Recommend your ever favourite movie (s) please?

The Bicycle Thief
The Apu Trilogy
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin ( A Separation)
Glengarry GlenRoss
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring

Lots more. Lots and lots more.

Movie: Heat
TV: Shameless (UK)

Come and See

A Russian film about a rural lad's experience of the second world war. Made in 1985.

Harrowing. Visceral. Brutal. During the course of the film the guy visibly ages as the awful toll of inhuman conflict takes its course. Close up face shots convey the true horror of what the characters endure.

A thoroughly upsetting and draining experience. But powerful, skillfully executed and a unique type of cinema.

Film:
Donnie Darko (love it or hate it type of movie)

The Big Lebowski

Love and other drugs

Pans Labyrinth

TV Series:

Fringe
Lie to me (only 3 seasons though boo)
Homeland
GOT (obviously)
Girls
Devious Maids
White Collar
The Flash
Scrubs is an old favourite!

suicide_circus wrote: »

Come and See

A Russian film about a rural lad's experience of the second world war. Made in 1985.

Harrowing. Visceral. Brutal. During the course of the film the guy visibly ages as the awful toll of inhuman conflict takes its course. Close up face shots convey the true horror of what the characters endure.

A thoroughly upsetting and draining experience. But powerful, skillfully executed and a unique type of cinema.

I've heard others talk about this one. Must try and give it a watch. Surely this isn't one you would rewatch much though?

I watched goodbye Uncle Tom recently. A surreal experience but I will never ever watch that again and I'm very glad of it.

I'm sort of going by what movies I've rewatched many, many times here as a guide but you really can't go wrong with

The Shawshank redemption
The Green Mile
The Mist (which would make a great play Imo)
First 3 all Stephen King books btw
City of God
The Sting
Jaws
Heathers
A Prophet (French prison movie and very good)
Pans Labyrinth
The Big Lebowski
Schindlers List

Oh and if anyone wants to get in on the marvel comic book movies that are the rage recently then try Deadpool. Far more adult orientated and actually quite funny. Any movie that can end on a wham song and have you practically cheering at the screen gets my vote any day. Plus it has that girl out of homeland and Gotham who practically devours the screen.....

Being John Malkovich

So strange and original.

Films:
Leon: The Professional, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Odd Couple (the original), Dangerous Minds.

TV Shows:
Bloodline, The Americans, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Cheers, Frasier, Game of Thrones, Mr Robot, House of Cards.

Bad Lieutenant (1992 original)
Seven Samurai
Alien
Manhunter
King of New York
Harakiri (1962 original)
Boogie Nights
Withnail & I
Yojimbo
Apocalypse Now

Lagenda Budak Setan

It's not really my favourite movie but it's one I'd recommend as something different you may never hear of to watch with a significant other. I've been forced to watch some awful chick flicks and pretend to have followed what was going on but this one is different.

readyletsgo wrote: »

Watch the tv show called The Leftovers. It will change you.

Absolutely. One of the best tv shows i have ever seen. High five fellow leftovers fan.

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In no particular order.

Films:
Pan's Labyrinth
My Fair Lady
El Orfanato
Requiem for a Dream
The Princess Bride

Series:
Game of Thrones
The Wire
Carnivalé
The Killing
The Bridge (Swedish one)

A film marathon is always good. You could take a day and watch the three Lord of the Rings or pick a favourite director and watch all of his work.

Please pay careful consideration to this post people. Persepoly knows what she is on about when it comes to film/TV.

Carnivale is one I really want to watch but can't find it on Netflix or a decent stream of it. The bad prison guard from shawshank is in it. He really looks like a hardass.

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In no particular order.

Films:
Pan's Labyrinth
My Fair Lady
El Orfanato
Requiem for a Dream
The Princess Bride

Series:
Game of Thrones
The Wire
Carnivalé
The Killing
The Bridge (Swedish one)

A film marathon is always good. You could take a day and watch the three Lord of the Rings or pick a favourite director and watch all of his work.

Actually I take issue with you recommending requiem for a dream to a casual watcher. Are you trying to depress them? Lol. Seriously don't watch this film by yourself.