OT:I need a movie

[smashedProton]

It's summer and I'm off school.  Parts are going to arrive in a week so I can finish the $%@#$%# 7400 logic project that I started.  In the mean time I'm going to watch movies  .

Dave introduced me to Wargames, and I have watched it and loved it.  I even watched the sequel.  So now with this post I'm coming back for more  .  Please post your favorite movies and I will watch the ones that I have never seen before.  Thank you!

[Stonent]

Hunt for Red October

[EEVblog]

Given that you've watched WarGames, it's now obligatory that you watch others in the same genre.
Sneakers is a must, as is Pirates of Silicon Valley.
Anti-trust, The Net, and Hackers are reasonable time killers.
And of course the almost real-life war games, Thirteen Days.

Then personally I'd go on an adventure heist movie marathon...

Of course this is all a given that you have watched the BTTF trilogy, Indy and Die Hard Tetralogies, and The Matrix.

[Psi]

Yep, im not going to bother listing BTTF,Indy,Die Hard, Jurassic park, The Matrix.

These movies should be watched..
(In no particular order)

-Good old movies
K19 The Widowmaker (2002)
Outbreak (1995)
The Hunt For Red October (1990) [This is excellent]
(Steven King) The Langoliers (1995) [This is excellent but not big budget]
The Andromeda Strain (1971) [This is old but very good]
Army of Darkness (1992) (also known as evil dead 3)
Wargames (1983)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Labyrinth (1986)
Hackers (1995) [This is excellent]
2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
2010 The Year We Made Contact (1984) (Sequel to 2001)  [This is excellent but watch 2001 first]
My Science Project (1985)


-General good movies
Angels and Demons (2009)
Contact (1997)
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)  [This is excellent, don't let the start fool you]
Inception (2010) [This is excellent]
District 9 (2009) [A bit disturbing but very well made]
GhostBusters 1 and 2
Dantes Peak [Everyone loves a good disaster movie]
Red Planet (2000)
Mission to mars (2000)
Flight of the Phoenix (2009(  [I enjoyed this more when i thought it was based on a true story, but its still good]
The A-Team (2010) [This is an excellent action movie]
The Rock (1996) [Also an excellent action movie]
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)  [Good disaster movie]
The Core (2003) [This is excellent if you ignore a few bits of bad science]
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) [This is excellent]
Twister (1996)
Zombieland (2009) [This is an excellent zombie movie]
U-571 (2000)
V for Vendetta (2005) [This is excellent]
The Negotiator (1998) [This is excellent with lots of suspense]
The Time Machine (2002)
Van Helsing (2004) [This is excellent if your into these sort of movies]
Sherlock Holmes (2010)
sherlock holmes A game of shadows (2011)
The Worlds Fastest Indian (2005)
Congo (1995) [This is C grade and has lots of bad science but i still love it]
City of Ember (2008) [This is an excellent family movie]


-Really good movies based on true stories
Mercy Mission - The rescue of flight 771 (1993)
[A crop dusting plane gets lost doing a 14 hour flight across the pacific ocean and a passenger jet diverts to go look for them]

Freefall - Flight 174 (also known as 'falling from the sky')
[Based on a passenger jet that ran out of fuel]

[free_electron]

Ooh. A Gibson !

Amd don't forget the back to the future trilogy.
And Spaceballs !

[digsys]

Forget the rest - Blade Runner :-)

[Psi]

i've never watched Blade Runner.
I caught the ending once when i was out somewhere and it just looked stupid.
(No offense intended to those who love it)

[sleemanj]

Dark City
Pans Labyrinth
AI
The City of Lost Children
Wristcutters, A Love Story
Den Brysomme Mannen (The Bothersome Man)
The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz
Goodbye Lenin
Everything is Illuminated
Brazil
Tideland
Mary & Max
The Thirteenth Floor

And contrary to others, I'll say, forget Blade Runner, it's rubbish, gah.

[dr.diesel]

This far down and still no mention of these classics:

 - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
 - Airplane

[Anson]

Castaway on the Moon is a really great movie. It is Korean and subtitled but believe me you don't need to read it. The acting is phenomenal and story is brilliant.

[c4757p]

This far down and still no mention of these classics:

 - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
 - Airplane

I thought if I pretended they didn't exist, they would go away.

[BravoV]

If you love sci-fi about outer space aliens, my additions for above excellent list.

These alien movies are a bit different than ordinary alien movies which usually with physical form, these are more like a new concept about alien or foreign intelligent things that could do beyond human capability to normally comprehend or cope with them.

- Solaris , starring : George Clooney ..
- Sphere , starring : Dustin Hoffman ..

