelie

Hatha

[Osiris]

A lot here I would have said but for comedy that I haven't seen mentioned, Best In Show. Hilarious!

[dys]

Revolver.
Made.
Closer.
Pushing Tin.
Lost in Translation.
The Prestige.
True Grit (the new one)

dys

[bootstrap]

Glengarry Glen Ross easily one of my favorite movies.

A juvenille but classic movie that I did not see mentioned, Animal House.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Yojimbo

http://img.filmous.com/static/photos/37041/12591597680_midi.jpg


North By Northwest was just watched this weekend, and I loved that

[NOOB]

Yojimbo

http://img.filmous.com/static/photos/37041/12591597680_midi.jpg


North By Northwest was just watched this weekend, and I loved that

I also just watched North by Northwest good flick.

[gunDriller]

all these movie suggestions

and no one mentioned Blazing Saddles !


found this other thread too,

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?32180-Official-GSUS-Best-Favorite-Movie-Thread!


i'd put Avatar & The Matrix on the list.

[lapis]

one that i thought was pretty awesome (very much along the line of four rooms) is The Signal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780607/). (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780607/) it's from 2007.

from imdb.com : A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

Sounds good! I'm a sucker for scary movies, even though I shouldn't watch them due to my over-active imagination.

[steyr_m]

I didn't look at all the posts here, but Braveheart and TLotR series is good. I'm reading the Hunger Games series now and love it/

[monty]

Bird Man of Alcatraz
http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2689&d=1335113349

War and Peace
http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2690&d=1335113573

Gone With the Wind
http://gold-silver.us/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=2691&d=1335113968

[Libertytree]

Stranger Than Fiction

Bicentennial Man

[joboo]

Band of brothers 2001 box set.

Not really a movie, but a great mini series. 9.6/10 on imdb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185906/

Edit I should add if you're a Rutger Hauer fan, and feeling up to it.. check out Hobo with a shotgun. It's a bit of an "experience"....lol

"A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640459/

;D

[Old Herb Lady]

DR QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN (THE MOVIE & series)

PIONEER WOMAN

THE FUGITIVE

CITY OF ANGELS

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

VANISHED

THE GREEN MILE

WALK THE LINE

GHOST

DRAGONFLY

FLIGHTPLAN

PLANES TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES

DUMB & DUMBER

& anything with JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME

[Cebu_4_2]

Man, I went through all these yesterday and just finished the last download. Man, too bad I cant run from the PC to the wide screen, would save a few disks.

[joboo]

Open Range 2003

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316356/

Epic scenery. Pretty good "wild west" flick.

The Devils Brigade 1968
Anzio 1968
War Horse 2011
Fracture 2007

[gunDriller]

i like movies that have dental care episodes.

what was that movie with Tom Hanks where he removes his tooth with an ice skate ?

[MNeagle]

i like movies that have dental care episodes.

what was that movie with Tom Hanks where he removes his tooth with an ice skate ?

Cast Away

[gunDriller]

HEAT: A crime film set in Los Angeles. Visually compelling, and the story is excellent. It also contains one of the best heists, and possibly the greatest cops/robbers shootout scenes in cinematic history.

i think Ocean's 11 and 13 would have to be added to the list. both good Heist movies.

Ocean's 12 was entertaining but the plot was sort of wacky.


nobody mentioned Alien or Aliens or Alien Resurrection !?


"My Stepmother was an Alien" sucked but some of the scenes were good for a laugh.

'Day of the Triffids' was pretty good.


i think if i had to pick one genre it would be sci-fi or Heist movies.

anybody know a good Sci-Fi Heist movie ? maybe Dune and Avatar sort of fall in that category. in Dune they're sort of trying to steal the Spice. In Avatar they're sort of stealing the Unobtainium.

[Cebu_4_2]

i think Ocean's 11 and 13 would have to be added to the list. both good Heist movies.

Ocean's 12 was entertaining but the plot was sort of wacky.

Those are in the list.

[Libertytree]

i like movies that have dental care episodes.

what was that movie with Tom Hanks where he removes his tooth with an ice skate ?

There's a western or two that has a dental care scene in'em and I can't remember what the name of them are.

