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I got one of those mail-in online movie rental memberships, and I was wondering what movies you guys would recommend, top movies, cream of the crop, particularly those lesser known ones.

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  • Nilium
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    Night of the Living Dead
    Braindead
    Evil Dead 2
    Army of Darkness
    All of the Invader Zim DVDs
    Um.. that about covers it for me.
  • Mongrelman
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    Near Dark
    The Assassination Bureau
    Renaissance Man
  • Justin Meisse
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    if you liked Pan's Labyrinth: Chronos and The Devil's Backbone
  • Neo_God
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    [ QUOTE ]
    Night of the Living Dead
    Braindead
    Evil Dead 2
    Army of Darkness
    All of the Invader Zim DVDs
    Um.. that about covers it for me.

    [/ QUOTE ]

    Those are some good picks. Although I would reccommend the Tom Savini Remake of Night of the Living Dead. It's the same story for the most part, but it's done better.

    Honestly I don't have a favorite movie(there are just too many), however I can suggest some good titles.

    Schindler's List
    City of Lost Children
    Cemetery Man
    Bringing out the Dead
    Wizards (Animated)

    Those are just a couple, and they range in genre and style.
  • low odor
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    Dark City
    Time Bandits
    Goodfellas
    Heat
    The Secret adventures of Tom Thumb
  • Vermeulen
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    dr strangelove
    casino
    fargo
    requiem for a dream
    big lewboski
    boogie nights
    united 93
  • MoP
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    Amelie
    Barton Fink
    The Man Who Wasn't There
    Hero
    Taxi (not the recent American remake)
    Delicatessen
  • arshlevon
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    city of the lost children
    dancer in the dark
    Trois couleurs: Bleu
    The Seven Samurai (or any film by Akira Kurosawa)
    robocop
    big trouble in little china
    happiness
  • xysdf
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    the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
    the godfather 1/2/3
    Goya's Ghosts
    Princess Mononoke
    Amelie
    Bladerunner
    Amadeus
  • flaagan
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    BladeRunner
    Amadeus
    Gone in Sixty Seconds (original and remake)
    Bullitt
    Vanishing Point
    pretty much anything starring Danny Kaye
    The Sting
  • Joao Sapiro
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    Joao Sapiro sublime tool
    Big lebowsky
    Kiss Kiss bang bang
    Lucky number slevin
    Smoking room ( spanish one, great acting )
    Life of Brian
    Lost Horizon
    Casablanca
    Citizen Kane
    almost all Peter Seller movies.
  • Daz
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    The Vanishing (jesus make sure you get the original French version and not the shit Kiefer Sutherland starring remake)
    The birds (Im serious. been watching a lot of Hitchcok lately and the birds is amazingly good)
    Dr. Strangelove
    Apocalypse now
    Sexy Beast
    Layer Cake
    28 days later
    Cache

    Check out the awards on rottentomatoes for ideas, although they only go back to 2000:

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/
  • notman
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    Braveheart
    Office Space
    Crash
  • Gav
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    Gav quad damage
    Reservoir Dogs
    Pulp Fiction
    Office Space
    Way of the Gun
    12 Monkeys
    Heat
    Full Metal Jacket

    Not rare by any means...but cool movies imo.
  • fmnoor
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    Brazil
    Untouchables
    Mr. Bean
  • bearkub
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    Dreams (Akira Kurosawa)
    Koyaanisqatsi
    Baraka
    Waking Life
    40-Year Old Virgin
    Animal House (John Belushi was super awesome to me when I was younger..)
    Akira
    The Quiet Man

    yah....that should do for a bit. I am a bit of a media buff.

    and is this

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    Trois couleurs: Bleu


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    From the Red, White Blue (Rouge, Blue, Blanc) triology, then? I never did get in to those much. I should try them again.
  • Emil Mujanovic
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    City of Lost Children (already mentioned)
    Evil Dead Trilogy (also mentioned)
    Fight Club
    Ghostbusters
    Jaws
    Shaolin Soccer
    Snatch
    Oh, anything with Van Damme and/or Chuck Norris is always quality laugh.gif

    -caseyjones
  • Mongrelman
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    Shaun of the Dead
    The Ring 1&2 (Original Japanese versions)
    Real Genius
    Saw (the first one)
  • Spark
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    Hey, speaking of movies. I'm having trouble remembering this one particular movie. It is along the lines of Layer Cake, and Lock Stock, and Two Smoking barrels. It has a group of guys, that are hit men, and in one scene, they go to this girls boat house to get revenge, she is naked and tries to seduce them, but they shoot her in the head due to the fact that she killed one of there friends. Wish I could remember more, but they are blending together, and I was working so wasn't fully paying attention. Thanks in advance for the help, ohh and my picks are.
    Sneakers/Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels/Galipoli/Enemy at the Gates.

