Great Films that may have passed me by :/ ?

-ADREN-

I have seen plnty of good films and my favourite are the type when u just get up from ure seat at the end of the movie and go, wow that was a goo film.. lets c what has done that for me soo far..

The Usual Suspects
A life less beutifull
Tirgerland (yes)
em.. oh there plnty more.. what else
oh
Shaw Shank Redemption
Alfrado.. whats that film again with Alfrado Alfrado in again /??
ugh cant rmeber

American History X

U know the type u just switch of the tv when ure finished get ure class of whatever andjust walk out of the room going damn that was a good film.. a feal good fiml r somthing
oh yea

The Green Mile

just that new releases this month sucs ..

what films may have pssed me by?

GoneShootin

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story

Apocalypse Now

The Graduate

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Quiet Man

The Field

Vertigo

-ADREN-

nice on gone shootin loads there for me to c..

Seen Apoc Now..
Seen Dragon...
hehe
Seen the Field .. not so sure about that one

nice 1 ill check out the rest.. what one first?

available DVD x tra vision??

GoneShootin

well my fav would be

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

not sure about the DVD bit tho, dont have a DVD player so i dont be lookin out 4 it

-ADREN-

Thx gone..

Wan me wants MOORE great misside movies peeps bring em on in!!!

Goodshape

dr strangelove is a clasic. absolute masterpiece. also, anything else by kubrick is guranteed to be good.

2001; a clockwork orange; the shining; barry lyndon; full metal jacket; lolita (not the one); sparacus (sp?);

...there all on dvd. all amazing.

also...
one flew over the cuckoos nest -- jack nicholson in a mental home.. (on DVD)
rumble fish -- moody gang film. classic (on DVD)
citizen kane -- dont meen to state the obvious. but just in case. (on DVD)
Pi -- recent. dark and wierd. not for everyone, but I like it. (I think on DVD)
jesus son -- drug film. wierd, very good (dont know)
hurly burly -- another drug film; with sean pen and kevin spacy. even better. (dont know)
buffalo 66 -- guy kidnaps a girl and makes her pretend shes his wife. but its good, not silly

.... thats all I can think of at the moment.... apart from R.O.T.O.R... which is just so gawd damn awful, its actualy funny. one of the best films I have ever seen. but you'll never find it.

GoneShootin

full metal jacket

how could I have left that one out ??


im a psycho me

"How tall are you Private"
"Sir 5ft 9 Sir"
"5ft 9, I didnt know they stacked sh!it that high"

great site here with sound bites and wat not

TwoShedsJackson

Boys Don't Cry.

Memento.

Chaos-Engine

Rennt Lola - Run Lola Run must be experienced in subtitled german only. the Dubbing ruins the emotion
Der Kreigner und die Kaiserine - Noticing a pattern yet Tommy Tykwer is a genius
High Fidelity - the book too
American Beauty - Thomas Newman soundtrack and the cinamtography
Ghost World - Very true. Haven't seen anything like this in the cinema in ages
Ameros Peros - Brillent. Makes you feel like there is a force or spirit in the world
Dazed and Confused - Not so much anymore but when i was younger. Its the type of film that made me want to grow up and experience life

I'm sure there is at least 10 more. I'll add them when i remember.

phobos

There is only one real film for me, and I only watched it a few months ago, out of boredom.

Shawshank Redemption

That movie plays like poetry (alliteration intended )

Everything down to it's classical soundtrack (which is on my current playlist might I add). Such a performance from Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.

I could go on and say things like
- Aliens
- The Matrix

But TBH they only dirty this post, so I'll stop now.

;-phobos-)

BLITZ_Molloy

The Matrix while a visually striking film with a nicely convoluted and post modern plot was acted terribly. It's definately overrated. I've seen it twice and found alot of it tiresome the 2nd time round.

Washout

The Godfather Part 2. Absolutely fandidly tastic...and of course Platoon.

