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Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:37 pm
by bedub1
I've watched lots of movies..but i'd like to watch more. Can you guys provide me with some good ideas?
Thanks,
bedub1
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:47 pm
by Frigidus
bedub1 wrote:I've watched lots of movies..but i'd like to watch more. Can you guys provide me with some good ideas?
Thanks,
bedub1
Which ones have you seen so far?
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:08 pm
by gordon1975
sin nombre and district 9 were great,or is it older ones your after?
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:18 pm
by Strife
G.I. Joe of the newer ones was good as well. And anything with Jet Li, Tony Jaa, Jackie Chan, or Charlie Sheen are usually good. The Departed = a great movie. I got more if you want.
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:58 pm
by daddy1gringo
Yeah, give us an Idea. Are you after all-time classics of cinema, or recommendations for good brainless action-entertainment?
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:31 pm
by muy_thaiguy
Inglorious Bastards (just got back from the theater) is awesome. Comedy+Action+alternate ending to WWII= Quintin Tarentino blockbuster.
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:27 pm
by daddy1gringo
All-time must-watch list:
Casablanca
High Noon (The original w/ Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly)
Mr Smith Goes to Washington
The Maltese Falcon
The Magnificent Seven (The original, with Yul Brenner)
(It's a Wonderful Life would have been there, but everybody sees that 100 times every Christmas season)
Some other personal favorites:
Shennandoah
Rio Bravo (John Wayne)
The Man who Knew Too Much, and
Rear Window (2 Alfred Hitchcock/Jimmy Stewart collaborations)
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Second Hand Lions
Bucket List
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (or just about anything by Tyler Perry)
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:33 pm
by jsholty4690
Here's some of my favorite comedys:
The Wrong Guy
Be Kind Rewind
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Space Balls
Young Frakenstein
History of the World Part I
Kelly's Heroes
Here's some good dramas:
The Eagle Has Landed
V for Vendetta
Saharra
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:14 pm
by Phatscotty
My top Favs
Troy
The Natural
Matrix's
Watchmen
Syriana
Purtsuit of happyness
Wall Street
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:40 pm
by Woodruff
bedub1 wrote:I've watched lots of movies..but i'd like to watch more. Can you guys provide me with some good ideas?
Thanks,
bedub1
I have found all of these to be exceptionally entertaining (in no particular order):
Patton
Apollo 13
A Beautiful Mind
K-Pax
Catch Me If You Can
Cool Runnings
Rain Man
Rat Race
Sneakers
The Shawshank Redemption
Saving Private Ryan
Rounders
Good Morning, Vietnam
League of Their Own
A Bridge Too Far
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Aviator
Star Trek II
Star Trek IV
Dogma
The Dream Team
Multiplicity
Field of Dreams
A Few Good Men
Maverick
Forrest Gump
Grumpy Old Men
Hoosiers
The Hunt for Red October
Kelly's Heroes
A Knight's Tale
Major League
Mrs Doubtfire
Ocean's Eleven
The Principal
Schindler's List
Meet the Parents
Men in Black
Rush Hour
Trading Places
Willow
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:29 pm
by sully800
Gattaca
Green Street Hooligans (same genre as Fight Club and Boondock Saints but not as well known)
Big Fish
Stranger Than Fiction
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:17 pm
by bedub1
you guys rule. Keep them coming. My records indicate I've watched 725 movies...but they aren't by any means complete....
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:18 pm
by Phatscotty
ooh ooh cinderella man
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:45 pm
by lilacfrostyness
Some of these have been said before, but I'll emphasize them.
Oceans 11 (and 12 and 13, though the original is always better)
V for Vendetta
Forest Gump
Armageddon
Master and Commander
O Brother Where Art Thou
Across the Universe (yes it's kind of a musical... but it's good)
Probably my favorite bunch of non-girly movies
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:53 pm
by muy_thaiguy
Robin Hood Men in Tights
King Arthur movie (the one that came out just a few years ago)
300
Meet the Robinsons
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Punisher Warzone
X-Men Origins Wolverine
Underworld
Oklahoma!
Army of Darkness
Evil Dead 2
Redneck Zombies (don't ask)
The Darknight
10,000 BC
LOTR Trilogy
Original Star Wars Trilogy
Princess Mononoke
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:55 pm
by hecter
Primer, it's this amazing indy science fiction film made on a budget of only 7 grand. Normally you'd expect a movie like this to be shit, with shoddy camera work and whatnot, but it's actually really quite amazing. I'd also recommend The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Might be a bit childish, but still quite good. The Triplets of Belville is a pretty good movie, it's cartoon and made by the French. Don't worry about dubs or anything like that though, as there's little to no dialogue. And of course, you've got your movies like 5th Element, 12 Monkeys, Fight Club, Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. Or the original Italian Job, I enjoyed that. Cult classics like Rocky Horror Picture Show, Pulp Fiction and Clockwork Orange are always great. And your good ol' comedies, like Young Frankenstein and Space Balls and The Producers, or The Holy Grail and Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life and whatnot. Oh, True Romance was a pretty good movie, and Old Boy was a great foreign film (I believe it's Korean). So ya, hopefully there's some there that you haven't seen to get you started, and some others that you'll want to watch again. Sorry about the fact that it's not really in list format...
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:23 am
by jonesthecurl
Bambi.
Lesbian Spank Fest.
Godspell-the movie.
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:48 am
by luns101
Gigli
Ishtar
Kazaam
Spice World
and of course, that movie where John Travolta plays a space alien....

non-stop good times....enjoy!
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:06 am
by Army of GOD
Back Door Sluts: Part IX
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:56 am
by Phatscotty
wasnt battlestar all about scientology?
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:16 am
by neanderpaul14
The Man Without a Name trilogy with Clint Eastwood:
The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
A Fistful of Dollars, and
For a Few Dollars More
also more with Clint (one of my all time favorites)
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Pale Rider
Unforgiven
Kelley's Heroes
(pretty much any Clint Eastwood western is worth your time in my opinion)
A few timeless classic comedies:
Caddyshack
Stripes
Vacation
Blazing Saddles
A couple of great all-time classics:
Stalag 17
The Longest Day
And the great thing about most of the movies I've listed above is that many of them can be purchased from your local Wal-Mart bargain bin for less than the price of a rental
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:40 am
by bedub1
luns101 wrote:Gigli
Ishtar
Kazaam
Spice World
and of course, that movie where John Travolta plays a space alien....

non-stop good times....enjoy!
That's a great book there. And the movie makes me want to kill myself. I saw some of those others too....terrible. You aren't any help.
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:03 am
by PANZERS
Theme movies : Best Poker Rounders Best Pool the Color of Money Govt./ CIA Clear and present danger more to come
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:19 am
by MeDeFe
Starship Troopers
Orgazmo
Crank
Motor Psycho
Braindead (aka Dead Alive, if there's a rat-monkey, it's the right movie)
Night of the Living Dead (the one from 1968)
Rashomon
Ghost Dog
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
To name but a few I hadn't seen mentioned yet.
Re: Help me find good movies to watch
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:07 am
by jay_a2j
Some favorites of mine:
1. The Game- with Michael Douglass
2. Lake Placid- funny stuff!
3. Gran Torino
4. Shallow Hal
5. Crash