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[StuBurns]

I'm just ripping off ugly's thread because I really like the idea, and I think it's a good fit for films.

Very simple, someone lists five of their favorite films, the next person recommends a film to that person based on the five, preferably while providing some sort of logic for their choice. Try to avoid things the person will have likely seen, for example, if they post five Tarantino films, don't suggest Jackie Brown just because it didn't make their five.

Here are five of mine:
Blue Is The Warmest Color
The Double Life of Véronique
Hunger
Synecdoche, New York
Tree of Life

 

[MoodyFog]

I'm just ripping off ugly's thread because I really like the idea, and I think it's a good fit for films.

Very simple, someone lists five of their favorite films, the next person recommends a film to that person based on the five, preferably while providing some sort of logic for their choice. Try to avoid things the person will have likely seen, for example, if they post five Tarantino films, don't suggest Jackie Brown just because it didn't make their five.

Here are five of mine:
Blue Is The Warmest Color
The Double Life of Véronique
Hunger
Synecdoche, New York
Tree of Life

Paris, Texas. A moving story focused on human relationships, with gorgeous cinematography. I would say on some aspects it's similar to blue is the warmest color, the double life of veronique or even tree of life.
And if you've already seen it, Night On Earth.


My top 5:
-The Godfather
-Seppuku
-2001 a space odyssey
-Persona
-High And Low

 

[TEJ]

Paris, Texas. A moving story focused on human relationships, with gorgeous cinematography. I would say on some aspects it's similar to blue is the warmest color, the double life of veronique or even tree of life.
And if you've already seen it, Night On Earth.


My top 5:
-The Godfather
-Seppuku
-2001 a space odyssey
-Persona
-High And Low

Ikiru by akira kurosawa because it's a beautiful movie, and I think you'd like it

mine?

The Lion King
Enter the Dragon
American Psycho
Spaceballs
blazing saddles

 

[postcyberpunk]

oops. misunderstood. hang on

 

[thekenta]

- La Dolce Vita
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Umberto D
- Two-Lane Blacktop
- The Gold Rush

 

[Currygan]

- La Dolce Vita
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Umberto D
- Two-Lane Blacktop
- The Gold Rush

I Soliti Ignoti (known with the dreadful english title Big Deal on Madonna Street). Best italian comedy of all time imho


these are five of my favourites:


Tokyo Story
Double Indemnity
North by Northwest
Casino
Henry V (the one by Laurence Olivier)

 

[StuBurns]

Paris, Texas. A moving story focused on human relationships, with gorgeous cinematography. I would say on some aspects it's similar to blue is the warmest color, the double life of veronique or even tree of life.
And if you've already seen it, Night On Earth.

Thanks, I'll check out both.

mine?

The Lion King
Enter the Dragon
American Psycho
Spaceballs
blazing saddles

I'm going to go with Waking Life, it's animated, includes some philosophy and a little comedy. No random violence though, for that, I'd say Clockwork Orange, but most people have seen it.

 

[Ember Spirit]

City of God
The Prestige
Cloud Atlas
Godfather
Not sure what my 5th is, American Gangster? American Psycho? V for Vendetta? something along those lines

I don't know enough of these films

The Lion King
Enter the Dragon
American Psycho
Spaceballs
blazing saddles

you might like City of God

The Dark Knight
The Godfather
Pulp FIction
Terminator 2
Jurassic Park

check out The Prestige

 

[Kopite]

The Dark Knight
The Godfather
Pulp FIction
Terminator 2
Jurassic Park

That was really hard and will probably change tomorrow. Thanks anyway.

check out The Prestige

Django Unchained, i would say.

I've watched aboth as well as all Tarantino and Nolan movies.

 

[Inkvoterad]

The Dark Knight
The Godfather
Pulp FIction
Terminator 2
Jurassic Park

That was really hard and will probably change tomorrow. Thanks anyway.

Django Unchained, i would say.

I dont know if i can say my list is my absolute favourite top 5, but its the first five movies i think about right now if i were to list my favourites.

Princess Mononoke
Ichi The Killer
The Darjeeling Limited
The Boat That Rocked
This is England

 

[Turin]

There Will Be Blood
Road To Perdition
The Sunset Limited
The Grey
The Road

The Dark Knight
The Godfather
Pulp FIction
Terminator 2
Jurassic Park

That was really hard and will probably change tomorrow. Thanks anyway.

I think you might like Collateral, a movie about a cab driver who gets forced to drive a hitman around LA to where his targets are.

 

[StuBurns]

There Will Be Blood
Road To Perdition
The Sunset Limited
The Grey
The Road

If you haven't seen No Country For Old Men, which is nearly impossible given that list, you really should.

 

[PerezDeCorcho]

The Empire Strikes Back
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Heat

 

[PerezDeCorcho]

edit: double post

 

[Yobalt]

There Will Be Blood
Road To Perdition
The Sunset Limited
The Grey
The Road

Have you seen The Rover? You seem to like bleak and depressing films and I assume you have seen everything Cormac McCarthy related.

