# Please recommend some movies for my wife. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046 "2007-04-21T07:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/21 "2007-04-21T18:43:56Z")
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - what a borefest ! Girl From Mars -thanks. Some good suggestions there. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/22 "2007-04-21T18:46:51Z")
Kill Bill Vol 1. fits the bill(No pun intended) Kill Bill Vol 2. might be hard for her to watch, they just don’t ever shut up in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/23 "2007-04-21T18:55:05Z")
The Princess Bride maybe? What about Robin Hood, Men In Tights? Would she like Wallace and Grommit’s Curse of the Were Rabbit? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/24 "2007-04-21T18:58:54Z")
_WarGames_ – a little dated, but drama, suspense,and a little smooching. Plus saving the whole damn world. 🙂 _Demolition Man_ – totally underrated saturday afternoon flick starring Sylvester Stallone & Sandra Bullock. Lots of fish-out-of-water comedy, action, and romance. _Shaun of the Dead_ – zombie movie with romance or romantic comedy with zombies? You make the call. _Independence Day_ – Cheesy but fun and Will Smith really brings it home in this one. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/25 "2007-04-21T19:02:44Z")
What about the classic [A Room With A View](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091867/)? ETA: Or [Sarah, Plain and Tall](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102842/)? ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/26 "2007-04-22T04:48:15Z")
Willow Legend Blazing Saddles ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/27 "2007-04-22T10:52:04Z")
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**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/28 "2007-04-22T10:54:22Z")
[QUOTE=blinkingblinking] Seen it twice. [/QUOTE] of course! ok, some less obvious suggestions then… \*\* Ruthless People Outrageous Fortune\*\* (if she likes the above)\*\* Back to the Future The Fifth Element The Fugitive Men in Black Bend it like Beckham True Lies\*\* (and others of that ilk) ---
**Author:** ![Devorzhum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Devorzhum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Devorzhum)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/29 "2007-04-22T15:57:51Z")
Here are some that have been left out up to now: Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels Snatch Bandits Tank Girl Get Shorty True Romance And of course: Pulp Fiction ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/30 "2007-04-22T17:31:25Z")
Physical comedies like _Mr Bean_ or _Rat Race_ or _The Pink Panther_ or _Kung Fu Hustle_ work well across language divides. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/31 "2007-04-22T18:15:01Z")
Maybe Dragonheart? What about The Dark Crystal? How about Cannonball Run, have you tried that? I rather liked The Brothers Grimm, but I don’t know if she would. Maybe Hook, or Jumanji? ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/32 "2007-04-22T18:22:01Z")
Every Which Way But Loose Any Which Way You Can Clint Eastwood is a badass bareknuckler with an ourang-outang as a sidekick. You can’t miss. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/33 "2007-04-22T18:22:17Z")
Mr Bean would be excellent, because there’s very little language involved. Some old Benny Hill, too for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/34 "2007-04-22T18:49:52Z")
Showdown in Little Tokyo - Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee play mismatched cops taking down a drug ring. There’s a little romance for Dolph. Rapid Fire - Brandon Lee and Powers Booth play the witness to a murder and the cop assigned to the case, respectively, and Brandon gets a little romance. Moulin Rouge! - from the director of Strictly Ballroom. Not much action but plenty of music, comedy and romance. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/35 "2007-04-22T23:00:45Z")
How about **Ladyhawke**? There was quite a bit of romance and action in that movie. Some comedy with Matthew Broderick. I hope she likes this one. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/36 "2007-04-22T23:52:29Z")
_Ocean’s 11_ and _Ocean’s 12_ were awesome. Don’t recall if they had romance (I think?) In that same vein, _The Italian Job_. Very good action. (I am speaking of the recent remakes of these films. I cannot speak for the originals but I’m sure they were very good.) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/37 "2007-04-23T03:17:35Z")
How about “Ever After”? It’s a little light on the action, but it’s a fun romantic comedy based on Cinderella. There’s a swashbuckle air to it. One of my favorites. If you can find it, [The Tenth Kingdom](http://imdb.com/title/tt0207275/) is an excellent mini-series. It’s something like 10 hours long, so it will take a while to get through. Here’s the plot synopsis from IMDB: > [@](#): > > Two centuries after Snow White and Cinderella had their adventures, the Nine Kingdoms ready themselves for the coronation of Prince Wendel, Snow White’s grandson, to the throne of the Fourth Kingdom. But an evil once-queen has freed herself from prison, and turns the prince into a golden retriever. Wendel, by means of a magic mirror, escapes into a hitherto-unknown Tenth Kingdom (modern day New York City) and meets Virginia and her father Tony. Pursued by trolls, cops, and a wolf in man’s form, the three blunder back into the Nine Kingdoms and begin their adventures to restore Wendel to his human form and throne, and find the magic mirror that will take Tony and Virginia back home, all the while unknowing that Virginia already has a connection to the Nine Kingdoms that may prove deadly before we reach Happily Ever After. Very light, an unexpected romance, lots of puns, lots of drama. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/38 "2007-04-23T04:03:44Z")
What about the Pixar movies? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/39 "2007-04-23T04:32:02Z")
_Sin City_ might be good. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046/40 "2007-04-23T15:52:10Z")
How about Ace Ventura: Pet Detective? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-some-movies-for-my-wife/401046.md?page=3)