[solid]

Open Range 2003

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316356/

That's one of my favorite movies, one of the few movies I can watch over and over. In fact, sometime back, my tv ate that dvd and I tossed the tv overboard, and sank it. TV's should know not to mess with certain movies, imo.

Epic scenery and epic ending. Another favorite of mine, is Lonesome Dove. It's a several part series..

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096639/

BTW, the book is even better.

[Gaillo]

...anybody know a good Sci-Fi Heist movie ? maybe Dune and Avatar sort of fall in that category. in Dune they're sort of trying to steal the Spice. In Avatar they're sort of stealing the Unobtainium.

The recent film "Inception" is a sci-fi heist.

Not really a "movie" - but the sci-fi television series "Firefly" (and sequel movie "Serenity") is about as close as I can think of to the "sci-fi heist" genre. The whole series is about libertarian space outlaws/cowboys stealing things, hacking, running from the law, smuggling, fighting the tyranny of the central empire, etc.

Think: Wild west meets "Star Wars" meets "Heat"

Truly excellent in every way! ;)

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

Duck Soup

Full Movie:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGJkY3o4fNc

You won't shake my hand? Then it's war!

[MNeagle]

The Game (http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Game/1178866?trkid=148413)

Nicholas receives an unusual birthday present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game formulated by "CRS."

Cast:Michael Douglas (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Michael_Douglas/25475?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Sean Penn (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Sean_Penn/72494?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Deborah Kara Unger (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Deborah_Kara_Unger/30057131?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), James Rebhorn (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/James_Rebhorn/76777?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Peter Donat (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Peter_Donat/25147?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Carroll Baker (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Carroll_Baker/4466?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Anna Katarina (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Anna_Katarina/20062527?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Armin Mueller-Stahl (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Armin_Mueller-Stahl/66304?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035)Director:David Fincher (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/David_Fincher/30049?lnkce=mdp-director&trkid=1457035)Genres:Thrillers (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Thrillers/387?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035), Psychological Thrillers (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Psychological_Thrillers/685?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035), Mystery (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Mystery/357?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035), Suspense (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Suspense/358?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035)This movie is:Cerebral (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=1813&trkid=1457035), Gritty (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=3223&trkid=1457035), Mind-bending (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=1089&trkid=1457035), Suspenseful (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=448&trkid=1457035)Format:DVD (http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Game/1178866?trkid=148413#mdp-media-DD)

[Gaillo]

Yojimbo

http://img.filmous.com/static/photos/37041/12591597680_midi.jpg

Anything by Kurosawa completely ROCKS! Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Ran, Kagemusha, Throne of Blood, Rashomon, etc.

[Libertytree]

The Game (http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Game/1178866?trkid=148413)


Nicholas receives an unusual birthday present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game formulated by "CRS."


Cast:Michael Douglas (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Michael_Douglas/25475?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Sean Penn (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Sean_Penn/72494?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Deborah Kara Unger (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Deborah_Kara_Unger/30057131?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), James Rebhorn (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/James_Rebhorn/76777?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Peter Donat (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Peter_Donat/25147?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Carroll Baker (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Carroll_Baker/4466?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Anna Katarina (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Anna_Katarina/20062527?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035), Armin Mueller-Stahl (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/Armin_Mueller-Stahl/66304?lnkce=mdp-cast&trkid=1457035)Director:David Fincher (http://dvd.netflix.com/RoleDisplay/David_Fincher/30049?lnkce=mdp-director&trkid=1457035)Genres:Thrillers (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Thrillers/387?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035), Psychological Thrillers (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Psychological_Thrillers/685?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035), Mystery (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Mystery/357?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035), Suspense (http://dvd.netflix.com/Genre/Suspense/358?lnkce=mdp-genre&trkid=1457035)This movie is:Cerebral (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=1813&trkid=1457035), Gritty (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=3223&trkid=1457035), Mind-bending (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=1089&trkid=1457035), Suspenseful (http://dvd.netflix.com/AltGenre?lnkce=mdp-agenre&agid=448&trkid=1457035)Format:DVD (http://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Game/1178866?trkid=148413#mdp-media-DD)

Yep, good'ern.

