Secretary (2002)
Think what you want, this movie has layers of depth to it. Every time I watch it I feel like I learn something new about a character and why they are the way they are.
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Interstate 60
Unironically: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Day of the Wacko
A lot of movies already mentioned, so I'll add two movies which I feel are essential to watch:
- Ex Machina (2014)
- Into the Wild (2007)
- The fool
- The platform
Some I haven't seen mentioned: -The Best of Youth -Enter the Void -Call Me by Your Name -Nocturnal Animals -The Secret Life of Walter Mitty -The Hunt -Moonrise Kingdom -Mother (Korean movie) -The Baader Meinhoff Complex -City of God -Snatch
American Movie
It hasn't been mentioned.
Primer
It's simply the BEST time travel movie
All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) - not entirely faithful to the novel, but this version is brutal in its depiction of the war. I do think removing Paul's short return to his village hurt the story. It's interesting to compare this one to the 1930 version
Spaceballs (1987) - Mel Brooks doing what he does best.
Blindness (2008)
Everyone going the biggest and best....
I suggest:
Both versions of House on Haunted Hill (evolution of the campy horror genre)
Both versions of Black Christmas (see horror tropes become them and the retelling)
Jason X (Jason the undying killer but in space!)
Teeth (if you needed a movie to really drive home that SA is bad)
Trainspotting (if you needed a movie to really drive home that drug addiction is bad)
The Room (a detailed instructional of how not to write a movie)
Super Mario Bros 1993 (watch as both the main characters appear to become more drunk as the story goes on because their actors actually were) .... And the new one I guess. It's ok but not as entertaining on a meta level
DOA Dead or Alive (possibly the most true to source video game movie and a fun martial arts movie)
Patch Adams (if you can watch the whole thing twice, you're better than me. That third act is brutal emotionally for me)
Slaxx (do not read anything about it. Go in blind. Enjoy the layers of what the actual fuck is going on)
Dungeons and Dragons 2000 (about as accurate a oneshot as I've ever seen. Also, Jeremy Irons being peak Jeremy Irons)
What the bleep do we know (Science! Physics! Learning!)
Wicker man (Cage version during the height of him taking literally any role to pay off debts. Watch him overact and punch a woman in a bear suit)
Romeo and Juliet (decaprio version. Shakespeare but in modern day Miami. They do not update the language to current English.)
I've got more but that should be good for a few days worth of watching.
Mary and Max
Predestination
Just gonna name a few ones that weren't mentioned yet that I find noteworthy, unique and/or just pure fun:
- The Boy and the Heron (2023)
- Parasite (2019)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
- The Man from Earth (2007)
- Ratatouille (2007)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- The Sixth Sense (2001)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- Playtime (1967)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Cinema Paradiso Gaslight Arsenic and Old Lace North by Northwest The Mummy (Brenden Fraser) Gladiator Saving Private Ryan Up Finding Nemo
Good responses! I couldn't think of anything that wasn't already there!
Ghostbusters.
I work with people who have never seen it. Like, what the fuck are they even teaching kids these days?
Lots already mentioned, but these i would add:
- Werk ohne autor
- Gattaca
- Thank you for smoking
- Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
Gremlins (The only Christmas movie worth watching).
A few I don't see getting mentioned much:
- 3-Iron
- The Seventh Continent
- Hausu
- The Lives of Others
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
- Spoorloos
In all my years as a fan of movies I have never heard anyone ever mention SSFWS! I feel like I just found a kindred spirit. It is a movie that sticks with you forever. One of my favorites for sure. You might enjoy The Best of Youth based off your list.
Haha, I have no idea why it is so unheard of. Absolutely floored me the first time I saw it years ago and I've come back to it at various times in my life and gotten different things out of it each time. Such a gem of a film.
Haven't seen The Best of Youth but I'll put it on my list right next to Satantango 😉.
I've also never seen anyone mention it. Also not 3-iron! Of those I haven't seen from your list I'm adding to mine. Too much obscure coincidence there.
I know the franchise has been on shaky ground lately, but I really think everyone should watch the Infinity Saga, in order, at least once. 23 movies that tell one vast over-arching story, featuring some of the best god-damn superhero casting ever seen.
Forrest Gump The Blues Brothers Jurassic Park Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Con Air aka the greatest film ever made : https://youtu.be/5ekakWBxspA?si=SxnwRkzsJWQaCo47
Sorry, Im more of a Face Off guy.