Films For Film Buffs (37 titles)
If you are a film buff / addict / enthusiast then I expect you have seen many of these. For everyone else - those who want more substance to their movies than the usual blockbuster crap that's rolled out - check out my list!
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Dead Man's Shoes
I came accross this by accident when I had seen pretty much most of the films in my local Film Shop - I thought it was going to be a Slasher movie - how wrong I was!
Amazing, gritty, British and very, very dark. This film is definately one you should see before you die.
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Dead Man's Shoes
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell
Director: Shane Meadows
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Two brothers, Richard and Anthony, return to their hometown. Setting up camp in the hills overlooking the town, they reminisce over their past. But Richard has not returned for the memories, he's returned for revenge...
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from 34,071 members
OldBoy
If you haven't seen many foreign film because you can't be bothered to read subtitles, you're missing out on a massive amount of quality films. OldBoy is one of these - be prepared to see something that Hollywood does not provide!
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OldBoy
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Kang Hye-jeong
Director: Chan-wook Park, Chan-Wook Park
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A man is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and his wife is brutally murdered. On his release, he is given a wallet full of money and a mobile phone. A stranger calls and asks him to try and figure out why he was imprisoned. A girl appears and promises to help him solve the enigma ..read more »
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The Blair Witch Project
This maybe considered a "Marmite" film - but this is probably the ony film that had me actually scared. And I've seen most of the worthwhile horrers. This film is not about what you see, it's what you don't see and how your imagination fills in the blanks.
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The Blair Witch Project
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard
Director: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez
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Made for $30,000 by two young filmmakers from Florida, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT wowed festival audiences for several months before finding distribution at the 1999 Sundance Festival. It is an ingenious creation which makes effective use of its lack of budget and cast of unknowns. The film is ..read more »
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from 16,260 members
Pan's Labyrinth
I am hoping that Pan's Labyrinth will be one of the first of a new genre. Adult Fairy Tale's. Enchanting and dark, I would like to see some classic fairy tales redone in a similar style.
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Pan's Labyrinth
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu
Director: Guillermo del Toro
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Accompanied by her parents, Ofelia moves from a large Spanish city to a more rural area in the North of the country. Faced with the upheaval of moving home, an abusive stepfather and the general unpleasantness surrounding Franco's victory in 1944, Ofelia enters an imaginary world of creatures and ..read more »
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from 79,453 members
Rounders
A good movie about poker, underground gambling clubs and... yes... paying back debt.
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Rounders
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Matt Damon, Edward Norton, John Turturro
Director: John Dahl
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Damon is Mike McDermott, a law student who has given up his true talent (and love), gambling, when he loses all of his money to Teddy KGB (Malkovich in a hilarious role). Months later, when his friend Worm (Norton) gets out of jail and is on a strict deadline to repay a $15,000 debt to Teddy, he ..read more »
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from 5,104 members
Primer
Wow. This isn't a movie to sit back and switch off with. This is constant thinking and trying to decipher what is going on, what has gone and what the hell they are going to do next. You may have to watch 2 or 3 times and still look on the net to have an idea.
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Primer
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden
Director: Shane Carruth
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Primer is set in the industrial park/suburban tract-home fringes of an unnamed contemporary city where two young engineers, Abe and Aaron, are members of a small group of men who work by day for a large corporation and conduct experiments on their own time in a garage. While tweaking their current ..read more »
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from 8,396 members
Stay
Strange film, keeps youo wondering until the end... and then after the end.
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Stay
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
Director: Marc Forster
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Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) is a young psychiatrist who is filling in for a colleague on leave. Among his new patients is Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), a young art student who hears voices and is seriously contemplating suicide. This resonates strongly with Sam, who rescued his painter girlfriend, ..read more »
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from 13,008 members
Apocalypse Now Redux
Amazing! If you haven't see it.... what's the weather like on the Moon?
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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 39,394 members
Fight Club
Brad's best film by far. This is an Uber cool movie with an awsome plot. If someone asked me what my favourite film was... I'd probably say this one.
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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 73,924 members
Feed
Disturbing. Very good, but very disturbing. This stuff actually goes on. Watch the film then search for it on the net!!
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Feed
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jack Thompson, Gabby Millgate, Alex O'Lachlan
Director: Brett Leonard
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Provocative, shocking and utterly compelling, FEED is a daring, stylish and totally uncompromising psychological thriller that employs the conventions of the serial killer genre to tackle the controversial world of internet voyeurism. Laced with a deep vein of dark humour and a brilliantly ironic ..read more »
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