Any real movie buffs?!
Question: Any real movie buffs!?
I don't mean the 'surface movies', the one's that are widely known!. I mean the independent films and such!. The people who really dig down and find the truly brilliant movies!. Can anyone recommend some amazing movies!? It seems like I haven't really found that many movies that were truly great in a long time!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Depends on what you are looking for!. Cinema has been around for a little over 120 years, and sometimes you gotta dig in the past to find the gems!. Some genre suggestions that you may have not seen yet!.
Comedy:
The Apartment (Billy Wilder starring Jack Lemmon!. That's all you need to know)
Trouble With Harry (a black comedy from Hitchcock)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (black comedy from Woody Allen)
Western:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (they don't need no stinkin' badges)
Red River (the Duke is here!.!.with beef and gay innuendos)
Drama:
The Lost Weekend (one of the 1st depictions of alcoholism onscreen)
Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock classic)
Breathless (if you like French New-Wave)
Murmur of the Heart (can get a lil' weird with the incest thing!.!.!.)
Tokyo Story (beautiful and so real)
Chungking Express (inspired by FNW but from Hong-Kong)
Sci-Fi/Horror:
Spellbound (Hitchcock's version with G!. Peck)
The Thing (well!.!.!.the thing)
Gangster/Crime/Film Noir:
Public Enemy (inspired all crime stuff to follow)
Little Caesar (see above)
Gilda (Rita Hayworth as the femme fatale)
Angels With Dirty Faces (better than other stupid teen flicks)
Bonnie and Clyde (we rob banks)
Classic Masterpieces:
Strike! (better than Battleship Potemkin in my opinion)
Le Grande Illusion (brought me to tears)
Nasfaratu (creepy German Expressionism)
Queen Christina (les-tastic)
Passion of Joan of Arc (will wow you)
Romance:
Ju Dou (Chinese Postman Always Rings Twice)
Black Film (as in Black filmmakers):
Hollywood Shuffle ("Black Acting School")
Menace II Society ("what you say about my momma!.!.!.")
Eve's Bayou (I'm Creole so I love this one, Sam Jackson is not yelling in this movie)
Ballast (was at Sundance this year, look for it soon)
Gay/Lesbian:
Quincenera (plus a pregnant teenager before Juno made it fashionable)
Women Driven:
Mildred Pierce (can get a little melodramatic, but you know)
Steel Magnolias (see above)
Fried Green Tomatoes (see above)
Imitation of Life (both versions)
Musicals:
Fiddler on the Roof (If I were a rich girl!.!.!.)
Amadeus (brillant)
An American in Paris (I got my gal, who can ask for anything more!.!.!.)
Docs:
Spellbound (the spelling movie)
The Business of Being Born (changed the way I will birth my babies)
Jesus Camp (creepy children)
OutFoxed (Faux News)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster (also at Sundance this year)Www@Enter-QA@Com
Comedy:
The Apartment (Billy Wilder starring Jack Lemmon!. That's all you need to know)
Trouble With Harry (a black comedy from Hitchcock)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (black comedy from Woody Allen)
Western:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (they don't need no stinkin' badges)
Red River (the Duke is here!.!.with beef and gay innuendos)
Drama:
The Lost Weekend (one of the 1st depictions of alcoholism onscreen)
Shadow of a Doubt (Hitchcock classic)
Breathless (if you like French New-Wave)
Murmur of the Heart (can get a lil' weird with the incest thing!.!.!.)
Tokyo Story (beautiful and so real)
Chungking Express (inspired by FNW but from Hong-Kong)
Sci-Fi/Horror:
Spellbound (Hitchcock's version with G!. Peck)
The Thing (well!.!.!.the thing)
Gangster/Crime/Film Noir:
Public Enemy (inspired all crime stuff to follow)
Little Caesar (see above)
Gilda (Rita Hayworth as the femme fatale)
Angels With Dirty Faces (better than other stupid teen flicks)
Bonnie and Clyde (we rob banks)
Classic Masterpieces:
Strike! (better than Battleship Potemkin in my opinion)
Le Grande Illusion (brought me to tears)
Nasfaratu (creepy German Expressionism)
Queen Christina (les-tastic)
Passion of Joan of Arc (will wow you)
Romance:
Ju Dou (Chinese Postman Always Rings Twice)
Black Film (as in Black filmmakers):
Hollywood Shuffle ("Black Acting School")
Menace II Society ("what you say about my momma!.!.!.")
