Movie Recommendations - Dvd

[KohKarrang]

I'm looking for recommendations for movies to watch, I've worked my way through quite a large list of movies since moving to Thailand but I'm becoming stuck on what to watch now

I'm not a really big hollywood fan although if it's something special or classic or something such as James Bond or some of the Marvel/Batman etc remakes then I'm happy enough watching them but I'm really after something a little bit different, a friend of mine has recommended quite a few European movies with subtitles but I lose concentration quite quickly with them so I would like to find movies that were perhaps not the biggest hits but some of your favourites anyway, hope some of you can help!

[torrenova]

Maybe post up some of the ones you have recently seen.

I downloaded Scum, Made in Britian, The Bone Collector, Man on Fire, lots of Simpsons, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Quantum of Solace, The Assassination of Jesse James, No Country for Old Men amongst others.

A good old one is A Man for All Seasons, classic film.

[Mosha]

Shawshank Redemption, a brilliant film, and surprisingly based on a short story by Stephen King, and not a horror movie.

Michael Collins. It's on UBC now but worth watching.

BAT 21, I don't know if this one is available on DVD in Thailand. A Vietnam war true story with Gene Hackman.

Edited November 28, 2008 by Mosha

[KohKarrang]

Maybe post up some of the ones you have recently seen.

wish my memory was that good

No Country For Old Men I really enjoyed, Made In Britain - is that the one with the young boy who'd never acted before? The story about Mods in the UK? If so then I've seen that and enjoyed that too Scum also, one of my favourite films of all time!

I'll check out reviews of the others you sent me which I haven't seen - The Bone Collector, Man On Fire, The Assassination of Jesse James...

Is Auf Wiedersehen Pet a movie now? I'll take a look on IMDB.com

I can never remember what I've watched so I always have to check out recommendations in this website

Thanks for your suggestions, please keep them coming!

[ozymandious]

The Professional

The 5th Element

Taxi (original French one) the squeals are good fun too

[girlx]

if you are really bored try watching series on dvd, can be quite addictive... 'lost' is good, so is 'prison break', and 'weeds'....

[Fred Sanford]

Sanford and Son

go to imdb dot com and click the top movies link up top. then find the top 250 movies link and take your pick. cant much go wrong there

Edited November 28, 2008 by Fred Sanford

[bendejo]

Across the Universe.

I enjoyed much more than I expected to. If you've ever had any liking for Beatles music you shouldn't miss it.

Into The Wild

Still Crazy

Sherrybaby

Young Adam

None of these are big Hollywood productions, so they may not be readily available from your local pirate.

[mogster]

felon, with val kilmer is the best movie around at the moment..i bought it on dvd 5 weeks ago .imdb it...kin brilliant

[robbo1]

all the family guy series are a real laugh

[Jumbo chilli]

"The Visitor"

Very nice, heart warming film.

[sassienie]

I downloaded Scum and the female version, Scrubbers.

I download all my films, movies if you`re a yank, from Rapidshare websites.

There are trillions to choose from, but using the Rapidshare and Torrent processes, plus formatting the films once on your harddrive is very complicated stuff and really for the more advanced computer users.

Edited December 4, 2008 by sassienie

[mrtoad]

For TV Series

Spooks

Hustle

The Shield

House

Cold Case

are all pretty good, and of course some of the older stuff like Auf Whiedersen, Spender, Bergerac, Only Fools and Horses for a bit of nostelgia.

[1000baht]

Try these out..

Super Troopers

James bond- Casino Royale/Quantum of Solace.

Hulk 2

SuperBad

Knocked Up

Top gun

Heat

The Usual Suspects

Predator

Scent of A Woman

Chaos

The Beach

The Departed

Training day

I could go on all day, i love movies.

[Moonrakers]

Ferris Buellers day off: Absolute classic

Catch me if you can.

The usual suspects.

Shawshank Redemption: must have.

Trainspotting.

To mention but a few.

[MeetJohnDoe]

Shawshank Redemption, a brilliant film, and surprisingly based on a short story by Stephen King, and not a horror movie.

Agreed. In the same vein, also by King I believe is The Green Mile...another wonderful and uplifting film.

