Recommend a Movie Thread

**1968** · 08-27-2007, 10:32 AM

Chinese movies
1) The King of Masks
2) Not One Less
3) The Road Home

**1968** · 08-27-2007, 10:35 AM

Comedies
1) Better Off Dead
2) Young Frankenstein
3) Roman Holiday

**1968** · 08-27-2007, 10:40 AM

Fantasy adventure films
1) The Princess Bride
2) Bedknobs and Broomsticks
3) Labyrinth

**1968** · 08-27-2007, 11:08 AM

Movies with a sports theme
1) Breaking Away
2) Bacheha-Ye aseman ("Children of Heaven")
3) Hoosiers

Honorable mention: Mystery, Alaska

**Snitgirl** · 08-27-2007, 10:26 PM

Most recent movie I saw and enjoyed was Knocked Up..

**Grubendol** · 08-28-2007, 10:08 AM

Mad props to Harry Chilling for mentioning Layer Cake

Stardust
Death at a Funeral
Shadow of a Doubt
Strangers on a Train
The Illusionist
Children of Men
Spirited Away
Equilibrium

**Sean** · 08-28-2007, 10:24 AM

Saving Private Ryan
Forrest Gump
Shawshank Redemption

**1968** · 09-04-2007, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by 1968

Westerns
1) The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
2) High Noon
3) 3:10 to Yuma

Has anyone seen that a remake of this is coming out this week! How cool is that?!

**For-Life** · 09-04-2007, 12:37 PM

Rocky Balboa - Just so well done. Every single detail was taken care of.

**optigrrl** · 09-05-2007, 06:21 PM

The Blues Brothers - I can't believe that it hasn't been mentioned!

Pay it Forward
Spies Like Us
The Breakfast Club
The Devil Wears Prada
Sound of Music
The Seven Year Itch
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Sabrina (Both versions)
Indiana Jones movies
AI
Hitch
Bridget Jones Diary
Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Amelie
Ocean's 11, 12 and 13
The Matrix 1&2
What Women Want
12 Monkeys
Pulp Fiction

**Grubendol** · 09-05-2007, 06:28 PM

Awesome call on AI…one of my favorite movies of that year.

Blues brothers was on vh1 last night and my wife had never seen it before. We watched it and I loved it just as much as always :D

btw, optigrrl, your list is for awesome

**HarryChiling** · 09-05-2007, 08:36 PM

optigirl,

It's Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and I can kiss you for adding that to the list.:D

**optigrrl** · 09-06-2007, 08:59 AM

Aw shucks guys, you make me blush!

**Pete Hanlin** · 09-07-2007, 07:24 PM

Sabrina (Both versions)
Awesome addition/suggestion!

Pay It Forward
Ugh- not to give away the climax, but if you do not like sad endings (and I don't) do not watch this movie.

Speaking of unhappy endings, I'd add this depressing little movie (if for no other reason than to note that Natalie Wood was a hottie).
Splendor in the Grass

Just typing the title makes me depressed... saddest movie I've ever watched.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned Sixth Sense yet, but the kid in that movie should have won an Oscar. I don't like scary movies, either- but this was an excellent movie.

I'll go out on a limb and admit to liking one chick flick as well- The Cutting Edge (about an injured hockey player and a "daddy's girl" who find themselves skating together).

**Steve Machol** · 09-07-2007, 08:37 PM

Has anyone mentioned any of the Pixar movies? I've found every one of them to be excellent.

**For-Life** · 09-07-2007, 08:48 PM

The Marine staring John Cena - lol

**HarryChiling** · 09-07-2007, 09:22 PM

Seven
Shawshank Redemption
The Green Mile

In my younger days:

Cheech and Chong: Up in smoke
Half Baked (Dave Chappelle rules)
Friday (all of them)
Blood in Blood out (gang banger flick)

**optigrrl** · 09-07-2007, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Steve Machol

Has anyone mentioned any of the Pixar movies? I've found every one of them to be excellent.

OK, I guess you're outing a closet animation fan!

Monsters Inc
Shrek 1 & 2
Cars
Finding Nemo

and:

Howls Moving Castle
Paprika
Heavy Metal, 2000
(Good call, Grub!) Spirited Away

Oh - and on the other list I forgot Almost Famous

**k12311997** · 09-07-2007, 11:59 PM

What about Fantasia, very old school but IMHO one of the best animated features every.

**optigrrl** · 09-08-2007, 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by k12311997

What about Fantasia, very old school but IMHO one of the best animated features every.

No kidding! There's so many, I also forgot Final Fantasy.

**gemstone** · 09-08-2007, 12:14 PM

Sling Blade (Masterpiece of Thorton)
The Edge (Hopkins at his best!)

**Grubendol** · 09-10-2007, 10:00 AM

I saw the new 3:10 to Yuma over the weekend and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Secondly, there’s no closet for me, I’m a huge Pixar fan.

Ranked in order of preference:

Monster’s Inc
Incredibles
Ratatouille
Toy Story 2
Finding Nemo
Bug’s Life
Toy Story

And yes, the Miyazaki films are brilliant as well. I love them all but Spirited Away is still my favorite, followed by Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and then the others.

I think that Lilo & Stitch is worth mention as one of the new Disney films too.

**Andrew Weiss** · 09-10-2007, 02:12 PM

Recently-seen ones:

Death at a Funeral -- I could see every gag coming and it still didn't matter, it's hilarious.

Bridge to Terebithia -- a "kid's" movie that actually looks touchingly at imagination (and lack thereof) and death.

Two Way Stretch -- an oldie I rented from Netflix -- Peter Sellers in a heist-caper movie.

Young Frankenstein -- what's to say?

Blazing Saddles -- seen for the umpteenth time and saw again how deftly Mel Brooks shows up racism -- and manages to be totally politically-incorrect at the same time.

Grand Illusion -- for those who don't mind subtitles, probably the finest meditation on honor and the illusion of honor.

The Simpsons -- one multi-level yuck after another.

Ratatouille -- even my brother, who doesn't like animation flicks, loved this one.

**Grubendol** · 09-10-2007, 02:47 PM

Andrew, if you enjoyed Terabithia, you should read the book its based on. It's really short and really good. It's set in a different time frame and is a true story.

RA · 09-10-2007, 02:53 PM

Yes on Scarface

also, Mean Streets, awesome early Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.

Raging Bull

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Love and Death (woody allen) one of the funniest movies

And - Transformers was awesome!!, especially at the new Rave digital projection theater.

:)