[lapis]

The Last Picture Show
The Machinist
Donnie Darko
The Spanish Prisoner
Children of Men


And how about some foreign movies? (Only subtitlted rather than dubbed):

La Dolce Vita
8 1/2
The 400 Blows
Black Orpheus
The Big Blue

Shall We Dance? (Japanese version)
Seven Samurai
Nobody Knows
Tampopo
A Taxing Woman
The Funeral
Spirited Away
In the Mood for Love
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Pan's Labyrinth
Let the Right One In

Children of Heaven
Persepolis

[MNeagle]

I must have searched for a half an hour looking for a few of these on netflix. No effin luck. That's a damn near worthless service.

That's because they lost their contract w/ a big company, forget who at the moment. So they had to pull all those titles they previously had access to, and now push a lot of TV series.

ETA: found it:

Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies ... (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/09/netflix-to-lose-starz-its-most-valuable-source-of-new-movies.html)


Netflix to lose Starz, its most valuable source of new movies ... Premium cable network Starz Entertainment will end its deal to provide ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/09/... - Cached (http://search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oG7jzlnpRP41IAvgdXNyoA/SIG=1b17t0ra7/EXP=1335168869/**http%3a//74.6.238.254/search/srpcache%3fei=UTF-8%26p=who%2bdid%2bnetflix%2blose%2ba%2bcontract%2b with%253F%26fr=yfp-t-701%26u=http%3a//cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx%3fq=who%2bdid%2bnetflix%2blose%2ba%2bco ntract%2bwith%253f%26d=4533514622076817%26mkt=en-US%26setlang=en-US%26w=cbe3327c,e69c30%26icp=1%26.intl=us%26sig=K. CafOXo4g5Ee9VMZqRJ2g--)

[lapis]

That's because they lost their contract w/ a big company, forget who at the moment. So they had to pull all those titles they previously had access to, and now push a lot of TV series.

Aha, that explains a lot! What a bummer.

[gunDriller]

i think Armageddon would have to be on a Top Ten list.

they did a great job with Bruce Willis as the oil hand guy called to save the world by drilling a hole on the giant asteroid that is coming to strike the Earth.

one of Affleck's first movie's. also has a good love story written in, with Liv Tyler. Steve Tyler (the guy with the Ginormous Lips) wrote the theme song, it's actually really good.


i notice if you have a limited collection of movies at home, you watch some of them over and over.

[Gaillo]

And how about some foreign movies? (Only subtitlted rather than dubbed):

Shall We Dance?

Watch out for that one... there's a hollywwod remake (Richard Gere, I think) that pretty much SUCKS...
The original is from Japan, and is titled "Shall We Dansu". It's pretty good - Henny and I both liked it a lot.


In the Mood for Love

Another Wong Kar Wei brilliancy... for those here who are unfamiliar with him, he's the Asian equivalent of Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, and Stanley Kubrick all rolled into one. Makes most of his films in Hong Kong, and thay're all visually STUNNING.

[joboo]

Almost forgot...

Kung Fu Hustle :cool:

"In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf. "

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074/

[mike88]

Ronin, heist movie with robert dinero.............................Roadside Prophets, John doe, timothy leary.................New Jack City.

[dys]

You guys like some pretty horrible movies!

Let me give a few of my alltime most overrated:

Ronin
Braveheart
Alien
Platoon
Any Given Sunday
The Fugitive
Forrest Gump
Heat
The Shawshank Redemption
Interview with a vampire

dys

[woodman]

Unforgiven was fantastic. Just watched Interview with the Vampire and it was a damn fine movie.

[woodman]

I watch movies to be entertained and that is about it. I don't want any more or less. If I want reality, I can find it everyday. I am frequently pissed-off by the social engineering crap that is found in most movies but I deal with it and try to enjoy the story. I have spent a shit-load on dvd's in the last 15 years and I know the kids and grand kids have 'borrowed' a good deal of them, so I'll never see those again. I need to organize my movies so that I can find them and search through them. I don't know how to down load movies and I don't know if it is legal or moral.