Eve's Bayou (I'm Creole so I love this one, Sam Jackson is not yelling in this movie)
Ballast (was at Sundance this year, look for it soon)
Gay/Lesbian:
Quincenera (plus a pregnant teenager before Juno made it fashionable)
Women Driven:
Mildred Pierce (can get a little melodramatic, but you know)
Steel Magnolias (see above)
Fried Green Tomatoes (see above)
Imitation of Life (both versions)
Musicals:
Fiddler on the Roof (If I were a rich girl!.!.!.)
Amadeus (brillant)
An American in Paris (I got my gal, who can ask for anything more!.!.!.)
Docs:
Spellbound (the spelling movie)
The Business of Being Born (changed the way I will birth my babies)
Jesus Camp (creepy children)
OutFoxed (Faux News)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster (also at Sundance this year)Www@Enter-QA@Com
Angel-A (2005)
IMDB synopsis:
Angel-A, a beautiful, mysterious woman, interrupts the suicide attempt of an inept scam artist and begins to straighten out his life!. The two spend a memorable summer night in nearly deserted Paris, where Angela makes a revelation!.
Deepwater (2005)
IMDB synopsis:
A drifter (Lucas Black) comes to the town of Deepwater and is seduced into a twisted game of deceit and murder!. The cast includes Peter Coyote!.
11:14 (2003)
IMDB synopsis:
This film relates the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14 p!.m!. We follow the chain of events of five people and five storylines that converge in this story of murder and deceit!.
Jindabyne (2006)
IMDB synopis:
Stewart Kane (Gabriel Byrne), an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river!. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later!.
The Lookout (2007)
IMDB synopsis:
Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a once-promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident!. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist!.
NOTE: If you're a Joseph Gordon-Levitt fan, this definitely is one for you!. He's remarkable in this, surprising since it's rather a low-key role for a lead character!.
Miss Potter (2006)
IMDB synopsis:
This is the story of Beatrix Potter (Renee Zellweger), the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success!. also in the cast is Ewan McGregor!.
Mrs!. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
IMDB synopsis:
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer!.
NOTE: This is one of the best films I've seen in a long time!. Joan Plowright is wonderful, and Rupert Friend is a find! They play off each other beautifully!.
November (2004)
IMDB synopsis:
When her boyfriend is killed in a robbery, L!.A!. photographer Sophie Jacobs (Courteney Cox) tries her hardest to put the event behind her!. As she struggles to get over the murder, her life begins to change, leaving her clueless as to what's coming!. Worst of all, the line between reality and fantasy is beginning to shatter!.
Stage Beauty (2004)
IMDB synopsis:
London of the 1660s: Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup) has been playing female parts in plays for years, particularly Desdemona in "Othello"!. However, the rules of only men playing women are challenged when aspiring actress Maria (Claire Dains) auditions for Kynaston's praised role!.
Trauma (2004)
IMDB synopsis:
Awakening from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, a traumatized man (Colin Firth) attempts to start a new life, moving into a building he is helping to renovate and befriending the beautiful Charlotte (Mena Suvari), who is the building super and his neighbor!. Yet, he remains a haunted man who has visions of his dead wife and is suspected of being a murderer!.
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
IMDB synopsis:
This is the story of New Zealander Burt Munro (Anthony Hopkins), who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle~a bike that helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
IMDB synopsis:
Angel-A, a beautiful, mysterious woman, interrupts the suicide attempt of an inept scam artist and begins to straighten out his life!. The two spend a memorable summer night in nearly deserted Paris, where Angela makes a revelation!.
Deepwater (2005)
IMDB synopsis:
A drifter (Lucas Black) comes to the town of Deepwater and is seduced into a twisted game of deceit and murder!. The cast includes Peter Coyote!.
