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charmedguy18

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« on: February 14, 2009, 05:08:39 pm »
I want some movie titles to download tonight to watch tomorrow so any suggestions?
Here's the list of movies I've liked a lot in the past to give you an idea, but I will say that I do love foreign films (ones that aren't pointless, which many are), "deep" films (ones that just stir up your emotions), psychological thrillers, non-stupid-non-overly-violent horror movies. Scary movies are my absolute favorite. But I can't stand a stupid scary movie (examples: Saw, Hostel, The Unborn). If the premise and story lines are compelling then I'd probably like it. I also love gay love stories haha. (Brokeback wasn't THAT great compared to a little-known movie called The Bubble, but they both were just phenomenal)... Yeah. I just like really really good movies. A violent, yet compelling horror I DID like, for example, was The Hills Have Eyes (the sequel was mediocre, but really badly done), though it's not like one of my favorites of all time.

Here's my fav movie list (Look up some if you don't know them. Trust me, I know good movies. I will bold my all-time favorites.

    Children of Men
    Brokeback Mountain
    The Abandoned
    The Forgotten
    When a Stranger Calls
    Juno
    Mighty Heart
    Requiem For a Dream
    The Last Kiss
    50 Pills
The Craft
    A Home At the End of the World
    Pulse
    Transformers
    1408
    A Tale of Two Sisters
    Pan's Labrynth
    Cecil B. Demented
    Freedom Writers
    Harry Potter
    The Omen
    À l'intérieur (Inside)
    The Girl Next Door
    The Happening
    The Strangers
    The Bubble
    Dorothy Mills
    Blindness
    Aparecidos (The Appeared)
    2:27

I'm sure there are others. But I probably just didn't list them all.
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2009, 07:02:12 pm »
I like a lot of those same movies. You might want to check out these:
Memento
11:14
Pi (by the same guy that did Requiem for a Dream)
Pan's Labrynth (foreign film w/ subtitles)
Fight Club
The Wrestler
American Psycho
Sin City

Those are just the ones that I can think of off the top of my head.
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« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2009, 07:35:04 pm »
here is a couple

Return to Oz
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200 Ciggarettes
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2009, 03:26:32 pm »
Some movies I like:

 Into the Wild
 Marley & Me
 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (both movies)
 10 Things I Hate About You
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2009, 10:25:29 am »
gotta second the rec for pi and fight club. also really love eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and stranger than fiction. and million dollar baby made me bawl like... well. a baby. also, in the vein of gay love stories... shelter is really sweet.
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« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2009, 02:32:21 pm »
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gotta second the rec for pi and fight club. also really love eternal sunshine of the spotless mind


I forgot to mention Eternal Sunshine! I love that movie!
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« Reply #6 on: February 19, 2009, 05:23:15 am »
I rather like Mirrormask and the 1999 made-for-tv-movie of Alice in Wonderland starring Tina Majorino. Such an awesome movie. I agree with anyone who says Stranger Than Fiction is good. It is.

Um..oh, and Igby Goes Down. I'm just glancing through my DVD collection and I realise that I own a lot of movies that I like, but do not really love. Also I have a lot of television shows. :S

EDIT: ack! I just read Ms.Arwen's first post on this thread: YES Pan's Labyrinth is SUCH AN AWESOME MOVIE how could I forget it. Seriously, y'all should watch it.
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« Reply #7 on: February 19, 2009, 07:11:19 pm »
Memento was the first one I thought of, too. If you haven't seen it you will love it. It is such a great movie.

Umm...

Hard Candy (psychological thriller / sort of horror / REALLY well acted -- the girl from Juno when she was a few years younger, awesome performances)

Once (Really good, moving and not at all cliche love/friendship story set to some also really good irish folk/indie music)

In the Valley of Elah (Just saw this come on HBO. Slow at first but really good acting from Tommy Lee Jones & Charlize Theron. Addicting, definitely worth watching... sort of a mystery / suspense / drama with a military backdrop)

Hansel & Gretel (Can be found under foreign *korean* films on watch-movies.net. A really neat, surreal horror/suspense type movie. Not gorey or dumb. Wacky at times, the end is really worth watching. Some VERY good child actors and a really inventive story. Subtitled but very good quality)

El Crimen Del Padre Amaro (A drama about a spanish priest who commits some... er, hefty sins. The young priest is Gael Garcia Bernal. I first saw this in my college spanish class. WOW what a good movie. Def recommended. Also subtitles)

El Orfanato / The Orphanage (A really cool little ghost story sort of reminiscent of The Others. It is also a Guillermo del Toro film (aka Pan's Labrynth). Very fun to watch)

The Devil's Backbone (Another really good Guillermo del Toro film. One of his earlier movies. Both of these are subtitled. Both ghost stories. Fun stuff.
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« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2009, 08:58:51 am »
oooo, thought i was the only one who knew of the gem that is 11:14!  amazing film.   other greats are:

wendy & lucy
high tension
shooting levien
changeling
the air i breathe
dandelion
white oleander
notes on a scandel
the net
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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2009, 11:01:23 am »
The Pianist - about a Jew in the holocaust. Subtitled (the best films always are!). So sad.

Amelié - again subtitled, about a French girl fascinated with love.
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« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2009, 07:54:47 pm »
You guys are fabulous!
I am going to download a number of these movies for sure!
I saw a movie called La Habitación de Fermat or Fermat's Room recently, and it is EXCELLENT. I recently have realized that IFC films are usually pretty good!
Not all of them, but every one that I've seen except one have been absolutely phenomenal.
2:27 is probably my favorite movie and no one has ever heard of it. Highly recommended.
If you have Time Warner Cable, then I'd recommend looking at their IFC films. The ones I've listed (except the one I JUST mentioned) should still be in the selection that they have.
I love that I started this thread.
Keep posting great movies you guys!
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2009, 03:13:24 am »
Try these

Perfume:The Story of a Murderer
The Prestige

The latter one got me thinking ALOT.
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2009, 07:20:01 am »
word. i'm glad you started this thread, too. i now have a ton of movies to watch.
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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2009, 10:13:22 am »
Good one Joey, I completely forgot about The Prestige! Another awesome Christian Bale movie.

Nutnlp: 11:14 is really like a hidden gem! So many great actors in it too.
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« Reply #14 on: February 22, 2009, 08:34:06 am »
Oh yeah, I've seen Perfume. Really strange film. I'd watch it just because it's interesting, but it's pretty disturbing and I'm not sure I loved the end.
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