I’m looking for film recommendations to give my rental list some depth. All genres welcome, if you watched something and thought “that was cracking” let me know please.

Cheers

moonrise kingdom

Boardwalk Empire. Keep waiting for Series 2 Disc 2, although they keep sending out the wife’s picks.

If you have young children then look at How to Train Your Dragon or Tangled.

Iron Sky, The Warriors Way, Vanishing Point, The Warriors, Legend of A Drunken Master, The Tournament, Battle Royale, Hanna, 21 Jump Street, True Grit, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Kick Ass, Drive, Bunraku, Attack The Block, Everything Must Go, Exit Through the Gift Shop, Four Lions, Bubba Ho Tep, Point Blank, Submarine, Firefly, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, RED, Eagle Vs Shark, Son Of Rambow, Hoodwinked, Delicatessen, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Lord Of War….

In Bruges

Son Of Rambow

Thats a goodun

Also, anything with Jason Statham in it.

Howls Moving Castle
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away

Or anything from Studio Ghibli

the jacket

Warrior
Crazy,Stupid,Love
Drive
Moneyball
The Town

Easily the best films on my rented list so far. I’ve even rented Drive twice. I don’t rent films twice.

In Bruges made me think of another Brendon Gleeson film that is quite good. The Guard.

Also, anything with Jason Statham in it.

lol, I have a filter on Lovefilm that removes anything with him in it from the search facility

Inception
Adjustment bureau
Limitless
Source Code

Struggle also to keep a reasonable list of films up on lovefilm.

athgray – Member

In Bruges made me think of another Brendon Gleeson film that is quite good. The Guard.

+1

Documentary…The World At War,all 35 hours of it. If you`ve never seen it,you should do. (Not at one sitting).

Brendon Gleesons films in general
Perriers Bounty
Blade Runner
Dark Shadows
Drive
Exit throught the gift shop
Girl Who trilogy in Swedish
Hannah
John Carter
Lucky Number Slevin
Man On Wire
Moon
Senna
Submarine
Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie)
The Cabin in the Woods
The Ides of March
Unthinkable

For TV
Homeland
Breaking Bad
Underbelly

Warrior
Crazy,Stupid,Love
Drive
Moneyball
The Town

Excellent suggestions sir. I concur.

Tyrannosaur, best film I’ve seen in ages. Gritty, very well acted and thought provoking.

Quite a few of the suggestions so far are available or LoveFilm instant if your TV is connected. Save waiting for the DVDs.

If you have young children then look at How to Train Your Dragon or Tangled.

Or even if you don’t, they’re both great.

A few people mentioned Drive; I’ve got that out at the moment. Watched maybe the first third and then gave up to do something else, found it to be very plodding and got bored. Is it worth persevering with, then?

Yes but you need to be in the mood for it

Hmm.

ION, just heard that LoveFilm have partnered with DHX Media. Should be good news for anyone with kids.

My wishlist – “Blu-Rays that don’t crash”.

I’ve failed so far.

Cancelling is harder than you’d expect, it is like there sound vortex between you and the call taker – they hear- yes sure I’d like to continue, no matter what you say!

Taxi (the French subtitled one)
the princess bride.
local hero

for guilty pleasure,
the karate kid (original)

We absolutely hammer our Love Film. Best we’ve seen recently….

Submarine
Kill List
The Ides of March
Son of Rambow
The Guard
God Bless America
Frost/Nixon
Tyrannasaur
Good Night and Good Luck
Super 8
Limitless
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Killing Bono
Monsters
Animal Kingdom
Attack the Block
The Men who Stare at Goats

that lot should keep you out of trouble for a bit

Catfish

My wishlist – “Blu-Rays that don’t crash”.

I’ve failed so far.

I’ve had a couple of pups, though LF are very good at sending out replacements. Generally though, it’s been fine for me.

Couple of things I’ve noticed. Firstly, the whizzy menus are actually Java applets, so making sure your player has the latest firmware is fairly important. And second, BDs seem more susceptible to muck than DVDs and I’ve had a couple that look like the previous rentee ate their dinner off them. Cleaning the disc (microfibre cloth like you’d use for glasses or camera lenses, wiping radially centre to edge and not round in a circle) can make a big difference.

If you like action and martial arts then add The Raid.

It is fantastic, without a doubt one of the best films I’ve seen this year. Its incredible, the tension, pacing and brutal fight scenes make it relentless. Everyone who I have recommended it to found it amazing.

Its also subtitled but don’t let that put you off.

Also, another vote for Drive, probably my second favorite film of this year. And another one for Crazy, Stupid Love, the confrontation scene had me howling with laughter.