Cross of Iron - Great anti-war film with Sam Peckinpah at his best.

Salvador - One of Oliver Stone's first films, and in my opinion best. Sometimes forgotten because of the the success of Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, JFK etc.

Ride With The Devil - Ang Lee's third English language film, and great performances from Tobey Maguire & Skeet Ulrich along with a great story about moral judgement make this one of my favourite films ever.

Pirates of the Caribbean and War of the Worlds. Sorry, sorry, I know I'm repeating myself, I know that, but I have a thing for movies that have "of the" in the title somewhere.

Cube and Donnie Darko

American Beauty : Cause it's makes you feel special
Broken Flowers : Same reasons and murray is great
Duel : I watched it recently and I loved it ! Same kind of performance as Phone Boot ,this is the kind of movie you wonder how the director will mange to keep it interesting till the end ? A really nice piece of cinema !

Thanks for the post ! Sometime i don't know what to watch ,this time is gone !

I almost forgot, you have to try Ong-Bak, a Thai martial arts film, it's unbelievable, all the stunts are real and were done without wires & green screens, brilliant stuff, I'm not a fan of martial arts movies but this one is excellent, the guy who stars in it, Tony Jaa also known as Panom Yeerum, is awesome and i'll be watching out for his future movies.

Ong-Bak, check it out.

GREAT TOPIC! I'm pinning this.

Scarface
The Godfather Trilogy
The Usual Suspects

I'll post more when I have more time.

I heard about Ong Bak and I was pretty impressed abiut the fact that the guy did all that crazy stuuf for real ! As you say Caamora I'll have to check it out ! Cheers for the tip

But before you see Ong Bak, catch up on these martial arts classics:

Five Fingers of Death
Five Deadly Venoms
Shaolin Master Killer

And pick up some Bruce Lee:

Enter the Dragon
The Chinese Connection
Fists of Fury

And Sonny Chiba:

The Street Fighter
Shogun's Ninja
Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (for some hard boiled stuff)

Then get these newer martial arts flicks:

The Legend
Once Upon A Time in China
Iron Monkey

Then round yourself out with some John Woo:

Hard Boiled
The Killer
Bullet in the Head

And Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano:

Sonatine
Fireworks
Violent Cop

Then grab Battle Royale to top it all off and be happy with your overview of Asian action/crime films.

...then get Ong Bak.

Wow ! What a list ! Sure it will be pretty useful for plenty of us especially me sice I'm lame about Asian movies. Cheers Heretic. Speaking about Asian movie ,I saw "OLD BOY" which is really disturbing and full of amazing ideas ,I reacommanded it as well.

With the exception of Bullet in the Head, Sonatine & Violent Cop I haven't seen many Asian films.

But if you are into Asian cinema check these out.

Ringu - Original Japanese version of The Ring, 10 times more scary, I watched this alone at about 2am a while back and was terrified.

Tae Guk Gi - This is known as Brotherhood in the UK, it's a great Korean film about the Korean war.

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) - Best Asian movie ever, hands down. Makes the magnificent seven look like a bunch of p*ssies.

bang rajan (see my review)
dead mans shoes
disco pigs
21 grams
the life of david gale
hero
bubble boy

I always been a huge fan of Spacey but I've not check this one out ,how good is it ? Cause the critics weren't that good.

Depends on your stance regarding the death penalty...

Course I'm against ! But I wondered how good it was on a film plan ?

Scrag speaks the truth. Seeing Seven Samurai is easily as important as seeing Casablanca, in my opinion.

Here are some other random suggestions:

Re-animator - just a brilliant, fun horror flick.
Targets - Peter Bogdanovich's first film, which is only made more brilliant when you're made aware of how it came to be.
Duck Soup - a box office flop at its time, this is my favorite Marx Bros vehicle and an absolutely exquisite film.
Coffy - a great little flick with Pam Grier and Sid Haig.
Maniac Cop - a fantastic Bill Lustig horror, with Bruce Campbell no less.
Darkman - speaking of Bruce Campbell...
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - give Star Trek a chance and check this out.
A History of Violence - just unbelievable.
The Fly - speaking of Cronenberg...
A Better Tomorrow 1 & 2 - some more John Woo, great stuff in every way.
Hard Target - far from a perfect film, and cut to pieces by the censors and studio, Woo's first American film is still important to see. And it's got Ted Raimi! Hell, it's scripted by Chuck Pfarrer who did Darkman and produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert.

Maybe I'll add some more later. That was just brain spilling. They're not all solidly excellent films but I promise that they all have something interesting and unique.

A History of Violence - just unbelievable.
I really want to see this one ! It looks so great ! Has it been released on DVD yet ?

The Long Good Friday - original British gangster film with Bob Hoskins who's having far from a good friday when everything goes to sh*t. In my opinion better than Lock Stock, Snatch etc, though maybe not quite as stylish.

The Butterfly Effect - Didn't particularly want to see this because Ashton Kutcher's in it (Dude, Where's My Car, Guess Who, anyone?), but I was pleasantly surprised by it, It's basically about a guy who can change the present by going back in time, it's a dark film in places and funny in others. Kutcher gives a good performance, though flawed at times. It also has two endings, both leaving you feeling different, it's a matter of which version you see. really good film, check it out.

I liked this movie until i saw the directors cut with the ending where
the original cut is much, much better and is the one i would recommend

Amores Perros - It's a great Mexican film about a car crash and the people involved in it.

