PJsig08

Not sure if this has been done, but maybe everyone can help me and others out with some movie reccomendations. I favor to both sides of film: big budget blockbusters or stupid comedies and low budget, dialogue-driven flicks.

I am that point where I've seen thousands of movies, and owned hundreds, but have now brought down my collection about 30. The following movies are pretty much my all time favorites for one reason or another -- a very random list of movies actually. Ones with *** next to them are ones I enjoy alot.

1) Usual Suspects ***
2) Back to the Future 3- Movie Set
3) Dumb and Dumber
4) The Rock
5) Swingers ***
6) Scarface ***
7) Night at the Roxbury
8) Snatch ***
9) Terminator 3
10) Lost in Translation ***
11) Big Lebowksi
12) LOTR: TTT (EE) ***
13) LOTR: FOTR (EE) ***
14) Adaptation ***
15) Godfather 1, 2 ***
16) Godfather 3
17) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ***
18) Pulp Fiction ***
19) Reservoir Dogs
20) Fight Club ***
21) Terminator 2 ***
22) Half Baked
23) Old School
24) Full Metal Jacket
25) The Shining
26) The Matrix
27) Forrest Gump
28) Any Given Sunday

So maybe some people can throw me some movies I should check out. Other movies out that I love (not on the list above) are ones like Office Space, Royal Tenenbaums etc.

Rypro 525

you should really check out the show "the office" if you liked office space.

drjay

We appear to have very similar tastes, PJsig08 (except that I despie Scarface =P) so I guess a few recommendations that I have (I'm assuming you've seen most of these, but I know that I forget which movies I like unless I see them on a shelf somewhere and remember to get them!):

12 Monkeys (Wish it got the CC edition but the extras are still good)
American History X
Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson's first and IMHO funniest)
Clockwork Orange
Election
Equilibrium (Fahrenheit 451 with Gun-Kata!)
Glengarry GlenRoss (dialogue-driven David Mamet play, great cast)
Igby Goes Down (must see w/ awesome cast and acting)
Raising Arizona (Coen hilarity)
Road to Perdition (Cool cinematography)
Saving Silverman
Super Troopers
Trainspotting
Y tu Mama Tambien

I wasn't meaning to put that many notes in, but yah I'd say if you haven't seen any of those, check 'em out...this is absolutely and in no way a definitive list, by any means, and contains a few really looked-down-upon movies (Saving Silverman, etc) but I love 'em all.

PJsig08

12 Monkeys (Wish it got the CC edition but the extras are still good) - Never seen it, looked good though.
American History X - Friend has it, haven't seen it all the way through in yeeeaaarrs...gotta check it out
Bottle Rocket (Wes Anderson's first and IMHO funniest) - My friend has told me to watch this, guess I shall
Clockwork Orange - Liked it a little bit, not enough to buy though
Election - Another I gotta catch sometime
Equilibrium (Fahrenheit 451 with Gun-Kata!) - Saw parts of this yesterday actually...looked AMAZING...can I get a little background of this movie?
Glengarry GlenRoss (dialogue-driven David Mamet play, great cast) - Never heard of or seen
Igby Goes Down (must see w/ awesome cast and acting) - Same as above
Raising Arizona (Coen hilarity) - Want to see
Road to Perdition (Cool cinematography) - Yeah, I'll get this eventually
Saving Silverman - Another friend of mine LOVES this one
Super Troopers - Liked, not enough to buy
Trainspotting - Trips me out too much
Y tu Mama Tambien - Heard is good

speedy1961

Joe Dirt has me snickering quite a bit

Office was great

Coupling was very funny

Raising Arizona is a great one.

Trainspotting... have Canadian edition but you should wait for deluxe edition

Alien set will blow you away

rkndkn

In the crime genre:

Boondock Saints
Suicide Kings
Bound

mcarver

Limey, The (1999)
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Memento (2000)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Opposite of Sex, The (1998)
Pi (1998)
Salton Sea, The (2002)
Sexy Beast (2000)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Walking And Talking (1996)
Wilde (1997)

