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Recommend your ever favourite movie (s) please?

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
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    timthumbni wrote: »
    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.

    I sometimes find it strange when "don't watch this film by yourself" is mentioned. Having company isn't going to make a blind bit of difference :) The film means something to me I guess.


  • #33
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Films:

    Fortress of War
    The Pianist
    Three Colours
    Das Boot

    Series:

    Sopranos
    West Wing
    GoT (but waining a little as people get killed off a little predictably)


  • #34
    bobby lingen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19 ✭bobby lingen


    Films:

    Debbie does Detroit
    Debbie does Hollywood
    Debbie does Cedar Rapids
    Das Boot

    Series:

    The Reardons
    Fair City


  • #35
    Dan Chipowski
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    Film: Angels of the Universe (Englar alheimsins)

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233651/

    TV Series: Detectorists

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4082744/


  • #36
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,428 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I tried to pick one's people might not have seen rather then more obvious one's.
    Films:
    Nebraska (Father and son type film comedy/drama/adeventure)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821549/

    Goodbye to Lenin (this is hilarious stuff and it is a German film subtitled)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301357/

    Look who's Back (Er ist wieder da)
    Comedy/drama Film about what it would be like if Hitler traveled back to modern Germany.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4176826/combined

    Man on Wire (True story about a French fella who tightroped walked between the twin towers illegally in New York)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/

    The Van (since it has a lot of soccer atmosphere in it it is appropriate for the euros)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118064/

    Kisses (2008);
    Film about two little kids on the run in Dublin.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0975684/

    Inside I am Dancing: comedy/drama about two disabled fellas out and about in Dublin.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_I%27m_Dancing


    Jack Strong:
    Shown on Netflix. A spy film a Polish fella who acts as a double agent spying on the Polish/Russians for the the Americans. Based on a true story. There are subtitles for the Polish/Russian bits.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2785288/

    Series:

    Goodnight Sweetheart (Nicholas Lyndhurst - Time travelling back to WW2 very similar to the "Wrecking the rising" series that was on TG4)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106014/

    Wrecking The Rising (Éirí Amach Amú):
    I thought this was the best Irish series in years it was shown on TG4. A not very serious take on the Easter Rising.
    http://tilefilms.ie/productions/wrecking-rising/

    Club de Cuervos:
    It is shown on Netflix a comedy/drama about about a fictional Mexican football team. Spanish with subtitles.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4680240/

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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  • #37
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Films:
    The Lion in Winter
    A Man for All Seasons
    The Life of Brian

    TV:
    The West Wing
    Band of Brothers
    Yes Minister
    State of Play
    And because I'm a girl, Offspring


  • #38
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    I don't really like films or TV but I like the ads they have on before the films in the cinema (sometimes they even have long ads for other films) and I like the one o'clock news on the telly.

    I suppose I also like any films with apes, but not apes that can talk because that can't really happen.


  • #39
    Sunflower 27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,955 ✭✭✭Sunflower 27


    Shawshank Redemption
    Mystic River
    The Deer Hunter
    Housesitter, always cracks me up that one. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn are brilliant in that. Very funny


  • #40
    [Deleted User]
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    Sunflower 27 wrote: »
    Shawshank Redemption
    Mystic River
    The Deer Hunter
    Housesitter, always cracks me up that one. Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn are brilliant in that. Very funny

    Oh Mystic River and The Deer Hunter are also two of my favourites :) You're right about Housesitter too. It's been years since I've seen it but I love those old comedies.


  • #41
    SlipperyPeople
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,790 ✭✭✭SlipperyPeople


    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.

    gonna watch this tonight after the football I reckon. cheers.

    My favourite movie of all time will always be trainspotting. never get tired of seeing it.


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  • #42
    Summer wind
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭Summer wind


    Films
    Streets Of Fire
    The Burbs
    The Money Pit
    Jumanji
    Wolf
    Flashdance
    Pretty Woman
    The Bourne Identity
    The Mummy
    Jaws
    Dirty Dancing
    Ghost
    The Skeleton Key
    Housesitter
    See No Evil Hear No Evil
    Beverly Hills Cop
    The Fog
    Nuns On The Run
    Volcano

    TV
    The Originals
    Minder
    Grimm


  • #43
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    hungoverbunny wrote: »
    gonna watch this tonight after the football I reckon. cheers.

    My favourite movie of all time will always be trainspotting. never get tired of seeing it.

    You may not thank me after watching it!


  • #44
    Cool Cool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭Cool Cool


    Ooh so many new movies to check out. Thanks guys. Thanks.


  • #45
    Cool Cool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭Cool Cool


    I have some more to add:

    The Godfather Movies
    Rain man
    Interstellar
    Good Will Hunting
    Boyhood
    Freedom Writers
    2001: a space odyssey
    A Beautiful Mind

    And a lot of Leonardo DiCaprio's movies


  • #46
    ultrapercy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,633 ✭✭✭ultrapercy


    Once upon a time in America. That scene where De Nerio walks out the bus depot a young man and walks back a senior citizen to the music of yesterday on the pan pipes is gold but it's a gold movie. There will be blood and No country for old men are class too.


