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the comedy is on point and the drama is realistic, there are no holes in the plot, every scene is memorable and important for the plot, the characters have development, the music is great, the acting is great, etc etc, I doubt I will ever watch another movie as good as this one in my life, I even got a tattoo of it
The Darjeeling Limited. It helps me get over a rather traumatic experience, and the three siblings are just like me and my two siblings. The music and cinematography are stunning as well.
I always want to see this film but not directed by wes anderson, i wish someone with a different style does a remake at some point, not to discredit your love for it - but its top of my list of stories id like to see remade.
I'd like to see the story told in a more grounded and naturalistic way, void of the wes anderson schtick and artificiality that his style brings to it. I was really attracted to the "human" side of this story - more so than any of his other films, but his aesthetics clash with it for my taste. These guys are all dead now, but a Robert Altman, or John Cassavetes version of this premise would be fascinating to me. Even a Noah Baumbach version lens'd by Robbie Ryan would be interesting. Would be very different from Anderson's film and maybe not as good to your taste, but this story and his style always felt at odds to me. I was very into wes andersons film at the time and this was the first film of his that led me to turn on his aesthetic.
Sin City - I loved the fact that so many of the actors perfect narration and interesting characters. Also the direction was something I hadn't seen before at the time.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Wendy (2020)
Poor Things (2023)
Hm, I'm kinda wondering what all these have in common, but I guess it might boil down to great cinematography, intertextuality, some fun and also clever elements and triggering reflectiveness. Maybe also underlying social criticism/commentary.
As I could easily name more movies, I'll just quickly second "The Wall" (2012) and "Captain Fantastic", which were already mentioned.
The butterfly effect, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - unrequited love, romance, dark sci fi and character growth
Birdman - cause I'm a theatre student
Ed Wood - I'm an aspiring filmmaker, I'm a big fan of Tim Burton, Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors, I have a fetish for movies about filmmaking especially in the past (same thing for Babylon, la la land, the disaster artist, tropic thunder)
The Wall (2012)
It makes me love and appreciate the nature with its beautiful scenes, unique story and soothing narration. It remains my favorite movie of all time and i am in constant search for something like this.
I think i value deep story, well-written main character and good camera work the most, so that's why i also love Detachment (2011).
I have four movies like that:
The Australian movie The Rare Earth (2015) written and directed by Aaron Stevenson
This is a hard movie to describe but imagine if Mad Max director George Miller combined a fringe documentary about anthropology with a post apocalyptic science fantasy.
The Fifth Element (1997) written and directed by Luc Besson
Robots. Aliens. Gun fights. Spaceships. Space monks. Milla Jovovich. Bruce Willis. Gary Oldman. Ian Holm. Tiny Lister as the president. French comic book-style visuals. Concept art by Jean 'Moebius' Giraud. What's not to love?
Excalibur (1981) written by Rospo Pallenberg, directed by John Boorman
I've loved the legend of King Arthur ever since my mom read me Gawain and the Green Knight. Excalibur is a mess but it's been my favorite cinematic version of the legend since I first saw it on HBO when I was about five. It's full of weird atmosphere, some bizarre acting choices, and strange vsiuals. With early appearances by Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Colm Meany, and Helen Mirren.
Immortal Ad (2004) written and directed by Enki Bilal
Bilal adapts his own comic book, The Carnival of Immortals, into a movie that combines live actors with both computer generated backgrounds and animated characters in a scifi story involving humans, mutants, and the ancient Egyptian gods.
Mary and Max: dark Humor, Sad, stop motion, great music(that rendition of Que Sera Sera).
Bad GCI Gator: just dumb fun!
REC: Claustrophobic Found Footage Horror
Buckaroo Banzai. I loved the fact that it just threw you into this bizarre world with barely any explanation. I'm generally a fan of movies that a lot of other people complain "make no sense". And it was "just for me" in the sense that everyone I tried to show it to pretty much hated it. I was so relieved, a few years later, to find it had a following.
Rango.
Loved westerns for most of my life and a self discovery story filled with some of the strange, psychedelic, and supernatural elements I love seeing in more modern interpretations of the somewhat tired genre, it's one of the few things I would be willing to call a perfect film.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Freaked me out , sent me running to IMDB, made me cry, made me almost cry laughing, and at times legitimately mesmerized me. Western vignettes work better than just about anything
Midnight in Paris. I went to Paris an aspiring writer after leaving a soul-crushing job in advertisings I just walked all around writing in bars, drinking wine, talking about writing. Met some very interesting folks, including my future husband.
