[Closed] Must see films - Which ones?

I thought that inception with that little runt decaprio was quite good.

The Happening, A film so utterly bad that any other film you watch thereafter will seem brilliant.

+1 for Inception.

In the Loop was great

Shutter island. Seven pounds. Stranger than fiction and anal invasion five are all films I've enjoyed this year

big yim - Member

anal invasion five

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...anal invasion five are all films I've enjoyed

I thought they went downhill a little after number 3, it's hard to keep the momentum of new ideas when the plots are essentially the same each time...

Prefered Shutter Island to Inception but both really good, Up and Toy Story 3 for your inner child

Pealy
I thought they went downhill a little after number 3

Couldn't agree more they're simply riding on the success of the first three. And in five they just seem to be right up themselves.

Another one here for Inception, shutter island I thought was a little predictable but good non the less, I enjoyed Iron man 2 recently.

Iron man 2 is shockingly bad - I can't imagine a less "must see" film

We use Tesco DVD rental which is basically LoveFilm. Not a huge film fan so the strategy we use is to select films with a % rating of 70% or higher...given enough ratings, the truly good films do shine through and get the ratings they deserve.

Its worked a treat and we've seen some great films we wouldn't necessarily have picked like The Kite Runner, Milk, or The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life.

Of the 60 odd films we seen now, it only failed once...Twilight

IF, about public schoolboys running amok in a private school on their Army day, filmed in Cheltenham and at the time was really rebelious, but now oh so real and it could happen.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063850/

District 9

I've been getting some old classics recently, Some Like It Hot was pretty good and I enjoyed Casablanca. Watched Precious and The Blind Side last week, both pretty good too. Let The Right One In is worth a watch if you don't mind subtitles, as is Daywatch/Nigh****ch.

films I have recently enjoyed -

Whip It
Inception
Scott Pilgrim
Iron Man 1 & 2
Predators
Toy Story 3
The Hangover
Kick Ass
Buried

Films that sucked-

Prince of Persia
2012

The Bucket List

Twin Town

A prophet is the best film I've seen in a long while.

V for Vendetta....Awesome!

Inception and let the right one in (Swedish version with sub titles) .

Kingdom Of Heaven
Departed
Heat

I really enjoyed A Prophet too.
Precious
The Secret In Their Eyes
Hunger
Tell No-one (not recent but great all the same).
A Single Man
Gomorrah

I'll check those out dd.

On flights I've watched loads.

The A team is awesome - not a great but I love it because I loved it as a kid and it's good fun.

Iron Man 2 - not bad, good to just watch and pass the time.

District 9 - very good.

From Paris with Love - good.

Assault on precinct 13 - I really liked it.

Up - awesome.

Toy story 3 - awesome.

Grown-ups - I thought it was really funny, I laughed a lot.

Cyrus - I thought it was really good. Funny.

Kelly's Heroes
The Great Escape
Some like it hot
High Society/Philadelphia Story
Back to the future
Casablanca
The Fifth Element
High Plains Drifter
and so many more....!

Over the last 18 months flashy... 🙄

...but don't let that stop you.

No need for it to stop anyone. He/she may not have seen any of those in the last 18 months. Yermiserableoldgityou.... 😉

Some of the ones on the floor by the TV at the moment

Amelie
Son of Rambow
Swordfish
500 days of Summer

A prophet is the best film I've seen in a long while.

x2 Absolutely amazing. So good I am going to download it now and watch it again tonight 😀

Let the right one in

I'm liking zombie films at the moment - Zombieland (a zom-com featuring the dreamy Emma Stone) and The Crazies were both very good.

Dead Mans Shoes if you've not already seen it.

I thought it'd be boring, but I really enjoyed The Social network. Very verbal, great dialogue. Interesting departure for David Fincher. Well worth a watch. Is it on DVD yet?

Recently saw Inside Man on Bluray. Its a heist movie with a twist, directed by Spike Lee with an excellent Bollywood theme tune, weird combination! Great leads from Denzil Washington and Clive Owen and a great supporting cast too. Highly recommended!

Always enjoyed The Kingdom

In no particular order other than from our Lovefilm rental list these are a few we enjoyed, some more than others

Four Lions
Men Who Stare at Goats
Gran Torino
Lovely Bones,
Sherlock Holmes
Savior
Nowere Boy
Avatar
Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll
Knight's Tale
An Education
Up
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Looking For Eric
Hurt Locker, The
Boat That Rocked
Body Of Lies
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mr And Mrs Smith
A Very Long Engagement
Star Trek - Feature
State of Play
Pierrepoint -The Last Hangman
Valkyrie
Angels and Demons
Wanted
Flawless
The Wrestler
Slumdog Millionaire
The Reader
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
Taken
Frost/Nixon
Shaun Of The Dead
WALL-E
Quantum of Solace
In Bruges
Aviator
Iron Man
No Country for Old Men
Dark Knight
Mystic River
A Mighty Heart
Until the End of the World
The Departed
Hancock
Little Children
The Edge of Love
There Will Be Blood
What Happens in Vegas
Premonition
Pan's Labyrinth
The Bucket List
21
Best Laid Plans
Butterfly On A Wheel
The Kite Runner
Control
The Pursuit of Happyness
Withnail And I
Into the Wild
A History of Violence
Hallam Foe
Stardust
The Lake House
Run, Fat Boy, Run
Atonement
The History Boys
Blood Diamond
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Supremacy
Hot Fuzz
The Flying Scotsman
The Bourne Identity
Leon
Paris, Texas
Wings of Desire
Paris, Texas
Wings of Desire
Borat - Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Kazakhstan
The Incredibles
The Holiday
The Last King Of Scotland
To Kill A King
Starter For 10
Casino Royale
Renaissance
A Good Woman
Children Of Men
Alfie
The Da Vinci Code
Finding Neverland

^^^that's just a random list of films!! and don't bother with Inception, it's stupid. lot's of daft ideas that make no real sense and up to the mo' sfx don't make a good film. IMHO!

A Prophet + 1

Mesmerine
Gomorrah

best film of the last few years, City of God

And if they have to be in english, This is England, great film.

Kevevs - Member

^^^that's just a random list of films!! and don't bother with Inception, it's stupid. lot's of daft ideas that make no real sense and up to the mo' sfx don't make a good film. IMHO!

Its not random mate I edited out the ones we had seen & I didn't like at all, and Inception isn't in my list is it?

There are some very, very strange suggestions for 'good' films on here but fair enough, if we were all the same it'd be a boring place.

Sorry. I can't restrain myself. Mr Overhsoot you have the weirdest taste I've ever seen.

The men who stare at goats has to be one of the worst films I've ever seen. I literally wanted to shoot the telly it was so bad. I kept waiting for something funny or clever to happen, perhaps I'm too stupid to get it.

The Da Vinci code. The film actually manages to be worse than the book, which is quite an achievement. It's so terribly boring and uninteresting that even the actors can't be arsed making an effort.

And finally, and I accept this is a radical opinion, Pan's Labyrinth. ... I don't take drugs any more so this film was seriously hard for me to get my head round. Actually it was just pretty shit.

re: inception, I was adressing the OP, don't get yer knickers in a twist cos you like crap films. I don't care!

Couple of interesting documentaries:
Grizzly Man - about a man who lived in the wilderness with bears
Man on Wire - the story of the cheeky French tightrope walk between the Twin Towers

A film about a true story: Into the Wild - about a young guy who disappeared into the wilds of Alaska (the original book is also excellent)

A great film for anyone who loves cycling: Breaking Away

Let the Right One In - offbeat Swedish vampire film, as recommended by everyone and their dog!