Recommend Movies

[Shiny]

No, this isn't for me. I watch enough movies. This is actually for my boyfriend who to my surprise has not seen a majority of movies that aren't present (like within the past five years). I'm not really the best at times at picking movies for other people because I like and even love so many, so if you can recommend me some movies for him -- anything older than 2008 I'd be much obliged.

Already on my list of things for him to watch that he's never seen:

Psycho (the original)
Sin City

[blackmage_nuke]

Fifth Element
Mean Girls
Lord of the Rings
are some casual fun favourites

But if he is the type of person who appreciates Inception level complexity or the genre variety of Cloud Atlas then I highly recomend Mr Nobody.

Something you can do is find out what new movies he likes and find movies with the same director/writer

[Spuuky]

Seven Samurai.

[Shorty]

On the Waterfront
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Everything is Illuminated
No Country for Old Men
The Departed
Into the Wild
Big Fish (which I am currently downloading
Up in the Air (2009, still worth watching if he hasn't)
Requiem for a Dream
Dick Tracy because I FUCKING LOVE DICK TRACY
Dark City
Wristcutters
Cecil B. Demented
American Psycho
Battle Royale
Chinatown
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Magnolia
The Vengeance series
Paris, Je T'Aime
The Road
Lost in Translation
The Machinist
Breakfast on Pluto
Happythankyoumoreplease
Match Point
Closer
Away We Go
V for Vendetta
Lucky Number Slevin
Lars and the Real Girl - I liked this, I guess some others didn't quite so much
Son of Rambow
Burn After Reading
Let the Right One In
Milk
Planet Terror/Grindhouse
Rec
High Tension
Marytrs
Audition
of course all of wes anderson's movies
and finally Legend, because fuck you to whoever has never seen Tom Cruise in a movie about unicorns before :mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2::mad2:

I tried to stick to mostly 2000's movies because if he hasn't seen much other than in the last five years, I'd say he might not be a fan of older stuff.

[Vyk]

Legend wins my vote lol

On that note, The Princess Bride. Labyrinth. And The Dark Crystal

What does your boyfriend even like? lol

I would say the more people who watch and enjoy Donnie Darko the better. Also Brick is a good one that I love to pop in from time to time. Same with Penelope

Total Recall (Arnold version)
Any old Miyazaki movie
The Matrix (original, the sequels are debatable, though I enjoyed the second one, I think everyone should watch the first one)
Memento
Fight Club
Alien(s)
Any old Pixar movies
Jurassic Park
The Land Before Time
The Black Cauldron


This is hard. I'm going to pull out my hard drive. I spent a few years downloading my favorite movies
Enemy of the State
Event Horizon
Hancock (Is that old enough? I don't know when it came out. Loved the movie though)
Independence Day
Hook
Hitch
Interview with the Vampire
Slither
The Crow
The Goonies
The Monster Squad
Unleashed
Equilibrium
Pandorum
Sunshine
The Faculty

Well, that hard drive didn't help quite as much as I thought it would. So I guess I'll stop there for now

I suggest Netflix or something if you don't already have it, otherwise this can get expensive or illegal xD

Edit: Just remembered. Everybody needs to see Moon. For only having like ... two actors, it's ridiculously good

[Mo-Nercy]

Can't argue with Vyk's recommendations of the Matrix, Memento, Equilibrium or Fight Club.

Some of my favourite films;
Catch Me If You Can
The Departed (or the Hong Kong original, Infernal Affairs, for that matter)
Casino Royale

Goodies from my hard drive;
(500) Days of Summer
American History X
Anchorman
Cloverfield
Daybreakers (2009 film, but had a pretty limited release, so I don't know if you missed it. Vampire flick, but the good kind)
Deception
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Gladiator
I am Legend (controversial ending aside, still good watching)
Match Point
Mortal Kombat (because why the smurf not)
Slumdog Millionaire
Starship Troopers
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Prestige
Tropic Thunder
V for Vendetta
Zoolander

[Ayen]

I'm guessing that by association of dating you he's already seen Heathers. If not, Heathers. I'd throw "Girl, Interrupted" and "Bram Stoker Dracula" in there too.