    Spark
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  • e_x
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    Although I would reccommend the Tom Savini Remake of Night of the Living Dead. It's the same story for the most part, but it's done better.

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    You are completely out of your mind. shocked.gif

    The original Dawn of the Dead is amazing too, and the remake isn't too bad either.

    I'd recommend 'Iron Giant' though. The best non-Disney animated movie out there.

    Also:
    Who Framed Roger Rabbit
    The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • poopinmymouth
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    Seconding "the Iron Giant" it's my favorite movie.
    Seconding 28 days later.
    The Fox and the Hound (disney)
    Hero (great colors)
    Starship Troopers (best B movie ever)

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  • Sa74n
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    city of the lost children - one of my favorite movies
    howls moving castle
    amelie
    band of brothers
    seven samurai
    the hidden (low budget french movie)
    munich
    leon
    Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
    edit: forgot "the experiment" (excellent movie from germany)
    and lots more

    spark: ive seen that movie as well but i cant remember the name either. its not munich, is it?
  • Vermeulen
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    [ QUOTE ]
    Hey, speaking of movies. I'm having trouble remembering this one particular movie. It is along the lines of Layer Cake, and Lock Stock, and Two Smoking barrels. It has a group of guys, that are hit men, and in one scene, they go to this girls boat house to get revenge, she is naked and tries to seduce them, but they shoot her in the head due to the fact that she killed one of there friends. Wish I could remember more, but they are blending together, and I was working so wasn't fully paying attention.

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    Yeah it is Munich, thats exactly what happens to the women assassin
  • danr
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    hahaha, i didn't think i'd ever see Munich compared to Lock Stock and two smoking barrels with a straight face ...

    renting for the evening :

    sexy beast (seconded from daz, cracking film)
    the raven


    renting for the night :

    the haunting
    psycho

    renting for the afternoon (should be sunday) :

    ben hur
    cromwell
  • Peris
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    some favorites from my collection that havnt been posted yet:

    -totall recall
    -commando (BEST 80ies action movie)
    -leon
    -hard boiled (deathcount: 307)
    -sky captain and the world of tomorrow
    -the life aquatic
    -man bites dog/c'est arrive pres de chez vous (fucked up and awesome movie)
  • blankslatejoe
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    For fun:
    Aliens (single best sci fi film ever made)
    Abyss
    Predator
    TREMORS! (ultimate cheese film)
    Shaolin Soccer
    HArd boiled (good mention peris!)
    time bandits
    butch cassidy and sundance kid

    For serious:
    Shawshank Redemption
    SevenSamurai
    Yojimbo
    spirited away
    seventh seal
    blade runner
    godfather

    For dates:
    amelie
    life is beautiful
    eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
    roman holiday
    what's up pussycat? (very silly)
    aresenic and old lace
  • firestarter
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    Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
    Black Christmas (1974)
    Little Big Man (1970)
    Suspiria (1977)
    Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
    The Haunting (1963)
    Jacob`s Ladder (1990)
    Dawn of the Dead (1978)
    Dead & Buried (1981)
    Being There (1979)
    The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
    Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
    The Changeling (1980)
    Sleeper (1973)
    ... and on and on..
    Edit: Damn, these have to be in there too:
    The World According to Garp (1982)
    The Omega Man (1971)
    Blade Runner (1982)
    She (1965)
    The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
  • Spark
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    Hey, thanks for helping me with finding the movie. Though I have seen Munich, I didn't think that was the movie, wow I must have really been into my work, as I agree Danr, Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels is a completely different move:). I will watch it again and see if that was it, thanks Sa74n, and Vermeulen! Oh, and here are a few more that are good

    40 yr old Virgin/Happy Gilmore/My Life (tear inducing)/ and The Libertine

    Spark
    www.bbriley.com
  • Asherr
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    movies i've seen recently and enjoyed:

    District B-13
    Mirrormask
    Sky Captain and the World of Tommorow
    City of Lost Children
    Ong-Bak
    Nightwatch
    Underwold Evolution
    The Covenant
    The Chronicles of Riddick
    12 Monkeys
    Full Metal Alchemist: The Conquerer of Shamballa
  • Daz
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    It has a group of guys, that are hit men, and in one scene, they go to this girls boat house to get revenge, she is naked and tries to seduce them, but they shoot her in the head

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    That is most definitely Munich, Brett. Daniel Craig I think was the shooter. She is naked, on her houseboat, although I don't recall her trying to seduce them as such. Her death is a pretty shocking scene, since it's not particularly quick as shooting deaths go. I don't think the first bullet was a head shot, since she even gets a chance to stroke her cat in between bullets (plus If I recall correctly she says something like 'what a waste'). But the manner in which she was killed really stuck with me.
  • Spark
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    K, sounds good:) I'll be watching that movie again tonight, as it has been bothering me for a bit on what the hell that was. And Daz, you need to get online more often:) as I haven't seen you on in a bit, and when Dominance War comes online, I want to chat about things:)

