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Film recommendation thread - "If you like [blank], see [blank]..."

  • 06-09-2014 08:30PM
    #1
    MakeEmLaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Would anyone be interested in recommending some (preferably lesser known) films to other members based on something they like?

    So, someone names a film they like. Then other posters suggest another film they might enjoy.

    Something along the lines of "If you like [blank], see [blank]...".

    Anyone care to set the ball rolling?


Comments

  • #2
    Sam Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭Sam Mac


    I will do the honours.

    Little Miss Sunshine.


  • #3
    MakeEmLaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭MakeEmLaugh


    Sam Mac wrote: »
    I will do the honours.

    Little Miss Sunshine.

    If you like Little Miss Sunshine, see National Lampoon's Vacation.

    More of an out-and-out comedy than Little Miss Sunshine, though it shares the theme of a (slightly) dysfunctional family driving across several US states, with many episodic comic interludes, including amusing run-ins with law enforcement officers.



  • #4
    MakeEmLaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭MakeEmLaugh


    Anyone have any recommendations based on liking the film Apocalypto?


  • #5
    NegativeCreep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,351 ✭✭✭NegativeCreep


    Sam Mac wrote: »
    I will do the honours.

    Little Miss Sunshine.

    If you liked Little Miss Sunshine, you'll like The Way Way Back.


  • #6
    Sam Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭Sam Mac


    NegativeCreep wrote: »
    If you liked Little Miss Sunshine, you'll like The Way Way Back.

    Saw it, liked it a lot.


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  • #7
    Sam Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭Sam Mac


    MakeEmLaugh wrote: »
    Anyone have any recommendations based on liking the film Apocalypto?

    King Kong, Passion of the Christ


  • #8
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    If you liked 'Gran Torino' you' ll like 'million dollar baby'.

    If you liked 'Rising Sun' you'll like ' Man on Fire'.


  • #9
    MakeEmLaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭MakeEmLaugh


    gugleguy wrote: »
    If you liked 'Gran Torino' you' ll like 'million dollar baby'.

    If you liked 'Rising Sun' you'll like ' Man on Fire'.

    What about a film for other people to make recommendations based on? :)

    Any thoughts?


  • #10
    MakeEmLaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭MakeEmLaugh


    Here's one: if you like Whiplash you'll like Full Metal Jacket.


  • #11
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,446 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    MakeEmLaugh wrote: »
    Here's one: if you like Whiplash you'll like Full Metal Jacket.

    Or, as Mark Kermode dubbed 'Whiplash' Full Metal Hi-Hat.


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  • #12
    MakeEmLaugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭MakeEmLaugh


    Birneybau wrote: »
    Or, as Mark Kermode dubbed 'Whiplash' Full Metal Hi-Hat.

    I've also heard "Full Metal Jazz it" and "Full Metal Dinner Jacket".


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