  • #47
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 473 ✭✭ [Deleted User]


    So many good movies and tv shows out there; so many classics mentioned on this thread that I still need to watch too :) some of mine include

    TV:
    Game of Thrones
    Pretty Little Liars
    Desperate Housewives
    Fringe
    Lost
    Breaking Bad
    Misfits
    Orange Is The New Black
    Dexter
    Prison Break
    American Horror Story
    The Flash
    True Detective
    House of Cards
    Bates Motel

    Movies:
    Shutter Island
    Saw
    Bridesmaids
    Twilight Saga
    The Butterfly Effect
    Thirteen Ghosts
    Kick Ass
    Scream
    Kill Bill
    Resident Evil
    Inception
    Catching Fire

    and so many more :)


  • #48
    Rubberlegs
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    In no particular order

    Movies
    Stand by Me
    School of Rock
    Walk the Line
    The Outsiders
    Flatliners
    The Shining

    Series
    Life on Mars
    Ashes to Ashes
    Cracker
    Waking the Dead
    Ray Donovan
    The Sopranos
    Six Feet Under
    Bates Motel
    The Tunnel and The Tunnel Sabotage
    Penny Dreadful
    True Blood
    Grimm
    Vikings
    The Blacklist
    ER
    Code Black
    Chicago Fire
    Desperate Housewives
    Falling Skies


  • #49
    Galwayguy35
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    Movies : Gladiator
    Last of the Mochians
    The Thirteenth Warrior
    Wolf Creek
    The Shining
    Young Guns 2
    The Replacement Killers
    Troy
    Braveheart

    Tv : Ray Donovon
    Person of Interest
    Game of Thrones
    Deadwood
    Vikings
    The Americans


  • #50
    TG1
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    Tv series would be firefly, and film would be the film that came after firefly called serenity. Such a pity more was never filmed...


  • #51
    Mam of 4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,487 ✭✭✭✭Mam of 4


    Films;

    Leon,
    Last Of The Mohicans,
    Legends Of The Fall,
    Murder In The First,

    Series;
    Scrubs,
    Six feet Under,

    Will think of more later..

    https://forumofgames.com/



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  • #52
    timthumbni
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    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Movies : Gladiator
    Last of the Mochians
    The Thirteenth Warrior
    Wolf Creek
    The Shining
    Young Guns 2
    The Replacement Killers
    Troy
    Braveheart

    Tv : Ray Donovon
    Person of Interest
    Game of Thrones
    Deadwood
    Vikings
    The Americans

    Few good ones there but braveheart????? That's a dud if ever I saw one. It doesn't help that Gibson appears to be like his character in lethal weapon I real life either.

    Wolf creek is really creepy.


  • #53
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Triumph of the Will


  • #54
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    People get very weird about others film choices. I mean just because it's a really popular film doesn't mean it's not excellent. The same goes for being disparaging towards another's choice just because you don't like it.

    We're all different.


  • #55
    Barry Badrinath
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    The Goonies
    Critters
    Beetlejuice
    Platoon
    Serendipity
    Darby O'Gill and the Little People
    Jurassic Park
    Sean of the Dead
    The Breakfast Club
    Hot Tub Time Machine


    I just want to say, Paddy Cosidine is a shockingly under rated actor. He's not in the above list though.


  • #56
    NATLOR
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    No mention of Fargo?! (tv series) Watch it and thank me later :D


  • #57
    Bondaje007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭Bondaje007


    There are a few but 'Almost Famous' has to be my absolute favorite, it's magic! :)


  • #58
    [Deleted User]
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    A few more of mine :

    The Godfather 1 and 2.
    The Bridges of Madison County
    Gran Torino
    Caramel
    Labyrinth

    Series:
    Borgen
    Wallander
    Happy Valley
    Line of Duty


  • #59
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    Movies :

    Gone With the Wind
    The English Patient
    Jaws
    Psycho
    12 Angry Men
    Tootsie
    The Sting
    Misery
    Scarface
    Thelma & Louise
    The Shining
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    ...SO many more


    Tv :

    Breaking Bad
    Game of Thrones
    Columbo
    The Good Wife
    The Killing
    Sex & The City
    Orange is the New Black
    Cold Feet
    This Life
    Friends


  • #60
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    Deleted User wrote: »
    A few more of mine :

    The Godfather 1 and 2.
    The Bridges of Madison County
    Gran Torino
    Caramel
    Labyrinth

    Oh, I LOVE the Bridges of Madison County! I must have seen it at least half a dozen times at this stage :o


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  • #61
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    dark crystal wrote: »
    Oh, I LOVE the Bridges of Madison County! I must have seen it at least half a dozen times at this stage :o

    Oh Francesca made me cry. As did Scarlet O'Hara :) That's another one of my favourites. I was only a child when I first watched it with my mam. That film inspired many a dress up game.


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