Movies to watch with gf

gorall9

Hi, so I'm in a long distance relationship with my girlfriend and we try to have a movie night every week. Though now we have been doing this for about a year now and we need some suggestions for good movies to watch that maybe aren't as well known or the usual favorites.

So any suggestions would be great, we are looking at this a an opportunity to broaden our range of movies we watch as well.

Thanks HA!

Taranis

Not sure if these wouldn't be considered "the ususal favorites", but they're great movies, and great to watch with your girlfriend.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Lost in Translation
Stranger than Fiction
High Fidelity

guar

I've recommended this a few times, but I doubt anyone has ever taken me up on it: The White Dragon. It's a Chinese kung-fu drama/comedy with loads of charm.

JRosey

Wicker Park. It has become our favorite movie to watch together. So good. So good.

edit: Also it's about a couple being apart from each other so I think it fits the bill perfectly

Demerdar

So wait.. what type of movies do you watch with her?

In Starscream We Trust

Love Actually, British Rom Com that focuses on 4-5 groups of people all around Christmas.

Stars Hugh Grant as the Prime Minister, Bill Nighy as a past his prime singer with a christmas album, Liam Neeson, and Kiera Knightley. Really funny movie that I didn't think I'd enjoy but it was worth it.

VanityPants

Love Me If You Dare -- I won't be able to get away without saying it's a weird movie, but it is a great movie. It's a French film that mixes a little (dark-esque?) comedy and romance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtzjUjVQe9Q

Arivia

Obligatory weepy romances that you might not have seen yet: Once, Memoirs of a Geisha, Millennium Actress.

Esh

Roman Holiday
King Of Hearts
A Very Long Engagement
The Thin Man
Charade
In The Mood For Love
Chung King Express
Breathless

Some of those are English titles of French films. They're all fairly romantic.

Esh

Taranis wrote: »

Not sure if these wouldn't be considered "the ususal favorites", but they're great movies, and great to watch with your girlfriend.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Lost in Translation
Stranger than Fiction
High Fidelity

Those are pretty old hat.

Esh

Oh,

"The Beat That My Heart Skipped". Great French thriller with a dash of romance.

fadingathedges

Science of Sleep.

Dalboz

I still recommend Pleasantville to anyone who hasn't seen it. Something about that movie really strikes a chord, and at the time it came out (1998) the visual effects were considered phenomenal. They're actually still considered to be pretty impressive.

Esh

fadingathedges wrote: »

Science of Sleep.

I love Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Saddler

Veer Zaara. It's a Bollywood movie. The songs, acting, and story are all top notch.

Hypatia

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman

DanMach

Scoop.

The worlds mostly insanely dull and boring movie. If she doesn't get bored enough to mess around, shes not a real person.:winky:

mere_immortal

Don't know if it particularly fits the category, but Lars and the Real Girl is a brilliantly weird romance/comedy/drama.

Also Half Nelson because Ryan Gosling is awesome.

BlindZenDriver

Old school (Very know but likely depending on age):
Some like it hot
Casablanca
Anything with James Dean

Semi-old:
Most things Tom Hanks
Most things Clint Eastwood

Intellectual/foreign:
Europa (Lars von Trier)
Cinema Paradiso
Anything by Pedro Almodovar
The original version of "Nikita" and "Insomnia"
Being John Malkovich

Odd but great:
Bollywood movies (Yes - ALL OF THEM)
Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton movies.
Nature/science/exploration movies. Relaxing, often beautiful and fascinating.

Also not movies but TV-series. Most anything English you can get at like the original "The Office" and all things crime related as Sherlock Holmes, Rebus, Morse... plus of course Coupling (again not the US remake).

Alternate_Theory

If you're in a long distance relationship and just can't be together then I suspect Brokeback Mountain will be a movie that will resonate.

Esh

BlindZenDriver wrote: »

Old school (Very know but likely depending on age):
Some like it hot
Casablanca
Anything with James Dean

Semi-old:
Most things Tom Hanks
Most things Clint Eastwood

Intellectual/foreign:
Europa (Lars von Trier)
Cinema Paradiso
Anything by Pedro Almodovar
The original version of "Nikita" and "Insomnia"
Being John Malkovich

Odd but great:
Bollywood movies (Yes - ALL OF THEM)
Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton movies.
Nature/science/exploration movies. Relaxing, often beautiful and fascinating.