Love comedies. The Great Lebowski as someone mentioned previously in this thread was a really great comedy. Kingpin was also great along the same lines. I love any thing I've seen with Clint Eastwood; Absolute Power and Bloodwork were two recent ones (relatively) I thought were outstanding.

[AndreaGail]

I'm glad to see mention of the game and heat

two great movies that I never see on any must see movie lists on forums or just in everyday discussion

[lapis]

Watch out for that one... there's a hollywwod remake (Richard Gere, I think) that pretty much SUCKS...
The original is from Japan, and is titled "Shall We Dansu". It's pretty good - Henny and I both liked it a lot.

I agree; I edited my post to clarify which version I meant.



Another Wong Kar Wei brilliancy... for those here who are unfamiliar with him, he's the Asian equivalent of Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, and Stanley Kubrick all rolled into one. Makes most of his films in Hong Kong, and thay're all visually STUNNING.Definitely. The set, the clothes, and Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung!!

http://blog.lulusvintage.com/images/2046_photo.jpg

I love movies and t.v. shows that show this time period (late 50s through the early 1960s). It's pretty much the last time when clothes, cars and furniture all were beautifully styled.

Vertigo is one of my favorite movies, but I don't know if it qualifies as a movie to keep for all time. I like most Hitchcock movies, as they usually have some kind of thread of DOOM! in them.

http://images.zap2it.com/images/movie-8151/vertigo-3.jpg

It's why I put up with Mad Men's silly plot twists, and why I really love period shows like "Any Human Heart." This latter t.v. serial is about an English Forrest Gump-like character whose life spans almost the entire 20th century.

It does a good job showing how nice people used to dress up until modern times (around when Thatcher got elected).

The episodes that take place during the 70s through the 80s are ghastly, especially when the character, now old and living on dog food sells papers for a socialist group that turns out to be part of the cell of a militant German left-wing group.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCme0TeklQ4

[lapis]

Just watched Interview with the Vampire and it was a damn fine movie.

It was pretty well-done, but I had read the book before I saw the movie and think Tom Cruise is miscast as Lestat. He should've played Louis instead.

[solid]

I'm glad to see mention of the game and heat

I've got to see the game now. Interesting thing about heat...they showed us the shootout scene in the police academy. It is, by far, the best shootout scene ever. When a scene from a movie gets used for police training purposes, that says something.

[JDRock]

THEY LIVE.
and the lord of the rings trilogy as well...the parrallels with the was the zios are planning and tacking over the west are perfect. PERFECT. legends of the fall.
@ oldman smith; also the take that industry (the tinman) needed a heart- the farmers (scarecrow) needed brains, and congress was the cowardly lion....also fwiw in the original dorothys slippers were...SILVER ;)

[willie pete]

I'm a film "noir" fan...

Maltese Falcon
CASA BLANCA
The Big Sleep
Cape Fear
Gilda
Videodrome
all of Hitch's work
The Lady in the Lake
Forbidden Planet
The Bank Dick

[muffin]

The Machinist
Donnie Darko


both excellent movies.

i dunno if it was mentioned in the thread already, but one of my favorite movies was HARVEY. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/) awesome movie.


And how about some foreign movies? (Only subtitlted rather than dubbed):

Pan's Labyrinth

another excellent one.

i also really like the devil's backbone (el espinazo del diablo). (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256009/) and volver (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441909/) was a surprisingly good movie!

[Buddha]

The recent film "Inception" is a sci-fi heist.

Not really a "movie" - but the sci-fi television series "Firefly" (and sequel movie "Serenity") is about as close as I can think of to the "sci-fi heist" genre. The whole series is about libertarian space outlaws/cowboys stealing things, hacking, running from the law, smuggling, fighting the tyranny of the central empire, etc.

Think: Wild west meets "Star Wars" meets "Heat"


Truly excellent in every way! ;)
Firefly was great so was Serenity.

Cowboy Bebop

[mamboni]

Watched the movie 12 Monkies. I had seen parts of it in the 1990s but had never gotten around to watching it start to finish uninterrupted. Very good movie: thought provoking, interesting plot and twists, good acting.

[joboo]

I'm on my 5th viewing of 12 monkeys. Great Flick.

