Leon (aka The Professional)
Amadeus
Children Of Men
Dr Strangelove
The Beast Of War
Apocalypse Now (Redux)
Falling Down
Barry Lyndon
Plunkett And Macleane


edit: sorted the list out a bit and separated my all time personal favourite must-watch 10/10 highly recommendable films from the rest

Really solid list with a few exceptions:

Falling Down -- good idea, but only has a few good moment
300 -- I know it's a faithful adaptation, but it's mostly just slow-mo visuals and some dudes in loin cloths
The Abyss (Director's Cut) -- Theatrical was better and less preachy
Jurassic Park 3 -- Second was better than third; Third just got campy
Chronicles of Riddick -- Way too ambitious for budget and 2 hour length, Vin Disel is campy throughout (Pitch Black was far superior)
28 Weeks Later -- first 2 minutes only decent part of the film
Skyline -- That campy sci-fi movie set in LA?
Equilibrium -- Action movie masquerading as a thoughtful dystopian scifi. Missed much of the point of 1984.
Crash -- Too dramatic, preachy
Bram Stoker's Dracula -- If referring to the Coppola version, great style but terrible casting and adaptation
Gladiator
Dune -- I actually really like this movie, but it butchered the books
The Boondock Saints -- Witty dialogue, okay action, but generally overrated

Surprised by lack of:
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
The Hidden Fortress
Yojimbo
A Clockwork Orange
Forrest Gump
Cast Away
Back to the Future
Funny Games
White Ribbon
Zodiac
Fight Club
The Game
Seven
Lost In Translation
Momento
The Wrestler
Black Swan
Bottle Rocket
Royal Tennanbaums
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Life Aquatic
Darjling Limited
Appaloosa
The Departed
Gangs of New York
Casino
Taxi Driver

And yes, I'll say it... The Avengers, Thor, and Iron Man (first and third).

Also, true story, Darren Aronofsky wrote "The Wrestler" and "Black Swan" as one movie following shot as overlapping story lines.

I think you're missing the point. This isn't a debate about what's better than what, or what flaws X film has, what's campy or what's preachy... (which is all subjective anyway), it's just a thread where people recommend their personal favourites... and my list is by no means complete nor should it be considered as a definintive guide to the best movies just because it's a long list. It's just a half-assed and unfinished list of movies that I enjoyed personally for whatever reason, some more than others.

I will say that all of them should be watched at least once though, even Skyline.

I've updated the list with a few you mentioned, although Taxi Driver and Fight Club are already there. Not sure how equilibrium ended up on my list btw, I didn't actually enjoy it lol

I wasn't debating. Didn't mean it like that. There were just some crazy movies on that list. :-)

EDIT: I was trying to say it was a great list, but my changes would be as follows...

I approve of this list!
Ok, not 100%. Skyline may very well be the worst movie I've ever seen. Also: Memento not Momento.

Funny Games -- original or remake in English?

Never seen German one, but since it was a shot-by-shot remake, what difference does it make?

In a different director's hand, the difference can be night&day. Take the original La Femme Nikita and compare to the shot-by-shot remake starring Bridget Fonda called Point of No Return
In addition to a nearly 40 percent drop in its Tomato Rating, the remake lost so much of its style and lead character menace.

It was the same director that did both Funny Games: Micheal Heneke.

ty, will check it out :)

seven samurai and ikiru are not for everyone, thus cannot be recommended.

I agree about Ikiru, but not Seven Samurai. Great, classic flick I think most people would enjoy.

hey guys wanna see a 3 hour and a half black and white japanese movie from the 50s

Sure mang.

Actually get them to watch it and they'll probably enjoy it.

First time I saw it was with a group of friends and is one of mine's all time favorites. Still doesn't mean it's a top pick for group watching, in general, because in this day and age it requires a bit of endurance and open-mindness to watch something of that description.

