User:Harena/Movies to Watch

Movie recommendations from Mel and other people

• Adaptation. (Jarne recommends this one too)
• Still Crazy: has in common with Spinal Tap that it's about a legendary nonexistent rock band, but the story is more of a drama than a comedy
• Bill Murray
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
  • Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
  • Broken Flowers
  • Rushmore
• Court Jester (Jarne recommends this one as well)
• The Player
• Strange Days
• Dogma (Sorcy reccomends this one as well)
• High Spirits
• The Usual Suspects
• American Beauty (n.b. Woozle didn't especially like)
• Moulin Rouge (Wzl says: hope it's better than the music)(Swinger now says it's one of his favorite movies so i daresay this shall spur me along)
• High Fidelity
• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
• K-Pax
• Orange County
• Little Voice
• Robin Williams:
  • Dead Poets' Society
  • Insomnia (Jarne recommends, but he liked the original one slightly better)
  • Good Morning, Vietnam
  • The Bird Cage (Rec'd by Kathy)
• Analyze This
• Being John Malkovich
• Robin Hood: Men in Tights (Wzl says: ennhh...)
• Topsy Turvy
• Bubba Ho-Tep
• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Truckers (based on Pratchett novel)
• Mars Attacks (so bad it's good!)
• Johnny & The Bomb (based on Pratchett novel. It's a mini-series, not a movie, but close enough!)
• Fifth Element (also rec'd by Swinger: "A fun ride!")
• Glory
• Three to Tango (recommended by Swingerzetta & Talia)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Harold and Maude (recommended by Ritzy and Sor!)
• Thank You For Smoking (also recommended by Rtizy, Sor, and Jarne)
• Devil Wears Prada (kinda-sorta recommended by Swinger)
• The Fountain (also recommended by Swinger)
• Stardust (based on a Neil Gaiman book. Recommended by Everybody (where Everybody is Talia & Rtizy)(Finally finished book!)(<>< also highly recommends)
• Dangerous Minds
• Freedom Writers
• Runaway Jury
• Nell (set and filmed in North Carolina about a woman who grew up in the wild)
• Big Fish (Tim Burton Goodness)
• Everything in Illuminated (recommended by draz)
• Waking Life (recommended by Jarne)
• A Scanner Darkly (recommended by Jarne)
• Shawn of the Dead (Zombies!) & if i like it then (Reccomended by Sor as well, because it is *awesome*):
• Hot Fuzz (rec'd by Swinger)
• Fight Club (rec'd by Swinger, Rtizy, & Sor!)
• Enchanted (rec'd by Talia & Sor)
• El Laberinto del Fauno (rec'd by Talia)
• Mr. Magnorium's Wonder Emporium
• Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (Recommended by Swinger & Mel)
• A Mighty Wind (Fake documentary about 60s folk groups)
• Cabaret (both recc'd by Swinger)
• Reservoir Dogs
• Triplets of Bellville
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
• Mallrats
• Gosford Park (rec'd by Mel: "Utterly Brilliant")
• The Incredible Hulk (has nice hat-tips to the series which starred my all-time forever love, Bill Bixby)
• Clue
• Love Actually (Rtizy says it's aDORable)
• Slither (Rec'd by Rtizy; B-Movie! Aliens! Possession! Capt'n Hammer!)
• Dressed To Kill (Rec'd by Swinger: Murder! Mystery! Noir! Suspense! Humour!)
• The Great Lebowski (Jeff Bridges in long hair & beard! *squeee*)
• Mamma Mia (Recommended by Mel)
• King Arthur ("Put it on the list too" Mel)
• Good Will Hunting (ditto)
• Crank (Rtizy says, "It's the greatest Action movie ever!" Swinger says, "It really is!")
• Wristcutters ("It's a charming, thoughtful, intriguing tale", says Swinger)
• Dante's Inferno (a modernisation version done with paper puppets; rec'd by Rtizy)
• The Spirit (rec'd by Swinger who says it's totally noir, the prettiest thing ever, and had an amusing plot (and then wasn't sure whether i ought to put it on this list, silly thing))
• Treasure Island (Recommended by Swinger who says it's a satisfactory rendition with lovely animation and even though it had Disney storytellling with cliché, it worked for the story)
• Maltese Falcon (Duh)
• Brick (Rtizy: "I like it so much I'm going to buy it... That says a lot" Swinger: "It's probably my favorite detective movie" "I'd consider buying it..." Me: "Wow! That good!" ;D)
• MirrorMask (It's Gaiman! Also Rtizy says, "If you like Neverending Story and/or Labyrinth it'll be up your alley")
• Labyrinth (i can't believe this wasn't already on here :P Also Rtizy says, "If you like Neverending Story and/or MirrorMask it'll be up your alley!")
• Pulp Fiction (Rtizy's favorite Tarantino movie... 'nuff said)
• The Secret of Kells (really pretty animation, and some Irish mythology! -Trout)
• The Fifth Element (rec'd by Foolie: "Good cheesy sci-fi with Bruce Willis and the infamous 'thermal bandage' outfit")
• Crossroads (rec'd by Rtizy. A blues journey/road trip thingy)
• [The Illusionist]
• Up (wtf why wasn't this already on this list???)
• The Artist (A French black and white mostly silent film done in the style of the classic 20's silent films about a famous silent film actor who has to deal with the rise of "talkies.")
• Legacy then:
• Tron:Uprising (not a movie but an animated series and highly recommended by Mel)
• both Hellboy movies (Ron Perlman, 'nuff said)
• Across the Universe
• Unforgiven ("Spaghetti Western" rec'd by Mel; has Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, & Richard Harris)

from Sinaas

• demands recommendations from Sinaasappeltje:
• Zwartboek
• De Tweeling
• Hable con ella
• Todo sobre mi madre
• Dancer in the dark
• Hukkle
• As It Is in Heaven( Sa som i Himmeln)
• Amelie (also recommended by Jarne
• Life Is Beautiful ( La vita e bella )