[MKAsok]

Off the top of my head - well worth seeing:

Japan:

Audition

Ichi the Killer

A Snake of June

Battle Royale

All About Lily Chou-Chou

Thailand:

Last Life in the Universe (เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล, Ruang Rak Noi Nid Mahasan)

6ixtynin9 (เรื่องตลก 69, Ruang Dtalog 69)

Monrak Transistor (มนต์รักทรานซิสเตอร์)

Fun Bar Karaoke (ฝันบ้า คาราโอเกะ)

Fan Chan (แฟนฉัน)

Sia Dai (เสียดาย)

Shutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ)

France:

Irreversible

Seul Contre Tous (I Stand Alone)

La Haine (Hate)

Spain/Mexico:

Amorres Perros (Love's a Bitch)

Y tu Mama Tambien (And your Mother Too)

Jamon Jamon

Pretty much anything by Pedro Almoldova

Brazil:

Cidade de Deus (City of God)

US:

Buffalo 66

The Brown Bunny

Kids

13

Gummo

Julien Donkey Boy

Danish (All Lars von Trier):

The Idiots

Breaking the Waves

Dancer in the Dark

Dogville

[syd barrett]

10 Rillington Place is a classic. Based on the true story of JRH Christie the British serial killer.

Richard Attenborough and John Hurt star.

A truly uplifting and memorable movie that is not easily forgotten.

Enjoy!

[syd barrett]

Off the top of my head - well worth seeing:

Danish (All Lars von Trier):

The Idiots

Breaking the Waves

Dancer in the Dark

Dogville

And dont forget the brilliant 'Manderlay' another classic by Trier.

[popmybubble]

Some of my favourites...

The Warriors

Jacob's Ladder

Dead Man's Shoes

Das Experiment

The People Under The Stairs

Lost Highway

Mulholland Dr.

Spirited Away

Cry-Baby

Mysterious Skin

For TV series - Six Feet Under

[MKAsok]

Some of my favourites...

The Warriors

Jacob's Ladder

Dead Man's Shoes

Das Experiment

The People Under The Stairs

Lost Highway

Mulholland Dr.

Spirited Away

Cry-Baby

Mysterious Skin

For TV series - Six Feet Under

Seconded... Nice selection.

[wjmark]

Here is a selected list from my personal collection (some are unobtainable - sorry)

TV

tv\Absolutely Fabulous - first 2 seasons are insane but pretty good

tv\Ali G - TV Series - if you like him...

tv\beggars and choosers - very cool inside view of the TV industry A+

tv\Big Love - normal american family, except he lives with his 3 wives...

tv\Bronx is Burning, The - based on the New York Yankees under George Steinbrenner A+

tv\Californication - David Duchovny as a sex addict

tv\Curb Your Enthusiasm - better than Seinfeld

tv\Danger Man - old Brit spy drama - some are very cool

tv\Deadwood - If Shakespeare had written about the west - with very bad language! A+

tv\Drop the Dead Donkey - Brit series about a newsroom - first few seasons pretty good

tv\Fat Actress - Christy Alley as big fat Christie Alley - quite nuts!

tv\Father Ted - mad Irish priests - mad, I tells ya - absolutely bonkers A+

tv\Fawlty Towers - from John Cleese - maybe the best comedy ever made? AAA+++

tv\Fernwood Tonight - Martin Mull as Barth Gimbal

tv\FREAKS and GEEKS - so good they cancelled it. American high school drama AAA+++

tv\Heroes

tv\History Bites - Canadian series with a a TV's view of history A+

tv\I Claudius - Roman empire drama, AAA+++

tv\Larry Sanders - funniest American tv series ever - AAA+++

tv\LAW & ORDER - not your regular cop show - the first few seasons are fantastic A+

tv\Life on Mars - Brit cop/SciFi series - only 2 seasons, but the story wraps up nicely A+

tv\Lost

tv\Minder - old Brit comedy/drama - some are fantastic "Tewwy? Tewwy?!?"

