movie help please :)

[Whoviantrekkie]

Also Road House!

Its not necessarily a good movie or a great movie. But its so awesome at the same time. And its Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliot kicking ass and taking names...nothing wrong with that in my book. Like I said its not groundbreaking cinema like Nosferatu (Which I recommend as well seeing as how I don't think I've seen any silent films on this list) but if you want to break from the ground breakers and just see something fun this is one of my favorites to turn on lol.

 

[Lamashtu]

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[Amnesiac]

*Anything by Wes Anderson (aka...Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, Darling Limited....)

- Musicroxmysox09

Wes Anderson IS indeed magnificent, but I felt that he's a bit too dry and referential for casual viewers who don't have the benefit of a film school or classical education; Aimee's just looking for good, general stuff, which is why I didn't recommend any of them, but if she's feeling adventurous, then I can't argue with Mel's suggestion because they are worth it.

 

[me4o]

Hey, I forgot to mention Everybody's fine with Robert De Niro and Drew Barrymore. I loved it. If someone has already said it, sorry for repeating 🙂

 

[Luvs2tckl]

A few westerns... and others

I have to add a few great Westerns...

Tombstone
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Lonesome Dove Series w/Duvall and Jones
Dances with Wolves

I honestly don't think I can say I have seen a Western with Robert Duvall that wasn't good... Broken Trail and Open Range are two good ones.

Few others...

Blade Runner
Equilibrium w/Christian Bale

 

[Dr. Vollin]

If it's not too late, I've got an expanded list. Here are some must-see horror movies:

Alien
An American Werewolf in London
The Birds
The Black Cat (1934)
Black Christmas
Black Sunday
The Body Snatcher
Bride of Frankenstein
Cat People
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Dracula (1931, Spanish version)
Eyes Without A Face
Frankenstein
Freaks
The Haunting
I Walked with a Zombie
The Masque of the Red Death
The Monolith Monsters
The Mummy's Hand
Night of the Living Dead
The Omen
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Poltergeist
Psycho
Rosemary's Baby
Spider Baby
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Them!
The Thing
Tombs of the Blind Dead

 

[Filthyweasel]

Now that Gin-gerale has put a stop to the endless cinematic shenanigans, I'll lend my recommendations, being among the more experienced cineastes of the forum. Alchemy, AnnieHall, Musicroxmysox09, and gothfreakhell might be able to run circles around me about music...but I don't know nobody who can best me at movies!

She's right Aimesley, over half the shit recommended is crap. Unfortunately, I can only recommend good shit you have to see that doesn't require a film school degree to understand or appreciate (which is why The Brown Bunny, Freddy Got Fingered or David Lynch movies aren't on here) so this list won't be as thorough as I'd like it to be.

2001: A Space Odyssey
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
400 Blows
The Abyss
Accepted
Airplane!
Alien
Aliens
All the President's Men
American Psycho
American Splendor
Anchorman (yes Gin Blossom, this one I feel is worth it)
Angel Heart
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Apollo 13
Arlington Road
Army of Darkness (but ONLY after watching Evil Dead II first)
Arsenic and Old Lace
Bad Santa
Badlands
The Battle of Algiers
Beerfest
Beetlejuice
Being John Malkovich
The Believer
The Benchwarmers
Better Off Dead (and its companion piece One Crazy Summer)
The Big Lebowski
Black Hawk Down
The Black Stallion (1979)
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles
The Blues Brothers
Boogie Nights
Bound
Brick
The 'Burbs
Caddyshack
Casablanca
The Cell
Chasing Amy
Children of Men
The China Syndrome
Chinatown
A Christmas Story
Citizen Ruth
City of God
City Slickers
Clerks
A Clockwork Orange
Clue
Code 46
Collateral
Coming to America
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
The Conversation
The Cooler
Dancer in the Dark
Dark City
Dawn of the Dead (after Night of the Living Dead)
Die Hard
Dirty Work
The Doom Generation
Duel
Edward Scissorhands
Election
The Entity
Escape From New York
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fallen
Fargo
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Field of Dreams
The Fifth Element
Fight Club
The Fly
Friday
Friday Night Lights
Full Metal Jacket
The Game
Gangs of New York
Gattaca
Get Shorty
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Ghost World
Ghostbusters
Goodfellas
The Goonies
Gremlins
Grosse Pointe Blank
Groundhog Day
Grumpy Old Men
Half Baked
Hard Candy
Heat
Heathers
Hellraiser
Hero
Highwaymen
The Hitcher
House of Sand and Fog
House Party
The Hunt for Red October
Hurlyburly
The Hustler
The Ice Harvest
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
In the Mouth of Madness
The Insider
It Happened One Night
Jaws

...And I'll stop here or this'll go on too long. J-Z to follow in a PM if you'd like.

