# Pick My Next DVD! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 5, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600 "2001-01-05T18:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/21 "2001-01-05T23:49:10Z")
Romper Stomper SIlence of the Lambs - Criterion collection The Big Hit ---
**Author:** ![Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/22 "2001-01-06T00:05:48Z")
American Beauty Goodfellas The Nightmare Before Christmas ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/23 "2001-01-06T00:23:28Z")
\*\*American Beauty Gladiator Saving Private Ryan\*\* Oooh! I’m getting Fight Club tonight! It was a x-mas present that came on VHS (until psycat found out she( ha! She? ;)) got a DVD player for x-mas… I think I’ll get her an arc-welder next year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/24 "2001-01-06T01:55:03Z")
Good lord! I’m gonna need a computer to figure out which one of these gets recommended the most! Oh, wait a minute. I have one. Keep 'em coming, folks. Your suggestions are great. ---
**Author:** ![aviddiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aviddiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aviddiva)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/25 "2001-01-06T03:00:21Z")
Oh, **BurnMeUp** , yes. _good_ choice, _Romper Stomper_. re _The Dark Crystal_: fabulous muppets, some really spectacular designs and manipulations, but don’t you just want to drive an ice pick into those insufferable, cutsy gelflings? ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vampire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Space\_Vampire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vampire)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/26 "2001-01-06T06:25:04Z")
What criteria are we going by, films or extras? Personally, while extras are nice and all, I find that I don’t REALLY care that much about hearing directors kiss actors’ asses or seeing how some special effect was achieved. By content and your taste alone, I recommend The Killing. I, like many of my generation, tend to be reluctant to watch older movies, but The Killing holds up. And if you like thrillers, every recent one from slowly-gaining-deserved-recognition producer/director Johnny To is solid-to-great. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/27 "2001-01-06T06:48:39Z")
Hunt for the Red October Clear and Present Danger Patriot Games Mikhails Navy (If they have it on DVD, I don’t know) The Princess Bride Alien and Aliens (Forget any other ones) Oh, and see if they have History of the World Part I (There’s only one part). ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/28 "2001-01-06T06:53:27Z")
Well, I was gonna suggest **The Manchurian Candidate** , but I see you’ve already got it. So I’ll give the 4th vote for **Brazil** and the 3rd for **American Movie**. I don’t know if it’s on DVD - but **Out of the Past** was a great noir film. Also try **I Married a Strange Person** , a feature-length animated film by Bill Plympton, or, if you’re into dark indie stuff, **Happiness** , one of the more interesting films of '99. ---
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600/29 "2001-01-06T06:58:55Z")
Right on, **Space Vampire** , I got _The Killing_ on videotape. It is one of my truest favorites. I need that one on DVD, sooner or later. But I’m taking anything. I’m digging on the suggestions so far; not a bad one in the lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-my-next-dvd/48600.md?page=1)