My Favourite Films (Ongoing) (50 titles)
I like really good films. This is a list of the ones I like most. If you like a few of them then you'll probably like the rest too. If you're in the right place...
82.6% from 137 members
I Heart Huckabees
My favourite film. Interesting, witty and uplifting.
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I Heart Huckabees
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Naomi Watts, Dustin Hoffman
Director: David O. Russell
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Insane comedy about a young man, experiencing confusion about his life, who decides to hire a pair of existentialist detectives to help him.
51%
from 37,979 members
The Science Of Sleep
Constantly adorable.
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The Science Of Sleep
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Emma De Caunes
Director: Michel Gondry
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The Science of Sleep, a playful romantic fantasy set inside the topsy-turvy brain of Stephane Miroux (Gael Garcia Bernal) an eccentric young man whose dreams constantly invade his waking life. Stephane pines for next-door neighbor, Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), but she becomes confused by his ..read more »
61%
from 18,417 members
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
Life-Affirming.
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood
Director: Michel Gondry
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ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND is an unconventional romance told in the abstract, inventive, and comedic storytelling style of screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Like his scripts for ADAPTATION and BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, this plot works off of a relatively complex idea that is easier explained ..read more »
66%
from 91,763 members
Garden State
Lovely.
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Garden State
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Zach Braff
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Aspiring actor living in Los Angles, Andrew "Large" Largeman (Braff) has managed to avoid a visit to his hometown in New Jersey and the inevitable confrontation with his father. But as he reconnects with the place once he returns, a twist of fate introduces him to Sam (Portman), a quirky young ..read more »
65%
from 48,470 members
Dancer In The Dark
Interesting and very upsetting.
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Dancer In The Dark
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Director: Lars Von Trier
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The final installment in Lars von Trier's Golden Heart trilogy (which includes BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS), DANCER IN THE DARK takes the director's original blend of heightened pseudorealism and fabricated melodrama to a dangerously intense level. The story concerns Selma (Bjork), a Czech ..read more »
65%
from 7,948 members
Lost In Translation
Mesmerizing.
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Lost In Translation
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi
Director: Sofia Coppola
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An American film star out to make a commercial in Tokyo meets up with a photographer's wife in a hotel bar. These two people are lonely and having to contend with a foreign language and a new culture. A friendship begins.
61%
from 86,370 members
Waking Life
Bewildering. Overwhelming.
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Waking Life
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Adam Goldberg
Director: Richard Linklater
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Director Richard Linklater presents this computer-animated, dreamlike, meandering film about a college-age man (Wiley Wiggins) who floats in and out of a series of philosophical discussions and ethereal experiences, meeting an interesting cast of characters along the way. Each character that Wiley ..read more »
62%
from 3,788 members
Howl's Moving Castle
Beautiful. Important. Epic.
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Howl's Moving Castle
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking home.
78%
from 20,468 members
Amelie
Wonderful.
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Amelie
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Yolande Moreau
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris as quietly as a mouse. With wide eyes and a tiny grin, she sees the world in a magical light, discovering minor miracles every day. A shy and reserved person whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming ..read more »
77%
from 63,000 members
Junebug
Big and yet somehow quietly compelling.
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Junebug
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Amy Adams, Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola
Director: Phil Morrison
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A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina. Madeline is a go-getting art gallery owner from Chicago, recently married to George, a near-perfect Southern beau. When Madeline needs to close a deal with a reclusive North Carolina artist, George ..read more »
60%
from 8,876 members
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