Seven if not mentioned already, and Scanners...a bit hokey, but best head explosion scene of all times. :D

Almost forgot...Cinderella Man. Russel Crowe during the great depression trying to make a living as a fighter. Solid 8/10 flick.

[Osiris]

Young Guns. Regulators! Mount up.

[muffin]

Young Guns. Regulators! Mount up.
and now i have this song in my head....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDoVl-g4UMs

blast from the past! hah, makes me think of high school... this shit was on the radio all the time

[Osiris]

Lol! Love it! Didn't realize that is where that part of the song came from until I saw it.

[joboo]

Spinal Tap!

...

The Killing Fields
Letters from Iwo Jima
Gran Torino

[Buddha]

Dead Presidents

Also... A great movie that I do not know, and can not find the name of.

It's set in WW2 time period British guy lands I belive in the Philipenes, from a destroyed British warship. He finally finds an indigenous tribe and they eventually take him in. The ruler of the tribe is a white man, who apparently was stranded there in WW1 and became king of the indigenous people. These two try to defend the village from the Japanesse assaults, and their "Phantom Colonial"

Please find the name of this film, it's a great piece. "King" is somewhere in the name, but I can't find this movie to save my life.

[TheNocturnalEgyptian]

This movie was interesting, I wouldn't say it's for all time, but it was a big commentary on TPTB, set in a world-without guns. It is ultra-modern yet everyone has resorted to kung-fu and boxing for self defense. Cowboys still exist but no guns. The most powerful man in the world is an old woodcutter. He runs every gang east of the Atlantic ocean.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dOBT3dXK5x4

It explores themes such as revolution, and what it takes for everyday people to decide to stand and fight.

[milehi]

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a favorite.

Recently- Death Proof

And the last two good flicks from the library-

Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The original Oceans 11

[muffin]

It's set in WW2 time period British guy lands I belive in the Philipenes, from a destroyed British warship. He finally finds an indigenous tribe and they eventually take him in. The ruler of the tribe is a white man, who apparently was stranded there in WW1 and became king of the indigenous people. These two try to defend the village from the Japanesse assaults, and their "Phantom Colonial"

Please find the name of this film, it's a great piece. "King" is somewhere in the name, but I can't find this movie to save my life.
do you know when the movie was released?

edit: was it farewell to the king? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097334/)

[osoab]

A few I didn't see listed


Killing Zoe

Clerks

Session 9

[Gaillo]

Killing Zoe

I dunno, man... that's one I personally would never put on a top-whatever movie list... I'm almost ashamed to admit that I've seen it! I mean maybe, if you're into prostitutes telling you how they'd like you to crap all over them, or if you think over-the-top killing for killing's sake is cool, or how you should slam heroin and "stink of sex" when you visit Paris, then it's a pretty good movie. Myself, not being into any of those things, found it outright disgusting... one of the few movies I've actually regretted spending the time to watch! :(

It's like a Quentin Tarantino film without any of Tarantino's "style" or a single character you actually care about - leaving only the endless pile of blood-soaked corpses and extreme human depravity as a cheap substitute. Let's kill someone every 2 minutes with a machine gun, then break up the monotony with the refreshing change of pace of... well... killing 12 people with a machine gun! ::)

Did you really like this movie? If so, why? ???

[sirgonzo420]

I dunno, man... that's one I personally would never put on a top-whatever movie list... I'm almost ashamed to admit that I've seen it! I mean maybe, if you're into prostitutes telling you how they'd like you to crap all over them, or if you think over-the-top killing for killing's sake is cool, or how you should slam heroin and "stink of sex" when you visit Paris, then it's a pretty good movie. Myself, not being into any of those things, found it outright disgusting... one of the few movies I've actually regretted spending the time to watch! :(

It's like a Quentin Tarantino film without any of Tarantino's "style" or a single character you actually care about - leaving only the endless pile of blood-soaked corpses and extreme human depravity as a cheap substitute. Let's kill someone every 2 minutes with a machine gun, then break up the monotony with the refreshing change of pace of... well... killing 12 people with a machine gun! ::)

Did you really like this movie? If so, why? ???

In his defense, he didn't say he liked it; only that he didn't see it listed.

And now I have to go put it on my Netflix queue!