Funny thing is seven samurai and the hidden fortress are considered to be some of the best Kurosawa movies ever, but what I want to re-watch right now is not them but Ikiru, one of the 'most boring' of his and certainly not something that can watched for the first time in groups.

You might be right (judging from what type of movies are popular these days). But I was pretty young when I saw Seven Samurai for the first time and it blew my mind so I think it could probably be enjoyed by a lot of people who don't necessary think of themselves as a cinephile.

Don't forget Ran as his most "epic" film. That movie is worth the watch alone for the insane battle scenes and gorgeous cinematography. Definitely his most visual movie, in my opinion.

I fell asleep at home after the 1st hour

that was 3 years ago btw

also: FREAKIN' APOCALIPTO?????????

Yeah, if watching a bunch of natives run throguh bushes for 90 minutes is your cup of tea.

Your missing these movies which are good ones
The Evil Dead Movies (Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness and the new Evil Dead remake)
Hobo with a Shotgun
Robocop
Dirty Harry Movies

indeed, cba to edit it any more tho

You'd really give Children of Men a 10/10? It's a great movie and all, don't get me wrong, but there are two things that would hold me back from giving it a perfect rating - the scene with the soldiers and the baby towards the end, and the ending itself - I found it very lazy and sappy. I dunno, thought all the massive build-up could have been used for something better than the well-expected mystery salvation boat (I'll freely admit I'm a fan of unhappy/ambiguous/twist endings).

I have to say tho, Clive Owen and Michael Caine steal the show and run the fuck away with it, they're so god-damn good in it, it makes my eyes water.

the ending made the movie for me.

it was beautiful!

It was hopeful and helped ease up a bit on the oppressive nature of the movie, I certainly can understand why they went that way, it does contrast well with the rest of it, but I was expecting something a bit more morose and thoughtful. To me it made the rest of the experience a little bit empty, like the entire message has been diluted. Just my preference I suppose.

seems to me like your preference is (essentially) cynicism.

Agreed. Good film, but only worth 8/10.

I think I agree with both your points, however the mood it creates is undeniable and for a film set in the future it's impresssively believeable.

But yeah ending (and penultimate) scene was shite. We did it! Oh crap Theo's dead. Oh nevermind, the Human Project are here within 30 seconds. All's well!

But 9/10 for 'pull my finger' scene.. :D

The man from earth

awesome little film!

boooring

Didn't like it

great film.

shit movie

Scott Pilgrim vs The World.

great movie for a gamer

one of the few movies i couldn't stand so much i had to quit halfway.

yeah its very specific, but i had a lot of fun on it.

I've watched it to the very end. I have to say, very few other movies have a more nonsensical, idiotically hamfisted romance, plot holes, out of place references and negative chemistry. It's a mess.

Didn't like it

Harold and Kumar go to White Castle

best movie ever

pitch perfect

been sitting on my pc for ages; still not watched

it's funny man. watch it.

Melancholia

The line from that movie which messed with my head was when Kirsten Dunst (played the gf in older Spiderman) told her sister "We're alone," that life doesn't exist anywhere else in the universe. "Nobody will miss us," she says.

Dunst's character was already a little disturbing, and she delivered those lines with a cold and almost supernatural credibility.

hahaha yeah it was awesome. but still.. i noticed a few things in that movie.
like you said it's all about us being alone 'n' all but she knew throughout the movie exactly what's going to happen. she even said so herself. it was especially noticeable when she got the number of balls exactly right.
this kinda leads to believe she's gettin this info from somewhere, almost supernatural. this contradicts with the overall point of the movie like you said. also let's not forget that the name of the horse was Abraham who is considered the first human being on Earth and the "father" of all humans. maybe it's some kind of symbolism.
the message was obvious like you concluded but i can't help notice those few little things. Im not sure if that was intentional or just "accidental".

ty. I didn't catch that name of the horse clue -- I googled some stuff and found that director Von Trier realized the movie after reading about how calm clinically depressed people remain during stressful situations and emergencies. Makes sense.

indeed that is true. i read that somewhere too. tried reading some on IMDB message boards but the discussion was pretty weak imo.

