The Movies That You Like A Lot

[Giaguara]

Oh, some more .. that I forgot.

Requiem For A Dream One of my all time favorites.
Trainspotting. Just hilarious.
Pirates Of The Caribbean maybe the best movie I have seen this year in cinema.
Shrek, Ice Age, Monsters Inc and many many cartoons like these. I love them. Finding Nemo was good but maybe not as appealing than Monsters Inc .. Oh, and the Aardman type movies like Chicken Run of course.
Central Station (Brazilian, I think from 98 or 99).. impressive. If you like Braz/ian movies, you'll like City Of God (Cidade de Deus) too.
I love Spanish movies. Almodovar is one of my early cinematographic fascinations, so I'd add Live Flesh (Carne Tremula), All About My Mother (Todo Sobre Mi Madre) and Talk To Her (Hable Con Ella) to the goooood movies-list. There are others of his I haven't seen yet, but when I find them, I'll see obviously, e.g. Women on the Edge of Nerval Breakdown (something like that).
Matrix part 1 was fine, it didn't make me want to see part 2, .. now I can't decide if the part 3 is any better or worse than part 2.
Godfather trilogy is a classic. I've seen the movies in Spanish and Italian .. and the next round will be in English. I like most mafia parodies I've seen. If you like Godfathers and Godfellas, you'll love that City of God (above) too... it is, kind of, Rio's godfellas, a gangster movie with humor.
ChungKing Express has fabulous camera use in its stories.
More European movies that were good: Malena, Life Is Beautiful, Il Postino, Il Nuovo Cinema Paradiso (these all being Italian), Lucia Y El Sexo (Spanish), Drifting Clouds (Kauas Pilvet Karkaavat) and Man Without A Past (director of these two being Aki Kaurismaki). (Enough for today..)

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Let's see if I can add a few...

Forrest Gump -- thought cheezy and dumb by a few, I think it really shows Hank's magnificent acting ability and the story is completely genius. I love the way past events are influenced by Gump's presence... i.e., the desegregation scene where he picks up the black girl's book for her and the Ford scene.

Fight Club -- every man's testosterone flick. Brilliant.

E.T. -- I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet!

The Karate Kid -- a classic. Boy overcomes poverty and dicovers inner strength, confidence and love through martial arts training.

Braveheart/Patriot -- ever notice that these two flicks are identical in plot, just set in different time periods, or is it just me?

Saving Private Ryan -- if you can make it through the first fifteen minutes of the film, you're good to go. Especially the quick clip in the beginning where the soldier is searching for his severed arm, picks it up and runs off with it dangling from his hand.

Blow -- Johnny Depp at one of his bests.

Traffic -- "That 70's Show" kid deals/does crack while his girlfriend's father is the leader of the Drug Enforcement Council.

The Wall -- watch this one stoned or tripping. If you don't do drugs, you won't get the message.

Finding Nemo -- watched this one because of the girlfriend. I loved it.

[pds]

I'm going old on y'all but I love Amadeus, could watch it over and over. Same with Fiddler on the Roof.

and schmaltzy, Paulie, lovely story about the trials and tribulations of a parrot that really talks.

I liked Matt Damon and Danny Devito in Rainman. Actually Devito is one of the few actors (along with Pacino) that will make me watch any movie.

My Cousin Vinny - Joe Pesci is a hilarious new york conny/lawyer in Herman Munster's (Fred Gwynn) southern courtroom.

Sixth Sense is sublime...

Ghost is one for watching with the sweetheart.

A man called Horse.

Of others mentioned already I second Bladerunner (top 10) Tombstone, Wrath of Khan, Unforgiven and Shawshank.

Last seen, Pirates of the Carribean - just a scream!

[toast]

I'm in a cyberpunk mood at the moment.

- Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)

My ultimate reference. Probably the darkest film I ever saw, along with Touch of Evil (Orson Welles).

- Videodrome (David Cronenberg)

Videodrome is very much like Existenz. Cronenberg is an intelligent reader of Philip K. Dick, he knows how to film the cyberpunk way. James Wood (main actor) is exceptional.

The concept of cyberpunk (what boundaries between the man and the machine) has alway fascinated me. If I had two films to recommend today, I'd recommend those two.

Finding Nemo is great too, for those who cannot stand cyberpunk !

[Cat]

I just saw "The Impostors": very funny!

When I was young I liked all of the Bud Spencer/Terence Hill movies and stuff like Mad Max.

One of the few movies that left me completely awed was "Metropolis". I am really, really impressed at the power in old cinematography, "Metropolis" and "Panzerkreuzer Potemkin" (don't know the English title) are absolutely amazing.

And I like Giaguara's movies! Indeed "Il Postino" is wonderful. Also "Non ci resta che piangere" and "La vita é bella" are very good.

[fryke]

Did I answer this thread already? Dunno... Anyway:

"À la folie - pas du tout" // a very nicely made thriller with 'Amélie' in quite a different role...

"Fanfan et Alexandre" // now THAT's what I call a beautiful movie. 80s, I guess, and French. So many of our readers here probably wouldn't like it, anyway...? (And: CAN'T find this thing on DVD... I only have an old VHS copy...)

"Dark City" // like 'Matrix' - only better and without bad sequels. (from the regisseur of 'The Crow'...)

"Audition" // one of the most beautiful and cruel movies I've ever seen. Not for the faint at heart, though. People vomited at the end of the movie in cinemas. Others fainted. Japanese. _That's_ what I call a thriller. ;-)

[fryke]

Oh, forgot the most important one (and this is not a joke for insiders only): "Memento" ;-)

[nb3004]

I liked Matt Damon and Danny Devito in Rainman. Actually Devito is one of the few actors (along with Pacino) that will make me watch any movie.

Don't you mean the Rainmaker?? Rain Man was with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise


speaking of Dustin Hoffman "Midnight Cowboy" good movie