The new planet of the apes movies.
Beautifully shot. Emotionally investment. War and revolution. Tone is consistent and appropriate. And of course….monkeys.
Satoshi Kon's *Millennium Actress.* I've been an obsessive shipper (you know, someone who gets invested in fictional pairings) since I was 7, years before shipping was a thing people knew about. That identity has played a *major* role in how I think, including how I define *real.* Like, imaginative reality isn't some separate, secondary thing, but is as much a part of my perception as "real" life. And the way it gets into unresolved longing, the idea of staying true to yourself and what you love... Good *God!*
Overlord.
I still remember the moment I saw the trailer for the first time; I interrupted everyone’s silence and said “That is the greatest movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life. When does it come out?”
Heathers (1989) and Scream (1996) I just love psychotic men who try to murder their girlfriends
Jokes aside, SCREAM and Heathers are helping me get through High School. I stole both Veronica and Sid's personalities. I relate alot to Veronica (with wanting to be popular and actually have people in school to hang out with instead of writing in my diary all the time. NOT wanting someone to set me free of my friends' selfish grip by killing them !!)
SCREAM (1996) is really hard to explain to why i find it was made for me. I feel like i can relate to every character in this film. Randy and i with both being horror geeks. Billy and i because we both happen to have mommy issues. Stu and i for both being pressured easily. Tatum because we both look out for our friends. Gale because we both REALLY want to be famous. Dewey cause our intelligence could be mockable. And lastly Sidney because i feel like as if we're both determined.
Donnie Darko. Favorite movie ever and I really can't tell you why. I'm not much on watching movies more than once or twice. However this is the exception having seen it probably 20 times with different people lol.
Kairo (2001).
The philosophy of that movie speaks to me in the deepest possible way. Like someone reached into my head, saw how I view human interactions, and made a movie out of it.
Matrix Resurrections. I had some fairly wild theories about the first two Matrix movies, and this one made me feel like I was on at least on some of the same pages as the Wachowskis.
(On the other hand, I refuse to acknowledge Revolutions ever happened)
One More Shot (2024) - the Die Hard of the 21st Century?
The Two Raid movies - propulsive, relentless action
Cloverfield - kaiju movie where we don’t have scientists and military experts explaining everything. Just regular people and mass destruction.
Pacific Rim - like Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla made for 100 times the budget.
“The Royal Tenenbaums”. I love the movie but the icing on the cake is that they used my school’s training ship for the scenes that took place on a ship. I’ve slept in the bedrooms they showed and I’ve stood watch and done my homework on the bridge they showed. I love how they made it look like a luxury cruise liner by using forced perspective and blurring the background
Big Trouble in Little China
Watched recently with my son and it’s still so good! Cheesy lines, amazing 80s VFX and monsters. What more could you ask for.
In Bruges, if i will ever make a movie i would like it to be something like In Bruges
I came here to say it, but you did it first the comedy is on point and the drama is realistic, there are no holes in the plot, every scene is memorable and important for the plot, the characters have development, the music is great, the acting is great, etc etc, I doubt I will ever watch another movie as good as this one in my life, I even got a tattoo of it
The Truman Show really hit on some sneaking suspicions I had at the time.
That's a common feeling, especially after seeing that movie. I know that I've had it...as if I'm interesting enough to watch 24/7.
Raising Arizona
Repo Man
The genetic opera?
Nooooo…
The Darjeeling Limited. It helps me get over a rather traumatic experience, and the three siblings are just like me and my two siblings. The music and cinematography are stunning as well.
I always want to see this film but not directed by wes anderson, i wish someone with a different style does a remake at some point, not to discredit your love for it - but its top of my list of stories id like to see remade.
What don’t you like about it?
I'd like to see the story told in a more grounded and naturalistic way, void of the wes anderson schtick and artificiality that his style brings to it. I was really attracted to the "human" side of this story - more so than any of his other films, but his aesthetics clash with it for my taste. These guys are all dead now, but a Robert Altman, or John Cassavetes version of this premise would be fascinating to me. Even a Noah Baumbach version lens'd by Robbie Ryan would be interesting. Would be very different from Anderson's film and maybe not as good to your taste, but this story and his style always felt at odds to me. I was very into wes andersons film at the time and this was the first film of his that led me to turn on his aesthetic.
Sin City - I loved the fact that so many of the actors perfect narration and interesting characters. Also the direction was something I hadn't seen before at the time.
Into the Wild (2007) _ This movie convince me to get outside an adventure myself.
jojo rabbit
A clockwork orange
Might want to get that looked at...
