# What movie should I rent tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897 "2000-07-07T21:56:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/21 "2000-07-09T10:27:41Z")
Better late than never, I always say. There are 2 small market, artsy movies that I highly recommend. 1. ‘The Spanish Prisoner’ with Campbell Scott and Steve Martin. Great story about a con game. 2. ‘The Zero Effect’ with Bill Pullman and Ben Stiller. A wonderful private eye tale. Give 'em a try. ---
**Author:** ![Wanderlust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc29f/32.png) [@Wanderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wanderlust)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/22 "2000-07-09T15:26:46Z")
\*\*Play it again Sam" is the only one I like to see over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@Eggs\_a\_la\_Ted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eggs_a_la_Ted)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/23 "2000-07-09T16:33:28Z")
How about **Rosemary’s Baby**? If that doesn’t keep your pregnant wife awake, nothing will! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/24 "2000-07-09T17:28:20Z")
We both liked **Ronin** (rented it because of the ‘great car chases’ thread), **Midnight Run** , **Man with Two Brains** (‘Get that cat outaa here’) and **Clerks**. We saw **Spanish Prisoner** when it was in the theaters. Great flick. I’ll check out **Zero Effect** it looked depressing though. I’ll also check out **Better off Dead** , **Office Space** , **Payback** (we really liked the new one) and **Play it again Sam**. I think I’ll hold off on renting **Rosemary’s Baby**. =) ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/25 "2000-07-09T17:40:22Z")
Debbie Does Dallas Behind the Green Door lol 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/26 "2000-07-10T00:52:18Z")
Cheap, the ZERO EFFECT was an excellent flick, not depressing at all, but quite humorous and quirky. I have seen it several times and enjoy it each time I watch. Recently rented BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (words cannot describe how odd it was) THREE KINGS and THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR. All very enjoyable. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/27 "2000-07-10T02:15:11Z")
**Bringing in the Dead** (or something close to that). Nicholas Cage plays a burnt-out EMS guy. And a second for **Being John Malkovich**. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/28 "2000-07-10T03:14:33Z")
“The Matrix” - sure got MY attention!!! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/29 "2000-07-10T13:52:35Z")
Two of my favorite choices for “most neglected movie”, and two very engaging flicks, are: The Last of Sheila – my all-time favorite mystery. It’s sort of the illegitimate half-brother of Anthony Schaffer’s “Sleuth” (also recommended). The screenplay is by Stephen Sondheim (yes, the songwriter) and Anthony Perkins (yes, “Norman” from “Psycho”). It stars James Coburn, James Mason, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, and Raquel Welch, among others. It has mysteries within mysteries, and it gives you ALL the clues. And I guarantee that you won’t figure out the ending. Well worth it. Creator – Peter 'Toole, Virginian Madsen, Vincent Spano, and David Ogden Stiers in a science fiction film with absolutely no special effects. O’Toole plays a Nbel laureate who is trying to clone his wife, who died of a brain disease. Unique in that there is not a trace of horror in it. The writing is witty, and the university in it FEELS real. You get the sense of faculty infighting and grad-student insecurity that otherwise never shows up in films. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/30 "2000-07-10T16:26:28Z")
_The Serpent and the Rainbow_ is a very cool movie. Suspense, action, zombies. What more could you ask for. Oh yeah, Cecil even wrote about it. [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/990521.html](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/990521.html) ---
**Author:** ![T\_G\_I\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@T\_G\_I\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_G_I_F)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897/31 "2000-07-10T22:04:21Z")
“The Usual Suspects” with Keven Spacey. You’ll never guess the ending. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-should-i-rent-tonight/24897.md?page=1)