List of Good Movies

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 5:56 pm

Here's a few movies I've seen over the years that I guarantee are good. =)

2001: A Space Odyssey
15 Minutes
A Few Good Men
A Simple Plan
Adaptation
All the President's Men
American Beauty
American History X
American Splendor
Amistad
Apollo 13
Arlington Road
Around the Bend
As Good as it Gets
Awakenings
Back to the Future
Batman Begins
Blood Simple
Big
Big Fish
Big Lebowski, The
Blow
Boondock Saints
Braveheart
Bridge on the River Kwai
Broken Flowers
Catch Me If You Can
City of God
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Cold Mountain
Collateral
Danny Deckchair
Dead Man Walking
Dead Poets Society
Donnie Brasco
Driving Miss Daisy
Edward Scissorhands
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Erin Brockovich
Falling Down
Fargo
Fearless (with Jeff Bridges)
Field of Dreams
Fight Club
Firm, The
Finding Neverland
Forrest Gump
Gattaca
Game, The
Gangs of New York
Ghost World
Girl, Interrupted
Godfather
Godfather Part II
Good Will Hunting
Green Mile, The
Happy Gilmore
Heat
High Fidelity
Hotel Rwanda
In the Bedroom
Incredibles, The
Independence Day
Insider, The
I Heart Huckabees
Jerry Maguire
JSA
L.A. Confidential
Legends of the Fall
Life is Beautiful
Life of David Gale, The
Love Song for Bobby Long
Machinist, The
Magnolia
Man Who Wasn't There
Matchstick Men
Matrix, The
Memento
Men in Black
Miller's Crossing
Million Dollar Baby
Monster
Monster's Ball
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mystic River
Office Space
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
Open Range
Out of Sight
Philadelphia
Pianist, The
Primary Colors
Princess Bride, The
Pulp Fiction
Punch Drunk Love
Pushing Tin
Ray
Rain Man
Remains of the Day, The
Reservoir Dogs
Rock, The
Rocky
Rounders
Royal Tanenbaums, The
Runaway Jury
Schindler's List
School of Rock, The
Score, The
Scotland, Pa
Se7en
Shakespeare in Love
Shawshank Redemption, The
Shaun of the Dead
Sideways
Silence of the Lambs, The
Sixth Sense, The
Sleepers
Snatch
Sneakers
Spy Game
Stand by Me
Station Agent, The
Tape
Tommy Boy
Three Kings
Titanic
Tootsie
Traffic
Training Day
Trainspotting
True Romance
Usual Suspects
Wag the Dog
Wonder Boys

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:45 pm

"In Before The Flame"

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:03 pm

Topher wrote:"In Before The Flame"

lol ... a post not to touch...

my list of great movies ... www.netflix.com

i guarantee you will find something u like!!!

(in all honest i have over 1000 movies rated... leading me to think that i have seen too many movies... then spent time clicking stars...)

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 10:30 pm

Good list. The Royal Tennenbaums has got to be one of my all time faves.

Off the top of my head, I'll add:

Motorcycle Diaries
Leolo
Cinema Paradiso
Il Postino
The Seven Samurai

(can't forget the foreign flicks.

Perediablo · Post by **Perediablo** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:09 pm

apocalypse now! It's a damned good movie how ever you spell it.

others I can spell:

Last House on the Left
The Hills Have Eyes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Day of the Dead (any zombie flick)
Hellraiser
Dead Alive

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Thu Nov 24, 2005 11:14 pm

Caught the movie "Crash" on dvd the other day. Excellent film...in my flabby opinion of course.

EDIT: Not the David Cronenberg movie of the same name, which i thought was drivel.