Lawrence of Arabia
Predator
Aliens
Amadeus
Barry Lyndon

 

[Transhuman]

There Will Be Blood
Road To Perdition
The Sunset Limited
The Grey
The Road

I'm going to suggest The Ghost and the Darkness, based on your liking for movies that start with "The".

Plus it's a lot like The Grey (though I haven't seen that)

 

[CharminUltra]

Have you seen The Rover? You seem to like bleak and depressing films and I assume you have seen everything Cormac McCarthy related.

Lawrence of Arabia
Predator
Aliens
Amadeus
Barry Lyndon

Eyes Wide Shut, mostly based on Barry Lyndon. I saw it for the first time not too long ago and I thought it was utterly brilliant. It's definitely a slow burn, but I enjoyed the pacing and dream-like atmosphere immensily.

My top 5:

2001: Space Odyssey
Vertigo
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Seven Samurai

 

[Fallen_Hero]

Spiderman 2
Back to the Future 2
Oceans 12
Hulk (2003)
Ratatouille

beat that

 

[Ventilaator]

I'm staring at this thread for a while, unable to contribute, because I read a top 5, instantly come up with a recommendation, but have zero clue why I'm thinking of that movie or how that recommendation would make any sense.

2001: Space Odyssey
Vertigo
The Godfather
Apocalypse Now
Seven Samurai

Instantly thought "Unforgiven". Why? Fuck if I know!

My top 5:

No Country for Old Men
There Will be Blood
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Before Midnight
Airplane!

 

[Captainbojanglesiii]

Back to the Future
Prometheus
The Dark Knight
Back to the Future Part 2
Spiderman 2

Spoiler

I barely watch movies

 

[Fallen_Hero]

Back to the Future
Prometheus
The Dark Knight
Back to the Future Part 2
Spiderman 2

Spoiler

I barely watch movies

The Incredibles/The Iron Giant

 

[Turin]

If you haven't seen No Country For Old Men, which is nearly impossible given that list, you really should.

I've seen it at least 5 times.

Have you seen The Rover? You seem to like bleak and depressing films and I assume you have seen everything Cormac McCarthy related.

I might check that out.

I'm going to suggest The Ghost and the Darkness, based on your liking for movies that start with "The".

Plus it's a lot like The Grey (though I haven't seen that)

I saw that when I was about 10 or 11. lol

My top 5:

No Country for Old Men
There Will be Blood
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Before Midnight
Airplane!

I'm going to throw you for a loop and recommend Punch Drunk Love. Not sure why either.

It does have the same director from There Will Be Blood.

 

[zeemumu]

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Dead Silence
Kung Fu Panda
The Dark Knight
Avengers

 

[Fancy Clown]

Back to the Future
Prometheus
The Dark Knight
Back to the Future Part 2
Spiderman 2

Spoiler

I barely watch movies

12 Monkeys. It's got the time travel, humor, and is a fairly dark and visually interesting film.

My top 5:

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Apocalypse Now
The Shining
Alien
Fargo

 

[Camp Lo]

Shawshank Redemption
Inception
Trading Places
Cocaine Cowboys
Blow

 

[Spider from Mars]

Funeral Parade of Roses
Paris, Texas
The Apartment
Danger: Diabolik
Persona

 

[harSon]

Le Cercle Rouge
Once Upon a Time in the West
Stray Dog
Lawrence of Arabia
Strangers on a Train

 

[Metalmarc]

12 Monkeys. It's got the time travel, humor, and is a fairly dark and visually interesting film.

My top 5:

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Apocalypse Now
The Shining
Alien
Fargo

Lone hero type thing going on in some of those, i think you'd like leon.

 

[CharminUltra]

Instantly thought "Unforgiven". Why? Fuck if I know!

Thanks. I haven't seen that one yet. It looks like a western as well, which I love (The Searchers is in my top 10 and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is at least in my top 20.)

 

[Metalmarc]

The Empire Strikes Back
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Heat

Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

[milquetoast]

There Will Be Blood
Road To Perdition
The Sunset Limited
The Grey
The Road

Lawless
SURGEON GENERALS WARNING: Contains Shia Lebouf

 

[Mr.Swag]

There Will Be Blood
kill Bill vol 1
Casino Royale
The Departed
Collateral


That was hard.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Paris, Texas. A moving story focused on human relationships, with gorgeous cinematography. I would say on some aspects it's similar to blue is the warmest color, the double life of veronique or even tree of life.
And if you've already seen it, Night On Earth.

Everyone should watch Paris, Texas. Like it should be mandatory viewing for anyone wanting to join the ranks of the cinephiles.

 

[fuzzyreactor]

Everyone should watch Paris, Texas. Like it should be mandatory viewing for anyone wanting to join the ranks of the cinephiles.

