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I Need Recommendations!

posted 7 years ago by BillHicksFan (10171)
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I've seen almost 5,000 movies as an adult... I put my favorites down so I wouldn't be recommended a movie I already saw, but also to know my taste... Usually I get people to say "Oh man, if you love this, you'll love ____" and I've found the BEST movies thanks to recommendations for people who have lots of passion towards movies, like many on here.

Also, if you hit CTRL-F, you can type in a few letters or words, just to see if it's not already down below...

And, if you want a recommendation from me, just list your favorite movies, or any description... Not only just me, but I'm sure there are many in here who'd love to spread the good word :)

Harry and Tonto
La Strada
Nashville
They shoot horses, dont they?
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Network
The Battle of algiers
treasure of the sierra madre
a woman under the influence
Buffalo '66
mr deeds goes to town
la grande illsuion
the seventh seal
ace in the hole
wild strawberries
mccabe and mrs. miller
the misfits
a child is waiting
mikey and nicky
a face in the crowd
on the waterfront
Birdman of alcatraz
12 angry men
grapes of wrath
elmer gantry
annie hall
sunset boulevard
johnny got his gun
harold and maude
umberto D
taxi driver
a cloockwork orange
the godfather
rashomon
ikiru
bicycle thieves
citizen kane
seven samurai
gentleman's agreement
shane
red beard
dodsworth
the incident
never on sunday
the rules of the game
last tango in paris
the devil and daniel webster
loneliness of a long distance runner
meet john doe
crossfire
all about eve
au hasar balthazar
le jour se le ve
chinatown
barry lyndon
shoeshine
You can't take it with you
the outlaw josey wales
the swimmer
fist in pocket
pather panchali
accattone
dog day afternoon
high and low
manhattan
a streetcar named desire
touch of evil
casablanca
lolita
heaven can wait
Godfather Part II
The Blue Dahlia
too late blues
One-Eyed jacks
M
the last detail
persona
in cold blood
and justice for all
the conversation
raging bull
the snake pit
splendor in the grass
seargant york
the third man
Baby Doll
paths of glory
home of the brave
serpico
the caine mutiny
mr. smith goes to washington
I live in fear
La Dolce Vita
inherit the wind
asphalt jungle
love story
The Graduate
high noon
stagecoach
the getaway
The Wild One
anatomy of a murder
from here to eternity
the long goodbye
Salt of the Earth
mildred pierce
This is Spinal Tap
the searchers
No Regrets For Our Youth
One Wonderful Sunday
alice doesn't live here anymore
apocalypse now
Giant
key largo
maltese falcon
cat on a hot tin roof
guess whose coming to dinner
on golden pond
spartacus
easy rider
cool hand luke
blackboard jungle
five easy pieces
doubel indemnity
le jour se le ve (daybreak)
the lost weekend
the deer hunter
a place in the sun
lust for life
-bad boy bubby
-the collector
-shadows in paradise
-the match factory girl
-ariel
-the plumber
-crime and punishment
-friends of eddie coyle
-ladybug, ladybug
-the new centurions
-boy
-il sorpasso
-thief
-la tera trema (the earth trembles)
-chat room
-the fifth monkey
-the woman on the beach
-equus
-the front
-david and lisa
-the harder they fall
-looking for eric
-the desperate hours
-looks and smiles
-la promesse
-that cold day in the park
-david and lisa
-whity
-the bitter tears of petra von kant
-the merchant of four seasons
-mother kusters goes to heaven
-veronika voss
-ali: fear eats the soul
-naked
-secrets and lies
-nuts in may
-meantime
-all or nothing
-two is a happy number
-nevada smith
-the effects of gamma rays
-a woman in the dunes
-riff raff
-the happy ending
-papillon
-the outrage (8.5)
-i, daniel blake
-a man to remember
-our vines have tender grapes
-hombre
-the road builder
-dry summer
-an enemy of the people
-Paisan
-La Bianche Notte
-Place de la République
-A Special Day
-hardcore
-the roof
-Sunflower
-To DIe For
-sounder
-the blue hotel
-stranger than paradise
-cinema paradiso
-Joe
-The Cranes Are Flying - 10/10
-Autumn Sonata
-the heiress
-Fat City
-zandy's bride
-litle fugitive
-lies my father told me - 9/10
-nights at maud's
-my dinner with andre
-all fall down
-dogville
-brink of life (bergman)
-The Working Class Go To Heaven
-Kes
-Hunger
-An Autumn Afternoon
-A Taste of Cherry
-Close-Up
-Peeping Tom
-Hell Drivers
-Ride the high country
-Ordet
-Marriage Italian Style
-The Slender thread
-The Hitchhiker
-Dodsworth
-The Incident
-Never On Sunday
-L'Argent
-The Blue Dahlia
-Scenes From A Marriage
-Buffalo '66
-Gummo
-Le Samourai
-The Last Days of Chez Nous
-The Indian Runner
-Breaking Away
-subUrbia
-my brilliant career
-straw dogs

vagabond
the bad and the beautiful
the wild bunch
alfie
hud
body and soul
tootsie
hunger
bonnie and clyde
brute force
sweet smell of success
all the president men
Summer With Monika
the last picture show
cape fear (1960)
patton
ivan's childhood
mean streets
norma rae
the life of emile zola
bang the drum slowly
husbands
i never sang for my father
opening night
zelig
singing in the rain
midnight cowboy
cool hand luke
the day the earth stood still (1950)
ballots or b

