Back to the Future 2...this old man steals a time machine from the doc who built it and uses it to make himself rich, marry the hero's mum and give her huge tits. So the hero and the doc have to go further back in time to stop him, brilliant film.
Another vote for Brazil, bizarre and hilarious at times, a somewhat disturbing view of how some version of the future may have been.
+1 for The Angels Share, and in case it hasn't already been mentioned before, [url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540133/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ]The Guard[/url].
Cheers, Rich
OnceA film about an irish busker / washing machine repair man.
Lots of good music. Great storyline
Vacuum repairs iirc
[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Freebird-DVD-Phil-Daniels/dp/B0013UO8MM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1377243313&sr=8-2&keywords=freebird ]Freebird[/url] - probably the finest British film since Withnail and I... and in a very similar vein of humour too 🙂
I don't think it is on Netflix, but I suspended my account 6 months ago to give it time to refresh a little. Probably do the same with the other services now and go back to it for a bit! At least until The Vikings series 2 is released!
As a counterpoint to all the testosterone fueled stuff here how about Wendy and Lucy. Great film.
Surprised no-one's said Clerks yet. Kevin Smith's first film, and arguably his finest moment. Sharp and witty, if you can overlook the fact it's shot in black and white on a budget of about 40p.
Angel Heart
Anything with Will Hay !
why does it not surprise me to find the Dante-esk Cougar recommending Clerks. Pointed out to my old boss he was the spit, & he's became a fan overnight.
+1 To Princess bride, [french] Taxi, Zat?ichi, Grosse Point Blank, Moon, Trollhunter, District 9
My own recommendation (not mentioned) would be for Kung Fu Hustle... comedy send up of the everything kung fu, with hugely over the top fights - brilliant.
Off to search out Wasabi (if you like that, try 22 Bullets, no comedy, lots of killings)
some + as above
[u]Once were warriors[/u] - very powerful film about an awful drunk wife abuser, sounds like something you wouldn't want to watch, but superbly acted and shot.
[u]Man bites Dog[/u] - black humor surrounding a serial killer being followed by a documentary crew.
[u]Eat the peach[/u] - Two young Irish men decide to build a motor bike wall of death, one of my favorite film lines in this, but I won't spoil it.
[u]Wasabi[/u] - Jean Reno / Luc Besson in French action film set in Japan.
[u]Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead [/u] - Two characters from Hamlet where we follow their story as it waves in and out of the play itself.
[u]Sexy Beast[/u] - Sir Ben Kingsley has NEVER been so menacing!
I assume it's been done, but The Princess Bride.
Downfall is amazing, but do it in one sitting. It's proper tense.
Platoon.
Munich.
Ronin.
Dredd (new version)
I assume it's been done, but The Princess Bride.Downfall is amazing, but do it in one sitting. It's proper tense.
Platoon.
Munich.
Ronin.
Surely that's a list of films most people will have seen.
Surely that's a list of films most people will have seen.
Did I forget to put Star Wars up there? Silly me.
What's eating Gilbert Grape?
A Prophet
+1. Fantastic film, one of the best I've seen subtitled or not.
Very different, but still very good;
Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
A hidden gem which had me roaring.
The Raid - great action if you like people beating ten bales of turd out of each other.
City of God.
Killer Joe (you will never look a KFC the same after)
Killing Me Softly- Last film i think of James Gandolfini
Cube
Spirited Away (or any of the Studio Ghibli stuff to be honest)
Grosse Point Blank
Clerks
As a counterpoint to all the testosterone fueled stuff here how about Wendy and Lucy. Great film.
I'd agree, and by the same director and writer (who also both did Meek's Cutoff which has been mentioned a couple of times), Old Joy. If you like the slow-moving stuff, that is. If you like car chases, you'll hate it.
Das Boat - Subtitled German U-Boat film makes you really feel like you're in the U-Boat with them .
+1 The Lives of Others - superb film.
Blow - Great film!
why does it not surprise me to find the Dante-esk Cougar recommending Clerks.
Heh, you're not the first person to say that. More so now thinking about it, now I've cut my hair.
Cube
Oh, good shout. Cube is awesome. Just don't watch any of the utterly bobbins sequels.
Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
A hidden gem which had me roaring.
Stars Alan Tudyk, which fact alone makes it worth the price of admission.
+1 for Office space
but I have to urge you to see Love exposure
The Secret in their Eyes
Tell No One
The Lives of Others
Awesome
The Guard
Irish independent at its best
Surprised no-one's said Clerks yet. Kevin Smith's first film, and arguably his finest moment. Sharp and witty, if you can overlook the fact it's shot in black and white on a budget of about 40p.
Indeed, I actually think clerks 2 stands up surprisingly well. I was expecting it to be poor but was pleasantly surprised. Equally as sharp as Clerks but with a little more sentiment.
