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Recommend Me Some Movies! :D

This is my current DVD collection:

10,000 B.C.
Troy
Beowulf
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Kingdom of Heaven
The Illusionist
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
The Patriot
The Last Samurai
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
King Kong
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Saving Private Ryan
9
The Green Mile
Catch Me If You Can
Lord of War
The Number 23
Alien vs. Predator
Splice
I Am Legend
Starship Troopers
Star Trek
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions

This is what I plan on getting soon:

300
Sherlock Holmes
The Prestige
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sucker Punch
Watchmen
Tin Man
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Inception
Dsitrict 9

What else should I look for?

Also, what's the cheapest way to get all six Star Wars movies as a single set on DVD?
 
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Great movie list, but I'm noticing that the Gladiator is nowhere to be found. What the hell dude? Also, some must-haves for me are A Few Good Men, Braveheart, and A Time to Kill. I'd definitely add Shawshank and The Firm too. Otherwise you have a pretty good taste in movies. Are you just looking for action movies or are others up for nomination?

I'm a huge sports guy, so I would have to have:

Field of Dreams
Remember the Titans
Coach Carter
Friday Night Lights
Sandlot (purely sentimental reasons)


Comedies:
Hangover
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Robin Hood Men in Tights
Get Him to the Greek
I Love You, Man

I'll see if I can think of any others

EDIT: Harry Potter movies, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Prestige (although you have the illusionist, which is kind of a rip off of this one. The Prestige is much better.)
 
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I added The Prestige post-posting. ;P

Gladiator isn't there because my roommate has that and Braveheart, so I'll spend my money on something we don't have. :p He's much more into historical movies anyways. I like me some fantasy.
 

TWErvin2

Auror
Serenity (and the Firefly series)
Army of Darkness
Johnny Nmeonic
Highlander
Planet of the Apes (the original)
The Princess Bride

Outside of the speculative fiction realm:
Big Jake
Lonesome Dove
Abbot and Costello (Time of their Lives)
Sling Blade
 

myrddin173

Maester
King Arthur (the one with Keira Knightly) its historical but I like the way it does King Arthur
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World another historical but I'm a history buff so most of the movies I watch are
Dinotopia I have found memories of that one
The Mummy Trilogy
Disney's The Sword in the Stone another King Arthur movie but one of my favorites Madame Mim reminds me of my grandma(in appearance, she wasn't evil...)
 
King Arthur (the one with Keira Knightly) its historical but I like the way it does King Arthur

...plus Keira Knightly's really hot...

Edit: Watching King Arthur right now on AMC... what a great movie. I absolutely love it, even though both of my two favorite characters die- Lancelot and Tristan in this movie are two of my favorite film characters ever.
 
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Hey,

I realize you seem to be more of an SF/Fantasy person than a horror person, so feel free to ignore this list if it isn't for you. I'm a horror fan, so most of my recommendations fall within that genre.

Zombieland
Let the Right One In
Shaun of the Dead
How To Train Your Dragon
28 Days Later
Avatar
Spartacus: Blood & Sand followed by Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
Torchwood (all seasons)
The Ring
The Walking Dead
Wrong Turn
The Crazies
The Hills Have Eyes
Dawn of the Dead
The Devil's Rejects
 

Shadoe

Sage
I'm really in hell right now. I'm looking over your lists and getting this yearning to see all the movies again. And they're all 900 miles away.
 

Larkin

Scribe
Here are my top 20 films.


  1. M
  2. Rashomon
  3. Beat the Devil
  4. In Cold Blood
  5. Things to Come
  6. Dr. Strangelove
  7. Strangers on a Train
  8. un chien andalou
  9. The Man who Fell to Earth
  10. A Fish Called Wanda
  11. Reservoir Dogs
  12. Croupier
  13. The War Zone
  14. The World's Greatest Sinner
  15. Life of Brian
  16. The Producers
  17. Breaker Morant
  18. Rob Roy
  19. Conrack

If you want some specifically fantasy works, watch The Fall or The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie (surrealist, not strictly fantasy, but still). The best high-fantasy film I can think of is Ladyhawke, minus the synths (I swear there should be a synth-free Criterion Collection version or something). I have a special spot in my heart for Flesh + Blood, though, as I saw it at a way too young age (like, nine) and still remember it to this day from all the gore.
 

Ness

Dreamer
If you don't mind subtitles, Pan's Labyrinth is one of my all time favourite movies. The first time I saw it blew me away. I highly recommend it!
 

Tau

Dreamer
Leon: The Professional
Legend
Dark City
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Alien
Aliens
Redline
Conan the Barbarian
Being John Malkovich
Ginger Snaps
Vanilla Sky
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
 

Mythter Thcribz

New Member
Vanilla Sky? really?
I walked out. If I could have found the theatre manager, I'd have punched him in the face.
Kidding. Kind of. To each his own. Live and let live.
I wonder what it cost to shut down the streets of Manhattan New York for that self-indulgent abortion.
(While somewhere in the third world a man watched his son die for lack of a 2 dollar needle.)


Leon: The Professional
Legend
Dark City
Blade Runner
2001: A Space Odyssey
Alien
Aliens
Redline
Conan the Barbarian
Being John Malkovich
Ginger Snaps
Vanilla Sky
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

Casino
Scarface
Tombstone
Heat
Uncommon Valor
GoodFellas
A Bronx Tale
Taxi Driver
On the Waterfront
The Blandings build their Dreamhouse.

Pretty much anything starring Robert DeNiro, or Al Pacino and preferably both . For me, interchangeably the best actors in the business. And of the females I believe Meryl Streep to be light years ahead of the field, with Sharon Stone a distant second.
 
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Ziggy

Scribe
Lotta great films been mentioned already, and here are a few more!

Memento.
Henry V (that's... 5th, just making sure)
Robin Hood (with Eroll Flinn)
Donnie Darko
Red Dog
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Back to the Future!
A Beautiful Mind
Chinatown

Get them all! Do it!
 
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