A Knight's Tale
Batman (1989)
Batman Returns
Beetlejuice
Blue Brothers
Constantine
Dragonheart
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters 2
Hellboy
Men in Black
Pirates of the Caribbean
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
The Neverending Story
Underworld
Van Helsing
X-Men
X-Men 2

[Vyk]

A lot of us have very similar taste in movies. We should just have an EoFF movie night someday

[Rocket Edge]

I'm not a movie fan at all, but there is some that I absolutely loved. I'm not gonna include comedies because everyones humour is different (Freddy Got Fingered is the funniest piece of television I have ever witnessed). If you haven't seen them, I'd recommend:

The Shawshank Redemption (obviously, but I think you have seen this already and you had better shown him by now :) )
12 Angry Men
The Apartment
The Matrix (the original was a complete film, the sequels I didn't get)
District 9
Big Fish
Dead Man's Shoes (you can watch this on YouTube)
The Blair Witch Project (I'm not into horrors and this wasn't like a Scream movie where a guy jumps out of a closet and frightens the trout out of you, it was just spooky)
Avatar (which everyone has seen)

I could go on but those are what I'd recommend. I know for a fact that anyone within reason would have a an amazing time looking at them. :spin:

[Shorty]

A lot of us have very similar taste in movies. We should just have an EoFF movie night someday

I started a movie club last year. It lasted about six weeks ;-; We have movie watchings in chat sometimes!

[Del Murder]

Godfather and Godfather 2.

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

Seconding The Crow and Equilibrium as well.

[chionos]

A lot of us have very similar taste in movies. We should just have an EoFF movie night someday

I started a movie club last year. It lasted about six weeks ;-; We have movie watchings in chat sometimes!

That sounds fun!

Also, who hasn't seen Legend? It's legendary!
Seriously, I love that movie.

I'm trying to think if there's anything specific that hasn't already been mentioned.

Bicentennial Man
Rob Roy

I want to reiterate a few:
Jurassic Park
Big Fish
The Crow
Dragonheart
Sunshine
Moon
Dark City
Lars and the Real Girl
Fifth Element

[Shorty]

Another Dark City can, high five!

[Jinx]

Vanilla Sky!

[chionos]

Another Dark City can, high five!

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[Vyk]

There's a specific version of Dark City you'd want to watch though, and I believe it's probably the director's cut. But whichever it is, be aware that ONE of them opens with a narration that completely spoils the ending for some dumbass reason. I learned of this after watching the one that did not have this, and while looking at posts about it learned that the movie experience was totally ruined for a lot of people :(

[chionos]

The director's cut is sans the opening narration, so that's the one you want to see. The opening narration was added in post-production as an afterthought by the bigwigs to make the movie more accessible, but as any fan of DC knows, its "inaccessibility" is what makes it interesting and beautiful.

[Shiny]

Godfather and Godfather 2.

As much as he should, he will never watch those. He hates gang related films.


I'm not a movie fan at all, but there is some that I absolutely loved. I'm not gonna include comedies because everyones humour is different (Freddy Got Fingered is the funniest piece of television I have ever witnessed). If you haven't seen them, I'd recommend:


District 9
Avatar (which everyone has seen)

I could go on but those are what I'd recommend. I know for a fact that anyone within reason would have a an amazing time looking at them. :spin:

I said older than 2008 and I am pretty sure he as seen both.

I actually got him to watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Fifth Element, and Labyrinth already. He loved them all. He said smurf no to Shawshank though. :(

Out of these lists he's also seen The Matrix, The Goonies (any one born is the 80s and 90s has seen this) Tropic Thunder, Zoolander, Ghostbusters (the first one only apparently) Jurassic Park, Mortal Kombat, all Pixar movies, all Will Smith movies, all the Underworld movies, and all the super hero movies listed. That's actually really sad. What has he been doing for years?!

I will start off with Dark City, because I actually haven't seen that either and it's been on my to-watch-list since 2008. xD Thanks all! Keep 'em comin'.

[Vyk]

Excellent first choice. Just watch out for that non-director's cut version

[blackmage_nuke]

Back to the Future
Indiana Jones

[chionos]

After Dark City, whatever you think about him, you should watch a Robin Williams movie. I'll recommend which one in an edit. Just because.

EDIT:
If you don't (or he doesn't) like Williams' particular brand of tomfoolery, he's also been in quite a few movies in which he doesn't play himself (go figure, right?).

Of those, I'd recommend:
What Dreams May Come**
Dead Poets Society***
Bicentennial Man**
The Fisher King***
The World According to Garp**

[Vyk]

I've always hated that he got type-casted like Jim Carey. Maybe he should have teamed up with Adam Sandler who also got tired of the type-casting, made his own studio, used the type-casting to his advantage, and then landed in Spanglish. Which was a phenomenally well done departure

I know Williams was in things like One Hour Photo and Good Will Hunting. But sadly I haven't seen any of those, and nobody I know has seen any of that stuff. His deviations are not readily available and I hate that. I'm gonna freakin pirate some Robin Williams movies or something >.> And maybe Spanglish

[Colonel Angus]

Everyone who's recommending Tom Cruise needs to go pound sand.