    Spark
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  • Cybroxide
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    Most of my favorites are already listed but I didnt see

    Boondock Saints

    I highly recommend that
  • IronHawk
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    few more

    Wargames
    Brazil
    Vampire Hunter D
    The search for animal chin
  • swampbug
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    Golden Chicken 1&2 Comedy drama, (fictional)story of a hookers life. very funny uplifting movie. Character driven. Not centered around negatives like drugs/hard life. Very unexpected.
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    Play it again Sam -I love all woody allen movies.
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    Sexmission (english title) - Futurama, eat your heart out
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    Rock and Rule - 80's animation. Fighting evil with the power of music.
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    FREAKS - old movie about carnival freaks, real ones, its not a documentary.
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    Forbidden Zone -Bizzare Musical, Danny elfman plays satan (minor role)

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  • RazorBladder
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    Just a bunch off the top of my head:

    Ichi The Killer
    Evil Dead 2
    12 Monkeys
    A Clockwork Orange
    One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
    Fight Club
    Carnival of Souls (1962)
    Black Christmas (1974)
    Ju-On
    Ringu
    Lost Highway
    Brain Dead (both peter jackson & the 1990 film that has nothing to do with the former)
    Apocalypse Now!
    The Burbs
    Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
    The Shining
    Se7en
    Silence of the Lambs


    ah, that'll do :s
  • Rick Stirling
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    Fuck, it's turned into a bunch of lists of titles that I couldn't be bothered to read.

    Why should you watch Harvey? It's got Jimmy Stewart playing a likeable drunk (that never drinks) who has the entire world figured out with the help of his 6 foot rabbit friend. It still wears the mantle of the play, with a limited cast and only a few sets, but in a good way.
    http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/harvey/


    Raging bull - I've seldom enjoyed a film where I've loathed pretty much every single character in it. Nevertheless, it draws you to these people, much like Requiem for a Dream.
    http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/raging_bull/



    There's a lot of great TV out there that I'm working my way through. Deadwood is stunning - the acting, scripts, characters, timing and camerawork is among the best I've seen. We got it from our online rental place, watched the first 2 series, then bought the boxed sets. My dad likes western, so I got him series 1. Loved it. Ian McShane just eats up the screen in pretty much every scene he is in after the first few episodes.
    http://imdb.com/title/tt0348914/


    Twelve Angry Men is possible my favourite film ever. I've not watched it in a year, which is a shame. The remakes stands tall beside it. 12 men in a room, arguing the merits of a foregone conclusion murder trial, with one man believing that the frightened young man on trial is innocent, undermining the very fabric of the justice system and its use of witnesses and evidence. Nothing so far fetched as episodes of Boston Legal or CSI, just honest to god acting.

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000013-12_angry_men/
  • Justin Meisse
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    This thread reminds me that I need to watch more Hitchcock, I've only seen Vertigo and Psycho but I thought they were great. Are there any sub-par Hitchcock films?
  • bearkub
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    few more
    The search for animal chin

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    OOOOOH HELL YAH!!! I never expected to see that on here! Tony Hawk at age 14 skating = priceless.
  • Pedro Amorim
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    This thread reminds me that I need to watch more Hitchcock, I've only seen Vertigo and Psycho but I thought they were great. Are there any sub-par Hitchcock films?

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    man hitchcock rocks!
    Psycho
    Dial M for Murder
    The Rope (the whole movie is a single shoot)
    Strangers on a Train

    All awesome movies. Check also:

    BladeRunner
    They Live

    There are so much more but i can't think of any. laugh.gif
  • Nogan
    I have to recommend:
    The Fugitive (with Harrison Ford)
    Fight Club

    And I have to add my vote to:
    The Iron Giant
    Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
    Animal House
  • BRUTICUS(CW)
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    noone has said "City of God" AWESOME Brazilian gang/crime ring movie.
  • Daz
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    Good call. Staying on the South American tip, I watched 'The Aura' last night. An Argentinian movie that is just stunningly well made. Unfortunately the director just died so I dont think he'll be making too many more like this:

    http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_aura/
  • Pedro Amorim
    Oh yeah, city of god is really cool.

    Did someone already said Amores Perros? Its an awesome movie by the same director of Babel.
    Yet i think Amores Perros is better then Babel.
  • danr
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    rope isn't a single shot - in fact he seems to relish making the cuts hugely obvious, just to make the point that there's not many.
  • genuine90
    Anything By Uwe Boll i am just joking, he sucks

    -fearless
    -the promise
    -five people you meet in heaven
    -twilight samurai
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