Shallow Grave
Brassed Off
Ewan Mcgregor oldies with lots of laughs
+1 for Love, Honour & Obey. Awesome British gangster comedy
+1 for Sexy Beast. Ben Kingsley is seriously scary!
Very Bad Things. Things go very bad in Vegas, but very darkly funny. Closing scene has me in stitches
Being John Malkovich
Run Lola, Run
another vote for Diva.
Lots of good movies on here already
Intouchable - funny, touching, excellent - now in my top 5
The Edukators (of course) and Im Juli.
I don't download yet to be released films from the PirateBay but if I had, and I didn't, it would be Pain and Gain.
On paper you'd kick a film with Marky Mark and the Rock straight out of the door but it is genuinely one of the best black comedies (yet a true story) I've seen in ages
OK a serious suggestion from me then 😉
The Big Blue
[url= http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095250/ ]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095250/[/url]
If you are a Jean Reno fan, like me, you will love this movie.
Genevieve- light hearted, a film for a rainy Sunday afternoon
Irreversible. A French film which is extremely dark and unsettling . Intelligent and thought provoking. Be warned though it is so sexually explicit and so violent that I will never watch it again!
Yet another +1 for The Lives Of Others. I'd also recommend Goodbye Lenin, the aforementioned Moon (was on telly the other week), The Hide and Downfall. I know a few Finns and they got me watching The Man Without A Past and Kamome Shodoku, both worth seeking out. Also seek out Kitchen Stories, a really unusual, low key Swedish affair with an odd premise.
+1 for The Big Blue - you can't go wrong with a Luc Besson film (Fifth Element excepted)
Been through the above, but failed to see anyone recommending Donnie Brasco.
Absolutely superb film. Plot kept me gripped from start to finish - and surely Al Pacino's finest hour. Also Jonny Depp's finest hour. Forget all that Jack Sparrow crap - the guy can really act. Ooh and and 'Marge Gunderson' from Fargo (always forget her real name).
Nice to se Brazil getting a few mentions. My second favourite film of all time (after Star Wars IV, natch).
Also Amelie. And City of God.
(And no one's said Fargo?)
+1 City of God, Kung fu Hustle
Try Battle Royal (the proper Hunger Games), Oldboy, 13th Warrior, Boiler Room, Pans Labrynth
The Orphanage - Beautifully filmed, Spanish with subtitles, but dialogue is sparse and slow, and easy to follow.
Great chiller of a film.
Best recent under-the-radar film...
Just topped up my Love Film list with some suggestions on this thread 😀
Near Dark has been mentioned, so +1 for that.
Also my favourite film ever (which I've never heard anyone else rate!):
Miami Blues. Fantastic performances from Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh. And a cracking Charles Willeford story.
End of Watch is a brilliant cop drama, in the Southland vein.
La balance, mesrine (parts one and two)
Good shout on Miami blues!!
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Brad Dourif in Wise Blood. A stone cold classic.
A twist, in so much as I'm going to recommend some documentaries instead.
Riding Giants
Although if you want a film, you could try The Night Porter
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071910/
Why ? Because they are all very good films, and worth watching. IMO.
Riding Giants is fab.
Another documentary recommendation:
The Birth of Big Air. Matt Hoffman = awesome.
Mud
Human Traffic ( even Danny Dyer manages to do ok)
Submarine
Forgot Brotherhood of the Wolf and This is England.
Double post 🙄
A twist, in so much as I'm going to recommend some documentaries instead.
Good shout. This is easily the best thread I've ever started, so please, crack on!
Mesrine above is a good shout.
I'll add the Carlos mini series too:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321865/
if you like Mesrine, get involved with that. Pretty epic.
I'll shove in my two penn'orth:
My Cousin Vinny - Very funny, clever take on the classic courtroom drama. Worth seeing because Joe Pesci doesn't stab, kill or maim anyone and Marisa Tomei got Oscar for best supporting actress. And Ralph Macchio's in it (who he?)
Cyrano de Bergerac - The great ex-Frenchman Gerard Depardieu in full-on mystical buffoon mode. Knocks the Steve Martin copy (Roxanne) into a cocked hat
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels & the Housesitter - Both Steve Martin vehicles (back when his acting was better than his banjo playing). The first a tale of French Riviera conmen with Michael Caine. The second with the delectable Goldie Hawne. Both very, very funny.
North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock directed thriller with Cary Grant. Not as famous as some of the Hitchcock oeuvre, but brilliant nonetheless.
Les nuits Fauves (Savage Nights) - First (and only) feature length film from writer, director and laed actor Cyril Collard. A savagely real autobiographical look at his life, bisexuality and struggle with AIDS. First ever artist to be nominated for the three top categories of the French "Cesar" Awards -- Best Film, Best Director and Best First Film. The film actually won four Awards (incl best film), but Collard died of AIDS a few days before the ceremony. A hard, shocking, viscerally real piece of film-making. Not for the faint of heart.