Caamora - the directors cut is the only one I've seen. What was the original ending?

the original ending was a lot more normal and i remember thinking it was really good and i will write it down but it wont sound as good and i really suggest if you liked the movie to get the original cut, but if you can't wait, here it is

from what i've heard (havent actually seen the last one) theres 3 endings. the two you both described but apparantly theres also another but i dont know how to do that spoiler thing so i cant say.

[spoiler*] [/spoiler*] But without the stars.

was told that theres a 3rd ending where:

wel isn't that nice, totaly lame but nice








monkey balls

Taxi Driver

Wolf Creek - everyone has probably seen it already, great advertisement for the Aussie tourist board

^ yes indeed

Chopper - Aussie film about some bloke named Mark 'Chopper' Read, bit of a nutcase, came across it accidently last night when I was crashed out on the sofa, really enjoyed it, great performance from Eric Bana.

^ yeah it's a great flick

The Avaitor, an excellant film with great visuals, direction, acting and a well-written script.

If you haven't seen this film, watch it. If you have, watch it again.

Down By Law Watched it tonight : Great story / Woonderful black and white / Excellent actors and music ,a hit !

Freaks (1932).

The Dreamers
Equalibrium
Threat
Truman Show
25th Hour - by Spike Lee
The Island
Out of Time - Denzel Washington
Stay - Ryan Gsoling
Identity - Amanda Peet
Young Adam
Blind Shaft
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Lovely and Amazing - Emily Mortimer
Spy Game - Brad Pitt, Robert Redford
Bubble
Black Hawk Down
The Football Factory

The Island? you sure about that one?

I'm gonna say Robocop. It's a great alternative to Terminator (better in my opinion) and it really doesn't hold back on the violence. I am referring to the original 1-3, mind, not the recent straight-to-TV sequels.

I also have to mention Anchorman, which I bought on a whim and it turned out to be one of the funniest films I've ever seen.

Yeah the Jack Black kicking the dog off the bridge scene made me laugh like a madman & Robocop is one of the coolest movies ever made, the toxic waste death scene is one of the best death scenes ever.

And I liked The Island, .

Run Ronnie Run cracks me up every time i see it, it's a must see for a movie night withs mates, a few beers will help the enjoyment factor

1 Lawrence Of Arabia
2 Andrei Rublev
3 Citizen Kane
4 Sunset Blvd
5 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Next 25 in no order

* Psycho
* Pickpocket
* Sunset Blvd
* Once Upon A Time In America
* Mirror
* Chinatown
* Once Upon A Time In The West
* The 3rd Man
* Mulholland Drive
* Double Indemnity
* M
* Pulp Fiction
* Aguirre: Wrath Of God
* A Bout De Souffle
* Morte A Venezia
* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* 8 1/2
* Il Gattopardo
* Les Quatre Cents Coups
* The Hustler
* On The Waterfront
* Ladrii Di Bicliette
* Vertigo
* Taxi Driver
* The Seventh Seal

good list man

21 Grams
The Life of David Gale
Bubble Boy
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Elephant
Gummo
Baraka
Vanilla Sky

can't say these movies are easy to reccomend to just anyone, usually i'd have to know someone's tastes pretty well to reccomend this type of stuff.

1 Lawrence Of Arabia
2 Andrei Rublev
3 Citizen Kane
4 Sunset Blvd
5 The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

* Psycho
* Pickpocket
* Le Cercle Rouge
* Once Upon A Time In America
* Mirror
* Chinatown
* Once Upon A Time In The West
* The 3rd Man
* Mulholland Drive
* Double Indemnity
* M
* Pulp Fiction
* Aguirre: Wrath Of God
* A Bout De Souffle
* Morte A Venezia
* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* 8 1/2
* Il Gattopardo
* Les Quatre Cents Coups
* The Hustler
* On The Waterfront
* Ladrii Di Bicliette
* Vertigo
* Taxi Driver
* The Seventh Seal

for the storyline, and the first part of the film wasn't bad, until those damn actions later on...whos the director called again? michael bay i think, i guess it was a commercial success

just finished watching history of violence...definitely recommend it...very strange as with all cronenburg stuff

also watched a korean film called natural city...brilliant...quite similar to casshern although not quite as existentialist in its ending...takes lots from films like the matrix and equilibrium

This could turn into an endless list so apart from the obvious and trying not to repeat anything else...only 10 from me in no particular order.

John Carpenters The Thing
Frailty
Near Dark
Truly Madly Deeply
Silent Running
Soylent Green
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Unforgiven (Eastwood)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Back to the Future

Un Long Dimanche De Fiancailles (A Very Long Engagement).

Watched this last night, brilliant, a love story, mystery, anti-war film all in one. Set in 1920 France, it tells the story of Mathilde (Audrey Tatou) and her search for her fiance Manech (Gaspard Ulliel). Manech recieved a court martial in the trenches of the Somme in World War I along with four other men, the were were taken to a god forsaken front line trench nicknamed Bingo Crepuscule (something like that) and forced over the top to fend for themselves, anyway, it's Mathilde's mission to find her lover, whom through various sources she believes is still alive. It manages to be disturbing yet comforting at the same time with it's horryfying depiction of war and tender love scenes interwined throughout. This is a film I really think you must see.

The Beat My Heart Skipped

i'm surprised alot of people here really like The Thing as much as i do. i thought i was about the only guy who liked it.

Fight Club
Donnie Darko
Office Space
The Boondock Saints
The Thing
Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Shaun of the Dead

Oooh, Shaun of the Dead!! BEST FILM EVER. *the crowd applauds wildly*

Donnie Darko, the man has taste