The Green Elephant

La Haine
Aftermath Genesis

Harsh Times
The Dog who stopped the war

upstream color
how to train your dragon
dazed and confused
dark city
enter the void

The Grandmaster, Chocolate, Ong Bak , Zatoichi

Cypher (2002)
Zero Effect (1998)
Ashes of Time (1994)
The Duellists (1977)
The Big Blue (1988)
Millennium Actress (2001)
The Rules of Attraction (2002)
Tape (2001)
Naked Lunch (1991)
Faust (1994)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Strange Days (1995)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

If you liked the Duellists you'll love Barry Lyndon

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead is wayyy too depressing. Almost as bad as "Requiem for a Dream".

So much better because it's so much less moralistic/teaching

Cypher
Zero(4) Effect
ASHes of Time
The Duellists...

Is that a pun or am I fucked up in the head already by all those years of following quake?

don't forget:

The Big BLUE
/M/ illenium Actress
Before the D(Evil) Knows You're Dead

:P

I am not alone \o/

Shutter Island

The Master

Would recommend to everyone:
Bad Lieutnant (Direc.: Werner Herzog, the remake, not the old one)
Tell No One
La Haine
Match Point

Maybe not for everyone, but worth a look:
Kin Dza-Dza
Dredd
Cassandra's Dream
Warrior (2011)

It's a Wonderful Life.

The Sting

In remembrance of Roger Ebert I recommend:

Fargo
Citizen Kane

two perfect movies!

Threads like these usually end up completely useless. Instead of listing billion titles rather take one that really spoke to you and tell about it with few words.

Won't list the ones I rated 8, although they are pretty good as well, but there's too much of them. But I would recommend any of the movies I did list. I'm not picky when it comes to films, so it has all kinds of genres, old and new, Hollywood and artistic, American and international.

Nice list!

Attack The Block \m/

Yeah, that movie is baller!

If you liked it, I really recommend Grabbers! Came out this year, I've seen it on a festival, it's essentially the same story, only set in a small Irish town with different kind of aliens. I thought it was hilarious.

dude, Amélie Poulain ? :D

I'm happy someone likes Kevin Smith though

What's wrong with Amélie, though? :P

I think the weirdest pick on my list is Scooby-Doo which is basically a family movie, plus I think it has the lowest imdb rating (4.7) out of those. It does have to do with Scooby Doo being my favorite cartoon in my childhood, and after the live action movie came out in 2002, I watched it like 15 to 20 times and never got bored of it. As a Scooby Doo fan, I couldn't imagine a better live action movie than that.

Amélie is like the cheesiest film to ever come out of France, and the worst depiction of Paris I have ever seen. In the film, Montmartre and the tour Eiffel are fucking next to each other

127 hours must be only movie i ever deleted out of boredom-rage ever

Rather than listing a number of random films I'll present to you three lists to watch and really reflect on your film watching habits:

- Serial Killer/FBI Procedure
Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Red Dragon, Poughkeepsie Tapes

- Woody Allen's Eurotrip
Match Point, Scoop, Cassandras Dream

Supernatural Horror
Event Horizon, Hellraiser, Rosemary's Baby, Signs

[+] for Event Horizon

Have you seen new Hannibal series? If not give it a try and tell me your opinion.

Seems OK, Mads Mikkelsen is surely as interesting as Anthony Hopkins, but different, the FBI protagonist seems pretty awkward, but in my understanding he was written that way. IMHO the future show heavily depends upon how much the arch is presented, because I've heard they want to stay somewhat close to the source. As long as it's not a random murder every week that has no big meaning, I guess it will be good.