La Haine - Another very stromg French film, this time dealing with alienated youth's rage, anger and resentment in a Parisian banlieue that boils over into violence. Particularly relevant given the riots here a couple of years ago
+1 for the Station Agent. Love that film!
The Day The Earth Caught Fire - so bad that it's good.
[b]the holy mountain[/b]
by alejandro jodorowsky in 1973 (the year i was born)
the best film ever made in the entire history of this or any universe. 90 minutes of the most amazing involved visual/mental trip ever.
Station Agent + Whatever
Super
Zinaru, it's all about conquering the mountains horizontally. Great film.
only one vote for What's Eating Gilbert Grape so far, so I'll add another one. Just beautiful.
And Winter's Bone - not easy, but a fantastic film.
wordnumb! exactly.
zoom back camera...
Has anyone suggestes Everything is Illuminated' yet? One of my favourite films, probably mainly because it's got the singer out of Gogol Bordello in a starring role.
Takes itself a bit seriously in places, but it's funny and heartwarming, and generally just nice to look at.
if you like them loud and funny
try Shoot em up
I really like Freeze Frame. It's with Lee Evans. I never realised he could do serious acting so well.
l.627 and 36 Quai des Orfèvres
Been trying to remember 36 Quai des Orfèvres all day - two more pretty good french crime movies
Just thought I'd bump this for the "looking for a film to watch of a friday night" crowd...
Titan A.E. - Great sci-fi animation, big cast and some laugh out loud funny moments.
+1 for Pluncett and Macleane, I need to watch this again as it's been years. Alam Cummings at his best plus excellent use of contemporary cockney slang in a period drama and the ball scene is ace (soundtrack by Rob Dougan).
Joan of Arc - for John Malkovich being as crazy as usual 😀
Benny and Joon - more johnny depp being epic
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter - you just have to, right? (only unusual, recent film I think of right now)
edit: and
Secondhand Lions - very easy to watch but also very moving, lovely.
Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter could have been amazing. But they cocked it up. It was too serious or not serious enough. They should have got whoever did the Dawn of The Dead remake to do it.
I'm going to say
Harrison Bergeron
and
Robinson in Space
Wait a minute... Is this a STW film thread where nobody's recommended Garden State?
Late Night Shopping - a bit of a gem.
That Sinking Feeling - Bill Forsyth's first film. genius!
Comfort and Joy - another Bill Forsyth starring Bill Paterson. It's a film I always return too.
Tell no one - a brilliant, taut thriller that proves the French know how to make truly great films.
Leon - Luc Besson at the top of his game.
Dazed and Confused - it's funny how much of a spot the star film it has become but it's a great film that is well worth a watch.
Singles - hip comedy from when Grunge ruled. Not seen it for years. Hmmm. Need to watch it again soon.
Just bookmarking the thread. 🙂
The aforementioned [b]Once were warriors[/b] is a classic along with the follow up, [b]What becomes of the broken hearted[/b]
[b]Boondock Saints[/b] is brill as is
[b]Deliverance[/b]
Sanny - MemberSingles - hip comedy from when Grunge ruled. Not seen it for years. Hmmm. Need to watch it again soon.
So good, that. I've genuinely used Singles chatup lines. "I was just nowhere near your neigbbourhood..."
Robinson in Space
The film the preceded it 'London' seems so perfectly relevant just now. The bit when the gate posts to vauxhall park are stunned into silence by the reelection of john major is an amazing little film moment. One of my favorite bits of film ever. You can get the two together on DVD. Robison in ruins is good too, although you really feel the absence of Paul Scofields voice.
My reccomendations:'Harold and Maude'. About a relationship between a hen pecked teenage boy who repeated fakes his own suicide in ever more convincing and elaborate fashions and a 79 year old woman who gate crashes strangers funerals and then steals their cars.
'Adaptation' set during the making of 'being john malcovich' the films writer is struggling to adapt a novel into a screenplay and as he does so his life turns into the holywood version of the story that he's trying to avoid writing. Most disorientating its a good film with Nicholas cage in it.
For feature length documentary 'the act of killing' simultaneously jaw droppingly horrifying and dizzingly surreal. Like the mighty boosh turning up in the middle of a war crimes tribunal.
And
'Hell and back again' properly good observational documentary, every frame a perfect photograph.
A few (most likely covered already) from my last long haul flight
Submarine - no actual Submarines but still great
Senna
Man On Wire
Watched Office Space and Riding Giants last night based on this thread. Top night's entertainment.
Some recommendations- Fitzcarraldo, the "Sunset" trilogy dir by R Linklater, Seven Samurai, Ghost Dog.
Has anyone said "intouchables" watched it last night, very good.
Kick Ass
If you aren't too bothered by violence and humour mixed together.
It made me laugh, it made me (almost) cry, if made me laugh again.
It made me go " Yehhh" when the baddie got zapped.