11:14 (2003)
IMDB synopsis:
This film relates the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14 p!.m!. We follow the chain of events of five people and five storylines that converge in this story of murder and deceit!.
Jindabyne (2006)
IMDB synopis:
Stewart Kane (Gabriel Byrne), an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated hill country with three other men when they discover the body of a murdered girl in the river!. Rather than return to the town immediately, they continue fishing and report their gruesome find days later!.
The Lookout (2007)
IMDB synopsis:
Chris Pratt (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a once-promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident!. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist!.
NOTE: If you're a Joseph Gordon-Levitt fan, this definitely is one for you!. He's remarkable in this, surprising since it's rather a low-key role for a lead character!.
Miss Potter (2006)
IMDB synopsis:
This is the story of Beatrix Potter (Renee Zellweger), the author of the beloved and best-selling children's book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit", and her struggle for love, happiness and success!. also in the cast is Ewan McGregor!.
Mrs!. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
IMDB synopsis:
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer!.
NOTE: This is one of the best films I've seen in a long time!. Joan Plowright is wonderful, and Rupert Friend is a find! They play off each other beautifully!.
November (2004)
IMDB synopsis:
When her boyfriend is killed in a robbery, L!.A!. photographer Sophie Jacobs (Courteney Cox) tries her hardest to put the event behind her!. As she struggles to get over the murder, her life begins to change, leaving her clueless as to what's coming!. Worst of all, the line between reality and fantasy is beginning to shatter!.
Stage Beauty (2004)
IMDB synopsis:
London of the 1660s: Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup) has been playing female parts in plays for years, particularly Desdemona in "Othello"!. However, the rules of only men playing women are challenged when aspiring actress Maria (Claire Dains) auditions for Kynaston's praised role!.
Trauma (2004)
IMDB synopsis:
Awakening from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, a traumatized man (Colin Firth) attempts to start a new life, moving into a building he is helping to renovate and befriending the beautiful Charlotte (Mena Suvari), who is the building super and his neighbor!. Yet, he remains a haunted man who has visions of his dead wife and is suspected of being a murderer!.
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
IMDB synopsis:
This is the story of New Zealander Burt Munro (Anthony Hopkins), who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle~a bike that helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
punch drunk love
amores perros (spanish)
bottlerocket
el mariachi (spanish)
the big lebowski
the lookout
fargo
killer klowns from outer space (is exactly what you think it is)
21 grams
the doom generation
run, lol, run (german)
amelie (french)
history of violence
the professional
from dusk til dawn
the virgin suicides
the life aquatic: with steve zissou
slacker (not slackers)
big trouble in little china
edit: now who the heck gave me a thumbs down!? their favorite movie must be 27 dresses, or the fast and the furious!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
amores perros (spanish)
bottlerocket
el mariachi (spanish)
the big lebowski
the lookout
fargo
killer klowns from outer space (is exactly what you think it is)
21 grams
the doom generation
run, lol, run (german)
amelie (french)
history of violence
the professional
from dusk til dawn
the virgin suicides
the life aquatic: with steve zissou
slacker (not slackers)
big trouble in little china
edit: now who the heck gave me a thumbs down!? their favorite movie must be 27 dresses, or the fast and the furious!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Brick
Saved!
The Chumscrubber
Dear Wendy
The Lookout
The Believer
The Woodsman
The MachinistWww@Enter-QA@Com
Saved!
The Chumscrubber
Dear Wendy
The Lookout
The Believer
The Woodsman
The MachinistWww@Enter-QA@Com
The Kite Runner, awesome movie
An American Crime ,
On The Outs , Waitress those are a few that i like!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
An American Crime ,
On The Outs , Waitress those are a few that i like!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Science of Sleep, Donnie Darko, A Scanner Darkly!.!.!.
and Brick!. Good sweet lord go to the store RIGHT NOW and buy Brick!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
and Brick!. Good sweet lord go to the store RIGHT NOW and buy Brick!.Www@Enter-QA@Com