by BlekksPoncho on Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:10 am
First off I would say Coen Brothers Films:
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
No Country for Old Men
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Barton Fink
Raising Arizona
The Hudsucker Proxy
And maybe my favourite: Miller's Crossing
American Gangster is an amazing gangster-movie epic. Kung Fu Hustle is a great action film, it's light-hearted and so not action action intense. I never thought I would like it but I gotta say Smokin' Aces, the story is very good and the action is great too. That's it for action films from me off the top of my head.Casino is a great gangster film also, maybe my favourite of the genre, or closely behind Scarface.Another awesome film is The Usual Suspects, gripping storyline and great acting by Benecio Del Toro and Kevin Spacey among others. Che Part One is a recent favourite, I went to see it a few weeks back and it is amazing, really does justice to the great man, I can't wait for Che Part Two, make sure you go and see that.
As for comedy films I have to say Ferris Bueller's Day Off just because it's a classic. Juno Because it has Michael Cera and Jason Bateman in...amazing together, can't wait for the Arrested Development film. Napoleon Dynamite is a must-see, such unique directing and acting, it's amazing. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy has got to be my favourire Judd Apatow film, watchy it. One of my favourite films of all time has to be Man On The Moon because Andy Kauffman is a god and even though I didn't think he'd be able to do the part justice, Jim Carrey is an amazing Andy, definitely his best acting performance ever, the end will make you cry.
7 Pounds the new Will Smith film is great too, I wasn't sure about it to start off with, but as it went on it got better and better, a nice feel-good film. The Virgin Suicides is a great film by Sofia Coppola, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola the director of Godfather and Apocalypse Now and the like.
As for foreign films, Amelie is just amazing, if you haven't seen it, bah. Angel-A is a really good french film about a suicidal guy who has his life changed around by a woman named Angela...I know but it's better than it sounds, amazing french cinema, funny and intelligent. Pan's Labrynth...just because. Precinct 13 (Banlieu 13) Is a great "free-running" french action film. Taxi 1 2 and 3 are also great french action films that deserve a mention.
Brick. Didn't really know where to put this one but it's amazing, such a good story, the acting is very unique and the script with it's 1920s/1930s stylings make this one of my favourite films ever.
Happy Feet...Oh come on! It's immense!
There are many, many more, that's just off the top of my head and with the few DVDs that are infront of me reminding me, but you gotta watch these. Also I have omitted the obvious ultra-famous movies like star wars etc, these are just the ones that I think you might heard of that you need to.
EDIT: I missed off Being John Malkovich from that list, it is le shiz.
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BlekksPoncho on Tue Feb 10, 2009 12:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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I'm not drunk, I always eat plastic.
), but I can't escape the feeling im missing a fair few films I may have in-advertantly overlooked. I'm not neccessarily looking to own every great film under the sun, just atleast give them a watch.