(kidding haha)

[Osiris]

Spinal Tap!



I thought of that one last night. A must watch.... IMHO I was surprised I hadn't seen anyone mention it.

[osoab]

I dunno, man... that's one I personally would never put on a top-whatever movie list... I'm almost ashamed to admit that I've seen it! I mean maybe, if you're into prostitutes telling you how they'd like you to crap all over them, or if you think over-the-top killing for killing's sake is cool, or how you should slam heroin and "stink of sex" when you visit Paris, then it's a pretty good movie. Myself, not being into any of those things, found it outright disgusting... one of the few movies I've actually regretted spending the time to watch! :(

It's like a Quentin Tarantino film without any of Tarantino's "style" or a single character you actually care about - leaving only the endless pile of blood-soaked corpses and extreme human depravity as a cheap substitute. Let's kill someone every 2 minutes with a machine gun, then break up the monotony with the refreshing change of pace of... well... killing 12 people with a machine gun! ::)

Did you really like this movie? If so, why? ???

The bank heist gone wrong.

[Gaillo]

The bank heist gone wrong.

Yes... it was that! ;D

Mostly because the bank HEISTERS had all gone wrong... in the head... LONG before the heist was planned! ;)

[osoab]

Yes... it was that! ;D

Mostly because the bank HEISTERS had all gone wrong... in the head... LONG before the heist was planned! ;)

I also have always dug the french blond that played the call girl/bank teller.

[Libertarian_Guard]

Common now, no one could remember "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" .... Could you ask anything more from Jack Nicholson? And at such a young age? Even still, the movie will forever remain open to many interpretations.

What about "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" Film or English 101 should have this meshed into many heads other than just mine. Great film, and a basis for many others.

[joboo]

Land and Freedom 1995

Peoples militia flick in which author George Orwell (in real life) fought as a member of the POUM.

7.4/10 on imdb. Worth checking out. Mostly English with some Spanish subtitles.

"Spring 1936, a young unemployed communist, David, leaves his hometown Liverpool to join the fight against fascism in Spain. He joins an international group of Militia-men and women, the POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). After being wounded he goes to Barcelona, where he decides to join another group of fighters."

"British author George Orwell fought alongside members of the Independent Labour Party as part of POUM militias; he recounted the experience in his book Homage to Catalonia.

Likewise, the film Land and Freedom, directed by Ken Loach, tells of a group of POUM soldiers fighting in the war from the perspective of a British member of the British Communist Party. In particular, the film deals with his disillusionment with the Soviet Union's policies in the war."


Edit: I would definitely put this on a must watch list. The acting is superb, and so is the dialogue.
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Also Gettysburg 1993

"The four and 1/4 hour depiction of the historical and personal events surrounding and including the decisive American civil war battle features thousands of civil war re-enactors marching over the exact ground that the federal army and the army of North Virginia fought on.

The defense of the Little Round Top and Pickett's Charge are highlighted in the actual three day battle which is surrounded by the speeches of the commanding officers and the personal reflections of the fighting men. Based upon the novel 'The Killer Angels'. "

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107007/

[synbi]

Has anybody suggested Intolerance yet? A 1916 silent movie, this one is a fascinating one directed by D.W. Griffith. It's a "fugue" of sorts, one of the few movies of this sort that I know which has intertwined several layers of storylines of different eras together, and the action unfolds both in ancient Babylonian, Renaissance French and Modern times, cutting back and forth between them but forming a coherent sum of its parts however. I enjoyed this film - the different stories are masterfully edited to flow and work together and the action scenes are, for such an old movie with its technical limitations in mind, breathtaking! The cast is likable as well, especially the cute heroine in the Babylonian story.

It's a long movie, and the action won't start right at the beginning. But when it did, it kept me glued to the screen right up into one of the greatest conclusions I've ever seen in a film. I highly recommend not to pass this, as daunting as it may feel to start watching a silent film!

[joboo]

Check out Sharkwater 2006

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTM2NjI2MDkyNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjcyNTE0MQ@@._ V1._SY317_.jpg (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4096954880/tt0856008)

It totally dispels the myth about sharks, and will give you an appreciation for how beautiful, and perfect the ocean is (and how messed up people are in comparison).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856008/

[Buddha]

do you know when the movie was released?

edit: was it farewell to the king? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097334/)

Yes! That's it muffin. Great film.

