User:Harena/Movies to Watch
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Movie recommendations from Mel and other people:
- Adaptation.
- 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
- Court Jester
- The Player
- Strange Days
- Dogma
- 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)
- High Fidelity
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
- K-Pax
- Orange County
- Little Voice
- Robin Williams:
- Dead Poets' Society
- Insomnia
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- 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)
- MirrorMask
- 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
- Gattaca
- Glory
- Three to Tango (recommended by Swingerzetta & Talia)
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Harold and Maude (recommended by Rtizy)
- Thank You For Smoking (also recommended by Rtizy)
- Devil Wears Prada (recommended by Swinger)
- The Fountain (also recommended by Swinger)
- Snatch (apparently Swinger's favorite)
- Stardust (based on a Neil Gaiman book. Recommended by Everybody (where Everybody is Talia & Rtizy)
- Dangerous Minds
- Freedom Writers
- V is for Vendetta
- Runaway Jury
- Nell (set and filmed in North Carolina about a woman who grew up in the wild)
- Big Fish (Tim Burton Goodness)
from Sinaas
demandsrecommendations 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
- 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!)
- Studio Ghibli:
- Grave of the Fireflies (depressingish)
- Porco Rosso (Approved by Kitten!)
- Princess Mononoke
- Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind
- Howl's Moving Castle
- 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)
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.)