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Aridhol
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So I have a zip.ca account (basically canadian netflix) and my "ziplist" is nearing empty.
I'd like some recommendations from everyone here.
What movies do I *have* to see. I'm sure the first question will be what have you seen already but that would take way too long to list so just recommend what you can and I'll pick out what I've seen.
I'd like some recommendations from everyone here.
What movies do I *have* to see. I'm sure the first question will be what have you seen already but that would take way too long to list so just recommend what you can and I'll pick out what I've seen.
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Memento
American Beauty
Oldboy
Godfather Trilogy
Heat
Ronin
Other good films, in no particular order:
Amile
Fight club
Little Miss Sunshine
Akira
Ghost in the shell
Memento
Sideways
Labyrinth
the Dark Crystal
The Princess Bride
3 Kings
...
I cant keep going - I wouldn't stop...
Can you get TV shows?
National Treasure (the first one and I'm serious... great movie for its genre)
Equilibrium
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
IMDB Top 250 Movies of All Time
AFI's Top 100 Movies of All Time
I would go through the above lists and put together a queue from that. There'd likely be a lot of duplication between those lists and any recommendations you'd get from random Internet folk, and at least those lists are each all in one place.
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Maybe I'm biased because I do archery
Carlito's Way
Boondock Saints
Shawshank Redemption
Road to Perdition
Lost in Translation (love it or hate it, my favorite movie ever)
The Big Lebowski
Shoot em Up
Amores Perros
Murderball
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Snatch
Some mostly random stuff that's on my Netflix queue:
And if you're interested in TV Series:
Drama:
Comedy:
The reason I avoided just going off the IMDB top 250 list is because I feel people here would be more in line with my taste than the entire internet voting.
I never knew about the AFI one though, so thanks
And The Prestige is pretty fantastic. The whole movie is done like a huge 2-hour magic trick.
Leon (aka 'Leon the Professional') was a great heartwarming movie about a hitman that pseudo-adopts a little girl who, in turn, teaches him how to love. That summary is about as cliche as I could possibly make it, but its pretty much what happens. Its brilliantly executed.
And someone already said Snatch, the same director also did Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels which is really, really good. I thought Snatch was a funner movie, but this one is, I guess, the better of the two as far as story goes.
Oh shit, second'd so hard. I love the Prestige.
The Host
The Prestige
Say Anything
Mad Max
The Road Warrior
The Big Lebowski
An Evening With Kevin Smith
Idiocracy
The Rules of Attraction
Closer
October Sky
Garden State
Dead Poet's Society
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Swing Kids
Eddie & the Cruisers 1 & 2
Sneakers
Better Off Dead
The Wizard
Inside Man
Shaun of the Dead
The Simpsons Movie (wasn't bad at all)
Donnie Darko (It's a 50/50 shot if you like this movie or not, but I loved it)
Fearless (with Jet Li)
V for Vendetta
Not to derail, but I don't get this. I hated it.
In an attempt to have an on-topic post, you can also check out Stardust and Waitress, a couple of light flicks that just hit DVD.
Rounders
Monty Python and The Holy Grail (obviously)
Dracula: Dead And Loving It
The Jerk
As for TV shows:
Rescue Me
The Black Donnelly's
Derailing: You hated it, but lots of people loved it. He should at least check it out, rent it or whatever, it's not like it's going to ruin his life.
Fun:
South Park Movie
Shrek
The Incredibles
40 Year Old Virgin
Clerks
The Wedding Singer
Best in Show
Borat
Office Space
Back to the Future trilogy
Possibly brilliant:
Spirited Away
Howl's Moving Castle
Amelie
Russell Peters DVD's (the Canadian comedian)
Interesting:
Waking Life
Grave of the Fireflies
Royal Tenenbaums
The Breakfast Club
Lucky Number Slevin
Sin City
Being Canadian.... have you seen Corner Gas? I really enjoy it. It's a nice change because it's clean, honest jokes and so on. But that's TV....
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Big Lebowski
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Factotum
American Splendor
Pleasantville
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Time Bandits
Arsenic and Old Lace
M
Birth of a Nation (controversial, but worth seeing)
I'm sure I'll think of more later.
300
Aliens
Army of Darkness
Back to the Future
Blade Runner
Boondock Saints
Fight Club
Hot Fuzz
Indiana Jones trilogy
Kung Fu Hustle
Leon: The Professional
Lord of the Rings trilogy
Oldboy
Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy
The Terminator 1 & 2
The Usual Suspects
V for Vendetta
For spite:
Big Trouble in Little China
I'll spare you the war movies unless you're into that sort of thing.
rushmore
american splendor
le samourai
tokyo drifter
castle of cagliostro
the big lebowski
dead alive
hero
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
brazil
akira
in the mood for love
triplets of belleville
the man who shot liberty vallance
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
it's a wonderful life
the incredibles
good night and good luck
the godfather
raiders of the lost ark
wings of honneamise
die hard
v for vendetta
notorious
north by northwest
big trouble in little china
If you don't mind subtitles, Motorcycle Diaries and Amores Perros are both pretty great movies. Basically anything with Gael Garcia Bernal (except Babel).
I specifically read the posts before I posted myself to see if anyone mentioned this one. One of my favorite movies, and should definitely not be missed.
Also, Days of Heaven.
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