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White Tiger (Belyy Tigr) -WW2 in the movie two supernatural elements fight each other, nice allegory, not going the Hollywood lame-o-matic way though:
-Suddenly a tank appeared from the side. A Tiger tank, painted white. A T-6 tank. He began to destroy the Russian tanks. In 10 minutes he destroyed all Russian tanks and then disappeared. It looked as though he vanished into thin air.
-Did you personally see it?
-He himself did not see it. He was told about this battle by a friend who participated in it.
-You cannot defeat this white devil.
-Why is that?
-Because he is the triumph of the German spirit.


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Harakiri (1962)
-After all, this thing we call samurai honor is ultimately nothing but a facade.
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Tsar (2009)
"Tsar", a film chronicling the bloody life and times of Ivan the Terrible, wrongly portrays the medieval ruler as a crazed sadist, according to a historian who has called for it to be banned.
<He wasn't called the Terrible for no reason> (my note)

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The film's director, Pavel Lungin, has countered by saying he only showed a fraction of the bloodshed for which Ivan the Terrible became infamous. "We can see a lot of the characteristics of his power today," Mr Lungin told the Moscow Times. "After his reign, Russia was left behind in the process of progress. We have made no headway since that time."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/eur...-says.html

Good to be a dictator, eh?
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3 Iron by Kim Ki-Duk
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Barfly (1986)
-Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.
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Two different versions for the same piece of history, very interesting:
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Bathory (2008)
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and
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The Countess (2009)
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Stalingrad, The documentary, 2003, Three Parts: Der Angriff, der Kessel, der Untergang
-Thousands of soldiers were lying, unburied in the snow. Thousands upon thousands. The road ran through them. The wind blew across them. Something is shattered in you. I've said it before. Something inside is destroyed, that you can never get back.
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I'll be checking out the countess and bathory fo sho

thanks for those, will look into Stalingrad & Tsar

Seen one more good movie since, Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

both are shit

ty! luckily I didn't watch any of them yet =P

watched barfly a few days ago, absolutely brilliant film. so, thank you for sharing.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
if you don't like it just stick to "Eva vs Selen" and such

not exactly a film

Team Quad - 16 Years of dedication

Another Country - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Snatch - Annie Hall

Giant - The Shining - Cool Hand Luke - Once Upon A Time In America - The Sting

The Pianist - Mean Streets - Casino - The Deer Hunter - Blade Runner

Psycho - Empire of the Sun - East of Eden - Paths of Glory - Almost Famous

Mildred Pierce - Cape Fear - The Departed - Forrest Gump - Rounders

Requiem for a Dream - 12 Monkeys - American Graffiti - The Shawshank Redemption - The Matrix

Pulp Fiction - No Country For Old Men - A Clockwork Orange - Goodfellas - Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

McCabe & Mrs. Miller - The Truman Show - Full Metal Jacket - 8 Mile - Taxi Driver

Apocalypse Now - Raging Bull - Grindhouse - Alien - Take Shelter

Office Space - Rumble Fish - Rock'n'rolla - Anatomy of a Murder - Star Wars saga

Elephant - True Romance - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - The Godfather - The Godfather 2

Oldboy - Brazil (1985 film) - Fight Club - Magnolia - Bonnie & Clyde

Layer Cake - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Sin City - The Sixth Sense - The Player

Kill Bill - Kill Bill 2 - Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail - Gone Baby Gone - Deja Vu

Match Point - Network - The Duellists - Manhattan - Footloose (1984)

Crime Spree - Miller's Crossing - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - C'est Dur D'être Aimé Par Des Cons - Gomorrah

3 Days of the Condor - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy - La Vita E Bella - Drugstore Cowboy - Not Another Teen Movie

Tombstone - Children of Men - Black Hawk Down - The Prestige - The Great Dictator

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid - Wedding Crashers - Gladiator - The Hangover - Dr. Strangelove

Inglourious Basterds - District 9 - The Secret of NIMH - Le Roi et l'oiseau - In the Loop

Shutter Island - A Prophet - Old School - Moon - To Die For

City of God (2002 film) - Inception - The Machinist - The Other Guys - Closer

Red River - Road to Perdition - Shotgun Stories - O Brother, Where Art Thou? - Reds

