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 smurfING 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 smurf you to whoever has never seen Tom Cruise in a movie about unicorns before

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.

[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 pun alertlegendary!
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!