My Five Star Movies (23 titles)
Just the films I can watch endlessly and cant fault in any way!
66% from 5 members
Donnie Darko
The ultimate loner kids movie, clever to the point it needs a few viewings to get your head around it, and its got the BEST soundtrack too.
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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 60,772 members
Last Life In The Universe
Quirky, dark and funny, its the like Lost in Translation but less obvious and more dreamy.
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Last Life In The Universe
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Laila Boonyasak
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
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Shy Kenji is a Japanese librarian in Bangkok who lives within a neatly organized world and fantasizes about committing suicide, but gets interrupted every time he attempts to end his life. While at work, he becomes obsessed with a beautiful girl he spots through the bookshelves. Later, while ..read more »
66%
from 1,712 member
High Fidelity
Its a movie about lists of favourites on a list of favourites...and again, killer soundtrack. Plus John Cusack is perfect.
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High Fidelity
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet
Director: Stephen Frears
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Transplanted from England to the not-so-mean streets of Chicago, the screen adaptation of Nick Hornby's cult-classic novel High Fidelity emerges unscathed from its Americanisation, idiosyncrasies intact, thanks to John Cusack's inimitable charm and a nimble, nifty screenplay (co-written by Cusack). ..read more »
69%
from 17,846 members
Marie-Antoinette
A real love it or hate it movie. Ideal for fans of Sophia Coppola or Kirsten Dunst, or those willing to submerge themselves in pastel colours and excellent music.
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Marie-Antoinette
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn
Director: Sofia Coppola
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Oscar winner Sofia Coppola brings to life a fresh interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage Queen MARIE ANTOINETTE. Kirsten Dunst plays the naive and beautiful Marie Antoinette, who is betrothed to King Louis XVI at the tender age of 14, entering an opulent French court which is ..read more »
57%
from 17,193 members
Saved
A movie with lots of conflicting things to say about religion and teen pregnancy, that does it without rubbing too much moral propaganda in your face.
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Saved
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin
Director: Brian Dannelly
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Good girl Mary (Jena Malone) and her domineering best friend Hilary (Mandy Moore) are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. Until Mary’s boyfriend says he thinks he might be gay. And she’s convinced she needs to do everything to help ..read more »
55%
from 8,235 members
The Royal Tenenbaums
Touching and off-beat, with an excellent cast, and typical Wes Anderson style of humour.
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The Royal Tenenbaums
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Gene Hackman, Ben Stiller
Director: Wes Anderson
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In their youth, the Tenenbaums--an eccentric New York family--were extraordinary. They were all geniuses. Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) was a successful litigator. His wife Etheline (Angelica Huston) raised their children to be ambitious, entrepreneurial, and creative--then published an acclaimed ..read more »
65%
from 22,086 members
The Craft
A film which manages to tackle magic and the occult without going all Bewitched and teenage angst without going all Dawsons Creek. Brillant.
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The Craft
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney, Neve Campbell
Director: Andrew Fleming
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Four teenage girls, outsiders in their clique-ridden religious school, find an outlet for their pent-up hostilities when they form a supernatural coven. Armed with the power of "the craft," these novice witches gleefully take vengeance on their enemies, but ultimately their indiscriminate use of ..read more »
65%
from 7,020 members
Dogma
Kevin Smith cleverly takes on Christianity with some of his regulars. A must-see for Jay and Silent Bob fans.
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Dogma
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino
Director: Kevin Smith
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Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
72%
from 18,643 members
Juno
Some call it contrived and over-hyped, I call it unlikely but sweet.
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Juno
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner
Director: Jason Reitman
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The word 'quirky' has become the quick and easy way to describe films such as 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Lars and the Real Girl' that straddle the lines between indie and studio films and comedy and drama. While 'Juno' fits into that same category, this distinctive dramedy is in a class all its ..read more »
75%
from 79,335 members
The Notorious Bettie Page
Surprisingly sweet film due to the performance from Gretchen Mol, despite its once raunchy subject matter.
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The Notorious Bettie Page
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Gretchen Mol, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris
Director: Mary Harron
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From Mary Harron (I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, AMERICAN PSYCHO) comes THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE, a provocative exploration of sexuality, religion and pop culture as she takes us into the 1950s and the fascinating world of famous pin-up girl, Bettie Page. In an incandescent performance, GRETCHEN MOL ..read more »
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from 6,425 members
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