Yup. This is one of the best movie world building I have ever seen. There is just so much happening around the characters. I wanted the camera to just keep rolling.
The Wind Rises. I love everything about it. Beautiful soundtrack, fun sound design, and a fascinating treatment of various topics from the ethics of engineering to the miracle of flight. The end scene completely wrecks me every time.
The Downfall is one of the best movies about being on the losing side of a war. It’s impressively accurate, and the acting is outstanding.
When I don’t know who I’m watching the movie with, I recommend Snatch or Amélie.
2001: a Space Odyssey. I saw it in the theater in 70mm when it was released in 1968. It totally blew me away. A majestic vision of the future. Thirty three years from now (1968) there was going to be all this marvelous stuff: Pan Am space craft going to a huge rotating space station to a round globe ship to a moon with several lunar bases. And a talking intelligent computer! Cool space suits! Video telephones!
Remember, this was before the first moon landing in 1969. There were Apollo flights happening, like Apollo 8 that orbited the moon in December 1968. There was a strong commitment to advancing space flight.
In 1968, the movie presented things that could actually happen, by the year 2001. Much more like a bunch of product announcements rather than science fiction (long ago in a galaxy far, far away).
I can't decide either so here are some top ones: Drama: The Social Network/The Big Short, Sci-fi: Dune I/II, History: Downfall, Comedy: Yesterday, Fantasy: Lord of the Rings trilogy, Action: Inception
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Second hand lions (2003)
Hidden Figures (2016)
Angel-A (2005)
Warrior (2011)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Spy Game (2001)
Drive (2011)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Into the Wild (2007)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 99.2 ms ] threadThe mysterious story draws you in, and the epic takes make you forget that nothing makes sense.
* Everything Everywhere All At Once
* The Matrix
* Fight Club
* Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
* Pulp Fiction
* Shutter Island
* Inception
It's hard to pick one "best" movie.
The Princess Bride
V for Vendetta, Fight Club,Phonebooth, Idiocracy, Holy Motors
Newer Stuff I liked recently
Fresh, Blink Twice
Both have real Psycho vibes, with a bit of a twist.
Nemā-ye nazdīk [Close-up] (1990)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Kimi no Na wa. (2016)
The Downfall is one of the best movies about being on the losing side of a war. It’s impressively accurate, and the acting is outstanding.
When I don’t know who I’m watching the movie with, I recommend Snatch or Amélie.
* Solaris
* Tokyo Story
* Rashomon
* Apocalypse Now
* Doctor Strangelove
* Band of Outsiders
* Grand Illusion
* Metropolis
* Repo Man
Remember, this was before the first moon landing in 1969. There were Apollo flights happening, like Apollo 8 that orbited the moon in December 1968. There was a strong commitment to advancing space flight.
In 1968, the movie presented things that could actually happen, by the year 2001. Much more like a bunch of product announcements rather than science fiction (long ago in a galaxy far, far away).
The Conversation is well worth watching for someone interested in surveillance and paranoia.
Most of Zemekis works.
Early Cameron works.
Some Tim Burton’s works.
Leon
Etc. etc.
12 Angry Men
Princess Bride
Shawshank Redemption
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
My Cousin Vinnie
* Groundhog Day (1993)
* A Man for All Seasons (1966)
* Apocalypto (2006)
Dark City
Ice Planet (2001)
The Green Mile
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
Flodder 3
Gettin' Square
Midnight Run
The Accountant
Slipstream (2005)
To Kill a Mockingbird
North by Northwest
In the Heat of the Night
What the Deaf Man Heard
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Short film - Forklift Driver Klaus – The First Day on the Job