[–] Kazak (2008) 7 years ago

I'm just going to list a few of my favorite films you may have missed from the last, roughly, decade. I'm not a youngster, nor new to film, so of course I'm aware of a much wider range through many eras of filmmaking. Sounds like you got those covered.

The Forbidden Room (Thank me later. Cinephile's delight!)
Under The Skin
Lovely Molly
INLAND EMPIRE
Son of Saul
Phoenix
The Turin Horse
The Lobster

[–] godewey (16472) 7 years ago

Great list. We have extremely simliar tastes.
These are some I have seen over the last few months.
These are all older or somewhat older movies. Sorry if there are dupes.

The Housemaid
Onibabba
The Ascent
Samurai Rebellion
Earrings of Madame de
La Promesse
Carne Trémula
Ugetsu
Richard III-1995
Wings of Desire
Diabolique

[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 7 years ago

I just recorded "Diabolique" yesterday -- thank you.. I've seen a few, but not all mentioned above :)

[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 7 years ago

I saw some great movies, but I should have narrowed it down better....

Looking for movies, 1930s-70s... Dramas (no mysteries please).. The screenplay is very important, acting, originality. I also seem to love movies that don't move that much (but I don't like silence).... I'll watch a movie from any country (I can always find subtitles)... Thanks again!

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

That is one hell of a list!

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"That bad, huh?"

[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 7 years ago

Thank you!

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 7 years ago

You're welcome.

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[–] chilidoggg (13209) 3 years ago

"That bad, huh?"

Is this the line from Fun With Dick And Jane, when the restaurant owner asks them how their meal was and George Segal pulls out the gun?

I remember that from the trailers funny AF

[–] [email protected] (690) 7 years ago

Z, directed by Costa-Gavras.

You have quite the comprehensive list here. A bunch of us could go on forever, (much like you have), on faves. I'm not sure how to edit myself and not duplicate some of your choices (Cntrl-F), but anyway ... The Eighties thread has a bunch of great suggestions, and maybe when I have more time I'll come back and see how things are shaping up. Good luck.

[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 7 years ago

I saw "Z" a few times... Too much emphasis on "was it an accident, was it on purpose?" - but I will watch it again one day.. I didn't see his follow-up, made a year or two after (Czech politics i think)... I didn't care much for "Missing"

I guess I like non-genres or if I had to pick one, dramas...

Thanks!

[–] yawkee24 (629) 7 years ago

shall we dance 1937
saw "the new "the day the earth stood still"... terrible, I wanted to smack that kid

[–] MonStar (11756) 3 years ago

You need to put your list in alphabetical order and add the release year.

You should see Tucker and Dale Vs Evil (2010), among others.

[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 3 years ago

Holy shit, I forgot how long that list was (4 yrs ago).... Most of the movies I listed are from the 1930-70s.

I'm not into horror, though, but thanks. I do like "realistic horror" like "The Collector" (1965), and you might like it as well. "Onibaba" is another very good one. IMDB considers "Peeping Tom" horror, too, early 60s by The Archers.

[–] joi2049 (5494) 3 years ago

The STATION AGENT

Jean de Florette (Part 1)

Manon des Sources (of the SPRINGS) (Part 2)

Forbidden Planet

INLAND EMPIRE (even though it can also be a difficult film to comprehend for some folks)

[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 3 years ago

Thanks for replying... I did see "The Station Agent" and believe I gave it a 7/10

Interesting how those two movies were released in the same year. I try to avoid reading even the tag-line, but do you know roughly when the "period" takes place?

I used to like David Lynch when I was in my late teens, but I fell out love with surrealistic movies very quickly (after being very interested in them initially). The last movie of his I saw was "Mullholland Drive", and I'm not interested in solving puzzles, lol...

I guess I love well-written dramas that are unique, and with characters I like. Have you seen "Buffalo '66'?

[–] joi2049 (5494) 3 years ago

Jean de Florette & Manon of the Springs by Marcel Pagnol

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220331

Jean de Florette The Water of the Hills is the collective name for two novels by Marcel Pagnol. Jean de Florette, and, Manon des Sources, both originally published in 1963 and first published in English in 1966, are set in the hills of Provence in Southern France in the early twentieth century

No haven't seen Buffalo 66. But thanks for the HEADS UP, because it sounds wonderful, and I also LOVE watching QUIRKY kinds of movies with Rosanna Arquette in them:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%2766

NOBODY's FOOL is another GOOD ONE to watch that she also stars in which also reminds me a bit of the PLOT of BUFFALO 66.

