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Star Power

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Well, I've never been a big movie person.. once in a while I go to the cinema, but other than that I've never really been that interested. But lately I've been watching IFC a lot and I've seen some of the most touchings films ever. American History X, for example, I really wasn't aware of the power of cinema to be so moving. Another movie I saw just recently, Monster, was absolutely terrific... so yeah recommend me some stuff. I'd rather more 'arty' movies... dramas maybe, no sci-fi stuff no comedies. I'm joining the Columbia House DVD club and I'm getting, so far,:

American History X
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Pianist

so yeah... recommend away...
 
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Star Power said:
Well, I've never been a big movie person.. once in a while I go to the cinema, but other than that I've never really been that interested. But lately I've been watching IFC a lot and I've seen some of the most touchings films ever. American History X, for example, I really wasn't aware of the power of cinema to be so moving. Another movie I saw just recently, Monster, was absolutely terrific... so yeah recommend me some stuff. I'd rather more 'arty' movies... dramas maybe, no sci-fi stuff no comedies. I'm joining the Columbia House DVD club and I'm getting, so far,:

American History X
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Pianist

so yeah... recommend away...
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y tu mama tambien is great. nicest pair of breasts...ever.

some suggestions -

Amelie
Jackie Brown
Fargo
 
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Mike Works

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No sci-fi nor comedies, only artsy/drama?

Amelie
Shawshank Redemption
Life Is Beautiful

if you're willing to bend on the comedy side a little, I'd suggest:

Garden State
The Royal Tennenbaums
Being John Malkovich
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
 
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Ill Saint

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Eraserhead (Lynch)
The Elephant Man (Lynch)
Aguirre - The Wrath of God (Herzog)
Fitzcarraldo (Herzog)
Stalker (Tarkovsky)
Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky)
Satyricon (Fellini)
La Dolce Vita (Fellini)
 
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Star Power

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aoi tsuki said:
i'm not trying to be an ass, but is that grammatically correct? It just sounds off for some reason.
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There is nothing wrong with it, gramatically speaking. Perhaps I should have said "recommend me a few movies" or something, but whatever.

And yes, you WERE trying to be an ass. Fission Mailed.
 
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tree fiddy

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For gritty films with a bit of action, check out:
La Haine
Croupier
Real Fiction

For romance drama that isn't sappy, check out:
3-Iron / Bin-jip
Suzhou River
Last Life in the Universe
 
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kumanoki

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I suggest:
Titus- Julie Taymor (Broadway's Lion King) produces one of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, a dark and gory descent into madness. Great cast. White hot production and costume design. It has the original script.

Frida
Cannibal: The Musical
 
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Diomedeskun

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A film I like that noone seems to have seen is Horseman on the Roof (Le Hussard sur le Toit) a semi-romantic adventure set in France during a horrible Cholera epidemic. It features the lovely Juliette Binoche from The Unbearable Lightness of Being and lots of repulsive vomiting of phlegm.

Anything by Akira Kurosawa is great, but Throne of Blood is my personal favorite of his serious films. It is a very accurate recreation of Macbeth in feudal Japan shot on truly amazing sets.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Living in Oblivion can be considered comedies, I suppose, but they feature bizarre stories, surreal tone, and great characters.

CQ is another great, quirky film, but you must have seen Danger: Diabolik! and Barbarella to get the most out of its references.
 
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Substance

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I have 'The Graduate' playing right now. It won't blow your mind but its always enjoyable and certainly worth watching.
 
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CeruleanSilver

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Gattacca: an excellent drama. Don't be scared, it's not "sci-fi" as most people use that word.
Mulholland Drive: bizarre and masterfully constructed. Enough that works logically, and at the same time, surreal connections that only work as symbols.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: I don't know, this might be too wacky for you... but it fits the list.
Daytrippers: awesomely depressing ending. Lots of talking in this one, so be ready.
In the Mood for Love: very well written, if a bit hard to follow at times.
Lost in Translation: like GA people need a description for this one...
Ghost World: great movie
CQ: I'm conflicted on this one... definitely enjoyable.
 
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soundwave05

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I would reccomend Rushmore. Its one of my favorite films of all time really.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is also great, as is Amelie. If you're getting The Pianist, the obvious reccomendation is to also check out Schindler's List. City of God was great too.

My Akira Kurosawa pick would be RAN.

If you liked American History X, I think you might like Malcolm X or some of Spike Lee's other work like "Do The Right Thing".

"The House of Sand & Fog" might be to your liking as well.
 
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hobbitx

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Y Tu Mama Tambien
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HAWT! :D.

Have you ever seen these two movies?
A Better Place and L.I.E. ? These are two of the best serious teen dramas I have ever seen in my life. I recommend these because they used air on IFC and Sundance quite often.

Some other ones you should see, I swear these are all amazing and they all come on cable often:
Cavedweller
Raising Victor Vargas (Where's the Juicy Judy fans at? :D)
Songcatcher
Beijing Bicycle
The Cup (This movie is one of the best foreign kid movies/monk films you'll ever see.)
Welcome to the Dollhouse (This movie is just too damn good.)
.......and I know you've already seen Donnie Darko right?

