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DrunkenMoNk · Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:28 pm

Darren Aronofsky films:
Pi
Requiem for a Dream

Satoshi Kon films:
Perfect Blue
Millenium Actress - Especially this one.
Tokyo Godfathers

David Linklater films:
Tape
Waking Life

And the Iron Giant, just because it deserves to be in any list.

All of these films are available on DVD here in the states (except for Tokyo Godfathers), if your looking for a film that's actually still in theaters, might I recommend The Triplets of Belleville?

Alucard · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:28 am

-=Chaplin=- · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:33 am

http://fallangel.com

spooge demon · Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:38 am

squirm
Being there

Pringle · Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2004 10:53 am

Kung fu soccer
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Torstein Nordstrand · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:23 pm

"Requiem for a Dream" is a film I never want to see again, but one that I also wish everybody I care about would watch.

"Amadeus" is also fantastic.

So is "Memento"

These aren't particularly rare, but not to be missed.

And if you see only one terrible stinker of a movie during your lifetime, make it the entertaining "Bride of the Atom". It's even more hilarious than Plan 9 from outer space, or even "Manos - the Hands of Fate".
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watmough · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 7:34 am

grave of the fireflies

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Alucard:

Plan 9: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052077/
Plan 10: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110843/

Ragnarok · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:24 pm

watmough if you liked grave of the fireflies you should watch the other Ghibli films, like Whisper of the heart.
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gezstar · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 5:55 am

By Beat Takeshi:
- Dolls
- Hanabi
- Sonatine

By Wong Kar-Wai

- Chungking Express
- In The Mood For Love

By Mathieu Kassovitz

- La Haine

watmough · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2004 7:50 am

oh,yeah,american movie

oDD · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:35 am

gezstar · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 2:51 am

you seem to have good taste in movies, so make sure you watch Dolls! One of my favorites by Kitano.

oDD · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:19 am

gezstar

sure ill watch it, its on my list.

grave of the fireflies was mentioned twice already and Ragnarok suggested Whispear of the heart from ghibli so i guess anime is allowed in this thread.

if i was sugesting some of ghibli movies to a person that his anime knowledge ends on dragonball and ninja scroll i would suggest

Laputa: Castle in the Sky
My Neighbor Totoro
and already mentioned GOTFF

then if you really like them try stuff like
Porco Rosso
Kiki delivery service
Whispear of the heart

My all time favorite anime movie is The Wings of Honneamise. I love it.

Ok now for a change some "typicall" good movies:

smoke and then watch
brooklyn boogie
same characters in those movies but those film are pretty different
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Jimmyjimjim · member Member # Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Posts: 459

I gotta agree with you, oDD, Wings of Honneamise was fantastic. I love non-mecha anime. Some more-

Perfect Blue
Lain
Roujin Z
Venus Wars (non-mecha?)

uglypixel · junior member Member # Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 21

Some of these mentioned earlier which I liked:

Delicatessen
City of the lost children
Dark City
Brasil
Memento
Mulholland Drive
U Turn

didn't care:
three colors Red Blue White

and the don't watch list:
dead ringers
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Ragnarok · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 2:17 am

oDD, if you liked those you should watch Princess Mononoke, Nausica� of the Valley of the Wind, The Cat Returns and Spirited Away (all from Ghibli).

I loved Dolls but I haven't seen the other Kitano films, I'll try to find them.
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oDD · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:38 pm

Ragnarok i watched almost all ghibli stuff. i just suggested where to start. Smile

anyway to make this post usefull here is a cool polish movie (even here in poland its pretty unknown):

kallafiorr
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0239086/ Very Happy

and if you like to watch that non-hollywood romance stuff here is a movie i saw long time ago and liked it, but i'm not sure if i would like it today:

Lulu on the Bridge
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125879/
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uglypixel · junior member Member # Joined: 07 Jan 2004 Posts: 21

and if we go to THAT direction my answer is Aki Kaurism�ki And my favourite would be Arvottomat - The Worthless (1982)
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Sancheezy · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 9:31 pm

Let's see...

The House of Yes
Highway
May
Freeway
Ginger Snaps
Anything by David Lynch

Oh and if you want to see a terrible movie, that is so bad it might be worth watching again, and again, and again...

Dreamcatcher.

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I was profoundly dissapointed with Dreacatcher. Such a great book that wasn't remotely done justice.

Fionabus · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:48 am

I love 50's sci-fi.
-The Day The Earth Stood Still
-Invasion of the Body Snatchers (my favorite)
-War of the Worlds

I also love silent movies, like Dracula and Metropolis.

The story lines are so much fresher in the classics, they had so much more kick to them!
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Impaler · Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:00 am

It's about time that someone mentioned Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. I'm pretty much addicted to his movies. His worlds are so absorbing and paintstakingly rendered that when I watch Spirited Away (or anything else) for the 20th time, it doesn't feel like I'm seeing a movie, but more like visiting a different extension of myself (or-something-similar-but-not-quite-so-metaphysical).

Also, for those of you who are less acquainted with the finer points of Sam Peckinpah, I would strongly suggest purchasing a copy of The Wild Bunch. Marvel at the graceful composition of each shot. Laugh along with Ernest Borgnyne, wrap yourself in the film's score. Shake your head in disappointment when you realize that they no longer make movies like this.
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Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

Semen Sippers 1 from Anabolic/Diabolic studios is great.

I reccomend everyone rent it and watch it with the whole family.

a staple of classic american cinema.

oDD · Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:27 am

Heysoos · Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:06 am

The Emperor and the Assassin (chinese)
King of Masks (chinese)
City of Lost Children (french)
Deadman (starring johny depp)
Lock Stock and two smoking barrels (similar to snatch)

flx · Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 1:27 am

Must see (and i mean this):
12 Angry Men (the original only, not that tony danza monstrocity)
5 Deadly Venoms ("Teacher sayz")
Vampire Hunter D
The Emperor's New Grove
Requiem For a Dream
Equilibrium
I'm Gunna Get You Sucka
Moonwalker (how'd this get in here)
Dark Ciity
The Day the Earth Stood Still (a staple)
Kiki delivery service

Never ever Ever Watch:
House of 1000 Corpses (has 2 b up there as one of the worst films of all time)
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neff · Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 3:00 pm

Four Rooms

just ehrrr... funny Smile

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