could someone PLEASE recommend me a decent movie

jayteecork

It seems like years since I last watched a good movie.

The only ones I watched and enjoyed within the last year were No Country for Old Men and The King of Kong.

Please someone recommend me a decent, recent film.

Thanks much!

newballsplease

this isnt to0 recent, but i only saw it the other day.
american history x

if you havent seen it. its excellent.


oh another one i saw recenlty
Blood diamond

Kiith

The Dark Knight, Hellboy 2, Wall-E. All good, recent films, and are still in the cinema.

jayteecork

newballsplease wrote: »

this isnt to0 recent, but i only saw it the other day.
american history x

if you havent seen it. its excellent.


oh another one i saw recenlty
Blood diamond

American History is good, yes. Blood Diamond I thought was awful.

Seen TDK and Hellboy 2. Juist standard multiplex fare.nothing special.

Jello

Would highly recommend the following, all released over the past two years or so:

There Will Be Blood
Children of Men
This Is England
Into The Wild
The Prestige
Zodiac
Eastern Promises
The Lives of Others
Letters From Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Departed
In Bruges

Hardrain

Wristcutters

irish_bob

jayteecork wrote: »

It seems like years since I last watched a good movie.

The only ones I watched and enjoyed within the last year were No Country for Old Men and The King of Kong.

Please someone recommend me a decent, recent film.

Thanks much!

the king of kong , never heard of that one

Nolanger

Somers Town.

von Neumann

"Man on wire", Brill, definitely 5 stars

Karl Hungus

I will make only one recommendation.

The Lives of Others

Sad Professor

I'd recommend the last film I watched, Tell No One. Fantastic thriller, best I've seen in years.

Biddybogy

shortbus, james cameron

kraggy

Biddybogy wrote: »

shortbus, james cameron

John Cameron Mitchell.

James Cameron directed Titanic, Terminator.

Can shortbus be rented in Chartbusters/Xtra Vision?

ntlbell

Meng long guo jiang

Nevyn

kraggy wrote: »

John Cameron Mitchell.

Can shortbus be rented in Chartbusters/Xtra Vision?

Nope, not sure it got a rating here due to content.
Great movie mind.

SoupyNorman

'The Machinist'http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/ definitely slipped under the mainstream radar pleasingly...

ntlbell

bravestarr082 wrote: »

'The Machinist'http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361862/ definitely slipped under the mainstream radar pleasingly...

why pleasingly?

great film...

johnny_ultimate

Thaedydal wrote: »

Nope, not sure it got a rating here due to content.
Great movie mind.

It made it out alright, have a good few copies to rent in the shop I work in. Always meant to get around to it.

Some others (recent if thats what you're looking for)
Persepolis - wonderful, witty and intelligent animation
The Visitor - a simple but powerful drama still in cinemas I think.
Rec - extremely tense and effective horror
The Puffy Chair - I think this has just been released on R2 DVD, but its a really funny and offbeat road movie that is more realistic than the usual.
Stardust - disregard any cynicism and this is a great, old fashioned adventure which is many times better than it has any right to be.

nacho libre

Eudart
Tropa De Elite
The Lives of Others
The Savages
Starting Out in the Evening
Trade
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
The Stone Angel
Transsiberian
Finns Girl
The Black Balloon

Prefabsprouter

Not too recent but Downfall is a good movie, not a feel-good but worth it nonetheless.

bullpost

We own the night - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498399/
Gone Baby Gone - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/

missingtime

4 months 3 weeks and 2 days

AnonoBoy

You Can Count On Me.

Not The Real Scarecrow

I'd try the Mist and if you liked King of Kong you should check out Brutal Movie, its kind of like the Spinal Tap of horror movies. Taken and Gone Baby Gone more recently or if you've never seen em get all the Evil Dead movies and whats the best remake I've ever seen, The Wizard of Gore, and a few cans.
If you like more high brow stuff though I'd really recommend the Fall or Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Jeapy

bullpost wrote: »

Gone Baby Gone - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452623/

+1, thought it was pretty good.

grames_bond

rescue dawn i really enjoyed, bale is just a legend!

tman

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Rec - extremely tense and effective horror

Seconded.

Why do they have to be recent movies though? Why not just start at the top of the film of the week list and get the first one that you haven't already seen...

BenjAii

nacho libre wrote: »

Transsiberian

Watched this last night, what an absolutely cracking film. A lot of reviews compare it to Hitchcock, and it deserves the comparison, even if the director did borrow the basic premise of the film from him.

Woody Harlseon and Emily Mortimer are a couple returning from missionary work in China on the trans-siberian express; friendship with another couple on the train brings involvement with drug smuggling and the Russian mafia and things start to go really horribly wrong.

If you like tense, intelligent, well made thrillers, this is the one for you. Starts out slow, but really ratchets up the suspense in the second half.

Jagera

City of God