Also a movie called "Bronson" it's on netflix instant queue. I was VERY surprised by it, very A Clockwork Orange-ish

I can't believe that this wasn't mentioned, unless I missed it Children of Men, and also Equilibrium

[solid]

Gran Torino

Also (for milehi and gundriller) Step Into Liquid. 2 dvd surfing video.

[joboo]

What about Bob - Can't believe I missed this one. Loved it.

Death Hunt 1981 - Charles Bronson & Lee Marvin...nuff said.

[solid]

What about Bob - Can't believe I missed this one. Loved it.

Haha that's a good one. Reminded me of...

The Burbs. 1989. That's a funny one.

I'm holed up sick. Everytime I get sick I go get chicken soup, and stop by Blockbusters. I bought 5 DVD's for $20..

No Country for Old Men.

Roadwarrior.

Proof of Life.

Appaloosa.

Miracle On 34th Street.

I watched 3 of them yesterday.:(

[joboo]

Feeling nostalgic?

American Grafitti 1973

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069704/

[Osiris]

Momento. Not sure if it was mentioned before.

[osoab]

Gangster No.1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sim6Bxt_kkk&feature=topics

[joboo]

Life of Brian 1979

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079470/

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE3Nzk5Njc4NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMDYyNzQ5._V1._ SY317_CR3,0,214,317_.jpg (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm694656512/tt0079470)

Watching it atm. I forgot how funny this movie was.

[Libertarian_Guard]

Looking for a friend for the end of the world

Caught this one a month or two ago, it got overlooked, but I thing it will be back on the radar come award time.

[midnight rambler]

I haven't reviewed this entire thread for it, but there's the B movie cult classic 'A Boy and His Dog' from '75 with Don Johnson.


A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex, and they stumble into an underground society where the old society is preserved. The daughter of one of the leaders of the community seduces and lures him below, where the citizens have become unable to reproduce because of being underground so long. They use him for impregnation purposes, and then plan to be rid of him.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh7PYGV-PKc

[singular_me]

The Watchmen. Many anti-heroes, characters' development excellent IMHO. saw it 7 times so far...

[joboo]

I haven't reviewed this entire thread for it, but there's the B movie cult classic 'A Boy and His Dog' from '75 with Don Johnson.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh7PYGV-PKc


I watched that last night. Holy B movie. Yeouch...

and I thought Zardoz was bad!

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUzNjczNzk1MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwMjU4ODg4._V1._ SY317_CR5,0,214,317_.jpg (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm744790272/tt0070948)

[joboo]

Rescue Dawn 2006

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNzUxNzUzNzU2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTgzNzU2NA@@._ V1._SY317_.jpg (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1672002304/tt0462504)

[collector]

Suckers (life at a car dealership)

Fandango

[Gaillo]

Rescue Dawn 2006

A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNzUxNzUzNzU2MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTgzNzU2NA@@._ V1._SY317_.jpg (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1672002304/tt0462504)

Great one... forgot about it until now!

[joboo]

Great one... forgot about it until now!

Great Movie, but I just found out the director totally botched the story line.

http://www.rescuedawnthetruth.com/

....somewhat based on a true story.

[joboo]

Death at a Funeral (2007)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795368/
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTIwNjYyODU1NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDk4OTQ0MQ@@._ V1._SY317_CR12,0,214,317_.jpg (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1909363456/tt0795368)

Funniest movie I've seen in a while.

[joboo]

Maybe not of all time to keep, but definitely to blow your mind.

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea 2003

"A deep-sea mechanized probe, makes a voyage some 12,000 feet underwater to explore the Azores, a constantly-erupting volcanic rift between Europe and North America."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0331068/

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjA3MjU2NDgwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODIwODgyMQ@@._ V1._SY279_CR14,0,188,279_.jpg (http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3480984832/tt0331068)

https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/7691907/IMAX.Volcanoes.Of.The.Deep.Sea.2004.720p.BluRay.x2 64-PUZZLE_%5BPub

[agnut]

Lots of great movies mentioned so far. Here are a few Sci-fi and then some various movies from my collection. I have way over a thousand DVDs and several boxes of videotapes stored in the barn (probably won‘t be any good in a few years). I began collecting movies in 1978 when a blank tape was $20, a VCR machine was $1,000 on sale and a prerecorded movie was about $60. That was in 1978 dollars too !

