I’m not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I’ll offer my list (that I’ve rewatched so many times I’m a bit tired of them):

  • Young Poisoner’s Handbook

  • Full Metal Jacket

  • Life of Brian

  • Holy Grail

  • Sunset Boulevard

  • Curse of the Golden Flower

  • The Nightingale

  • Downfall

  • Amadeus

  • Once Were Warriors

  • Dusk to Dawn

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
    1·
    3 hours ago

    I’m more into just about anything animated, so my list is absolutely biased against most any live action film:

    • Prince of Egypt ( Pixar’s last good film before they started flying off a cliff, in my opinion )

    • An American Tail ( Fivek Goes West as well, but the first one is definitely better )

    • The Land Before Time ( specifically movies 1 & 5 since they’re my favorites of the overdone franchise )

    • Secret of NIMH

    I can’t think of any others off the top of my head that aren’t your standard 1970s animated Robin Hood ( the dosney one ) or Zootopia, but I can’t say I’d put them up there despite how much I adore those movies.

  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
    8·
    5 hours ago
    • There Will be blood.
    • No country for old men
    • Sicario
    • Anora
    • Amadeus
    • The Big Short
    • Children of Men
    • Collateral
    • A Complete Unknown
    • The Departed
    • Djanjo Unchained
    • Dune 1 & 2
    • Ex Machina
    • Fracture
    • Gone Girl
    • Good Time
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Her
    • Heretic
    • Hotel Rwanda
    • The Killer
    • Lord of War
    • The Menu
    • The Pianist
    • Terminator 2
    • Uncut Gems
    • Whiplash

    Anything with Daniel Day-Lewis really. Or nothing by Aaron Sorkin. If bored and wanting to watch something familiar I like the Bourne (Jason) films.

  • scytale@piefed.zipEnglish
    7·
    9 hours ago

    Most of Denis Villenueve’s filmography are must watches:

    • Prisoners
    • Arrival
    • Sicario
    • Blade Runner 2049
    • Dune 1 and 2
    • Incendies

    Korean movies:

    • The Handmaiden
    • Parasite
    • Old Boy
    • The Vengence Trilogy
  • steeznson@lemmy.world
    6·
    9 hours ago
    • La Haine
    • City of God
    • Alien
    • The Shining
    • 2001 Space Odyssey
    • The Exorcist
    • Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    • Blue Velvet
    • 12 Angry Men

    Edit:

    • The 39 Steps (Hitchcock original)
    • The Third Man
    • Some Like It Hot
    • Royal Tenenbaums

    Edit2:

    • Shaun of the Dead
    • The Act of Killing
    • Nosferatu (1979)
    • Yojimbo
    • Rashomon
    • A Serious Man

    (Will stop making edits)

    • kelpie_is_trying@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 hours ago

      I was hesitant about adding Blue Velvet to my list because it’s so…‘difficult’, let’s say. Lynch knocked it out of the park (as usual), but it’s just so deeply unsettling on so many interesting levels. Thinking about it tho, that might be exactly why I should have added it. Eh. Either way, great picks!

      And please continue making edits lol. You’ve got good taste and I plan on checking this thread over the the next couple days just to compare notes/see what I want to watch next.

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    Ooh, my kids are heading deep into teenager territory so this feels like my chosen, specialist subject. Avoiding OP’s picks (the Python stuff would be on my list too), and in no particular order:

    Bladerunner (Directors cut)
    The Blues Brothers
    This is Spinal Tap
    Alien
    Aliens
    Terminator
    Terminator 2
    Seven Samurai
    Yojimbo (+ A Fistful of Dollars)
    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
    Schindler’s List
    12 Angry Men
    Rear Window
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
    Memento
    Dune (the Lynch 1980’s one)
    The Princess Bride
    The Cornetto Trilogy (Sean of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End + Baby Driver)
    Die Hard
    Pulp Fiction
    Fight Club
    The Silence of the Lambs
    Se7en
    The Usual Suspects
    2001 A Space Odyssey
    Platoon
    Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
    Trainspotting
    My Neighbour Totoro
    Do The Right Thing
    The Thing (John Carpenter version)

    Some they’ve seen, most they haven’t yet.

  • mwproductions@lemmy.world
    5·
    11 hours ago

    Heist (2001)

    I like all of Mamet’s films, but Heist is head and shoulders above the rest, IMO. Besides being a well written heist film with a great cast, it rewards rewatching. I’ve watched it so many times, but the last time I watched it, I caught a new detail I hadn’t noticed before.

    • 843563115848@lemmy.zip
      3·
      5 hours ago

      Heist (2001)

      Just saw this today, it was pretty great.

      As for me, Groundhog Day, every year, on the day. I can rarely stay awake through the whole thing but I won’t let that stop me.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    7·
    13 hours ago

    I always recommend the Hitchcock movies from his middle era. My favorites:

    • Lifeboat
    • Rebecca
    • Strangers on a Train
    • Dial M for Murder
    • Rope
    • Rear Window
    • The Man Who Knew Too Much
    • North By NorthWest
    • Vertigo
    • Psycho

    Rear Window is my all-time favorite movie. It’s a perfect film, where every shot and line means something. Grace Kelly’s appearance is the most beautiful that any woman has ever been, in any film. The rest are all 10 out of 10s.

    And look for Hitchcock’s famous cameos in every movie, always close to the beginning, and usually amusing.

    • steeznson@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 hours ago

      Shaun of the Dead is so good! I can’t believe I missed it from my list. Pretty much anything by Edgar Wright is amazing, I even enjoyed Midnight In Soho, which was his weird Giallo horror tribute.

  • AAA@feddit.org
    31·
    12 hours ago

    There’s a lot of movies I really like. But I believe these to be my all time favorites:

    Master and Commander

    Rogue One

    Tron: Legacy

    Arrival