GMLSKIS

True Lies

danwiz

12 Monkeys
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
'60's, The
'70's, The
7th Voyage Of Sinbad, The
9/11 – The Filmmaker's Commemorative Edition
A Fistful Of Dollars (Box Set)
A.I. – Artificial Intelligence
About A Boy
Abyss, The
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, The
Adventures Of Indiana Jones, The
Akira – Limited S.E.
Almost Famous
American Beauty
American Pie 1 – (Unrated Version)
American Pie 2 – (Unrated Version)
Analyze This
Apocalypse Now 1
Apocalypse Now 2 – Redux
Art Of War, The
Atanarjuat – The Fast Runner
Back To The Future – Trilogy
Backdraft
Bad Boys
Bad Boys
Bad Boys 2
Band Of Brothers
Bataan
Beach, The
Beverly Hills Cop I
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Big Eden
Big Trouble In Little China
Billy Elliot
Black Mask
Bourne Identity, The
Braveheart
Brazil
Bridge On The River Kwai
Brotherhood Of The Wolf
Bruce Lee: The Legend (Box Set)
Bulletproof Monk
Bullitt
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
Castle of Cagliostro, The
Chinese Connection (Box Set)
Chungking Express
Chushingura
Cliffhanger
Conan The Barbarian
Cool Hand Luke
Cowboy Bebop – 1st Session (Perf. Coll.)
Cowboy Bebop – 2nd Session (Perf. Coll.)
Cowboy Bebop – 3rd Session (Perf. Coll.)
Cowboy Bebop – 4th Session
Cowboy Bebop – 4th Session (Perf. Coll.)
Cowboy Bebop – 5th Session (Perf. Coll.)
Cowboy Bebop – 6th Session (Perf. Coll.)
Cowboy Bebop – The Movie
Crimson Tide
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dances With Wolves
Daredevil
Deer Hunter, The
Die Another Day
Die Hard 1
Die Hard 2 – Die Harder
Die Hard 3 – With a Vengeance
Dirty Harry 1
Dirty Harry 2 – Magnum Force
Dirty Harry 3 – The Enforcer
Dirty Harry 4 – Sudden Impact
Dirty Harry 5 – The Dead Pool
Dogma
Dragonball: The Magic Begins
Dune
Dune – Frank Herbert
E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial
Easy Rider – 30th Anniversary Edition
Eiger Sanction, The
Empire Of The Sun
Enter The Dragon – 25th Anniversary Edition
Fargo – Special Edition
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Fight Club
Firefox
Fists Of Fury (Box Set)
Fools Rush In
For a Few Dollars More (Box Set)
For Your Eyes Only (Box Set)
Frequency – Platinum Series
Friends – The Complete 1st Season
Friends – The Complete 2nd Season
Friends – The Complete 3rd Season
Friends – The Complete 4th Season
Friends – The Complete 5th Season
Friends – The Complete 6th Season
Game Of Death (Box Set)
Gangs Of New York
Get Shorty
Ghost In The Shell
Gladiator
Glory
Gods And Generals
Goldeneye (Box Set)
Goldfinger (Box Set)
Good, The Bad And The Ugly, The
Great Escape, The
Green Mile, The
Guns of Navarone, The
Half Baked
Hamburger Hill
Hannibal
Harry Potter (#1) And The Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter (#2) And The Chamber Of Secrets
Hidden Fortress, The
High Plains Drifter
Himalaya
Hong Kong 1941
Hudsucker Proxy, The
Hunt For Red October, The
Hurricane, The
In The Line Of Fire
Independence Day
Intolerance
Jackal, The – C.E.
Jaws – 25th Anniversary Edition
Jeremiah Johnson
Jin Roh – The Wolf Brigade
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
Jurassic Park I
Jurassic Park II – Lost World
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park IV, Beyond (Behind The Scenes)
K-19 – The Widowmaker
Kelly's Heroes
King Rat
Kiss Of The Dragon
Koyaanisqatsi
K-PAX
Kung Fu Master, The
Kwaidan
L.I.E.
Lara Croft – Tomb Raider
Lethal Weapon 1
Lethal Weapon 2
Lethal Weapon 3
Lethal Weapon 4
Licence To Kill (Box Set)
Lilies
Little Big Man
Live And Let Die (Box Set)
Lord Of The Rings – Fellowship Of The Ring
Lord Of The Rings – FOTR – Extended Edition
Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers
Lord Of The Rings – The Two Towers – EE
Lost Empire, The
Lover Boys
M*A*S*H* – 5 Star Collection
Mackenna's Gold
Mad Max 1
Mad Max 2 – Road Warrior
Mad Max 3 – Beyond Thunderdome
Magnificent Seven, The
Manchurian Candidate, The
Manhunter – L.E. (#58,422/100,000)
Mask, The
Matrix, The
Medallion, The
Meet The Parents
Memento
Men In Black
Men In Black II
Mexican, The
Midnight Express – 20th Anniversary
Minority Report
Moon Warriors, The
My Schoolmate, The Barbarian
Neon Genesis – Evangelion Coll. 0:1
New Legend Of Shaolin, The
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Ocean's Eleven
Once Upon A Time In America
Once Upon A Time In China: Part 1
Once Upon A Time In China: Part 2
Once Upon A Time In China: Part 3
Once Upon A Time In The West
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
One, The
Onmyoji
Papillion
Patriot, The
Perfect Storm, The
Pirates Of The Caribbean – Curse Of Black Pearl
Platoon
Powaqqatsi
Priest, The
Princess Bride, The
Princess Mononoke
Rain Man
Rambo 1 – First Blood (Collector's Pack)
Rambo 2 – First Blood: Pt 2 (Collector's Pack)
Rambo 3 (Collector's Pack)
Ran
Rashomon
Red Dragon – Director's Edition
Return Of The Dragon (Box Set)
Return To Paradise
Rising Sun
Rites Of Passage
Road Trip (Unrated)
Robocop
Ronin
Ronin Warriors – The Call (Vol. 1)
Rush Hour 1
Rush Hour 2
S.W.A.T.
Sand Pebbles, The
Sanjuro
Saving Private Ryan
Scorpion King, The
Seven
Seven – Platinum Series
Seven Samurai
Seven Years in Tibet
Shanghai Knights
Shanghai Noon
Shawshank Redemption, The
Shogun
Silence Of The Lambs
Silence Of The Lambs
Sopranos, The
Space Cowboys
Spartacus
Spider-Man
Spirited Away – English Version (R-1)
Spirited Away (R-2)
Spriggan
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack Of The Clones
Taboo
Tai Chi – 6 Forms
Tekken
Terminator 1, The
Terminator 2 – The Ultimate Edition
Terminator 3 – Rise Of The Machines
Thin Red Line, The
Three Kings
Thunderball (Box Set)
Titan A.E.
Tombstone (Vista Series)
Tommy
Tomorrow Never Dies (Box Set)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Trading Places
Traffic
Training Day
Treasure Island
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
True Lies
Twin Warriors
Twister
U-571
Unforgiven
Urotsukidτji: Perfect Collection
Vertical Limit
Walt Disney Treasures – Davy Crockett
We Were Soldiers
Where Eagles Dare
White Fang
Windtalkers
X2 – X-Men United
X-Men
Yojimbo
Zulu