Delicatessen is a movie I really enjoy, but it isn’t for everyone.
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I recently saw The English Patient again. and was reminded of how good a movie it is. The book is quite good too, like all Ondaatje’s writing.
Another one I really like (in a totally different genre) is Hero.
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Honey and I’s favorite movie is Smokey and the Bandit. Just damn fun!
One that I’m not sure gets a lot of love - and I just showed honey last night - is Secondhand Lions. Love that movie!
- Jeff
Darn, no English subtitles.
Layer Cake - UK gangster movie with Daniel Craig before he was James Bond, Michael Gambon before he was Dumbledore, and other excellent supporting cast as well. Good soundtrack.
Charlie Wilson’s War - Philip Seymour Hoffman steals every scene he’s in.
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Pulp Fiction just celebrated its 30 year release. One of the most memorable cinematic experiences I’ve ever had. Caught the matinee opening weekend during an Oktoberfest university roadtrip. We all went in blind without even seeing a trailer. During the pawnshop scene, I remember turning to my buddy and saying “Ok, WTF is going on!!??”.
For the sleeper hit, check out Sunshine by Danny Boyle. Its a movie I will rewatch every couple of years.
I had heard the movie was critically acclaimed. Bought a copy, and decided to watch it on my 2nd or 3rd date with my now wife. I didn’t pick movies for a while.
Blues Brothers.
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LOL. Oh my God. That is incredible.
In fairness, it is a very powerful movie. You just need to be in a very specific mood to get through it. The last half hour is such an emotional gut punch.
Princess Bride - still run into folks who have not seen this, great for any age
Babet’s Feast & Cinema Paradiso (both European)
My Dinner With Andre - been meaning to see this again
Babette’s Feast was one of the first foreign movies i saw in the theater as a high school senior. Certainly started my love of “art house” films.
Cinema Paradiso - can’t tell you how many times i have watched it. In the theaters the first time it was released, numerous watchings on DVD, and within the last year streaming. Fantastic score and an ending that still brings a tear to my eye despite watching it dozens of times.
My Dinner with Andre - just couldn’t get through it
A few years ago my wife got me a Criterion Channel subscription for Christmas. Renew every year and strongly recommend.
All your picks, including Princess Bride, have Criterion releases. You got some taste.
The Killing Fields (amazes me how many people I know have never even heard of it)
Blood Simple
Second the Layer Cake and Sunshine suggestions above.
Just one of each???
Great movie you may have never seen:
1946 Le Belle et la Bete
Great movie many may not be aware of:
1967 PlayTime
Requiem for a Dream is brutal, excellent film, but as noted, you need to be in the right mood for it.
12 Monkeys - need to go back and rewatch this one. Watched it a lot in college, never found it as great as the rest of the guys.
Death to Smoochy is a great movie you don’t hear much about.
Poolhall Junkies - not great, not bad, something to watch if you need a Chris Walken fix.
If you’re looking for a Walken fix, I can’t recommend 7 Psychopaths enough.
Also try to take the half an hour and watch “La Jetee”, it’s a 1962 short film that the writer of 12 Monkeys persuaded Universal to buy the rights to remake as 12 Monkeys.
Scotland, PA = Macbeth in a diner; Christopher Walken is a vegetarian detective with insanely oversized glasses
Speaking of Shakespeare …
Throne of Blood - Macbeth as a Samurai movie; with Tishri Mifune
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead - Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are two minor characters from the play ‘Hamlet’ stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them
Theater of Blood - Vincent Price is a stage actor who gets revenge on a group of critics by way of Shakespeare
Another vote for Requiem for a Dream. Damn, that’s a good movie!
Moon. It’s basically a 1 character sci fi movie about a guy who is on a 2 year contract to monitor mining equipment on the moon. It’s a bit of a mind f***.
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On the recommendation of a few, I just watched Paradiso. It certainly played to my nostalgic tendencies and though the stereotypical ending was deservedly absent, I was half expecting a ‘rescue and restoration’ finale. Alfredo’s final gift was touching.
Eastern Promises
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