Anything by the Coen brothers The french connection Mississippi burning The girl with the dragon tattoo (Swedish version is "darker") Sometimes its fun to watch a movie that is so bad its "good" Top of my list for this category is Zombeavers Piranha 3dd Taladega nights. Give em ago
i found them disappointing especially the English one, Mr Craig won the trust of the troubled girl, then when he had finished doing her, cast her aside doing her more psycho damage. Maybe thats life, but I wanted a happier ending for her. In fact I could have helped her there.
"The Road", based on a book by Cormack McCarthy (the book is absolutely fantastic) who wrote the book "No Country For Old Men" that the movie is based on.
Train to Busan is a good one, what zombies aren’t scary enough, get then to run! Good to see South Korea have a go at the genre.
Seen a few people talking about Train to Busan - utter garbage. But if we were all the would be be boring.
What a belting thread. Some excellent suggestions. No romcoms asked for so I'll omit those. Vanilla Sky or the Spanish orignal, Abre Los Ojos, if you cannot stomach Tom Cruise. Either way, you get Penelope Cruz : o D Bad Timing - Art Garfunkel? Don't worry, it works. Bedevilled - Marvellous, those Koreans Brawl In Cellblock 99 - never see Vince Vaughn in the same light ever again Bunraku - sounds Japanese but it isn't, not really Children of Men - not cheery but uplifting. Chinatown - a true classic, Jack Nicholson was rarely better Chronicle - well that escalated quick! Cloud Atlas - I had to watch it twice and still found new things third time along. The book is even better, marvellously written (except for the pidgin English chapters) Coherence - wonderfully layered in terms of plot Confessions - a truly disturbing Japanese film - not horror, so much. Cross of Iron - for the Sven Hassel fans Cube and Cube 2 (but not 3) - mind-bending stuff Deadpool 1 & 2 - genre stretching in a good way Devil - Claustrophobic horror Don't Look Back - French/Italian mystery with Monica Belucci - why do you need to know more? Eden Lake - I don't think I'll be able to watch this one again, it stays with you Edge of Darkness - Mel Gibson has never been remotely as good as he was in this one Edge of Tomorrow - better than you'd think Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - don't worry that it is Jim Carrey, it is an incredible film Exam - another claustrophobic thriller, incredible character study/mystery Feast - horrible but fascinating and great combination of horror and humour of the darkest kind Franklyn - Eva Green, need I say more. Fascinating characters and plot Ghost of Mars - I am a big Carpenter fan and this is a good'un Gilda - Rita Hayworth, grrrrrrrrr Hanna - great actioner, great baddies Haywire - spy thriller, enormously under-rated Her - offbeat AI drama Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road - quirky, funny allegory stuff, disarmingly good Identity - brilliant, if you don't know what is going on and avoided any spoilers, which I did In The Mouth of Madness - Carpenter again, brilliant horror with a touch of the Lovecraft about it Ink - quirky tale, about redemption. I am absurdly fond of this film Jacob's Ladder - one of my very favourite films of all time JasonX - send up of the Friday 13th genre, with some brilliant set pieces and "dialogue" Kung Fu Hustle - get the subtitles version, the English dub is not good Layer Cake - the film that put Craig in a Bond suit, I reckon. Smart crime thriller Leon - brilliant hit man action Margin Call - base on true events, the crime caper to end all crime capers aka the 2008 financial crash Memento - I am on my third viewing and suspect I will need three more to get my head around this one Monsters - sf, a good one, with an ending that was, for me, unexpected and thought-provoking Mr Nobody - don't even know how to describe this one. Poignant, I guess! On The Beach - the original with Gregory Peck. I guess it's just me but I am balling my eyes out at the end (same as I did with the book) Pandorum - excellent and scary sf mystery Payback - I have seen this film three times - three times a week, for a month. If I channel hop and stumble across it, I watch it again, I cannot help it. Watch the remade version, not the original cinematic release Perfect Sense - thought-provoking sf, I think it's quite deep Pontypool - a little gem, with a very interesting take on the usual virus peril sf Predestination - brilliantly logical tale, like watching a puzzle Resident Evil - the original is brilliant and stylish - in fact, it is everything its sequels are not Revolver - WTAF? Good luck, let me know how you got on Rollerball - the original 70s version, not the crime against cinema remake S.F.W. - absolutely marvellous, hostage crisis and aftermath, told in part in flashback Shoot'em Up - ridiculous shoot 'em up but with Monica Belucci (sigh) and Paul Giamatti and, oh yeah, Clive Owen as the hero Shutter Island - brilliant mystery, so good it actually make you forget that it's Leonardo di Cappuccino Silent Hill - great sf, astonishing effects Sin City - brilliant crime drama with some astonishing cast-against-type performances Slipstream - after you work out Revolver, you're ready to try this one. Mind-bending, film-within-a-film sf Solaris (remake 2002) - sf so slow it practically grinds to a halt yet I cannot stop watching it Sophie's Choice - I cannot watch this again, it upsets the shit out of me. Haunting Stay - puzzling sf mystery The Andromeda Strain - stylish 70s original sf The Cabin in the Woods - slasher horror deconstruction, stylish, witty and pretty much unique. My man Joss Whedon The Cell - visually stunning and clever sf/crime The Congress - I challenge you to watch this. I still think it was an LSD trip but here it is on my Hard Drive. Fans of The Princess Bride have a slight chance of managing a full viewing The Dark Hours - excellent and fairly unusual psychological thriller The Deaths of Ian Stone - starts strongly and carries you along, an oddball thriller The Fountain - visual feast and quite thought-provoking The Game - it's Michael Douglas but don;t hold that against the film, it's a good mystery The Host - not the Saoirse Ronan version, a Korean monster movie. The beastie is comically clumsy and fiercely vicious, an odd combination. Korean sensibilities so quirky and weird to Western eyes The Machinist - slow-paced mystery with an almost unrecognisable Christian Bale. Fascinating and satisfying The Man From Earth - people sitting around in a living room, chatting yet this is mesmerising. Makes you wish you were sitting there with them The Martian - one of the best straight-ahead sf movies of the decade. Just brilliant The Nines - puzzling mystery and utterly quirky, a brilliant little film The Quiet Earth - a marvellous if tiny New Zealand sf film with a "Now what ya gonna do?" ending The Signal - there's two recent sf films of that name, choose either or both, they are great The Silent Flute - awful acting, terrible fight scenes, worst lead actor ever ... and yet one of my all-time favourite films. Don't miss Eli Wallach as "the man in oil" The War of the Roses - Best. Breakup. Film. Ever. Thirteen Ghosts - quirky and stylish ghost story, great soundtrack. "Did I say there was a petting zoo in the basement? Noooooo!" LOL Timecrimes - French I think, or maybe Spanish. Immensely logical time travel story Triangle - another mystery horror weirdness. A quietly brilliant watch Under The Skin - don't think about it, just go along for the ride V for Vendetta - future dystopia, I find this film strongly, deeply moving Videodrome - for those of us who live the VHS years. Odd film We Need to Talk About Kevin - a difficult one to watch in this day and age, it's a bit near the knuckle There are many others, but I think I've said enough : o )
