# Need movie recomendations please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139 "2009-12-13T20:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/1 "2009-12-13T20:49:30Z")
My BF and I watch a lot of movies and have ran through most of the popular movies and are now trolling netflix for new things to watch. However our stabs in the dark have turned up some real stinkers. I’m hoping you guys can help us with some recomendations. We like drama, movies with meaning. No hard core violence please. Quirky is good, not need be domestic either. I know this doesn’t narrow it down much. I guess I’m asking for suggestions of good movies I might not have heard of. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/2 "2009-12-13T20:57:53Z")
At home, not the theater? Because there are several excellent films playing in theaters now. At home though, Tarsem Singh’s **The Fall**. You will never have seen anything like it. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/3 "2009-12-13T21:26:43Z")
I’ll look through my Netflix ratings and pick out some I liked that might fit. [12 Angry Men](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/) [Amelie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211915/) [The Best Years of Our Lives](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036868/) [The Commitments](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101605/) [The Constant Gardener](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387131/) [The Elephant Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080678/) [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/) [The Ice Storm](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119349/) [Local Hero](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085859/) [Lost in Translation](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335266/) [Rashomon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/) [Doubt](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918927/) [Frost/Nixon](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870111/) [Good Night, and Good Luck](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433383/) [The Queen](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436697/) [The Razor’s Edge](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087980/) Those are all movies I liked a lot with a lot of drama and little to no violence, to the best of my memory. ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/4 "2009-12-13T23:14:07Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > My BF and I watch a lot of movies and have ran through most of the popular movies and are now trolling netflix for new things to watch. However our stabs in the dark have turned up some real stinkers. I’m hoping you guys can help us with some recomendations. > > We like drama, movies with meaning. No hard core violence please. Quirky is good, not need be domestic either. I know this doesn’t narrow it down much. I guess I’m asking for suggestions of good movies I might not have heard of. Thanks. Millions Dirty Pretty Things The Savages Let the Right One In The Station Agent Out of Sight Seems Like Old Times Midnight Run Blood Simple Big Night The Sweet Hereafter Forces of Nature One False Move Smile Papillon Withnail & I Day for Night Rififi Wages of Fear Sorcerer A Matter of Life and Death (Stairway to Heaven) All of these are worth watching but I don’t want to recommend something you’d absolutely hate so: Let the Right One In might have a little too much blood for you. Smile and Seems Like Old Times are more comedy than drama. Blood Simple and One False Move have some violence (though not in a horror sense). Riffi, Wages of Fear and Sorcerer (Sorcerer is essentially a remake of Wages of Fear) are quite bleak. Mdinight Run is more action than drama. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/5 "2009-12-13T23:38:00Z")
Wow, thanks. To clarify, a scene or two of violence is ok if it’s part of the story just not looking for Tarentino type stuff. Keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/6 "2009-12-14T01:51:08Z")
Best movie of the last year or two was: **In Bruges** It’s a comedy/drama and is brilliant on all levels. Please get it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/7 "2009-12-14T02:48:24Z")
_Memento_ is a great crime drama with a very interesting format. _Pride & Prejudice_ (the 2005 remake) is one of my favorite comedy/romances ever. Keira Knightley is incandescent and was nominated for an Oscar. _Breaker Morant_ is an excellent war movie/courtroom drama set during the Boer War. You’ll never forget it. _The Incredibles_ is the perfect superhero movie IMHO. Do you like older stuff? _Notorious_ (Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains and Cary Grant, 1946) is my favorite Hitchcock film. A great cast, a great screenplay, and atmosphere to burn. A wonderful melding of spy thriller and romance. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/8 "2009-12-14T03:01:20Z")
[“The Lucky Ones.”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0981072/) Engaging “road trip” story with nice blend of human interest, drama, character development, and a bit of humor. Features Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, and Michael Peña. An overlooked gem, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/9 "2009-12-14T18:15:51Z")
Millions Bend it Like Beckham Mrs. Robinson Presents Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Rock-n-Rolla Hot Fuzz Calendar Girls ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/10 "2009-12-15T02:15:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Best movie of the last year or two was: > > **In Bruges** > > It’s a comedy/drama and is brilliant on all levels. > > Please get it. Wow! I just rented this, thanks to your post. Absolutely wonderful! ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/11 "2009-12-15T02:18:07Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Wow! I just rented this, thanks to your post. Absolutely wonderful! We were astounded by how good this was- one of the best movies. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/12 "2009-12-15T03:35:44Z")
Amelie Y Tu Mamá También Eulogy Once Frailty I’ll also recommend a comedy, _Forgetting Sarah Marshall_, cause everyone needs a laugh every once in a while. A very funny comedy that flew under the radar. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > Best movie of the last year or two was: > > **In Bruges** > > It’s a comedy/drama and is brilliant on all levels. > > Please get it. 4th’ed. I watched this 3 times in a week when I first got it from Netflix. I recommend it to everyone I know, but their eyes always glaze over when they find out it’s a dark comedy staring Colin Farrell. Their loss. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-movie-recomendations-please/521139/13 "2009-12-15T04:11:37Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > [“The Lucky Ones.”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0981072/) Engaging “road trip” story with nice blend of human interest, drama, character development, and a bit of humor. Features Tim Robbins, Rachel McAdams, and Michael Peña. An overlooked gem, in my opinion. I saw thi in the theater and I agree. It only played for about a week and I was glad I saw it. 5th on the **In Bruge** recommendation! I saw it 4 or 5 times in the theater before it left. The first screening was a free sneak preview, but the aspect ratio was weird and wasn’t fixed during the movie. The director was there for a Q&A and he was very disappointed to hear that none of us had seen the movie the way he intended. It didn’t matter for me though, I liked the movie so much, bad aspect ratio and all, that I paid to see it several more times.