Howl - Drive - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Avengers - The Cotton Club

Smoke - MASH - Looper - Casablanca - The Road

Splendor in the Grass - Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid - Seven Psychopaths - L.A. Confidential - 2001: A Space Odyssey - 12 Angry Men

Silence of the Lambs - La Grande Illusion - Deliverance - Hunger - On the waterfront

The Magnificent Ambersons - Shadow of a doubt - Mud - The Passenger - Slaughterhouse Five - Chinatown

...and plenty of others ,-)

this comment should be deleted. too big, too many obvious ones (everyone has seen them) & too much shit. kill bill? shut up.

I edited it to take less space, but I hope you're joking with the rest of your comment - there are plenty of gems in there and most people will probably find a good number they don't know about/haven't seen yet. I enjoyed Kill Bill - what else do you think is shit in the list? I guess some of the comedies I included can be considered below the rest (old school, not another teen movie...), but it doesn't hurt to watch some laid-back comedies once in a while :)

requiem, FMJ, goodfellas, shutter island, inception, district 9 (fuckin prawns), etc
lots of that shit is so overly bummed online (like fight club) with people saying its omfgawesome & niche but SO MANY people online are bumming that shit & following that shepherd that its not even niche; just an OK movie thats hyped online

Can't say I agree with you then. I consider Requiem for a dream, Full Metal Jacket and Goodfellas to be masterpieces, and I very much enjoyed Shutter Island, Inception, District 9 and Fight Club.

Out of curiosity, are there any films in my list you have not watched and might be interested in watching? :p

Also, frankly, there are a LOT of lesser known movies in the list (at least for people who aren't necessarily huge cinephiles).

I think Inception and District 9 is shit. Haven't seen Full Metal Jacket.

But Goodfellas, Shutter Island, Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club? Love them.

lots. doesnt mean im gonna go and watch 50 movies now.
should have done a top 3 per category rather than spewing every movie out of a folder

Top 3s are stupid. There are too many good movies in each genre to be able to select three that would be better than all the others - it's a pointless exercise. With a list like mine, you're free to browse through the titles, look at their imdb page, and select which one you'd like to give a try to. No shit you're not going to watch 50 movies now - the entire point of the list is that you can come back to it later and find something else to watch.

What the fuck did you just say about 'Full Metal Jacket'? Might aswell call '2001' "some scifi movie".

not seen 2001

I take it you're not interested in films then.

Imdb rating:

Vol1: 8.1

Vol2: 8

The general opinion is that its not shit :))

thats just because all the hipsters bum the director & wanna seem cool. same with godfather

Obvious troll. Good day.

The Contenders 2
Dorftrottel

))))))))))

http://www.esreality.com/post/2324441/n-a/#pid2321395

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817273/?ref_=sr_1

Pet Sematary

That film is genuinely fucked up on so many levels.

Films based on Kings novels are mostly so bad... Id recommend everyone to just the read the book instead.

Are you kidding? Have you seen Carrie or The Shining?

Included 'mostly' in my original post, its just that The running man and The Mist are haunting me till these days I tend to forget theres one or two exceptions.

After which you also included the phrase "without exception", which you edited out since.

Anyway, I also liked The Mist, though it has one of the most frustrating movie endings of all time. I was so mad at the protagonist, I was pulling my hair out.

I read the book first and thought the movie was lacking the amosphere and all, but it was about ok / little below avarage until the ending scene. That just killed it. Probly should mention the ending in the book is very different.

eXistenZ

K-PAX

;)

death wish

My favorite part from the Death Wish series is part 3. But of course it is recommended to start with the first one!

Duel

lol I saw this 2 days ago. It was fucking awesome for a TV movie

That movie is awesome. :)

The Man from Nowhere

watched some very interesting docus recently:
The Imposter

Planet Ant - Life Inside The Colony - BBC (YouTube)

Thanks for the suggestion! Big docu-fan here, watched The Imposter just now, and it blew my mind away!

any suggestions from your side? =)

Docs you mean?

