# Share Favorite Movies -- We'll Suggest Others **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852 "2004-03-28T03:21:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/21 "2004-03-30T04:17:52Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > _Doctor Zhivago > Amelie > Room with A View > Frida_ I’ve only seen two of these, but based on “Zhivago” and “Room with a View” (which is one of my favorite movies): BBC “Pride and Prejudice” and “Tom Jones” ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/22 "2004-03-30T04:17:03Z")
> [@Gadfly](#): > > The Big Lebowski > The Usual Suspects > Snatch > Fight Club > Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind > Lost in Translation > Fargo > Being John Malkovich > Eraserhead > Miller’s Crossing > Pulp Fiction > Memento Like Pulp Fiction and Fight Club? I highly reccomend The Boondock Saints. It’s one of my favorite movies, and is often quoted by people that have seen it. Donnie Darko is one you should check out as well. Both movies go for about $10 at places that sell them. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/23 "2004-03-30T04:20:53Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > BBC “Pride and Prejudice” > “Tom Jones” Oh, and “Impromptu.” ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/24 "2004-03-30T04:26:23Z")
> [@JayElle](#): > > I’m with you **Zoe** on _Amelie_. > > Also, > > _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ > _Monty Python’s The Holy Grail_ > _My Fair Lady_ Oh, dear. I’ve never seen “Amelie,” so I’m ignoring that one. I’ll suggest (I think I saw it elsewhere in the thread) “Charade.” Also, for some reason, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/25 "2004-03-30T04:36:33Z")
For those who like fun movies: _Shag_ is a good movie. It’s about dancing…not “shagging” Austin Powers style. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/26 "2004-03-30T04:44:49Z")
Actualy **GadFly** we seem to like the same movies, so I’ll suggest one more: From Dusk Till Dawn. Awesome movie. First half is somewhat of a crime spree flick, whereas the second half is a vampire hack and slash movie. It’s an action packed movie that doesn’t take itself the least bit serious. Might as well submit my own list 🙂 [ul] [li]From dusk till Dawn[/li][li]Desperado[/li][li]Once upon a time in Mexico[/li][li]Donnie Darko[/li][li]Monty Python and the Holy grail[/li][li]O Brother where Art Thou[/li][li]LOTR[/li][li]The Man With no Name Trilogy[/li][li]Braveheart[/li][li]Fight Club[/li][li]Amelie[/li][li]The Big Lebowski[/li][li]Forrest Gump[/li][/ul] And that’s all I can think of…I’m sure I’m forgetting quite a few. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/27 "2004-03-30T04:50:33Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Oh, dear. > > I’ve never seen “Amelie,” so I’m ignoring that one. > > I’ll suggest (I think I saw it elsewhere in the thread) “Charade.” Also, for some reason, “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” Why are you ignoring Amelie? It’s a great movie! Go see it! ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/28 "2004-03-30T05:04:53Z")
**Lissener** and **Zoe** , how about [Camille Claudel](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094828/)? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/29 "2004-03-30T15:05:50Z")
> [@JoeSki](#): > > Why are you ignoring Amelie? Because I can’t use a movie I’ve never seen as evidence of a poster’s taste. ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/30 "2004-03-30T15:14:45Z")
> [@](#): > > The LOTR series (it’s really one movie, so…) – And it is one of a kind – Or should I say “three of a kind”? I don’t think there’s ever been anything nearly like it as carefully done on such a grand scale – and with such meaning. (And I’m not even a fan!) Willow. Pretty much the same, but without the cash and New-Zealanders. **Eraserhead**. I agree, Gadfly, It’s a masterpiece. I don’t think there is anything that would compare with it. Maybe Blue Velvet but that’s obvious and I assume you’ve seen it. Check out Bergmann’s “Hour of the Wolf” if you haven’t yet. Anyone have any suggestions for a man whol liked “Society”? The one with Billy Warlock? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/31 "2004-03-30T17:25:00Z")