Dark Star
Forbidden Planet
Starman
Soylent Green
Time Bandits
Dune
Barbarella
Brainstorm
A.I.
Contact
Fifth Element
Explorers
Lawnmower Man 1 and 2
Bicentennial Man
Enemy Mine
I, Robot
Logan’s Run
Mission To Mars
Time Machine 1960 version
War Of The Worlds

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Animal Farm
Beetlejuice
Being There
Blast From The Past
Bonfire Of The Vanities
Bread And Chocolate
Bullitt
Bulworth
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Key Largo
As Good As It Gets
To Have And Have Not
To Kill A Mockingbird
Chariots Of Fire
Chinatown
Christmas Story
Citizen Kane
Magnificent Ambersons
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Coneheads
Conspiracy Theory
Continental Divide
Cool Hand Luke
Coupling - all 4 seasons
Cowboy Way
David Copperfield
Death Becomes Her
Deathtrap
Deep Impact
Doctor Zhivago
Easy Rider
EdTV
Eddie Izzard - Dressed To Kill
Enemy At The Gates
Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex…
Falling Down
Fantasia
Fargo
Fish Called Wanda
Five Easy Pieces
Young Frankenstein
Full Bottom - British comedy series
Fritz The Cat
Get Shorty
Gods Must Be Crazy
Graduate
Grapes Of Wrath
Grease
Great Escape
Great Santini
Groundhog Day
Harold And Maude
Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
Houseboat
Italian Job
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers
I.Q.
Island, The
The Jerk
Kind Hearts And Coronets
King Of Hearts
Koyaanisqatsi
L.A. Story
Lawrence Of Arabia
Life Is Beautiful
Life Or Something Like It
Love Me Tender
Love Stinks
Magnificent Seven
Maltese Falcon
Man From Earth - gift from Ponce
Mark Twain - PBS special
Married With Children All 11 Seasons
Marty
M.A.S.H.
Meaning Of Life
Michael
Midnight Cowboy
Midnight Express
Misfits
Money Pit
Monty Python And The Search For The Holy Grail
Moscow On The Hudson
Mr. Bean - The Whole Bean 3 DVDs
My Blue Heaven
Mystic River
Network
Night Of The Living Dead
Night Shift
North By Northwest
Nothing But Trouble
Oliver Twist
On The Beach
One Eyed Jacks
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Pay It Forward
Pink Panther
Pinocchio
Planes, Trains, And Automobiles
Pledge, The - Jack Nicholson
Producers - Zero Mostel 1968
Psycho
Quiet Man - John Wayne
Rain Man
Ray
Rebel Without A Cause
Red Dawn
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rollerball
Sand Pebbles
Sabrina
Saturday Night Fever
Searchers
Shane
Shining
Ship Of Fools
Silent Running
Simple Twist Of Fate
Slaughterhouse Five
Sleepers
Sleepless In Seattle
Sling Blade
Smart People
Some Like It Hot
Song Of The South
Stand By Me
Steambath
Steel Magnolias
Streetcar Named Desire
The Sum Of All Fears
Swept Away
Swordfish
Taming Of The Shrew
Ten Commandments
There’s Something About Mary
Thin Blue Line - British humor
Third Rock Season 1through 6
Thomas Crown Affair - Steve McQueen
Titanic
Tootsie
Trading Places
Tron
Ulee’s Gold
Unforgiven
Untouchables
Up In Smoke
Urban Cowboy
V For Vendetta
Very Bad Things
Wallace And Gromit
War Games
War Of The Roses
Waterworld
We Were Soldiers
What Women Want
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf ?
Witches Of Eastwick
Wizards
World According To Garp
World Of Suzy Wong
Yellow Submarine
Yearling
Young Frankenstein
You’ve Got Mail

Best wishes,

agnut