Film Recommendations

So, its christmas time again, and I'm looking for a good DVD to buy my dad. He enjoys thrillers along the lines of Gone, Baby Gone and Vantage Point. He isn't one for much violence/profanities in movies though.

If anyone has any good recommendations let me know

none?

kraggy

Thrillers you say

Ok not all of the below would be thrillers per se but compelling viewing all the same.

The Insider
Lantana
Tell No One*
Downfall*
The Lives of Others*

I'll come up with more tomorrow as others on here will.

*subtitled

Pigman II

Syriana
Munich
Zodiac
The Inside Man
The Departed

Good call on Munich actually. If there's any more let me know

doctor evil

Long Kiss Goodnight

An oldy but a goody with the lovely Geena Davis.

murphym7

Rendition

p to the e

try Mystic River. it's from the same writer as Gone Baby Gone. The classics like The Usual Suspects can never be overlooked

Morzadec

Try a french film called Caché (Hidden). Its really a very very good thriller.

akaredtop

p to the e wrote: »

try Mystic River. it's from the same writer as Gone Baby Gone. The classics like The Usual Suspects can never be overlooked

Ah come on. Mystic River was the biggest pile of crap ever.

Auvers

Road To Perdition good auld revenge movie with a fantastic performance by the late Paul Newman

Auvers

akaredtop wrote: »

Ah come on. Mystic River was the biggest pile of crap ever.

hmmm I suppose its not as good as 2 Fast 2 Furious :rolleyes:

personally I think Mystic River was one of the best movies of the decade

Otis Driftwood

Eastern Promises.
A History of Violence.

Neither are overly violent.Language can get a bit fruity though.:p

pwd

eastern promises was violent enough I thought. I really enjoyed it myself anyway.

Handsome Bob

Mystic River
In The Line of Fire
A Time To Kill
Training Day
Man on Fire

Auvers

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Mystic River
In The Line of Fire
A Time To Kill
Training Day
Man on Fire

nice choices, except for Training Day, I just never liked that movie but I cant put my finger on why exactly.

It just does

Pigman II

Auvers wrote: »

nice choices, except for Training Day, I just never liked that movie but I cant put my finger on why exactly.

I can. Denzel Washington is in it.

applehunter

On the Waterfront is a good show.

Peyton Manning

applehunter wrote: »

On the Waterfront is a good show.

Is that the one with Marlon Brando? If so, absolutely fantastic movie. Watched it in English class once of all places. Loved it, so id definitely recommend it.

That is, of course, if it is that film. Name sounds familiar so I think it is.

seraphimvc

eagle eye all the way for the holiday.light theme ,fun time for xmas,perfect. i mean ,among a reasonably amount of new movie choice

Karl Hungus

Definitely some fantasic recommendations made so far, I'd definitely second Tell No One (that is, if you da doesn't mind reading subtitles).

One I haven't seen recommended yet is Narc. Quite a terrific film indeed.

Dublin_Andy

Indiana Jones trilogy. (Excluding the new one because it was terrible)

if you like tense, gritty, violent and exciting action adventures these are not to be missed. classics

Morzadec

The Edukators is another good one, German film.

I had never even heard of Tell No One, I must watch it because I read the book and it was brilliant. Had no idea there was a movie of it, and a French one, very odd?