help me pick a good movie to watch!?

Question

I wouldn't call myself a movie "buff". I love movies. More so, I love good movies. I like a little bit of over the top action sometimes, I love horror, and sometimes a mix of both is nice. But I really love a movie that is great on all fields. Before I say I love a movie, it has to be brilliantly written, cast/acted, and a top notch music score doesn't hurt either :D

I'm kind of picky. My friends call me a movie snob, but that's realllyy reallly not the case. Truth is, I know JACK about movies, and I don't claim otherwise. I just love good movies. Sometimes I hate what people call good.. So i don't know. Anyway..

I'm hoping some of you can suggest some great movies to me to check out. Chances are if it was made between 1980-2011 I've seen it.. BUT there's tons of movies that I've only just discovered recently. I'll list some of my favorites so you know what to suggest:

(in no particular order)

Good Fellas
Casino
Pulp Fiction
Barton Fink (anything by Cohen Bros, really)
Fight Club
American History X
Reservoir Dogs
There will be blood
Henry Poole is Here
Donny Darko
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As you can see from the above, I'm one of those boring people who likes "talkers". Long and drawn out don't worry me one bit. I like character development.

Movies I hate:

Avatar (i don't even know where to start)
American Pie (or any cliche college movie about a bunch of retards trying to get laid)
Tron Legacy (the only highlight was Jeff Bridges.. everything else was too focused on CG effects)
Not another "_____" movie (all five hundred of then)
Pirates of the Caribbean (all of them.)

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That should give you a decent idea of my movie interests :D

Thanks! looking forward to seeing some suggestions

Answer 1

Apocalypto

Lock , stock and 2 smoking barrels

Das Leben der Anderen

Submarina

Amores Perros

Zwartboek

Seven

The Last King of Scotland

Natural born killers

True romance

Into the wild

Gattaka

The kite runner

Angela's Ashes

Sin city

The reader

Answer 2

Have you seen the original "Tron (1982)"? I didn't like the sequel, either, but I like the original. It was the first movie to really use CGI, but it's got a good story and I don't think the CGI overwhelms the story.



My list will include movies made after 1980. There are certainly one or two good ones that you haven't seen, yet.



48 Hrs. (1982)

The African Queen (1951)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Angel Heart (1987)

Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Das Boot (1981)

Bullit (1968)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

The Caine Mutiny (1954)

Cape Fear (1991)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Deliverance (1972)

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Dragonslayer (1981)

Duel (1971)

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)

The French Connection (1971)

The Great Escape (1963)

High Plains Drifter (1973)

Highlander (1986)

The Ipcress File (1965)

The January Man (1989)

Kelly's Heroes (1970)

Key Largo (1948)

Ladyhawke (1985)

The Longest Yard (1974)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Marathon Man (1976)

Midnight Run (1988)

Miller's Crossing (1990)

North by Northwest (1959)

The Odessa File (1974)

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Patton (1970)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Rear Window (1954)

The Road Warrior (1981)

Romancing the Stone (1984)

Runaway Train (1985)

The Shootist (1976)

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

The Sting (1973)

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

To Have and Have Not (1944)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Touch of Evil (1958)

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

True Grit (1969)

True Grit (2010)

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

The Warriors (1979)

Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

Westworld (1973)

Where Eagles Dare (1968)

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Answer 3

Taxi Driver (1976)



A Clockwork Orange (1971)



Platoon (1986)

Answer 4

The Town, Heat, and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Answer 5

Try 'No country for old men' (if u havnt seen it)

'Reservation Road' (not THAT gud, but watchable)

and of course, seeing ur list, any Quentin Tarantino movie (u may know that already)

Answer 6

Blood and bone, book of Eli

Answer 7

You should watch SALT it's amazing