You know, I'm kinda curious to see what your J-Z list is too.

 

[BellaRisa]

First and foremost, this. ^

Secondly, if you'd like I can go through and cross off about 100 of the movies suggested. Because they're ass. I promise.

For example, do NOT waste your time seeing ANY of the Transformer movies. Honestly, little to no plot, a lot of explosions, and Megan Fox looking dirty as fuck. You're not missing anything if you haven't seen them. In addition to any and all Adam Sandler movies and the majority of the recent blockbuster hits. Seriously, give the word and I will weed out all of the crap that people are throwing at you. No offense to anyone - I love you all - I just don't want her eyes to bleed out of her skull watching ANYTHING that Will Ferrell is in.

Lastly, if you haven't already, you should absolutely watch Disney's Fantasia, Forrest Gump, and the Kill Bill saga. And I may come back and give you more later.

I almost agree with you completely, but Sandler and Ferrell have had their moments: Billy Madison, Punch Drunk Love, Funny People, Click, Stranger than Fiction, and Anchorman should be required viewing 😎

 

[Amnesiac]

You know, I'm kinda curious to see what your J-Z list is too.
- Filthyweasel

Alright then, first a few additions I egregiously left out:

Amadeus (I don't vouch for it due to major historical inaccuracies, but people like it)
Casablanca
Dazed & Confused
From Dusk Till Dawn
Full Metal Jacket
The Godfather
The Godfather II
Hellboy
I Am Legend (with original ending)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

And finally:

Jacob's Ladder
Jandek on Corwood (you can actually watch it in full here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vTtQg6qIIk just follow the links)
Jaws
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back
JFK
Jurassic Park
Kentucky Fried Movie
Kids
King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
Kung Fu Hustle
L.A. Confidential
The Last Temptation of Christ
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Love & Death
M*A*S*H
The Machinist
Mad Max
Mad Max 2 (known as The Road Warrior in the US)
Mallrats
Manhattan
The Matrix
Meatballs
Memento
Men With Guns
The Midnight Meat Train
Midnight Run
Miller's Crossing
Minority Report
The Mist
Monsters, Inc.
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Monty Python's Life of Brian
Mother, Jugs & Speed
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun 2 1/2
The Name of the Rose
National Lampoon's Animal House
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Nick of Time
Night of the Living Dead
No Country for Old Men
North by Northwest
Not Another Teen Movie
Ocean's Eleven
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Hour Photo
Pan's Labyrinth
The Paper Chase
The Parallax View
Paths of Glory
Payback
PCU
The People Under the Stairs
Persepolis
Pet Sematary
Phantasm
Phantasm II
Pi
Pink Floyd The Wall
Pleasantville
Police Academy
Poltergeist
Predator
The Prestige
The Princess Bride
Princess Mononoke
Psycho
Pulp Fiction
Pump Up the Volume
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Quick and the Dead
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Re-Animator
Rear Window
Redbelt
Repo Man (NOT Repo MEN)
Requiem for a Dream
Reservoir Dogs
Return of the Living Dead
Robocop
Rocky I
Run Lola, Run
Saving Private Ryan
A Scanner Darkly
Schindler's List
Seconds
Secretary
Series 7
Se7en
Seven Samurai
Sherrybaby
The Shining
Shoot 'Em Up
Short Cuts
The Silence of the Lambs (then watch Hannibal and Red Dragon if you want)
Sin City
Slap Shot
Snatch
Sneakers
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
Spaceballs
Speed
Spun
Stand By Me
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Emprie Strikes Back
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
NO STAR WARS PREQUELS!
Stargate
The Sting
Stir of Echoes
The Stoned Age
The Straight Story
Strange Brew
Strange Days
The Strangers
Swimming With Sharks
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Teeth
The Terminator
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Thing (1982)
Thirteen
This Film is Not Yet Rated
Three Kings
Three to Tango
Top Secret!
The Tracey Fragments
Trading Places
Tremors
True Romance
The Truman SHow
The Usual Suspects
Vacancy
WarGames
The Way of the Gun
Wayne's World
Wayne's World 2
Weekend at Bernies
Weird Science
Whale Rider
When Harry Met Sally
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Withnail & I
You Can Count on Me
Young Frankenstein


Told ya it would be long.

 

[Filthyweasel]

Awesome. Your movie tastes match mine almost completely, thanks mate.