Aerzia's Film Recommendation Thread

[Darwinian]

The thought has just occurred that young embryonic Zia has so far missed out on some of the greatest films of our time due to her ridiculously young age.

So what I suggest is that we all put our thinking caps on and come up with a list of must see films/movies that she can't properly culturally function without.

I'll start the ball rolling..

• V for Vendetta
  
• What dreams may come.
  
• Evil dead.
  
• House.
  
• Re-animator.
  
• The man from Earth.
  
• Moon.
  

[downbeatplumb]

A clock work orange
The deer hunter
The godfather trilogy(if only to get all the references too it in other things)
Aliens(the second one, not the original cut)
Blade runner
Its a wonderful life(its an old film so she might've missed it)
Gladiator
Spartacus
Team america world police
The south park movie

[Jackalope]

That list could not be complete without Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness.

[Tiberius]

The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump
The Bourne Trilogy

[Faith No More]

Pulp Fiction
Children of Men

[Rev. Rye]

Here's some more that you didn't mention (Sorted by Decade):

1920s:
* Metropolis
* Passion of Joan of Arc
* Sherlock Jr.

1930s:
* M
* Modern Times (or, for that matter, any of Chaplin's films from 1921-1952)
* Alexander Nevsky

1940s:
* Citizen Kane
* Casablanca
* Maltese Falcon
* Treasure of the Sierra Madre
* Ox-Bow Incident
* Mildred Pierce (the miniseries is good as well)
* The Sea Hawk (as good as this film is, its score is even more awesome)
* Children of Paradise

1950s:
* 12 Angry Men
* 5000 Fingers of Dr. T
* Suddenly Last Summer
* Singin' in the Rain
* Plan 9 From Outer Space
* Glen or Glenda
* Bride of the Monster
* Bad Seed
* Around the World in 80 Days (Definitely the David Niven version)
* Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1960s:
* Dirty Dozen
* Carnival of Souls
* The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
* Judgment at Nuremberg
* Zorba the Greek
* True Grit (Original)

1970s:
* Taxi Driver
* Blazing Saddles
* Zardoz-
* Monty Python and the Holy Grail
* Monty Python and the Life of Brian
* 1776

1980s:
* Das Boot
* Terminator
* A Fish Called Wanda
* Sophie's Choice
* Come and See
* Blue Velvet
* Monty Python and the Meaning of Life
* First Blood

1990s:
* Leon the Professional
* MAgnolia
* Unforgiven
* Terminator 2
* Ed Wood
* Se7en
* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

2000s:
* Oldboy
* Hot Fuzz
* Downfall
* Lives of Others
* Requiem for a Dream
* The Ocean's Trilogy (maybe you can add the original)
* Pan's Labyrinth
* Kung Pow Enter the Fist
* In Bruges
* Catch Me if You Can
* There Will be Blood
* Borat
* Bruno
* Quills


2010s:
* True Grit (remake)

I might be missing a few, of course.

[Darwinian]

Anything with Vincent Price in it!

Terry Gilliam's Brazil

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

@Rev: Good list,thanks: I haven't seen "Oldboy" ,and would not include ANY Ed Wood movies.Not funny to me,jut boring.

A Russian War Film I've recently discovered:


Ivan's Childhood (1962)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%27s_Childhood




Holocaust

The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone is a 2001 film directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Daniel Benzali. It is based on the book Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account written by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_grey_zone

If you liked In Brugues,you should enjoy The Guard. (current release)

[frankiej]

George A Romero's Night of the Living Dead
The Usual Suspects
The Blues Brothers
The Big Lebowski

[Rev. Rye]

@Rev: Good list,thanks: I haven't seen "Oldboy" ,and would not include ANY Ed Wood movies.Not funny to me,jut boring.

Yeah, well, I've been a lifelong fan (and I'm not even exaggerating here) of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, so liking to laugh at incredibly bad movies does come natural for me. Have you ever seen the movie Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp as the man himself? I've actually heard people getting a new "Appreciation" for his oevure.

Ivan's Childhood (1962)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%27s_Childhood

I've seen that film. It's probably Tarkovsky's weakest Russian film, but that still makes it a lot better than a lot of movies.

The Grey Zone is a 2001 film directed by Tim Blake Nelson and starring David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino and Daniel Benzali. It is based on the book Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account written by Dr. Miklós Nyiszli.

This seems like an interesting film. I'm always on the lookout for a good Holocaust film that's genuinely disturbing (or at least disquieting) and not just some Schindler's List-wannabe melodrama that's so concerned about being heartwarming that it seems like it's trying to ignore the suffering of millions to focus on the salvation of a few thousand.

If you liked In Brugues,you should enjoy The Guard. (current release)

Yes, it does seem like it would be a good film. Its RT score is actually at 96%. I hope to see whether or not John Michael McDonagh is as good a writer as his brother Martin.