Movies You HAVE to see (52 titles)
A collection of my faves or movies that you without question have to see!
The Ladykillers
This is the original ealing studios alec guiness extravaganza! Definatley in top 10 all time films- the dark humour and typical late 50s cinematic style is sheer wunderbar! One for a rainy day and cup of tea.
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The Ladykillers
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Alice Krige
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
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Alexander Mackendrick's last Ealing comedy and certainly one of the best, William Rose received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alec Guinness stars in one of his most vivid disguises, in this killingly funny black comedy gem. The villains plot to kill the old lady who discovers ..read more »
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Dans Paris
If Adrien Bruhl isnt reason enough to watch this then the return to new wave cinema through a modern lens is. The soundtrack, cast, script and direction is beautiful and if you are a cinephile a must watch...captures a steriotypical romantic view of the french in paris.
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Dans Paris
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Romain Duris, Louis Garrel, Joana Preiss
Director: Christophe Honore
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Two of French cinema's hottest actors - Louis Garrel ("The Dreamers") and Romain Duris ("The Beat That My Heart Skipped") - star as two brothers in this story of love and heartbreak set in a gorgeously atmospheric Paris. Distraught after the end of a long relationship, Paul (Romain Duris) moves ..read more »
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The Chorus
All the people i have lent this to love this movie...its one of those that center around troublesome students and a fictional teacher whos quirksome nature resolves in the students turning ovre a new leaf...BUT...it has the most beautiful casting and music. The story is wonderful and heartbreaking
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The Chorus
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Gerard Jugnot, François Berléand, Kad Merad
Director: Christophe Barratier
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A memorable entry in the genre of inspirational pedagogical films, THE CHORUS is an uplifting tale of a masterful teacher who put his heart into his work and changed the lives of his students forever. With a soundtrack of boys' singing, the lovely music of this film is the glue that will stick to ..read more »
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Into the Wild
This has to be one of the top 10 as well. I was born into the year of Alexander the supertramp and his story is intriguing. The book is amazing but the film brings astounding cinematography, music and depth to the character. Emile hirsche is so versitile and captures the essence of this adventurer completley.
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Into the Wild
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt
Director: Sean Penn
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After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.
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Fight Club
This is one of the few cult classics that lives up to its reputation whether you have been told the story or not. The one movie that i can say vouches for Brad Pitts acting skills. The narrative is everything a cult classic should be...top 10!
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Fight Club
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham-Carter, Meat Loaf
Director: David Fincher
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FIGHT CLUB is narrated by a lonely, unfulfilled young man (Edward Norton) who finds his only comfort in feigning terminal illness and attending disease support groups. Hopping from group to group, he encounters another pretender, or tourist, the morose Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter), who ..read more »
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from 73,812 members
Bande A Part
THE Jean Luc Goddard movie to watch! Anna Karenia is wonderfully innocent and both leading men are exceptional. However its not (as with new wave cinema) a character profiling but an objective dark humoured look at relationships and crime. A must must must
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Bande A Part
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Anna Karina, Sami Frey, Claude Brasseur
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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Jean-Luc Godard continues his fascination with dime store novels and American crime films with BAND OF OUTSIDERS, a free-spirited romp in the same vein as the director's breakthrough smash, BREATHLESS. The story follows two friends, Arthur (Claude Brasseur) and Franz (Sami Frey), who are searching ..read more »
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Shooting Dogs
The ultimate cast John Hurt & Hugh Dancy! A brilliantly understated movie depicting the civil war in Africa between the hutus and tutsi. The soundtrack blends cinematic orchestra with african artists and powerful enough to move anyone to tears. (Dario Marianelli). The images in this movie will absoloutley haunt you, the cinematography is so naked and real that you find it hard to turn off your tv at the end.
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Shooting Dogs
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Claire-Hope Ashitey, John Hurt, Hugh Dancy
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
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Based on a true story. An exhausted Catholic priest (Hurt) and a young idealistic English teacher (Dancy) find themselves caught in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. They must now choose whether to stay with the thousands of Tutsis about to be massacred or to flee for safety.
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Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
A classic if ever there was & true story. The western for those who dont like westerns. Two loveable criminals on the run with girlfriend in tow.
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Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross
Director: George Roy Hill
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This revisionist Western comedy, which served as the prototype of the buddy film for years to come, stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, respectively. At the turn of the 20th century, they've become notorious for the skill with which they and their colleagues, ..read more »
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from 18,609 members
Breathless
A Bout Des Souffles (Jean Luc Goddard) another starter Goddard. An American girl in Paris (Jean Seabourg) spritley cheeky and between men and the law-fantastic.
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Breathless
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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Godard's first feature has been widely hailed as one of the most influential motion pictures ever made. On the run after killing a cop, a small-time crook (Belmondo) hides out in Paris with an American girl (Seberg). After she betrays him, he chooses to face his fate with an absurd stoicism ..read more »
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Philadelphia
You will always remember the first time you see this- not everyones a tom hanks fan but this is such an incredible story. At the Genesis of AIDS awareness in the states- a story about discrimination at every level and a good fight against it. Alot of the cast actually had AIDS so this movie was very personal to those who made it.
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Philadelphia
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards
Director: Jonathan Demme
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After a solid track record and a much-deserved promotion, Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), a handsome, upwardly mobile Philadelphia lawyer, loses his high-paying corporate job when he starts developing full-blown AIDS. Though Andrew's firm attributes his dismissal to his supposedly poor performance, he ..read more »
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