[ul] [li]_Rain Man_[/li][li]_Back to the Future_ (I’m counting the entire trilogy as one)[/li][li]_Lethal Weapon_[/li][li]_Planes, Trains and Automobiles_[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/32 "2004-03-30T17:43:59Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > There is also a fairly recent version of _Rebecca_ that was on PBS that you might like. I think it compares favorably with the original movie. It’s on DVD. I was not aware of this, very exciting. I own the DVD of the original, so will have to check this out. What a great thread! > [@Zoe](#): > > If you have never seen _One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest_, I think that it relates in some ways to both of these films. > > (My grandmother was a victim of encephalitis and was in a coma. I’m not certain how long. She died in the 1930’s. A day or so before she died, she sat up in bed and sang a hymn. So _Awakenings_ is also of particular interest to me.) Love both the film and the book. I also enjoyed _A Beautiful Mind_ for similar reasons. Thank you for all the suggestions. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/33 "2004-03-30T19:11:49Z")
I wanna play! Can I play even if I’m not a big movie freak? OK, here’s four that I willingly watched more than twice and watching a movie more than twice is a very rare thing for me. Walk on the Wild Side (1962?) Hits pretty close to some of my personal experiences. This Property is Condemned(1966?) A young Robert Redford and Natalie Wood sizzle in the screen adaption of Tennessee Williams’s play. Little Big Man(Loved the preacher’s wife scene) Patton (Give 'em hell George!) Please list some that I’ve missed and might want to see. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/34 "2004-03-30T19:35:56Z")
OK, some movies that I have always enjoyed (and watched many a time): **Goin’ Down the Road** (1970) Best Canadian movie. Ever. Captures a slice of rural Cape Breton life in the 60s now gone. Parodied by _SCTV_. **The Hill** (1965) Taut WW2 psychological drama set in a North Africa military prison. Sean Connery & Ossie Davis. **Passport to Pimlico** (1949) Great Ealing comedy with the immortal Stanley Holloway. Tiny east London borough declares itself part of France, ends rationing and repeals irksome postwar British laws. **The Horse’s Mouth** (1958) One of Alec Guiness’ finest roles: the vulgar, misanthropic artist Gulley Jimson, in Ronald Neame’s perfect adaptation of Joyce Carey’s acidic novel. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/35 "2004-03-30T19:49:57Z")
Some of my suggestions: For _Dr. Zhivago_ lovers: [Nicholas & Alexandra](http://imdb.com/title/tt0067483/), a strangely yet often overlooked epic from 1971, and of course any of the other masterpieces that featured collaborations by David Lean & Alec Guinness (_Lawrence of Arabia_, _Bridge On the River Kwai_). If you like _Little Man Tate_ see _About a Boy_, which is also about a bright but out-of-place/out-of-sync-with-his-weird-single-mother boy and his adult friendship (and just a really good movie in general). If you like Merchant-Ivory (_Howard’s End, Room With a View_) check out their film _Jefferson in Paris_. It’s one of their least viewed and least critically acclaimed films but to me it may be their best. While Sally Hemings is a major character in the movie, it is mainly about Jefferson’s affair with the artist Maria Cosway and it’s set in the very-soon-to-fall gilded court of Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette. An artistic touch that I love in the film which may be a spoiler [albeit a mild one] I’ll encapsule below. You never quite know when… or even if… Sally’s sexual relationship with Jefferson begins- there are several moments twixt Thandie Newton and Nick Nolte that _could_ be the moment they first have sex or may not (though certainly it is the implication at the end of the movie that they did, for otherwise Sally’s pregnancy is unexplained.) Four of my faves: _The Lion in Winter_ _1776_ _The Godfather_ _Jesus of Montreal_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/36 "2004-03-30T20:00:22Z")
Little Big Man- That’s also one of my favorites. I think everybody has seen _Dances With Wolves_ by now, but while it lacks the humor of LBM it’s another movie that shows the Plains Indians as something other than Dr. Quinn stereotypes. You may be interested in [Harry & Tonto](http://imdb.com/title/tt0071598/), a road-trip movie about a displaced old man and his cat- Art Carney won an Oscar for playing Harry and Chief Dan George (Grandfather in Little Big Man) has a wonderful but brief supporting role as a modern day medicine man. You also may like [Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson](http://imdb.com/title/tt0074254/) and [The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean](http://imdb.com/title/tt0068853/), both starring Paul Newman in the title role. The first is a Robert Altman film that has some of his cliched weirdness but in doses that are palatable, while the second is a John Huston film that has a lot of the Old-West humor of Little Big Man. (It’s also the movie that allowed 40 year old Tony Perkins to finally lose his virginity when he was deflowered by Victoria Principal, which may explain why he had all those gay affairs later.) BTW, in case you’re not aware, the book _Little Big Man_ [which is a lot different from the movie, but equally wonderful] has a sequel, _Return of Little Big Man_, that is just as good. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/37 "2004-03-30T20:03:40Z")