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:10 am

OP needs "The Graduate"

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 5:38 am

Grease

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:45 am

Dogma
Big Trouble (I know people hate Tim Allen but this is really funny)
Kingdom of Heaven
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:46 am

Added:

Life is Beautiful
Shaun of the Dead
The Station Agent

NB. I'm only adding movies that I can guarantee everyone will like. That means I'm not adding movies I haven't seen or movies that I did like but I'm not convinced other people will.

aldel · Post by **aldel** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:14 am

I think there's only one movie on that list that I saw and didn't like, which makes it an excellent list. Considering the number of my top favorites on the list, that means I could use it as a pretty reliable guide for new movies to rent. Thanks!

It's pretty weird that Raising Arizona and Being John Malkovich aren't on the list.

Other suggestions:

Office Space
Real Genius
Birdy
Shakespeare in Love
Spirited Away
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Minority Report
Fearless (the 1993 one with Jeff Bridges; there are a couple others with the same title)
Amelie
Delicatessen

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 9:47 am

Your list is missing several cinematic masterpieces. My suggestions

Street Fighter
Dungeons and Dragons
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of Year 3000
Gigli
Son of the Mask
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
From Justin to Kelly
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:04 pm

Darktalyn1 wrote:Your list is missing several cinematic masterpieces. My suggestions

Street Fighter
Dungeons and Dragons
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of Year 3000
Gigli
Son of the Mask
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
From Justin to Kelly
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain

hahaha...thanks for the laugh

Thenior · Post by **Thenior** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:26 pm

2001 a Space oddesey was lame in my opinion.

*dave, don't do that dave*

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 12:54 pm

Anchorman.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 4:28 pm

Saving Private Ryan
Sting, The

Jon the Great · Post by **Jon the Great** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:54 pm

Without A Clue

Couver_ · Post by **Couver_** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:03 pm

Lock stock and two smoking barrels

and of course Bonndock Saints!!

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Fri Nov 25, 2005 7:18 pm

Errrrrmm...
No Monty Python??!

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:54 pm

Flabby Chick wrote:Caught the movie "Crash" on dvd the other day. Excellent film...in my flabby opinion of course.

EDIT: Not the David Cronenberg movie of the same name, which i thought was drivel.

I saw Crash. I liked it. It was very strong in some areas, but as a whole, I'm not sure it really fits here. Have you seen "Falling Down" with Michael Douglas?

aldel wrote:I think there's only one movie on that list that I saw and didn't like, which makes it an excellent list.

Which one? Maybe I should remove it.

Considering the number of my top favorites on the list, that means I could use it as a pretty reliable guide for new movies to rent. Thanks!

aldel wrote: It's pretty weird that Raising Arizona and Being John Malkovich aren't on the list.

Hehe. I thought about putting both of those on there. I enjoyed them both. I'll still thinking about them.

aldel wrote: Office Space
Fearless
Shakespeare in Love

Wow! I can't believe I forgot those! =)

aldel wrote: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Minority Report

I'm borderline on these two. I like them, but they both have some pacing issues.

aldel wrote: Real Genius
Birdy
Spirited Away
Amelie
Delicatessen

I haven't seen these. Except for Birdy, I've heard that they're all very good. I've never heard of Birdy.

punisher wrote: Motorcycle Diaries
Leolo
Cinema Paradiso
Il Postino
The Seven Samurai

Unfortunately I haven't seen a great many foreign films.

But JSA was a fantastic Korean film and it made my list.

I saw Motorcycle Diaries after having read the book. It was good, but it didn't "WoW" me so to speak. ;)

I've been thinking about adding "Run Lola, Run!"

I added Life is Beautiful on there.

I completely forgot to include the Brazilian film "City of God." It's great!

Phoenix Red wrote: Dogma
Big Trouble (I know people hate Tim Allen but this is really funny)
Kingdom of Heaven
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

I thought about putting Clerks or Chasing Amy in there. I'm still thinking about it.

I'm not anti-Tim Allen. If he makes an amazing movie, I'll be happy to add it. ;)

I've never seen Kindom of Heaven.

