Essential films (16 titles)
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The Man With Two Brains
SIlly, but utterly hilarious film, notable for a very sexy Kathleen Turner. And the "pointy birds" poem!
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The Man With Two Brains
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner
Director: Carl Reiner
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A wacky brain surgeon, married to a beautiful but coldhearted woman, falls in love with the brain of another lady who has everything he wants... except a body!
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from 3,602 members
Cube
Excellent, low budget sci-fi horror. Saw2 got much of its inspiration from this film.
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Cube
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Wayne Robson
Director: Vincenzo Natali
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Six Strangers awaken from their daily lives to find themselves trapped in a surreal prison - a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubical chambers armed with lethal booby traps. None of these people knows why or how they were imprisoned... But it soon emerges that each of them has a skill that ..read more »
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from 17,256 members
L.A. Story
Another excellent Steve Martin film, notable for the 2nd verse of the "pointy birds" poem!
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L.A. Story
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Sarah Jessica Parker
Director: Mick Jackson
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In this gentle send-up of life in L.A., a TV weatherman stuck in an unfulfilling relationship and embarrassing job receives a mysterious message from a freeway sign saying the weather will change his life. Soon his life is turned upside down--he loses his job, his agent, his girlfriend, and his ..read more »
63%
from 2,147 members
Being John Malkovich
Weird, but utterly compelling.
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Being John Malkovich
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener
Director: Spike Jonze
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Original is far too understated a term to describe this picture, brought to you by the surreal, twisted minds of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and actor-director Spike Jonze. The story concerns a puppeteer, Craig Schwartz (John Cusack), who discovers his office has a secret portal that leads ..read more »
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from 29,545 members
All Of Me
Brilliant vehicle for Steve Martin's physical comedy, and contains the hugely underrated Lily Tomlin.
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All Of Me
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Richard Libertini
Director: Carl Reiner
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With the help of her guru, an ailing millionairess plans a 'spiritually uplifting' experience that's designed to give her a new life -- inside a beautiful woman's younger body. But the transfer goes awry and her spirit accidentally enters her frustrated male lawyer instead! Now the attorney, who'd ..read more »
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from 2,746 members
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Cleverly done and funny with it.
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni
Director: Carl Reiner
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Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inept private eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and beautiful heiress. The film is cleverly interspliced with clips from classic detective films of the past.
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from 2,440 members
Memento
Fabulous concept, and well done too, this is a must see film.
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Memento
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Director: Christopher Nolan
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MEMENTO, the second feature by writer-director Christopher Nolan (FOLLOWING), is an intricately constructed film noir that masterfully inverts time to comment on the foggy relationship between memory and truth. MEMENTO tells the story of Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce), a former insurance investigator ..read more »
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from 60,273 members
Wallace And Gromit - The Curse Of The Were Rabbit
What can I say? No animated film has ever come close to this!
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Wallace And Gromit - The Curse Of The We...
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham-Carter
Director: Nick Park, Steve Box
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Eccentric, cheese-loving English inventor Wallace (voiced by Peter Sallis) and his trusted silent canine companion, Gromit, have a thriving business in their garden-destroying varmint-elimination service, named Anti-Pesto. Together they prepare for the upcoming Giant Vegetable Growing contest. ..read more »
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from 74,150 members
Dark Star
One of my all time favourites, contains a ridiculously funny sequence involving a escaped alien beach ball.
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Dark Star
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Brian Narelle, Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich
Director: John Carpenter
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The first film from John Carpenter is a hilarious romp in a not-so-glamourous spaceship into the outer reaches of space. A team of astronauts manning the beat-up spaceship Dark Star are on a mission across the universe to seek out and destroy unstable planets. The journey is wrought with mishaps ..read more »
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from 5,904 members
Silent Running
Deep eco commentary from the 70's. A sad, but wonderful piece of celluloid history.
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Silent Running
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Jesse Vint
Director: Douglas Trumbull
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In a grim future, Earth is so overdeveloped plants can no longer survive. Giant greenhouses in orbit carry samples of Earth's dying forests. When the government decides they are too expensive to maintain, one committed crew member will stop at nothing to save them. Screenplay by Steven Bochco and ..read more »
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