EnterTheBlack!! (48 titles)
A semi-comprehensive list of dark sci-fi, cult films and a few other things I like. Some are well known some are not. ALL are worth watching :-) Im a bit blunt in my descriptions, but I have only put high quality films here and when you watch them you will find they speak for themselves. ......Incomplete sofar, also If films have sequels I have not added those cos im lazy, same with series I have just added the first series. If you wanna recommend something make your own list and add these films to it with your own suggestions.
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Fight Club
Basically about a bloke who turns from white collar office drone to leader of an underground fighting club and general badass.
Dark, disturbing yet funny and witty. The end was TOTALLY suprised me.
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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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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
The best western there is, stylish and uncompromising. Minus all the "american dream" crap. A great film that just happens to be a western.
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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
Director: Sergio Leone
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Set during the American Civil War, the story deals with three mean desperadoes who have their eyes on a $200,000 treasure. Besides battling with the local authorities, they also have to contend with each other...
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Neon Genesis Evangelion - Vol. 1
This series is the cream of Japanese anime, NOT just your standard giant robots and silly fight scenes.
Engaging plot, decent plot twists, likeable characters, gore, violence and adult themes.
Half decent english dubs too!
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Neon Genesis Evangelion - Vol. 1
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Yûko Miyamura, Yûko Miyamura, Kôichi Yamadera
Director: Hideaki Anno
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The year is 2015. As the remnants of the human race cower in subterranean cities, a deadly war is being waged for what is left of the planet. On one side are the mysterious beings known only as the Angels; on the other, the secret agency NERV with mankind's last hope, the awe-inspiring Evangelions. ..read more »
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The Matrix
Duuhhh its the MATRIX need i say more?
Watch the other 2 films as well, I dont care what the critics say they ALL kick ass.
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The Matrix
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: The Wachowski Brothers
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In the near future, a computer hacker named Neo discovers that all life on Earth may be nothing more than an elaborate facade created by a malevolent cyber-intelligence, for the purpose of placating us while our life essence is "farmed" to fuel the Matrix's campaign of domination in the "real" ..read more »
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Apocalypse Now Redux
Martin sheen is sent back to Vietnam to take out a renagade general.
One of the creepiest surreal takes on the vietnam war, tbh the redux version only adds to it if youre already a fan.
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Apocalypse Now Redux
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Released in August 2001, APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX, a restored and updated version of the 1979 film, includes 49 minutes of never-before-seen footage, a Technicolor enhancement, and a six-channel soundtrack.Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam epic, loosely based on HEART OF DARKNESS by Joseph Conrad, tells ..read more »
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from 39,397 members
Platoon
Possibly one of the more "realistic" vietnam films out there, some really emotional scenes in this, a variety of characters from likeable to disturbing. Great acting.
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Platoon
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger
Director: Oliver Stone
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In PLATOON, Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the immediacy of guerrilla warfare: the brutal heat of the jungle, the brushes with such wildlife as snakes and leeches, and, most powerfully, the presence of the unseen enemy. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw ..read more »
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from 30,253 members
Full Metal Jacket
Where Apoclypse Now deals more with the craziness of the war itself, this film deals more with the crazyness of the characters involved.
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Full Metal Jacket
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Stanley Kubrick
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In this riveting look at military life during the Vietnam conflict, Stanley Kubrick, who made the powerful antiwar classics PATHS OF GLORY (WWI) and DR. STRANGELOVE (the cold war), once again explores the behavior of men in battle. FULL METAL JACKET, adapted from Gustav Hasford's novel THE SHORT ..read more »
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Short Circuit
OK it IS a kids film but its where my whole love of Sci-Fi and robots began. Just here for Nostalgia purposes ;-)
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Short Circuit
(1986)
Starring: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens
Director: John Badham
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When a laser-armed Department of Defence robot named Number 5 gets zapped by a lightning bolt, he "malfunctions" and starts spouting peace slogans and developing a human-like consciousness. Naturally, the newly pacifist machine wants out of the military and escapes. As a frantic search for the ..read more »
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from 8,637 members
The Time Machine
Genuine classic and thought provoking film about a bloke who builds a time machine and travels through time (obviously).
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The Time Machine
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot
Director: George Pal
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Setting the temporal starting point of the classic H.G. Wells novel in the year 1960 (rather than 1900), this engrossing adaptation follows time traveller George (Rod Taylor) as he passes through World Wars I, II, and III and finally stops in the year 802,701. There he finds an apathetic, placid ..read more »
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from 3,321 members
Ghost In The Shell
I know EVERYONE reccomends this but it IS quite good, I personally did not like the sequel and am not overly impressed with stand alone complex.
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Ghost In The Shell
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Richard George, Mimi Woods, William Frederick
Director: Mamoru Oshii
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Set in the year 2029 and following World Wars III and IV, a Japanese-led Asian block dominates world affairs. The alliance maintains its international supremacy through its elite security force whose cybernetically enhanced operatives tackle an array of hi-tech terrorists and other threats to ..read more »
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