Also not movies but TV-series. Most anything English you can get at like the original "The Office" and all things crime related as Sherlock Holmes, Rebus, Morse... plus of course Coupling (again not the US remake).

For two second there I thought you were actually suggesting Old School. :P

Darkewolfe

Had a first date with a girl watching "There Will Be Blood." I highly encourage it, capitalism is so romantic.

korriander

Amalie!

Esh

korriander wrote: »

Amalie!

Amelie. And it's been seen to death. That's why I recommended "A Very Long Engagement"

ascannerlightly

princess mononoke, spirited away, and ponyo (all written/directed by hayao miyazaki)

three excellent examples that prove hand-drawn animation isn't a dead art.

ANTVGM64

I recomend Dirty, Pretty Things as kind an oddball movie with the bad guy from Serenity.

Raiden333

You could watch Primer and try to help each other understand it. You'd probably get a good 4 viewings out of it that way.

VisionOfClarity

What have you guys seen and liked? I mean personally I hated most of the movies mentioned in this thread. Some direction would be nice. Also, get Netflix, it could really help with finding movies and the streaming Watch Instantly will be good for last minute move nights.

ImperiusV

For shame! Nobody's said The Notebook!

deadonthestreet

Once is a pretty good musical.

Lautermilch

to my surprise I found that 'Full Metal Jacket' is something every woman I had in my condo wanted to finish when I showed her the first scene.

I guess seeing a bunch of guys getting reamed turns them on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Nf1MK7lts

Charles Kinbote

I'm gonna second A Very Long Engagement, that's a fantastic movie

any of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's movies are great but that's the only one besides Amelie that is really romantically focused

however, if you've seen it/if you do see it and you like it, be sure to check out Delicatessen and City of Lost Children

KalTorak

ANTVGM64 wrote: »

I recomend Kinky Boots as kind an oddball/awesome movie with the bad guy from Serenity.

Also, do you guys have Netflix? It's nice to surf around their Instant View catalog every few days to see what's on offer.

susan

Third vote for 'Once' (unless I missed someone's recommendation). Also, for atypical romantic movies, can't go wrong with 'WALL-E' or 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' (people always think I'm joking when I say CTHD is one of the most romantic movies I know, but it really is...) or 'Brokeback Mountain' (your mileage may seriously vary with this last recommendation; use your own judgment). If you're feeling some action/suspense, then 'No Country for Old Men' rocks as do a lot of old Hitchcocks ('To Catch a Thief' or 'Rear Window' spring to mind).

What are some of your girl's favorite movies? That'll give us something to go on...

Sporked

The Fountain is good solid romance with a neat story

if a little sad, but it's not really a depressing sad

Young People Fucking is hilarious and awesome and required watching for basically everyone.

gorall9

Well there have been some good suggestions so far but as asked I will say some that we have enjoyed in the past.

She is not into chick flicks all that much but we are willing to give them a go if they come well recommended.

Movies/shows we have seen and liked:

Hot Fuzz
Snatch
Transformers
House
Full metal alchemist
Princess Bride
Office Space
Life Aquatic
Royal Tenenbaums
Burn Notice
007 Casino Royal(new one)
Battlestar Galactica
Disney Movies (wall-e especially)
etc...

posted shows cause those are also welcome suggestions.

Again thanks for all the suggestions so far

Raiden333

TV Shows huh...

Have you watched Lost?

Watch Lost.

If you have Netflix, it's on instant-stream.

Fiziks

I'd have to second Science of Sleep. Actually, pretty much anything that Michel Gondry has done. His movies just have this charm to them, not overly sappy romcom's by any stretch of the imagination.

VanityPants

Ugh, I couldn't stand Science of Sleep.

Lost, on the other hand, is a show you should definitely watch!

Also:
Weeds
Breaking Bad
How I Met Your Mother (if you like sitcoms)
Psych
Firefly (and then Serenity)

Also: It's worth noting that Battlestar Galactica is getting a new movie called Battlestar Galactica: The Plan, it releases October 27th. Don't know if you already knew about that.

Dachshund

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