I loved "Man on Wire", "Exit Through the Gift Shop" and "TPB AFK".

But if I need to say a lesser known one: "Requiem for Detroit?" Amazing documentary.

The magician - mockumentary of an australian hitman

Vampire Kiss for the best Nicolas Cage performance :D

Princess Mononoke
Nausicaa of the valley of the wind
Mind game

Moon

Heat, Scarface, Se7en, Apocalypse Now, Alien, Jaws, Unforgiven, Kokuhaku (Confessions), Runaway Train, Bad Boy Bubby, Mad Max, Mulholland Drive (not for everyone), Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, The Thing (1982) & Boogie Nights (1997)

[+] for runaway train and the thing 82

Carpenter is a genius ffs

3 idiots

This thread delivers.

Also, Lesbian Vampire Killers

Is this the one where lesbian killers are killing vampires or the one where vampire killers are killing lesbians?

It's the one where there are 2 guys killing lesbian vampires.

the 2 guys were lesbian?
something seems not right

can anybody recommend some funny films? like "super bad" for example

nothing like Superbad, but I found these funny:

In Bruges

Big Nothing

In Bruges is golden!

check out Big Nothing then, quite similar thematically :)

Already watchlisted. :P

In the same vein as Superbad: Old School, The Other Guys, Wedding Crashers, Horrible Bosses, The Hangover (the first one)...

The Other Guys was fucking awful, all the funny bits were in the trailer

Completely disagree.

Can't go wrong with Jim Jarmusch films.

so let me join in, the Films I liked in the past: :-)

The Matrix, Inception, Se7en, The Godfather I, The Godfather II, Terminator II, Taxi Driver, Bram Stokers Dracula, Apocalypse Now, Leon The Professional

Runner ups: Batman Dark Knight, Black Swan, Gladitor, Fight Club, Fith Element, Alien, Avatar, Pulp Fiction, Tron Legacy

Apocalypse Now
Akira
Alien + Aliens
American Beauty
American Psycho
City Of God
Don't Look Now
Hero
Memento
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
Pulp Fiction
Scream
Se7en
The Silence Of The Lambs
The Talented Mr Ripley
Traffic

Quake Movies - Get Quaked 3, dorftrottel, hate freestyle 2, Tricking iT2, Unity, Castor Fiber, Mercurial, Trick'Em All 3, trixo, w3sp strafes, f33l, COOLLER 2010/2011, Celestia, The Contenders

EDIT: and Freeform, cannot believe I almost forgot mrks' masterpiece

Some films that haven't been mentioned yet that I really enjoyed:

Serious ones:

Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York
Synecdoche, New York
Matchstick Men
11:14
Mr. Brooks
The Lookout
Reign Over Me
Solaris (2002 one, yet to watch the Tarkovsky's version)
Half Nelson
Little Miss Sunshine
The Dog Problem
London (2005)
Running Scared
The Box
Take Shelter
Transamerica


Lighter ones:

A Serious Man
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Thursday
King of California
Stardust
Cashback
The Darjeeling Limited
The Brothers Bloom
Whip It (no, I'm not a lesbian)
Super Troopers
The Cabin in the Woods

Fuck that George cloney shit, watch Solaris from Tarkovsky

I will, but you have to agree that Soderbergh's Solaris wasn't that bad - dat atmosphere and score

Soderbergh always does something interesting with his source material, he makes something on his own out of it and it's always enjoyable, didn't watch that one recently, but still..

They're both shit. Read the book.

If you liked Take Shelter, you'll probably enjoy the other two Jeff Nichols movies as well, Mud and Shotgun Stories (I very much enjoyed them both) :-)

They're on my IMDB watchlist already :)

Britain used to have an empire due to people like her.

she could take her

'Flodder'.
A dutch movie.
There are three Flodder movies, first one was best.
Dunno if it has ever been translated into english tho.
Ah well, it only took me 2 years to understand the dutch language.
Far less than the time it took me to understand english humour.