**Lion in Winter** Peter O’Toole, Katherine Hepburn as King Henry II and Elinor of Aquitaine fight over which one of their two ( of three) sons will inheirit the crown. There are two sons too many and it is a twist of lies and deceit. A masterpeice in every sense. (Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Daly in one of their respective first film roles.) \*\*Radio Days \*\* A Woody Allen movie that waxes nostalgic about old radio programs in the 30’s and how they affected peoples lives. Allen only narrates. I love this little gem, the music and the characters and the perfect casting. " Beware Evil Doers Everywhere!" Another recommendation for \*\*Shag \*\*. Cute little film. " He’s a sweet potatah." \*\*Young Sherlock Holmes \*\*. Young Sherlock in prep school meeting up with Watson. The casting for these two is absolutely perfect, especially Holmes. The story line is pretty solid as well. It was a bit of a sleeper back in the early 80’s. Good all around high quality movie that I beleive was produced by Speilberg. \*\*Nate and Hayes \*\* A little unheard of pirate film that stars a yummy \*\*Tommy Lee Jones \*\*. Great fun, silly over-the-top- plot-in-the-same-vein-as-Indiana Jones-but-just-misses…but-not-by-much…but loads of fun to watch. Did I mention how yummy Tommy Lee Jones is in this flick? And the bad guy ( Max Pease) is one of my all time favorite bad guys evar!) I’ll shut up now. _His Girl Friday \*\* Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell. One of the top comedies of all time. When Newpaper Publisher Grant and his ex wife/journalist Russell start the verbal sparring, it is a joy, a pure joy_ to watch. I adore this movie. Simply adore it. Most of Gadfly’s list is spot on. Haven’t seen a few, but I am working on it. Between _" Shut the F_ck up, donnie \* \* That rug really pulled the room together. \* and \* “A what?” " A Dahg."\* some great one liners in Lebowski and Snatch are two top recent favs. Who could not love Benicio Del Torro and Brad Pitt in the same flick. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/38 "2004-03-30T20:15:54Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Lion in Winter** Peter O’Toole, Katherine Hepburn as King Henry II and Elinor of Aquitaine fight over which one of their two ( of three) sons will inheirit the crown. There are two sons too many and it is a twist of lies and deceit. A masterpeice in every sense. (Anthony Hopkins and Timothy Daly in one of their respective first film roles.) There is a new version starring Patrick Stewart & Glenn Close about to be shown on SHOWTIME. [cast](http://imdb.com/title/tt0319754/) The fact that it was set to be shown several months ago but remained on the shelf doesn’t speak well of it. The playwright James Goldman also wrote the screenplay to [Robin & Marian](http://imdb.com/title/tt0075147/), a tale of Robin Hood in Middle Ages middle-age starring Sean Connery & Audrey Hepburn. He also wrote a novel, _Myself as Witness_, about King John’s last years (Henry & Eleanor are both dead when its story opens). Peter O’Toole portrayed Henry II in [Becket](http://imdb.com/title/tt0057877/) as well, though a very different interpretation due to the different playwright. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/39 "2004-03-30T23:58:12Z")
**Lisa-Go-Blind** - Should I just assume you’ve seen all the Wes Anderson movies so far and I don’t need to recommend them to you? If you haven’t seen them all, go do it now. Start with **Rushmore**. I’d also recommend **El Mariachi** , **Adaptation** , **Waiting for Guffman** , and **Living in Oblivion**. There’s also **Where the Buffalo Roam** , another Hunter S. Thompson adaptation, with Bill Murray. I haven’t seen it, but **Alias** and **Harborwolf** have recommended it highly. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852/40 "2004-03-31T00:54:08Z")
I’ll play. See if you can figure me out. Some favorites on the shelf: \* A Life Less Ordinary Chocolat Groundhog Day My Fair Lady Panic Room Under The Tuscan Sun Weekend At Bernie’s\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-favorite-movies-well-suggest-others/236852.md?page=3)