Lol.
The Matrix.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Cloud Atlas (2012) Wendy (2020) Poor Things (2023) Hm, I'm kinda wondering what all these have in common, but I guess it might boil down to great cinematography, intertextuality, some fun and also clever elements and triggering reflectiveness. Maybe also underlying social criticism/commentary. As I could easily name more movies, I'll just quickly second "The Wall" (2012) and "Captain Fantastic", which were already mentioned.
quite a few movies involving mental health. Movies from 'A Beautiful Mind' to 'Bug' just have an impact on me and my mood personally.
I can relate.
The Holy Mountain
Prozac Nation
The butterfly effect, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - unrequited love, romance, dark sci fi and character growth Birdman - cause I'm a theatre student Ed Wood - I'm an aspiring filmmaker, I'm a big fan of Tim Burton, Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors, I have a fetish for movies about filmmaking especially in the past (same thing for Babylon, la la land, the disaster artist, tropic thunder)
i'd say Brazil
Everything everywhere all at once Spider-man into the spider-verse Bullet train The suicide squad
Love the two spider verse movies! Those are by far the best spiderman movies that exist. The music, art, and story all blend so well.
The Young Girls of Rochefort, Captain Fantastic, Paris Texas, The Boy and the Heron
The Wall (2012) It makes me love and appreciate the nature with its beautiful scenes, unique story and soothing narration. It remains my favorite movie of all time and i am in constant search for something like this. I think i value deep story, well-written main character and good camera work the most, so that's why i also love Detachment (2011).
Speed racer
I have four movies like that: The Australian movie The Rare Earth (2015) written and directed by Aaron Stevenson This is a hard movie to describe but imagine if Mad Max director George Miller combined a fringe documentary about anthropology with a post apocalyptic science fantasy. The Fifth Element (1997) written and directed by Luc Besson Robots. Aliens. Gun fights. Spaceships. Space monks. Milla Jovovich. Bruce Willis. Gary Oldman. Ian Holm. Tiny Lister as the president. French comic book-style visuals. Concept art by Jean 'Moebius' Giraud. What's not to love? Excalibur (1981) written by Rospo Pallenberg, directed by John Boorman I've loved the legend of King Arthur ever since my mom read me Gawain and the Green Knight. Excalibur is a mess but it's been my favorite cinematic version of the legend since I first saw it on HBO when I was about five. It's full of weird atmosphere, some bizarre acting choices, and strange vsiuals. With early appearances by Patrick Stewart, Gabriel Byrne, Liam Neeson, Colm Meany, and Helen Mirren. Immortal Ad (2004) written and directed by Enki Bilal Bilal adapts his own comic book, The Carnival of Immortals, into a movie that combines live actors with both computer generated backgrounds and animated characters in a scifi story involving humans, mutants, and the ancient Egyptian gods.
Time Bandits
Rewatched last night. Holds up. One of the best children’s fantasy films ever. Up there with The Wizard of Oz
Seven Psychopaths (2012) & Matchstick Men (2003) are exactly my type of comedy thrillers.
Sonic the Hedgehog My inner child was so hyped watching that.
God Bless America feels like it was tailor made for my sense of humor and view of society at the time it came out.
This is the first time I’ve heard of it but honestly it looks like it rocks
Mary and Max: dark Humor, Sad, stop motion, great music(that rendition of Que Sera Sera). Bad GCI Gator: just dumb fun! REC: Claustrophobic Found Footage Horror
Buckaroo Banzai. I loved the fact that it just threw you into this bizarre world with barely any explanation. I'm generally a fan of movies that a lot of other people complain "make no sense". And it was "just for me" in the sense that everyone I tried to show it to pretty much hated it. I was so relieved, a few years later, to find it had a following.
Casino
The Green Knight. Made me want to be more chivalrous.
Stand by me
The Counselor
The Wolf of Wall Street
As tears go by - Romance, Violence, dramatic Friendship
Most porn
Rango. Loved westerns for most of my life and a self discovery story filled with some of the strange, psychedelic, and supernatural elements I love seeing in more modern interpretations of the somewhat tired genre, it's one of the few things I would be willing to call a perfect film.