"THE BIG BLUE, THE WRONG MAN, and BLACK RAINBOW" were also 3 other good films that she stars in as well.

What's interesting about "INLAND EMPRIRE" is how no 2 people seem to agree what it's about.

But in an interview LYNCH did confirm how both MD and IE are ABOUT the FILM INDUSTRY.

And imo, it's also about the ABUSES of it (the same way as ERASERHEAD is about the ABUSE of the FACTORY way of life).

And of course HOLLYWOOD is also run like a FACTORY as well, because of the way it also CHEWS UP and SPITS out people (like the way we see HENRY's HEAD turned into ERASERS in EH ... and the way that NORMA DESMOND ends up being OUT of her MIND in SUNSET BLVD).

What seems to be going on in IE is the LEADING MAN is a NARCISSISTIC PREDATOR who SEDUCES every female working in the film (including the LEADING LADY).

And it's also got some of the MOST MEMORABLE scenes in it (like DERN'S DEATH SCENE where she dies right in front of 3 homeless people who discuss the BUS SCHEDULE ... and who don't call 911 ... even though the "WALK of FAME" where she dies is also full of several PAY PHONES at the time).

And she also PUKES UP BLOOD on one of the STARS of the MOVIE STARS before she dies. And then something even MORE SHOCKING happens, and you see the EXIT from STAGE 4 (the SAME MOVIE LOT where you also see NORMA DESMOND's car parked in MULHOLLAND DR.).

Then there's another TRIPPY SCENE where you see the GIRLS getting high in SUNNY LA (who are EXTRAS in the FILM being made), who open up a WINDOW and then end up standing on a SNOWY STREET in POLAND.

Because they're also listening to a RECORD that contains the AXXON N PLAY, and one of the GIRLS (the LEADING LADY) has also just found out that the LEADING MAN's seduced all of the other girls working in the film.

And they also discover that the film they're making is a REMAKE of a GERMAN FILM called 47, which was also based upon a GYPSY POLISH FOLK TALE (that's about 3 RABBITS).

Then the LEADING MAN also gets upset and tells the director that he'd NEVER do a REMAKE -- even though he also keeps doing REMAKES all of the time -- each time that he uses the SAME PICK UP LINE -- on each of the girls who are making the REMAKE of the GERMAN film.

The PICK UP LINE is: I've NEVER KNOWN anyone like you before.

Then after they're DUMPED the girls also make fun of it and say:

"Look at me and tell me if you've KNOWN me before."

Needless to say, I could go on and on FOREVER about INLAND EMPIRE.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 3 years ago

Ahhhh, my message disappeared.. It's a problem with (and only) this site. I have to close my browser, and open it back up, and it works. I'll come back to this, because my reply wasn't a short one.

[–] joi2049 (5494) 3 years ago

Next time you think you've lost a message go back and CLICK onto the REPLY OPTION again, and your message should also still be there.

That's happened a lot to me where I'll think it's lost, and then find it still sitting there when I click onto the reply button again.

If you try it, then you might even still find it sitting there.

But if you sign offline and then back on again then it also might not be there, because I've never tried to find it again the next day or after shutting down.

[–] BillHicksFan (10171) 3 years ago

That happens to me, too, but a quick refresh and affirmation will post. It's a cookie problem, but I try to copy the text because of this issue.

I HIGHLY recommend "Buffalo '66" and would guess you'd like it. Every friend/family member I've recommended this to enjoyed it, even a younger cousin of mine who doesn't watch movies like that. I did see "Nobody's Fool" with Paul Newman but I barely recommend it.

[–] joi2049 (5494) 3 years ago

I'm sure I'd LOVE IT just from reading about it. So thanks again for the HEADS UP.

"NOBODY's FOOL" with NEWMAN isn't the same film.

He stars in that one which was made in 94, and ROSANNA ARQUETTE stars in the other one that's made in 86, and they also have NOTHING whatsoever to do with one another, (because they're 2 completely different stories ... which is also why I can't understand how they were able to use the same name when NEWMAN made the film that he's in ... because when ACTORS aren't allowed to use the same names ... why would they allow a film to use the same name)???

Amazon.com: Nobody's Fool : Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts .
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https://www.amazon.com/Nobodys-Fool-Rosanna-Arquette/dp/B00066VTWG

Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction) and Eric Roberts (Final Analysis) generate all kinds of crazy chemistry in this wildly offbeat tale of romance and redemption. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Crimes of the Heart, Nobody's Fool is full of "lovable eccentricity"

Wikipedia:

It stars Rosanna Arquette, Eric Roberts and Mare Winningham.

IMBD:

Small town girl meets small town boy and discovers that love has many shades. Woman director when there weren't many around and one of the best films of 1986

VS:

Nobody's Fool (1994 film) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobody's_Fool_(1994_film)

Nobody's Fool is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Richard Russo. The film was written for the screen and directed by Robert Benton and stars Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Philip Bosco.