34th most disturbing movie on IFC:
Spanking the Monkey

10th most disturbing movie on IFC:
Pink Flamingos
 
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Street Fighter IV World Champion
Old Boy
Transformers: The Movie
Kung Pow
Gone with teh Wind
Fight Club
Spinal Tap
Leon
Fist of the North Star
 
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Rei_Toei

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There you go. Just some stuff that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Grave of the Fireflies
Ora o Mai Più
Silmido
11:14
Amores Perros
Any Way The Wind Blows
Big Fish
The Crying Game
Das Experiment
Der Untergang
eXistenZ
Fuse
Falling Down
Fucking Amal
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Goodbye Lenin
Igby Goes Down
Io non ho Paura
Jeux D'Enfants (certainly more then a Amelie rip-off)
Kiki's Delivery Service
L'Auberge Espagnole
Les Triplette de Beleville
Lilya 4-ever
Lola Rennt
The Man Without A Past
Matchstick Man
Memento
No Man's Land
Peut-Etre
The Quiet American
Secretary
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter & Spring
Suicide Club (Jisatsu Circle)
Thirteen
Touching the Void
The War to End all Wars
Wilbur Wants To Kill Himself
Winterschlafer
 
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bud

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Just to name a few

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Prospero

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Star Power said:
I'm joining the Columbia House DVD club and I'm getting, so far,:

American History X
Y Tu Mama Tambien
The Pianist
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I'm going to go against the trend of this thread and your stated preferences and say you should take a look at Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, as it's by the same director as Y Tu Mama Tambien. It's as if the producers said to themselves, "Well, whatever movie we throw up on the screen will rake in hundreds of millions of dollars anyway, so why don't we make this one an unconventional film, just for the hell of it?" I've only read the first HP novel, which bored me, and I hated the first two HP movies (both of which I watched under duress), but HP3 is amazing from beginning to end.

Also--Fanny and Alexander (director's cut), though Columbia House might not have it yet, and Once Upon a Time in America, following up the Sergio Leone trend in the thread.

And a couple of documentaries--Dogtown and Z-Boys, about the birth of professional skateboarding in the US, and Spellbound, which follows a number of children in their attempt to win the National Spelling Bee.
 
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Foreign Jackass

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The Godfather
The Godfather, part 2
Apocalypse Now
The Conversation
The Deer Hunter
Taxi Driver
Network
Dog Day Afternoon
Chinatown
Mean Streets
The Exorcist
The French Connection
Casablanca
Rear Window
Vertigo
The Birds
Psycho
Do the Right Thing
Born on the Fourth of July
The Right Stuff
Mississippi Burning
Platoon
House of Games
Blood Simple
This is Spinal Tap
The Killing Fields
Body Heat
Easy Rider 2001 : A Space Odyssey
Full Metal Jacket
Blow-out
Carrie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Don't Look Now
Once upon a time in the west
Jaws
On the Waterfront
Red River
The Searchers
High Noon
Shane
A Rebel without a cause
The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
The Shining
The Great Dictator
Blade Runner
Stand By Me
Paths of Glory
Days of Heaven
Kill Bill Volume 2
The Aviator
Closer
Lost in Translation
Minority Report
Far from Heaven
The Quiet American
Mystic River
In America
Requiem for a dream
Ghost World
In the Bedroom
Waking Life
George Washington
Wonder Boys
You Can Count On Me
Hoop Dreams
The Thin Red Line
Eyes Wide Shut
JFK
Leaving Las Vegas
Malcolm X
Being John Malkovich
Magnolia
Three Kings
Dark City
A Simple Plan
Boogie Nights
Jackie Brown
L.A. Confidential
Wag The Dog
Dead Man Walking
Casino
Bringing Out The Dead
Quiz Show
Natural Born Killers
The Age of Innocence
Kalifornia
Menace II Society
Boyz N The Hood
Unforgiven
The Crying Game
Grand Canyon
Thelma & Louise
Carlito's Way
Femme Fatale
Dressed to Kill
Short Cuts
Se7en
Before Sunrise
Before Sunset
The Straight Story
The Insider
The Big Lebowski
Adaptation
Fargo
Cidade de Deus
Io non ho paura
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Le Fils
Owning Mahowny
Hero
Les 400 coups
Ladri di biciclette
Cries and whispers
La règle du jeu
Jules et Jim
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Metropolis
Peeping Tom
Rashomon
Princess Mononoke
Amores Perros
Hable con ella
Yojimbo
The Cranes are Flying
I Vitelloni
Nuit et Brouillard
Earth
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Wow, this list rocks so much.
 
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megateto

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scorcho said:
y tu mama tambien is great. nicest pair of breasts...ever.
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That's a Spanish actress: Verónica Verdú.

If you liked that, just check Huevos de oro (Golden eggs).

I bet that in the States that film would be M...
 
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