Here are some good prison films. Lol, not the Shawshank (dunno how to spell this shit) Redemption, this is for fags only, here are some really cool other ones:
beginning with the best:
A Prophet (french film, really good, caught me right from the beginning)
Felon (pretty american film, but that doesn't mean it's bad)
Celda 211 (spanish film, not the typical prison-film; I found it partly a bit odd and boring, but worth a look)

Animal Factory
The Green Mile
Bronson
Chopper
Blood in Blood out (also known as Bound by Honor)

Celda 211 is good, american history x could also be considered a prison film

Unthinkable
The Illusionist
The Negotiator
Enemy of the state
The italian job
Primal Fear
Public enemies
The prestige
Secret Window
Snatch
Shutter island
American Gangster
Inside man
Law Abiding Citizen
Seven
Mr. Brooks

Good movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274518/

About time somebody spiked the punch in this thread -- I was going to put up some notable John Waters movies too :) (Having lived near Baltimore for some time). Nice link, kept reading after seeing Plot Keyword "intentional bad acting"

Prisoners
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392214/?ref_=nv_sr_1

highly recommended

sick movie indeed, try old boy - original version or new one.

The Way Way Back

The Last Days On Mars

Richard Linklater's Before... trilogy.

Before Sunrise (1995) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112471/reference
Before Sunset (2004) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381681/reference
Before Midnight (2013) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209418/reference

loved them!

Not mentioned before:


Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)

Gattaca (1997)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

The spy who came in from the cold (1963)

Army of Shadows/L'armée des ombres (1969)

Valhalla rising (definitely not for everyone, 2009)

Killing them softly (2012)

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

Pontypool (2008)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Oh god yes. Perhaps not quite the best spy drama movie I've seen (probably wouldn't be the popular choice but I hugely favour Spy Game in that category) but it's an exceptional film. The pace is super slow but the atmosphere, dialogue and acting... wonderful stuff.

lol was watching trailers to all the movies ppl wrote here.. ( all shit btw , bad taste ppl , bad taste ) anyway i stumbled accross this trailer =D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E4mAF-JFDI
psychobitch movies best movies bljat

this film will only be watched because of the hot b1tches

I watched Intouchables (French), and The Beaver (USA) recently, great films :)

Would also recommend La Jetee (French, on youtube), Water (India), Monsieur Lahzar (Canada), A Seperation (Iran), The Seventh Seal (Sweden) ... All are awesome stories, with great scripts, and acting.

The Beaver is great <3

shame that Mel isnt taken serious anymore. Thanks for the recommendations also, will look into it!

also, check this and this out

well, ya know, you shoulnt bite the hand that feeds ya, no wonder hes out of work

i guess

Film about my hometown, explains a lot!

the trick is: pick a director you like, watch all his movies. Find another director you like

A mix of everything:

The Intouchables
Looper
Warrior
Tucker & Dale vs Evil

T&DvE :D LOVE IT!

indeed :D

Some good ones that haven't been mentioned yet (genre: thriller/psychological horror):

Session 9 (2001)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Misery (1990)
Shallow Grave (1994)

A Serbian Film (2010).

recently watched hard candy (2005) thought it was really good. Not perfect but definitely worth watching.

but is it worth posting in a thread which is more than a year old?

really? thread just appeared in latest comments or something so I just posted without checking any dates. I am terribly sorry to have upset you.

I'm not upset :p
Just wondering...

