Just joined Netflix - Give me some movie recommendations!

[Fuzz]

Obscure is good, foreign is good, as long as they're great movies. I've seen a bunch of movies, I've already reviewed over 440 of them on the site, but not as many as some, so I've probably missed quite a bit.

Watcha got to recommend? :)

[DS1]

1. Adaptation

unless car crashes bother you

[Nlighten1]

2. PBS-Nova-Evolution

It is 4 DVDs.

[libbygurl]

3. Ca commence aujourd'hui....

...Post coitum, Venus Beauty Insitute, Almodovar films, Sous le Sable/Under the Sand, Truffaut films, Jean-Luc Godard, Jeanne la Pucelle and other Rivette films, Read My Lips....

...but if you've reviewed 440 of them (!), doubt if you've missed any of these.

[Skittles]

4. oldies Harold and Maude and Spinal Tap

YES INDEED

[minkyboodle]

5. BBC Documentaries

All David Attenborough are good
Blue Planet
Life of Mammals
Life of Birds
etc

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Tampopo

Eat, Drink, Man, Woman
Farewell My Concubine
The Road Home


(I like movies about food...)

Ran
2020: Texas Gladiators

Hannussen (German movie)

Breaking the Waves (the director of this movie just came out with a new one - I was listening to him on NPR this week)

[SoKalKyle]

7. Elizabeth R and I, Claudius

I'm currently going through a 'PBS' phase with Netflix and re-living old series...

[libbygurl]

8. 'Elizabeth R' DEFINITELY. The amazing Glenda Jackson as Queen Liz. n/t

[otohara]

9. Shattered Glass

bout the young reporter at The New Republic who fabricated bunches of stories.

21 Grams w/ Sean Penn, Benecio Del Toro, Naomi Watts

[cryofan]

10. My top 4 recommendations and a brief review of each

1. The Seventh Seal (1955 or so). An examination of atheism vs the possibility of an afterlife. Pretty much swept the Oscars that year. Set in medieval Sweden. Black and White. English subtitles. Must be watched more than once to get the gist.

2. The Earthling (1980 or so). One of William Holden's last films. A survivalist type of flick set in wild Australia. Existentialist to the max. Little known film.

3. Breaker Morant (1980 or so). Story based on a case of martial justice in South Africa during the Boer War in South Africa. Critically acclaimed film. A man's film that delves into the core of The Anglo-Saxon Empire and culture.

4. The Truman Show (1996 or so). Starring Jim Carrey. An examination of the way we accept the world for what it is without examining certain assumptions. Critically acclaimed film.

[phaseolus]

11. They Live!, Manchurian Candidate, The Thin BLUE Line (Errol Morris 1988,)

Wings of Desire, the original To Be or Not To Be w/Carole Lombard, Brazil...

[BigMcLargehuge]

12. Onmyoji (Traditional Japanese fantasy story)

The Hypnotist (New Wave Japanese horror film)
Master and Commander (Great seagoing adventure story)

[Fuzz]

13. This is great. Thanks!

Added several to my queue already! :)

[bikebloke]

14. The Cuckoo

Rififi
The Magdalene Sisters
Whale Rider
Once Were Warriors

[Mz Pip]

15. Six Feet Under

THe first season is out on DVD. IF you haven't seen it on HBO definitely get it through NetFlix.

MzPip
:dem:

[proud patriot]

16. Yes !

1)Steal This Movie
2)Pump Up The Volume
3)Tank Girl (chezzy sci-fi but great IMHO)
3) Rude Awakening (w/ Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts)

if you haven't seen these flicks you are missing out