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was good, but it wasn't as good as Snatch. I was back and forth on whether to put Snatch on the list.

CDN_Merlin wrote:Grease

I dunno.

Vertigo99 wrote:OP needs "The Graduate"

I'm sure once OPer sees The Graduate, it'll be added. =)

Prediablo wrote:apocalypse now! It's a damned good movie how ever you spell it.

=) It's not goin on the list though.

The best war-related movie I can think of is Three Kings, but I seem to remember seeing a really good one a long time ago... or maybe it was a book... or maybe it was on Star Trek.

I've been thinking about putting Three Kings on the list. I haven't seen "Jarhead" yet either.

Prediablo wrote: Last House on the Left
The Hills Have Eyes
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Day of the Dead (any zombie flick)
Hellraiser
Dead Alive

I haven't seen:
Last House on the Left
The Hills have Eyes
or Hellraiser

Texac Chainsaw Massacre is a classic, but I don't know if it's up to everyone's taste. It has some great suspense but then it gets kind of boring when the Chainsaw guy starts chopping people up ;)

Day of the Dead (any zombie flick)

I added "Shaun of the Dead." Are you happy? =)

Mowing down people with a lawn mower and seeing someone eat her own ear out of a bowl of oatmeal has it's place. DeadAlive certainly isn't for everyone. =)

Darktalyn1 wrote: Street Fighter
Dungeons and Dragons
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of Year 3000
Gigli
Son of the Mask
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
From Justin to Kelly
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain

I haven't seen any of those movies. =)
Although I did play Street fighter, Dungeons & Dragons, and Mortal Combat. I even saw the original "Three Ninjas" in a sneak preview before it was officially released and they changed some of the scenes for the final version. I also saw the original "The Mask" with Jim Carrey.

2001 a Space oddesey was lame in my opinion.

Ouch! It's still not coming off the list. That one's a permanent fixture. =)

snoopy wrote:Saving Private Ryan
Sting, The

"Saving Private Ryan" is not going on the list.

I need to see "The Sting."

Couver_ wrote: Lock stock and two smoking barrels
and of course Bonndock Saints!!

Ah. Good call on Boondock Saints!

HaAGen DaZS wrote:No Monty Python??!

Nope. Sorry man. =/

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:08 pm

Flabby Chick wrote:Caught the movie "Crash" on dvd the other day. Excellent film...in my flabby opinion of course.

EDIT: Not the David Cronenberg movie of the same name, which i thought was drivel.

Crash was amazing, I loved it. Real instense. Another vote for that one.

HaAGen DaZS wrote:Anchorman.

And this one is another necessity

But yea when you make a list of good "something" then the first thing people do is tell you what is wrong with it and what to add or take away. I've got to say this list seems pretty reliable, and very good. Excellent post, I'll be referring to this.

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:09 pm

And please tell me you've seen American Beauty and forgot to add it... it is hilarious.

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:16 pm

Added:

American Beauty
Arlington Road
Boondock Saints
City of God
Fearless (The one with Jeff Bridges)
Life of David Gale
Office Space
Shakespeare in Love
Three Kings

ps. I hope you guys are joking about Anchorman. =)

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:19 pm

Ouch on Anchorman haha, thanks though for the other ones. What about that Tom Hanks movie, the Road to Perdition? I remember that as being pretty good. As well as Scarface and Goodfellas

Jon the Great · Post by **Jon the Great** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:31 pm

Grosse Point Blank
The Place Promised in Our Early Days.

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:52 pm

Money! wrote:Ouch on Anchorman haha, thanks though for the other ones. What about that Tom Hanks movie, the Road to Perdition? I remember that as being pretty good. As well as Scarface and Goodfellas

I haven't seen Scarface or Goodfellas. Road to Perdition felt kind of fake to me. It was pretty good, but I don't think it's good enough to make the list.