Animé

(?) = not sure if it'd be good for me

• Fruits Basket
• FLCL / Furi Kuri/ Fooly Cooly (?) (CRAZYHEADTRIPOFDOOM!)
• I My Me! Strawberry Eggs! (?)
• Lain (not undepressing)
• Dogtato
• Love Hina (?)
• Excel Saga (?)
• Daa Daa Daa (?) (any relation to the song?)
• Naruto
• Shaman King
• One Piece
• Scrapped Princess
• Godamer (robots!)
• Galgeiger (?)
• Azumanga Daioh
• Tokyo Godfathers
• Utena
• Invader Zim (not 'anime', but animated! so there! MOOSE!) (Sor reccomends the little bits she's seen, and sez that we should watch it together)
• Studio Ghibli:
  • Grave of the Fireflies (depressingish)
  • Porco Rosso (Approved by Kitten!)
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind
  • Howl's Moving Castle (Sor sez: Go read the book, I still haven't seen the movie to tell how good it is)
  • Panda! Go Panda! (Pre-Ghibli; random sillier "Totoro prototype")
  • Only Yesterday (slower, more reflective and nostalgic)(also recommended by Aeire! Good enough for me!)
  • The Cat Returns (has Tim Curry, among others!)(Recommended by Rtizy and Talia!)
  • Ponyo
• Kaiba (Recommended by drazzy)
• Lupin (Recommended by Rtizy) Working on These
• The Big O (Giant Robot Anime recommended by Erika)
• Band of Brothers (WWII highly recc'd by Mel)
• Hourou Musuko (rec'd by Mary Zeman, I think?)

Already Seen

A very incomplete list

• Studio Ghibli:
  • My Neigbor Totoro
  • Spirited Away
  • Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Castle in the Sky
• Babe (and Pig in the City)
• The Princess Bride (and the book)
• Matilda (and the book)
• James and the Giant Peach (read the book first)
• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1970s version)
• Star Wars parts I, IV,V, and VI
• Star Trek I-n
• Toy Story
• LotR (complete)(and the books. repeatedly. like over 20 times over the years)
• Chicken Run
• Time Bandits
• Shawshank Redemption
• Edward Scissorhands
• Yellow Submarine
• Nightmare Before Christmas
• Donnie Darko (made my head hurt like math!)
• Schindler's List
• Galaxy Quest
• Inside Man (whoaa. Awesome Movie. Loved it.)
• Memento (twisty-brain-hurt-in-a-good-gotta-watch-it-again-way)
• Lost in Translation (surreal)
• Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were Rabbit ("I'm Crackers about Wallace & Gromit, Cheese!)
• Sweeney Todd (Humorous Macabre)
• The Prestige (Magician Rivalry as you have never seen it before!)
• Babel (Intense & Odd but left lots of loose ends)
• Little Shop of Horrors (Gee, you think this movie was influenced by the RHPS at all?)(oh & btw, 2 Fronds Up!!)
• Children of Men (whoaa. heavy movie, but very well done.)
• Snatch (The Accents! The Hijinx! The Tangled Web that tied up neatly in the end!)
• Pirates of the Caribbean 1, 2, and 3! yayay!
• SLC Punk (i'm totally a Poser. ayup.)
• V is for Vendetta (Do you remember the 5th of November?)
• Chicago! The Musical (Pop! Six. Squish. Uh Uh. Cicero. Lipschitz!)
• Trial by Jury (Andrew Warlow version)(Need to see again & again, it was much better than Cats!)
• Coraline (Defin'tely has a Nightmare Before Christmas feel to it... Loved it!)
• Fern Gully (Watched in bits & pieces on youtube with Swinger... hey, there's a bit of an envirnomentalist bent to that movie! who knew? ;D)
• Hudson Hawk (Rtizy says, "PUT IT ON THE LIST :|")(i did! i did! and i liked it! And, yesss, Bruce Willis too :P)
• Sin City (rec'd by Swinger; Noir! :D)(It's true! Totally Noir! And loverly! (and yet more conspiracy to get me to like Bruce Willis *shakes fist*))
• Noises Off! (rec'd by Rtizy)
• My Favorite Year (also rec'd by Rtizy)
• Wall-E (Mel says best Pixar Ever)(He's changed that assessment to Up, I believe)(Also, I need to see Wall-E again because the first time was at Sor's at a Very Late Hour and I dozed through parts)(did this! saw it at the beach w/W the summer of 2013)(And again in Nov of 2014 with B&Z! I think no matter how many times I watch it, I will always squee, "Waaaaall-eeeeeeeeee". Always.)
• Gattaca (Sorcy kinda reccomends this one. It's not life changingly amazing, but it was pretty fun.)(I will never think about my loose hairs in the same way again!)