Yes.

ok

<3

(Mostly) older stuff, that has not been mentioned before:

Action/Crime: Chinatown, Elevator to the Gallows, French Connection ('71), In the heat of the night, Frenzy, The red circle, Natural born killers, Speed, Thomas Crown affair, Blood simple

Drama: Le Mepris, La bete humaine, Almodovar's films (e.g. 'La Mala Education'), Shame, There will be blood, Capote, The marriage of Maria Braun, The wind that shakes the barley, The lives of others,

Mystery: Mulholland Drive, Don't look now, Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Repulsion, Blow up, Twin Peaks (the series), Zerkalo, The Birds

Road/Travel: Easy Rider, The straight story, Paris-Texas

Sci-Fi/Fantasy: Stalker ('79), The Thing ('82), La Jetee, Enter the Void, Ghost in the Shell, The company of wolves, Primer

Thriller: Eyes wide shut, The place beyond the pines, The wages of fear

Western/War: High Noon, Patton, Jonny got his gun, Django ('66)

Humor: Fearless vampire killers, Indien, Playtime, M.A.S.H.,

Documentary: Hearts of Darkness, Koyaanisqatsi, My Best Fiend, Grizzly Man

Kids: Spirit of the beehive, Enchanted, E.T., Howl's moving castle, The land before time

Good list!

edit: "Error: The target user can't receive judgements" :-(

Just watched Short Term 12... and it was amazing! Highly recommended.

jacki brown
trainspotting
berlin calling
zulu
Mud
silver linings
stromberg

Recently watched and thoroughly enjoyed:

Filth

Inside Llewyn Davis

The Wolf of Wall Street

Her

'Her' is brilliant!

Yep, brilliant. One of the best movies in 2013.

Repo Man (1984)

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the colour of magic

limitless

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la haine

u-turn

Jodorowsky's Dune, after reading some of the news articles yesterday about the passing of H.R.Giger I noticed he'd been in this documentary about this guy who had a vision of creating a Dune movie... before David Lynch even started his. It's an excellent documentary, Jodorowsky was clearly very passionate about the project and managed to get an excellent team together. H.R. Giger and Chris Foss were doing the artwork for it. Towards the end they show some references from the amazing picture board (whatever its called) that were very similar to scenes in various movies that came out after this project died.

Well worth a watch and if only they would release the script/story board that he had created into a book!

edit: oh and Dan O'Bannon that wrote a lot of content for the aliens films and video games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBNVpAc5HiE

TDK (2008)
Batman (1989)
Chinatown (1974)
Un singe en hiver (1962)
L'homme de Rio (1964)
Pierrot le Fou (1965)
Elysium (2013)
District 9 (2009)
Kill Bill vol.1 & 2
Django Unchained (2012)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Schindler's List (1993)
The pianist (2002)

But then if you want to see some great films from very good directors, I'd suggest watching films from Kubrick, Polanski, Tarantino and George Lautner for french movies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hwiCkU73NA

Why is Elysium on that list?

Films I watched since my last post and loved:

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

Very good animated film based on a very good graphic novel.

From Nicolas Winding Refn, who recently wrote and produced: "Only God Forgives" with Ryan Gosling, are the following must-sees - it's astonishing it isn't in any of your lists, most of you probably know them already, but they really are a must see, preferably in the original-Version (danish) with subtitles:

It's the European Pulp Fiction, without copying anything, "likable" funny characters, many improvised Scenes, superb acting and a really own style.
Pusher
Pusher II
Pusher III

You should watch Pusher, if you like it you can go ahead and watch II and III, they are equally good - make sure not to watch the english Remake of Pusher, but the original!
If you want to see more of Winding Refn, beware, because other films differ much from the Pusher series, for example "Only God Forgives" and "Valhalla Rising" have few dialogues and are much more focused on aesthetics; I like them very much, but they are special and definitely not a must-see; they have a bad imdb score as well, because of the more experimental approach and a lack of a traditional narrative.

I forgot "Drive" with Ryan Gosling is also from him, it has a much better imdb-score, it has also a advertisement-like aesthetic like "Only God Forgives" though more relating characters and more of a traditional plot. Though I didn't like it, because of the photoshopped-aesthetics.

pusher is nice!

wow didnt know its the same guy who made drive and bronson..
both also very good :)