Dont be at yourself

Mallrats

-ADREN-

Thx lads seen alot of them and also havnt seen alot of them and looking forward to watching them.. now that some 1 mentioned back there

One who flew over the cocos nest

Thats brilliant all right, comedy and compassion.

Samson

Seven
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella)
Chopper
LA Confidential
Heat
Good Will Hunting

To name just a few.

dccarm

Clerks is a beauty, as is Dazed and Confused. And 'Being John Malkovich' restored my faith in film again. And Das Boot. And the original dutch version of a film I cant remember the name of, but they remade it with Kiefer Sutherland and made a real bollocks of it. Man looking for girlfriend trapped underground anyone?

TwoShedsJackson

Originally posted by dccarm
And the original dutch version of a film I cant remember the name of, but they remade it with Kiefer Sutherland and made a real bollocks of it. Man looking for girlfriend trapped underground anyone?

The Vanishing. Most downbeat ending ever.

Hobbes

Which version of the Vanishing? There were two.

ObeyGiant

Originally posted by Hobbes
Which version of the Vanishing? There were two.

Like the man said - the original dutch version.
Way to not follow the thread.

Goodshape

pretty much anything by the Coen Brothers...

O' Brother Where Art Thow? (sp?)
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona

...and a load more. check up imdb.

The Shawshank Redembtion is good, but, IMO, its not that great. beautifuly made and all, but not something you would go back to and watch more than once or twice. the magic fades.

..the ends amazing. but again, only really the first time.

plastic membrane

Off the top of my head, The Long Good Friday.

Best gangster movie EVER.

gandalf

The Contender - Very good political drama
Unbreakable - This is one of my films of 2001
Battle Royale - Japanese Lord of the flies
Dr. Strangelove - A classic, and very apt given the situation in India/Pakistan
The Fifth Element - An Exceptional Sci-Fi Film from Luc Besson
Leon - The Professional - If you can see the extended International version of this its well worth it
O Brother where art thou ? - Coen Brothers at their best
Almost Famous - A really uplifting film (imho)
Young Frankenstein - This is from when Mel Brooks actually made good films
Grosse Point Blank - I just love this film
Kellys Heroes - Well its got Clint and any film that has a hippy driving a Tank in WW2 has to be watched
Being John Malkovich - Intelligent film and any film where Cameron Diaz actually makes herself look ugly has to be seen
Fight Club - A classic that gets better everytime you see it.
Run Lola Run - Brilliant German Film.
Dark City - A film that came out before the Matrix and is 10 times better and far more intelligent than that more commercial film.

Hmmm I could go on all day that should keep you busy though ADREN

Gandalf.

MarcusGarvey

Originally posted by plastic membrane
The Long Good Friday.

Best gangster movie EVER.

Oooooh yeah, got this on DVD recently. Very good.

Once Were Warriors
Manhunter
Grosse Point Blank , great soundtrack too
Payback
The Pledge
The Others
Apocalypse Now Redux

Hard Boiled
Man Bites Dog
Crimson Rivers
Brotherhood of the Wolf
The Devils Backbone

The last 5 are foreign language films but really good.

Manach

Wag the dog - dark political comedy

Gattaca - Intelligent SciFi thriller

Hunt for Red October - "We sail into History"

Kali

Originally posted by Samson
Life Is Beautiful (La Vita e Bella)

good choice, easily one of my favourite films of all time... best subtitled film i have ever and probably will ever see.

load of real obvious films being mentioned here though.. surely the thread starter (couldnt be arsed seeing who it was) isnt that cut off from the world

tibor

Originally posted by Kali

load of real obvious films being mentioned here though.. surely the thread starter (couldnt be arsed seeing who it was) isnt that cut off from the world

that's debatable, i mean he did list the green mile as one of his favourites loike.


for what it's worth some (imo) classics that immediately come to mind but haven't been mentioned yet :
scarface
requiem for a dream
annie hall
dog day afternoon
pulp fiction
taxi driver
lost highway
la haine