Dark Knight Trilogy
King Kong (2005)
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
Mallrats
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Baseketball
Team America: World Police
The Other Guys
Goonies
Ghostbusters
Poltergeist I & II
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Bachelor Party
ET
Step Brothers
Batman
Batman Begins
Spiderman Trilogy
Predator
T2
Rocky I-IV
Smokey & The Bandit
Cannonball Run I & II

[Vyk]

Everyone who's recommending Tom Cruise needs to go pound sand.
Hey! Hey. Hey... Legend is a Tim Curry movie~

Tom Cruise just happens to be in it...

Though Vanilla Sky and Minority Report are not horrible movies. Just happen to cast a horrible person/actor x_x

[Mo-Nercy]

Speaking of Adam Sandler and breaking out of typecast roles, Punch Drunk Love is excellent too.

[Jess]

A few off the top of my head that I don't think have been mentioned yet:
Terminator
Terminator 2
Robocop (the original)
Twelve Monkeys
Pulp Fiction
28 Days Later
The Green Mile

[Lone Wolf Leonhart]

28 Days Later, definitely.

[Shiny]

Everyone who's recommending Tom Cruise needs to go pound sand.
Hey! Hey. Hey... Legend is a Tim Curry movie~

Tom Cruise just happens to be in it...

Though Vanilla Sky and Minority Report are not horrible movies. Just happen to cast a horrible person/actor x_x

Tom Cruise is a great actor. Magnolia is a testament to that. Eyes Wide Shut wasn't bad either.


I've always hated that he got type-casted like Jim Carey. Maybe he should have teamed up with Adam Sandler who also got tired of the type-casting, made his own studio, used the type-casting to his advantage, and then landed in Spanglish. Which was a phenomenally well done departure

I know Williams was in things like One Hour Photo and Good Will Hunting. But sadly I haven't seen any of those, and nobody I know has seen any of that stuff. His deviations are not readily available and I hate that. I'm gonna freakin pirate some Robin Williams movies or something >.> And maybe Spanglish

I've seen a lot of his films over the years, and I actually just re-watched One Hour Photo last night. His performance is really really good but the movie really isn't anything spectacular. Good Will Hunting is a classic if you can get past some of it's pretentiousness and Ben Affleck, ew. Excellent writing that. Insomnia was also interesting, I saw it years ago so I can't remember entirely if it was good or not but it was kind of weird seeing him be a villain. I think he's better at playing a side kick or hero like in Jumanji.

[Shorty]

He is a great actor. People just let the fact that he's an asshole get in the way of admitting it.

[Colonel Angus]

You ever notice the way his teeth are aligned? It looks like he has a large middle tooth.

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/e2/77/8b/e2778b8a2cb8c79618371e5fecf71420.jpg

I'll admit, he was alright in Tropic Thunder.

[Shiny]

He's pretty mentally demented, but very talented. I think he's one of the best actors of this time and he is basically Loony BoB without the kiwi accent.

[Shorty]

Good artists are all crazy in one way or another. It's in the artist clause they have to sign.

[Vyk]

Ha, I'll grant that. And when I said "actor/person" I meant "actor" as a "person". Not that his performance is garbage. I just got to the point where I won't partake of any of those performances if I have to pay anything. Called it quits on him and Mel Gibson and a few others a long time ago

It's like not shopping at Wal-Mart. They'll make their millions. Just not from me. 'Cause then I feel dirty lol

[Wolf Kanno]

Metropolis (both the original Silent Film and the Anime)
The Thin Man
The Lion in Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Galaxy Express 999
Princess Mononoke
Voices of a Distant Star
Dark City
Grosse Point Blank
One Crazy Summer
Stripes
Groundhog Day
Labyrinth
Dark Crystal
Alien
Solaris
Blade Runner
Memories
Akira Kurosowa's Dreams
The Proffessional
The Fifth Element
Oscar
Wasabi
Snatch
Gun Shy
Bringing Out the Dead
The Sixth Sense
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
The Artist
Moulin Rouge
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (90s version)
Ghostbusters
National Lampoon's Vacation
The Addams Family
The Royal Tenembaums
Big Trouble
Big Trouble in Little China
Sleepy Hollow
The Nightmare Before Christmas

[Colonel Angus]

Great call on the Thin Man & Metropolis, Canoe. :wcanoe:

I should add Freaks to the list. I can't believe I forgot it.

