Share your favourite films!

Dandelion

Hello forum members.

One of my favourite past times is watching films. I'd like to share my favourite films with you all, so here goes:

BLACK (Bollywood film. The first, but hopefully not the last Bollywood I will watch. Beautifully shot, powerful performances, a theatrical delight. Get the tissues out! More about this film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375611/

IKIRU (Sounds really morbid, but it's actually very tender and uplifting. Get the tissues out! More about this film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/

Bagdad Cafe (I'm sitting here smiling at the thought of this film. I look like the Chesire Cat !! Jasmine, the main character in this I found to be thoroughly enchanting. There should be more Jasmine's in the world! More about this film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095801/

Please feel free to share your favourite films!

More later - my sausage casserole is almost ready!
Dandelion

Dandelion

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Arthur (I almost pee'd my pants watching this. A great little treat. Complete and utter blissful nonsense!) More about this film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082031/

Black Cat White Cat (Long film. Very quirky. Infact it's completely bonkers. Here is a trailor:

Gui

Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf
Prisoner of Second Avenue
The Bank Dick
Slapshot

MindGate

The Bank Dick

I read "Bank" as "Black." :buck:

Mountains

My top three of all time:

Casablanca
Rocketeer
Young Frankenstein

zombiegirl

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK


Amelie


Hedwig and the Angry Inch


Titus (i am a huge fan of the director julie taymor)

Tosh

Rocky Horror Picture Show



Seven Samurai


A Bridge Too Far



I'm sad, I know I know!

Gui

@zombiegirl - You mentioned Amelie. I had forgotten about that film and how much I love it. And it brings a question. Have you ever seen "Follow Me!". Also known as "The Public Eye". It stars Mia Farrow and Topol. Another forgotten favorite. Amelie reminds me of it because of innocence.

possibilities

Fellini -- 8 1/2

Dandelion

Thanks forum!
@zombiegirl I love Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I have failed miserably at describing this film to people, in an effort to explain how wonderful it is. I usually just get a weird look!
I will put some of the other ones on my film list to rent out.

zombiegirl

@Gui no, i haven't seen that movie. i will have to check it out! i'm always interested in seeing good films

@Dandelion you know, i was watching the trailer (that i posted) and thinking about how it does such a poor job at showing what a great movie it really is. people see a drag queen and based upon that, they are either interested or disinterested. the basic themes of hedwig really spoke to me at one point in my life, since like hedwig, i spent a lot of my life giving up on myself and doing what others wanted of me... all in the name of love. the true message of the movie is all about finding yourself and realizing that you're not missing anything to make you whole. it's sort of an anti-love story in a very profound way. plus, the music itself makes it probably my favorite musical.

zombiegirl

Death Proof


my favorite tarantino movie that received next to no publicity since it was partnered with robert rodriguez's film Planet Terror (which was a zombie movie that had a stripper with a machine gun replaced for a leg). it's obviously meant to be a throwback to old grindhouse films. but i'm not sure if i would like it as much if i wasn't a huge fan of the stunt woman Zoe Bell who does such amazing stunts in the second half of the movie (playing herself). i was literally on the edge of my seat thinking she was going to die or lose a leg or something. the fact that she does this stuff at 70 miles an hour scares the crap out of me. but also, per typical quentin, he likes a lot of realistic witty conversation and sadly, i think a lot of people are simply bored by this sort of thing... especially between women... (i don't want to get into a feminist rant here, but if you're curious of what i'm eluding to, check this video out regarding the Bechdel Test for female presence in movies.)

Cosmic_Castaway

I recently discovered the movie "The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu" If you love cthulhu (and who doesn't!?) Then I definitely recommend this flick. It has a remarkably high production value for an indie film. It's kind of a comedy/horror.

AMH

LOved Death Proof, what a movie! Glad there are a few that I recognize here.

Fight Club, always the Fight Club, about men who choose to get out of the rat race and pressure by fighting, Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter (plus Meatloaf with bitch tits)
Babettes Feast, the silence of the Danish coast and then amazing good food, a real meditation of food creation in my mind
Pans Labyrynth- very very bloody, warning, in Spanish if you need practice, between fantasy and reality of Spanish war
Grosse Pointe Blanke, John Cusack and the 80's music!
The Worlds fastest Indian - oh you gotta see this if you haven't, Anthony Hopkins does not kill anyone, he brings his self built Indian motorcycle to the Salt Flat time trials and beats all the fancy bikes.
The Hunger - before vampires were sparkly, david bowie and catherine de neuve,

I could go on, I am reading some of the descriptions to add to my movie list

Dandelion

@AHeerdt I watched Babettes Feast the other week, it was brilliant. Babaette, what an earth mother!