Actually, you'll be hard pressed to find a movie I don't enjoy. Anchorman was one of them. Flubber is another. But I'll watch almost anything. I'm ordinarily a big Will Ferrel fan.

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 6:37 pm

good fellas
the usual suspects
raiders of the lost ark
don't look back
love and death
sign of the times
when we were kings
what's new pussycat
*listing movie titles and remaining on fatarse*

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:28 pm

decent list... can't say i agree with all of it, but i have seen pretty much everything on it, and would say they are all pretty 'everyone friendly' and most i think are phenomonal... big ups on fight club (if you haven't read chuck pahlaniuk ... do it ... do it NOW!!!)...

i would recommend bruce almighty, even if i hate jim carrey.
man on fire , the bourne series (2 of 3 so far) , tarantino is great but prolly doesnt fit into the spirit of this list i would still suggest the kill bills, hate this other comedian too but liked 50 first dates, sky capt. and the world of tomorrow, there are a lot more but i can't think of them right now.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:04 pm

I'd throw Lord of the Rings on there as well, but maybe that's just me.

I'll have to browse through the rest of them to see if I have any other suggestions.

Burlyman · Post by **Burlyman** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:07 pm

Yeah, Lord of the Rings is good.

heh It figures you would like 2001. ^_~ haha

I can't believe you have Apollo 13 on there, but don't have Apollo 11! ^_~

I thought Kingdom of Heaven was lame.

Crouching Tiger was booty.

Some of my favorites are:

Guyver: Dark Hero
Mortal Kombat
Project A-ko series
The Matrix trilogy
just about any James Bond movie
Return of the Jedi

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:12 pm

Dragonheart

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:56 am

Suncho wrote:I need to see "The Sting."

You've never seen "The Sting" ???????

Silverado

Can we go back a few years?

To Kill a Mockingbird
The Day the Earth Stood Still

Junebug_returned · Post by **Junebug_returned** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:27 am

Category 7: End of the World (only if you did like it..

)
Tremors Quadrilogy (i loved all four episodes)

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:39 am

you seriously need to see The Graduate, suncho, its a classic.

This goes to anyone else who hasn't seen it either.

Also: Wayne's World 1&2, and Animal House

HaAGen DaZS · Post by **HaAGen DaZS** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:32 am

To Kill A Mockingbird... odd movie. can't really remember it atm. Could be one for a remake imo!

Anchorman is the shiz!
*sniff* "Stings the nostrils."

"I'll be honest with ya', that smells like pure gasoline!"

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:21 am

Fargo? Ok.......

That was seriously the dumbest and ickiest movie I ever watched. :
I didn't get it? Was it supposed to be funny or seriouse or just gross? I seriously didn't get it? Neither did anyone else in my family that watched it...

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 11:04 am

Junebug_returned wrote:Category 7: End of the World (only if you did like it.. )

You know, I never thought I'd see something worse than 10.5.....till I watched that tripe. That was just mindnumbingly stupid. "Heat Islands" lmfao Maybe these morons should atleast take a physics class before writing another disaster movie. Then atleast they might know what the hell they're writing about.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:55 pm

HaAGen DaZS wrote:To Kill A Mockingbird... odd movie. can't really remember it atm. Could be one for a remake imo!

I swear, if any Hollywood producer ever had the audacity to make a new version of To Kill a Mockingbird, I'd personally fly out there and rip their balls off. That is, if Gregory Peck hadn't risen from the dead and beaten me to it.

Pun · Post by **Pun** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 4:27 pm

[]V[]essenjah wrote:Fargo? Ok.......

That was seriously the dumbest and ickiest movie I ever watched. :
I didn't get it? Was it supposed to be funny or seriouse or just gross? I seriously didn't get it? Neither did anyone else in my family that watched it...

Fargo was incredible. Buscemi is a freaking god.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 6:46 pm

punisher wrote:Fargo was incredible. Buscemi is a freaking god.

an ugly freaky snaggly toothed god!!