One of my top ten if not 5

Watch stalker.



8 1/2
Stalker
In the mood for love
Amelia
Before trilogy

 

[scarlet]

Only have top 3

Lost in Translation
Spike Jonze's Her
In The Mood For Love

 

[Auctopus]

1. LA Confidential
2. The Truman Show
3. Point Break.
4. Lost In Translation.

 

[More_Badass]

The Raid 2
The Matrix
Aliens
Drive
28 Days Later

 

[Wreck-It Ralph]

Sorry I don't have any suggestions for anyone. This is hard.

But my top 5:

The Avengers
Die Hard
Jurassic Park
Speed Racer
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

 

[kerotan_eater]

ThThere Will Be Blood
kill Bill vol 1
Casino Royale
The Departed
Collateral


That was hard.

It's kinda hard but Scorsese's stuff Goodfellas, Taxi Driver or The Departed. Or Zodiac, Se7en or Fight Club anything by Fincher really.


Anyway....

2001: A Space Odyssey
The Dark Knight
The Social Network
Seven Samurai
Inception
Pan's Labyrinth
Rashomon
Tokyo Story
Terminator 2
Fight Club

I cheated ...

 

[Ventilaator]

Only have top 3

Lost in Translation
Spike Jonze's Her
In The Mood For Love

Amour

 

[Aurongel]

Only have top 3

Lost in Translation
Spike Jonze's Her
In The Mood For Love

Ever watch Synechdoche NY?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Sorry I don't have any suggestions for anyone. This is hard.

But my top 5:

The Avengers
Die Hard
Jurassic Park
Speed Racer
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Based on those 5:

The Punisher (2004)
The 5th Element
Mad Max: Beyond The Thunderdome
Beverly Hills Cop
Sin City
The Watchmen
Dredd (2012)

These are a combination of good action films with a touch of comedy or extremely stylish and well-made action films. The combination of which I think encapsulates your list.

6 of my favorite films:

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
The Hunt for Red October
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Empire of The Sun
Edward Scissorhands
The Matrix

 

[wildfire]

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Dead Silence
Kung Fu Panda
The Dark Knight
Avengers

Watch The Usual Suspects.



I don't believe you can rank movies across different genres so I'm listing my favorites from genres I can list a best.

Die Hard - best action
Contact - best sci fi/fantasy
Lost in Translation - Best romantic
The Ring - Best horror
Casablanca - Best drama
Home Alone - Best comedy
Seven - Best psychological thriller
Romeo Must Die - Best martial arts
Planetes - Best animated

So you can either try mentioning a category I haven't mentioned yet or try to suggest something better than I have already seen.

Based on those 5:

6 of my favorite films:

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
The Hunt for Red October
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Empire of The Sun
Edward Scissorhands
The Matrix

If you don't mind watching old movies Metropolis.

 

[theWB27]

Watch The Usual Suspects.



I don't believe you can rank movies across different genres so I'm listing my favorites from genres I can list a best.

Die Hard - best action
Contact - best sci fi/fantasy
Lost in Translation - Best romantic
The Ring - Best horror
Casablanca - Best drama
Home Alone - Best comedy
Seven - Best psychological thriller
Romeo Must Die - Best martial arts
Planetes - Best animated

So you can either try mentioning a category I haven't mentioned yet or try to suggest something better than I have already seen.

The Baby's Room- Spanish Horror. Simple, but I liked it for a movie with subtitles.

My favorite

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Garden State
Terminator 2
Perks of Being a Wallflower
Gangs of New York

 

[Mr.Swag]

It's kinda hard but Scorsese's stuff Goodfellas, Taxi Driver or The Departed. Or Zodiac, Se7en or Fight Club anything by Fincher really.


Anyway....

2001: A Space Odyssey
The Dark Knight
The Social Network
Seven Samurai
Inception
Pan's Labyrinth
Rashomon
Tokyo Story
Terminator 2
Fight Club

I cheated ...

Hey! If I would have cheated Seven would have been my number six lol

 

[WrenchNinja]

Back to the Future
The Dark Knight
500 Days of Summer
Whisper of the Heart
The Lion King

 

[Incendiary]

Dogma
True Romance
Independence Day
Hot Fuzz
Sin City

I feel like any recommendation I might get from these is probably a movie I've already seen, though...

 

[scarlet]

Amour

I have it, but haven't watched it.

Ever watch Synechdoche NY?

Interesting, gonna put it on my to watch list. Thank you!

 

[Ventilaator]

I have it, but haven't watched it.

Your top 3 seems the easiest to give recommendations to in my opinion.

How do you feel about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

 

[scarlet]

Your top 3 seems the easiest to give recommendations to in my opinion.

How do you feel about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

Lol, because the similar theme I guess?

Already watched it, loved it, but not my top 3 hehe