Recommended Movies
This is a list of movies I currently have on DVD and which I have enjoyed, for various reasons. There are probably a LOT of excellent films I haven’t listed here; I will fill out the list over time to include those movies I may have forgotten.
I enjoy a “smart” movie, but I also enjoy good action, humor, and CGI. I can enjoy a critically acclaimed film, but sometimes I just want to relax and take my brain off the hook for a while. There’s a little bit of everything on my list.
2001: A Space Odyssey (bizarre, classic scifi)
A Clockwork Orange (bizarre, classic scifi)
Almost Famous :::
Apocalypse Now ::: (read Heart of Darkness first)
Being John Malkovich ::: Bizarre
Blade Runner :::
Donnie Darko :::
Dances With Wolves ::: (good stuff)
Dr. Strangelove ::: (hilariserious)
Dead Poet’s Society ::: (inspirational, literature)
Equilibrium ::: (action)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind :::
Falling Down ::: (awesome performance by Michael Douglas)
Fifth Element ::: (effects, Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich)
Fight Club ::: (smart, funny, weird)
The Fog ::: (awesome horror film)
Grosse Point Blank (I would marry John Cusack if I was gay)
Gattaca ::: (Ethan Hawke CAN be good!)
High Fidelity ::: (John Cusack, Jack Black)
Highlander ::: (just this side of cheesy)
Labyrinth ::: (David Bowie as the Goblin King… good stuff)
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels :::
Logan’s Run (classic scifi)
Lord of the Rings ::: trilogy (surprisingly faithful)
Office Space ::: (hilarious)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest :::
Primer ::: Technobabble, weird, speculative fiction
Reservoir Dogs ::: (hilarious, bizarre… Tarantino)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead ::: (hilarious; make sure you know something about Shakespeare and theater before watching, otherwise you’ll be bored)
Snatch :::
Star Wars trilogy ::: (A New Hope is best; Empire is not bad, Return of the Jedi is just okay)
Taxi Driver :::
The Thing ::: (hilarihorror)
Tombstone ::: (Val Kilmer rocks in this)
Trainspotting :::
The Wall ::: (Pink Floyd) (an experience)