Dandelion

@Gui no, i haven't seen that movie. i will have to check it out! i'm always interested in seeing good films

@Dandelion you know, i was watching the trailer (that i posted) and thinking about how it does such a poor job at showing what a great movie it really is. people see a drag queen and based upon that, they are either interested or disinterested. the basic themes of hedwig really spoke to me at one point in my life, since like hedwig, i spent a lot of my life giving up on myself and doing what others wanted of me... all in the name of love. the true message of the movie is all about finding yourself and realizing that you're not missing anything to make you whole. it's sort of an anti-love story in a very profound way. plus, the music itself makes it probably my favorite musical.

Have you watched Breakfast on Pluto? If you like Hedwig you may like B.On Pluto too. Here is a trailer:

AMH

I just thought of another one, Stigmata. LOVE that movie (watching while I cook). I was in a Christian church that was focused on the Gospel of Thomas from the Nag Hammidi (books of the bible that were rejected and dug up in the desert in the 1940's, the Gospel of Thomas has a more Easten flair because he apparently went to India when other disciples went other directions).

Dakini

Genghis Blues

SattvaPaul

I recently saw a film called "Flashbacks of a fool". Nice story about cause and effect, and a great soundtrack by Roxy Music!

Some others that come into my mind

Last temptation of Christ
The Last Emperor
Devdas & Om Shanti Om (if you like Bollywood!)

Dandelion

My list of films to check out is expanding.... Most excellent! Thanks!

Dandelion

I recently saw a film called "Flashbacks of a fool". Nice story about cause and effect, and a great soundtrack by Roxy Music!

Some others that come into my mind

Last temptation of Christ
The Last Emperor
Devdas & Om Shanti Om (if you like Bollywood!)

Oooo I like Roxy Music. What a voice that man has, and stunning lyrics. It's on my lovefilm list - high priority, sounds good.

AMH

Can I add MirrorMask and Mists of Avalon

theotherlara

@AHeerdt you have great taste, if I do say so. I love Babettes Feast and The Hunger, but very few people I've spoken with have seen either.

Here are some of mine:

7 Khoon Maaf
Dehli Belly
Unmistaken Child
Quills
Beyond Borders
Any Mystery Science Theater 3000 shows
Any Monty Pyton shows
Big Trouble in Little China
I Love You To Death
Angela
Leon the Professional
Dusk till Dawn
Belle Epoque
Life Aquatic
The Royal Tenenbuams
I heart Huckabees
Malena
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Closer
V for Vendetta
La Celestina
Tie me up, Tie me down
Trollhunter
Army of Darkness
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
The Princess Bride
The Hitcher (the original)

Just our favorites, right?

Dakini

Resurrection
(About someone who has an NDE and returns to life with healing abilities. For the NDE fans among us.)

possibilities

Brazil
and one with "Monkey" in the title by the same director I think.
12 Monkeys

praxis

Watched a great indi film last night call The Future

DaltheJigsaw

I am watching Warrior and afterwards will be watching The Fighter. But there is also another movie I enjoyed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring,_Summer,_Fall,_Winter..._and_Spring

DaltheJigsaw

Also check out: www.redicecreations.com movie recommendation section on the right.

ThailandTom

I'm not scared (it is in Italian)

28 days later

Spring, Summer, Autum, Winter

Alive

Dandelion

I have 'The Hunger' and 'Stigmata' waiting patiently for me to indulge in, courtesy of Lovefilm.com, and @AHeerdt :clap: (other suggestions are on my list, so thankyou all)
I have watched Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter -I enjoyed it very much, it's rather beautiful.



The Straight Story is a gem of a film. I forgot about this one. I have a couple of favourites from 2009/2010 and they are these two:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/4203828/venus_movie_trailer/

and

taiyaki

synecdoche new york

ThailandTom

Yes Spring Summer Autumn Winter is actually what introduced me properly to buddhism in fact. It is a great movie with little dialogue, it is not needed because the story is so well told visually. It is very interesting watching the same people, in the same place span and grow over time. I must see it again in fact, it has been only one time I have seen it!

person

You can see Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring for free on You Tube.

ThailandTom

thanks. I shall watch it when I find some time. My perspective on it has probably changed as before I knew very little of buddhism and had all the ignorant misconceptions of the religion being an atheist.