[digsys]

  1. Blade Runner (make sure it is Directors Cut)   

AAAAEEEEIIEIIEIIEEEE I have no idea why people like the Directors cut ... It's horrible without the voice overs :-)
PS: I got the signed limited edition anniversary gold pack, with props etc ... neener :-)
(I hope this doesn't start something)

[dr.diesel]

This far down and still no mention of these classics:

 - National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
 - Airplane

I thought if I pretended they didn't exist, they would go away.

Stuff that good lasts an eternity!

[digsys]

   - Solaris , starring : George Clooney .. 

That was the Russian version of 2001 ? or a different version.

And while we're on scifi -
DUNE (sadly, nothing like the book, but still near the top)
Barbarella (nothing needs to be said :-) )

[BravoV]

   - Solaris , starring : George Clooney .. 

That was the Russian version of 2001 ? or a different version.

Nope, thats the newer Holywood version, same story line but with better special effect of course, yes, I've watched the original Russian version as well. Still recommending the Holywood version cause almost no change in the main concept and characters.

[EEVblog]

Ferris Buellers Day Off.
Apollo 13
Almost Famous
The Right Stuff (not for everyone, it's long....)
Escape from New York & Escape from LA double.

And three classic Aussie ones:
The Castle
The Dish
Kenny

[free_electron]

Young einstein . With Yahoo Serious !

[Kostas]

This is Spinal Tap.

[nctnico]

And nobody mentions 'The good, the bad and the ugly'  . I wasn't born when it was made but I think its a very good movie. And how about 'For a few dollars more' and 'Once upon a time in New York' also made by Sergio Leone?

Several of my favorite movies:
- Nikita (the original in French from 1990)
- Chaplin (the biographic movie from 1992)
- Love actually
- Pulp fiction
- RocknRolla
- Snitch
- Lock stock and 2 barrels
- The social network
- The Darwin awards (must see)
- The curious case of Benjamin Button (skip the last 30 minutes)
- The ninth gate
- Constantine
- Tomorrow when the war began
- Yes man save the world
- Plunkett & Macleane
- 2012
- Avatar
- Underworld
- The bourne trilogy
- Inception
- Mesrine Killer instinct & Mesrine Public enemy no1

Usually the movies directed by Clint Eastwood are pretty good. Its amazing how he can use the same character (himself) in so many different movies and situations

There are many other good series too:
- Breaking bad
- Dexter
- Long way round
- Long way down

edit: I totally forgot 'Trainspotting' and 'This is England'

Every now and then I look for movies and series with a high rating on IMDB.com. There are many relatively unknown movies well worth watching.

[Psi]

If youve never watched babylon 5, and want to check it out, watch the movie
"Babylon5 - In The Beginning".   Its a good standalone movie

[opablo]

I will only give my top 1 movie so it's clear that you MUST watch this.

- Contact (1997) - based on a Carl Sagan novel of the same name.

[GK]

Ginger Lynn's greatest all girl hits.

[SeanB]

Full Metal jacket.

I really enjoyed it, and still watch it on occasion, along with The Wall.

[A Hellene]

Ah! I can see several Seventh Art recommendations! Well, I would unreservedly recommend anyone to watch the trilogy The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009); but I am talking only about the original Swedish films and NOT their lousy Hollywood remakes for mainstream consumption...

Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to watch the Dogtooth (2009) (original name: ? in Greek or "Kynodontas" in Latin characters), which though it is not the most easy movie to watch, it is absolutely a resourceful and honest film. It was a surprise to me because by just watching it you end up living it, even though it is not about your life. What I can only say is that the scenario itself is more than enough for the movie to even need any kind of background brass or stringed musical instruments to drive your emotions to the target levels; this happens naturally by the powerful screenplay and the vivid acting only! No CGI, no viewer conditioning music, not anything --but only a strong, intoxicating and resourceful conception that leaves the spectator with absolutely no answers* in the end. I hope you will enjoy that rare movie as much as I did!


-George



P.S. Since I do not know whether Dogtooth is available in your place for rental or not, feel free to search for it at the torrents world; In this case, I will provide you with the English subtitles file (in .SRT format), attached below. Before using it, please remove the .TXT extension from the file attached.

(*) Question: How many movie titles are you aware of, that were really meant to sharpen your critical thinking? Almost every movie title available, goes through the same pattern: Introducing the problem and serving the solution -either directly or indirectly: Bed time stories for little children... In the long term, you are actually being programmed not to search for the answers, but to wait for them to be served to you. You will need to try really hard to find a title that leaves the spectator (or the reader) with no answers provided, in order to start him thinking.