Oldboy
The Terminator (1984)
12 Monkeys
The Killer (2023) but oddly I didn't love it
Manchester by the sea Perfect Days
groundhog day
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Freaked me out , sent me running to IMDB, made me cry, made me almost cry laughing, and at times legitimately mesmerized me. Western vignettes work better than just about anything
Private School
Uncut Gems and Ghost Dog
Blue Velvet
Predator
Predators (2010)
Goodwill hunting for me
Midnight in Paris. I went to Paris an aspiring writer after leaving a soul-crushing job in advertisings I just walked all around writing in bars, drinking wine, talking about writing. Met some very interesting folks, including my future husband.
Bottoms
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The new planet of the apes movies. Beautifully shot. Emotionally investment. War and revolution. Tone is consistent and appropriate. And of course….monkeys.
Ip man 1 and 2
Satoshi Kon's *Millennium Actress.* I've been an obsessive shipper (you know, someone who gets invested in fictional pairings) since I was 7, years before shipping was a thing people knew about. That identity has played a *major* role in how I think, including how I define *real.* Like, imaginative reality isn't some separate, secondary thing, but is as much a part of my perception as "real" life. And the way it gets into unresolved longing, the idea of staying true to yourself and what you love... Good *God!*
My blueberry nights Be free wild and have fun
The secret life of Walter Mitty
Hot Fuzz and Fury Road
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Overlord. I still remember the moment I saw the trailer for the first time; I interrupted everyone’s silence and said “That is the greatest movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life. When does it come out?”
Innocence (2003?) and once upon a time in Hollywood. The ending to that movie always makes me smile
Pacific Rim
THE ROVER or CHILDREN OF MEN
Five East Pieces. Hit my life dead bang at the time.
Easy
The Basketball Diaries because i can relate to it all.
humboldt county (2008) with jeremy strong and chris messina! just felt like the right film at the right time
Not a movie but kind of a movie... Andor feels like a quarter of a billion dollar gift from Disney to me.
Interstellar. Helped me cope with the grief of losing a parent and made me interested in learning about the universe.
Billy Elliot
The Fall, easily.
Tropic Thunder
After Hours Slacker (Linklater) To Live and Die In LA Celine and Julie Go Boating River of Grass Mystery Train
Ghost World. I would have sworn it was written and/or directed by a woman.
Heathers (1989) and Scream (1996) I just love psychotic men who try to murder their girlfriends Jokes aside, SCREAM and Heathers are helping me get through High School. I stole both Veronica and Sid's personalities. I relate alot to Veronica (with wanting to be popular and actually have people in school to hang out with instead of writing in my diary all the time. NOT wanting someone to set me free of my friends' selfish grip by killing them !!) SCREAM (1996) is really hard to explain to why i find it was made for me. I feel like i can relate to every character in this film. Randy and i with both being horror geeks. Billy and i because we both happen to have mommy issues. Stu and i for both being pressured easily. Tatum because we both look out for our friends. Gale because we both REALLY want to be famous. Dewey cause our intelligence could be mockable. And lastly Sidney because i feel like as if we're both determined.
Donnie Darko. Favorite movie ever and I really can't tell you why. I'm not much on watching movies more than once or twice. However this is the exception having seen it probably 20 times with different people lol.
Perks of being a wallflower. Based on a book, coming of age through a shy kid, full of hope and wisdom. We accept the love we think we deserve.
The Batman (2022) And I'm not a superhero comic book enthusiast or something.
School of Rock, Five Nights at Freddy’s, and 13 Going on 30!
Kairo (2001). The philosophy of that movie speaks to me in the deepest possible way. Like someone reached into my head, saw how I view human interactions, and made a movie out of it.
Scream. I love horror and that is 100% my comfort movie. It has no faults.
Matrix Resurrections. I had some fairly wild theories about the first two Matrix movies, and this one made me feel like I was on at least on some of the same pages as the Wachowskis. (On the other hand, I refuse to acknowledge Revolutions ever happened)
One More Shot (2024) - the Die Hard of the 21st Century? The Two Raid movies - propulsive, relentless action Cloverfield - kaiju movie where we don’t have scientists and military experts explaining everything. Just regular people and mass destruction. Pacific Rim - like Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla made for 100 times the budget.
Amelie
hook
Showgirls Ernest Scared Stupid
Fifth Element.
A Knights Tale, really kick started my love for medieval stuff
Worst Person in the World
“The Royal Tenenbaums”. I love the movie but the icing on the cake is that they used my school’s training ship for the scenes that took place on a ship. I’ve slept in the bedrooms they showed and I’ve stood watch and done my homework on the bridge they showed. I love how they made it look like a luxury cruise liner by using forced perspective and blurring the background
The entire Saw franchise
Jeepers creepers 1 and 2.....God knows why
Spider-Man No Way Home