tv\Northern Exposure

tv\nypd blue - first couple of seasons

tv\Odyssey 5 - little known, but intelligent SciFi series A+

tv\Pride and Prejudice [1995] 6 Pt Mini

tv\Profit - very freaky. Very freaky!

tv\Red Green - Canadian comedy about a man with his roll of duct tape.

tv\Rockford Files - an old favourite

tv\Rome - a little overdone, but very watchable

tv\Sandbaggers - by far the best spy drama of all time AAA+++

tv\Sleeper Cell - terrorists in California - first season is vg, 2nd - so so.

tv\Steptoe & Son - if you like Sanford and Son (I do), this was the earlier Brit version

tv\Survivorman - Canadian gets dropped in the hardest of conditions, and lives!

tv\The Prisoner - weird sequel to Dangerman - cult classic

tv\Trailer Park Boys - lo-so Canadian drug dealers - crude, but first 3 seasons very funny

tv\Ugly Betty

tv\WKRP - another old favourite US TV show

tv\Yes Minister - it's funny because it's so true! A+

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FILM - favourites from my collection:

13 days

After the Fox - 1966

Allen, Woody - (1989) - Crimes and Misdemeanors A+

Apt Pupil A+

Babette's feast

Battle of Algiers A+

Being There A+

blood simple A+

Bowling For Columbine

Breaker Morant (1979)

Breaking Away (US) P Yates 1979, D Quaid

Bubba Ho-Tep

Catch Me If You Can

Crash A+

dead end kids - a story of nuclear power A+

Diner - Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke

Dinner Rush A+

Dr Strangelove A+

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

Fiddler On The Roof

Flight of the Phoenix - James Stewart 1965 A+

Goodbye Pork Pie A+

Groundhog Day A+

Harold And Kumar Go To White Castle

Harrys Game (1982)

KANSAS CITY A+

King of Comedy

La Historia Oficial 1985 A+

MAX A+

Mohsen Makhmalbaf - Salaam Cinema A+

monty python - meaning of life A+

MY FAIR LADY A+

Neighbors - John Belushi Dan Aykroyd

Once Were Warriors A+

Phantom of the Paradise

QUADROPHENIA A+

Quest for Fire 1981 Ron Perlman Everet McGill

Rabbit Proof Fence 2002

RANCHO DELUXE [Jeff Bridges] 1975

Romance with a Double Bass 1974 John Cleese Connie Booth

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead A+

Run Lola Run eng subs A+

Shirley Valentine

SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 A+

Supersize Me

Swimming to Cambodia

TAMPOPO A+

The Anarchist Cookbook

The Big Lebowski

The Day The Sun Turned Cold A+

The Front (Allen, Woody 1976 - Martin Ritt, dir) A+

The Gods Must Be Crazy A+

The Incredible Journey (1963)

The Long Distance Postman - Jame Bolam - (2.30)

The Party - 1967

The Producers - original A+

The Queen

The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)

The Shout (1978) A+

The Truman Show A+

The Hunley 1999 A+

The Usual Suspects A+

The Warriors (1979) A+

The Last King of Scotland A+

Three Men On A Horse 1936 - Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbie A+

TRUE STORIES A+

Tucker - The Man and His Dream (1988)

United 93[2006] A+

Walk the Line[2005]

Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story[2007]

Walkabout (1971) A+

Watership Down

West Bank Story (Academy Award Best Short Film 2007) A+

Where the Buffalo Roam - 1980 Peter Boyle, Bill Murray

Zodiac

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Samual Fuller A+ - obscure but powerful American director

I Shot Jesse James

Pickup On South Street 1953

Run of the Arrow

Shock Corridor - Samuel Fuller 1963

The Big Red One (1980) - best war film of all time - really! AAA+++

The Naked Kiss

The Steel Helmet 1951

The.Baron.Of.Arizona.1950

Underworld USA (1960)

White Dog (1982)

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Cambridge Spies (2003)

Bill Hicks - Revelations - very powerful political comedy A+

Hardware Wars - Star Wars Parody(1977)

Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts A+

CARTOONS:

Simpsons

Drawn Together

duckman

Rocko's Modern Life

southpark

Edited December 4, 2008 by wjmark