[Shiny]

Akira Kurosowa's Dreams


NEVER :stare:

He's definitely seen all the animated films you listed and he's definitely not going to watch The Artist. I don't even think I want to see that either. *contemplates*

Also I didn't know there was an anime to Metropolis! Omg, that's next on my list.

[Rostum]

The Zero Theorim
The Fountain
The Third Man

[Wolf Kanno]

Akira Kurosowa's Dreams


NEVER :stare:

He's definitely seen all the animated films you listed and he's definitely not going to watch The Artist. I don't even think I want to see that either. *contemplates*

Also I didn't know there was an anime to Metropolis! Omg, that's next on my list.

Okay, I need an explanation for the hate against Dreams and The Artist. :colbert:

Also, the anime Metropolis is based on an unfinished manga by Osama Tezuka which itself was based on the original silent film. It is pretty different from the original but its still a damn good movie.

Here's a pretty snazzy AMV of the film though the film quality is low.

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[botnslave]

Some that haven't been mentioned; 2001: a Space Odyssey(or anything by kubrick), Blazing Saddles, Escape from new York, Groundhog day.
Akira if he likes Anime.

[Kalevala]

he is basically Loony BoB without the kiwi accent.

Oh. My. God.

[Shorty]

He's definitely seen all the animated films you listed and he's definitely not going to watch The Artist. I don't even think I want to see that either. *contemplates*

I enjoyed The Artist quite a bit ;-; It made me have feels. I thought it was very well done.

[Shiny]

Dreams I fell asleep during which rarely happens unless I find the film to be excruciatingly boring. The Artist is probably good but I have no interest in watching a silent film unless it's Harold Lloyd or Charlie Chaplin.

[noxious.sunshine]

I saw Metropolis in this indie type movie theater in downtown Nashville back in high school. I forgot all about it.

I like Tom Cruise in "Days of Thunder" xDD- where he met Nicole Kidman. The real Harry Hyde (who was played by Robert Duvall in the movie) was friends with the owner of the car my dad drove.

[Lonely Paper Star]

The Grand Budapest Hotel
Her
Idiocracy
Today's Special
Waitress
Stardust
The Cabin in the Woods
Contagion
[REC]
Sinister
Time Traveller/The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Frankenstein's Army
American Mary
The Orphanage
@Suicide Room
God Bless America
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
The Hills Have Eyes (the newer one)
The Eye (the Chinese one)
Smoke Signals
Best in Show
White: Melody of Death
The Perfect Host
The Thing
Dead Snow
Let the Right One In
I Sell The Dead
Tokyo Godfathers
Knights of Badassdom

[Shiny]

I actually got him to watch most of the stuff on your list, Lonely but didn't think of Best in Show. Yassss! Definitely definitely so funny. Maybe even Spinal Tap but he might not appreciate it and I will have to kill him.

[Wolf Kanno]

Dreams I fell asleep during which rarely happens unless I find the film to be excruciatingly boring. The Artist is probably good but I have no interest in watching a silent film unless it's Harold Lloyd or Charlie Chaplin.

I'd say give Dreams another shot since its a collection of short stories. If you start to get bored with one then just move on to the next one. Its a great film about Japanese culture and Akira Kurosowa's feelings about his home.

The Artist is actually well done because well, its a silent movies about the death of silent films, it was pretty clever and kind of showed of the power of an old style of film making.

[Shorty]

The Artist is actually well done because well, its a silent movies about the death of silent films, it was pretty clever and kind of showed of the power of an old style of film making.

Agreed. I'd like to see move films done in this style, I just don't think there's the demand for them.

[Colonel Angus]

Dreams I fell asleep during which rarely happens unless I find the film to be excruciatingly boring. The Artist is probably good but I have no interest in watching a silent film unless it's Harold Lloyd or Charlie Chaplin.
OMG you need to give silent movies more of a chance. I used to love watching them on TCM on Sunday nights (when I had it & didn't have my current job).

Nosferatu
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Häxan (http://youtu.be/fMN3i4tUy8M)
Metropolis

[Lonely Paper Star]

I actually got him to watch most of the stuff on your list, Lonely but didn't think of Best in Show. Yassss! Definitely definitely so funny. Maybe even Spinal Tap but he might not appreciate it and I will have to kill him.


