The Best Films, like, EVER (23 titles)
If you miss experiencing these, you miss experiencing film.
66.6% from 6 members
City Of God
Quite simply, the most stunning film made so far this Millenium
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City Of God
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Alexandre Rodrigues
Director: Katia Lund, Fernando Meirelles
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Two features. Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janiero during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s. Only a sucker wouldn't have turned to crime and this is exactly how naive teen Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) views himself in 'City Of God'. His attempts in ..read more »
78%
from 60,197 members
Bonnie And Clyde
Worth it for Faye Dunaway's wardrobe alone
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Bonnie And Clyde
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman
Director: Arthur Penn
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Based on the true-life exploits of the notorious depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, BONNIE AND CLYDE has become a part of popular American culture and is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream Hollywood. Bonnie is bored with life and wants a ..read more »
69%
from 8,220 members
The Lost Boys
Classic, classic, classic...
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The Lost Boys
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Corey Feldman, Jami Gertz, Corey Haim
Director: Joel Schumacher
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One of the better vampire films about two new-in-town brothers who discover a local gang of motorcycle youths are more undead than alive. Younger brother Sam works hard to eradicate the ghoulies but his older brother falls in love with the bunch's lone female - and is gradually becoming a vampire ..read more »
74%
from 17,016 members
Amores Perros
Pure multi-story-arc brilliance
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Amores Perros
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Emilio Echeverria, Goya Toledo, Alvaro Guerrero
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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Beginning with a kinetic, bone-crushing car accident, Amores Perros imaginatively interweaves the stories of its three victims: Octavio a young man who has fallen in love with his violent brother's wife; Valeria, a beautiful Mexican model for whom physical appearance is everything; and El Chivo, a ..read more »
73%
from 27,684 members
Magnolia
I defy you not to watch this and immediately go and buy a lot of Aimee Mann (And watch every film Philip Seymour Hoffman ever made)
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Magnolia
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
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In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know
66%
from 20,799 members
Some Like It Hot
I like it hot
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Some Like It Hot
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis
Director: Billy Wilder
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When Chicago musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) accidentally witness a gangland shooting they quickly board a southband train to Florida, disguised as Josephine and Daphne, the two newest homeliest members of an all-girl jazz band. Their cover is perfect...until a lovelorn singer (..read more »
76%
from 26,659 members
Donnie Darko
100 viewings and I still don't get it.
Hoorah.
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Donnie Darko
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle
Director: Richard Kelly
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Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)...read more »
71%
from 60,666 members
The Philadelphia Story
Where "chemistry" was created
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The Philadelphia Story
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Cary Grant, James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn
Director: George Cukor
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When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
76%
from 4,593 members
Amelie
Every good girl deserves Amelie
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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 63,035 members
Fight Club
Worth it for BP's torso alone (but also bloody, bloody brilliant)
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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 73,792 members
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