I refrained from suggesting Spinal Tap because I knew people would think of it alongside Best in Show, anyway. List was gettin' long. XD

[Shiny]

Dreams I fell asleep during which rarely happens unless I find the film to be excruciatingly boring. The Artist is probably good but I have no interest in watching a silent film unless it's Harold Lloyd or Charlie Chaplin.
OMG you need to give silent movies more of a chance. I used to love watching them on TCM on Sunday nights (when I had it & didn't have my current job).

Nosferatu
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Häxan (http://youtu.be/fMN3i4tUy8M)
Metropolis


I have seen many silent films and watched them all the way through. I don't like them. I respect what Nosferatu and Metropolis was and can even some what enjoy them but not hearing people takes away a large portion of my interest and emotional investment. I also don't like how they have to over exaggerate to compensate for the fact that you can't hear them. This is why I can only stomach comedic silent films because the exaggeration is more so for the laugh.

Is Dark City on Netflix? I can't find it On Demand.

[McLovin']

I'll throw some good shiet at you.

Black Dynamite (the show and/or the movie)
Cowboy Bebop (the show and/or the movie)
Dazed and Confused (basically Superbad but in the 70's. Love it)
Firefly: Serenity (the movie)
Donnie Darko
Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness
Grandma's Boy
Hot Tub Time Machine
Inglorious Basterds
Ink (really interesting indie film)
Kung Pow (incredibly stupid but i love it :D)
Lucky Number Slevin (great bruce willis and morgan freeman movie)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Starship Troopers (a movie for true men)
The Big Lebowski
The Raid 1 (balls to the wall insanity)
Tucker and Dale vs Evil

[Shiny]

Black Dynamite (the show and/or the movie) hmmm haven't finished this is it racist?
Cowboy Bebop (the show and/or the movie) yassss
Dazed and Confused (basically Superbad but in the 70's. Love it) he saw it
Firefly: Serenity (the movie) this was a pretty crap movie IMO
Donnie Darko yasss
Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness yassssss!
Grandma's Boy he saw it and loved it
Hot Tub Time Machine he made me watch this terrible movie with him
Inglorious Basterds he's seen it and thought "Christopher waltz is a great actor" so proud ;___;
Ink (really interesting indie film) what's it about?
Kung Pow (incredibly stupid but i love it :D) yassss!
Lucky Number Slevin (great bruce willis and morgan freeman movie) I haven't seen it either so will put at the top of the list
Scott Pilgrim vs The World he's seen it
Starship Troopers (a movie for true men) he won't like it
The Big Lebowski he won't like it
The Raid 1 (balls to the wall insanity) I made him watch this he thought it was "ok"
Tucker and Dale vs Evil I made he watch this too he thought it was "great and stupid"

[The Man]

Your boyfriend won't like The Big Lebowski? I think it might be time to think about getting a new boyfriend.

I'll try to come up with things no one else has recommended later.

[Vyk]

Ink is really good if you're in the mood for it. It's a slow burn, but I was in awe as it burned. It's about these things/people who watch over the dreams of children, and some thing evil steals one of the children while they're delivering a dream and they have to go save her before she gets sacrificed to other more evil things. It's hard to explain without giving away huge plot points though. Super duper suggest just watching it as blindly as you can. I went in without knowing anything and adored it. It actually manages to touch on a lot of real dramatic parts of people's lives

[McLovin']

Black Dynamite (the show and/or the movie) hmmm haven't finished this is it racist?
Ink (really interesting indie film) what's it about?


I don't think it's racist lol. It's more of a parody on white/black relations.

you can't know what Ink is about. Here's something that is in the style of Ink that the creator of it did before he made Ink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP59tQf_njc

[Rostum]

Ink is really good if you're in the mood for it. It's a slow burn, but I was in awe as it burned. It's about these things/people who watch over the dreams of children, and some thing evil steals one of the children while they're delivering a dream and they have to go save her before she gets sacrificed to other more evil things. It's hard to explain without giving away huge plot points though. Super duper suggest just watching it as blindly as you can. I went in without knowing anything and adored it. It actually manages to touch on a lot of real dramatic parts of people's lives

I also really loved this film!

[Colonel Angus]

How about W.C. Fields & The Marx Bros.?

[deepdoop]

A lot of us have very similar taste in movies. We should just have an EoFF movie night someday

I started a movie club last year. It lasted about six weeks ;-; We have movie watchings in chat sometimes!

I think a movie club should be brought back. What did you do, just pick a movie of the month or something? That's what I had years ago on another place that is dead dead dead. It didn't go over real well because it wasn't a big forum but this one has quite a bit of activity so couldn't it work?

Anyway, if you ever decide to do it again, you got my vote.