For me it’s Interstellar, it never fails to make me ugly cry at least twice during each viewing
John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece The Thing. The themes of paranoia and isolation are so perfectly explored; it launched the career of Keith David, who is just a treasure; the performances are all immaculate; and those effects. My god, the effects.
Probably Cloud Atlas
It was a commercial failure so it’s usually one that people haven’t already seen.
Talented cast and directors passionate about the project.
It’s extremely divisive, most people either love it or think it was a waste of time.
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Bladerunner.
Me and a friend watched it in a cinema on release aged 13. I’m very tall and my friend looked about 40. (Now he’s over 50 and looks under 40.) You could get away with it in those days.
On VCR release, our friend got his dad to buy a copy and we watched it on repeat at every opportunity. I’ve watched the Final Cut release many times, which I think is even better, and it’s one of the very few films I will happily watch at any time.
The documentary about the making of it is great to watch as well. Watch the film first though. I started reading Dick’s books aged about 11 or 12 and was already hooked before the film. I think that prepared me a bit, along with other sci-fi I was reading by then.
It’s still my favourite film.
My favorite movie of all time is Lord of the Rings, but most people have already seen that.
I find that I recommend Warrior a whole lot. It is an awesome movie and most people haven’t seen it.
Muppet Treasure Island.
Tron , maybe Total Recall
Hot Fuzz. It’s just hilarious and fairly well done and people I know generally appreciate the style.
For those that don’t, maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundred-Year-Old_Man_Who_Climbed_Out_of_the_Window_and_Disappeared_(film)
Secondhand lions, the pursuit of happiness, and the good neighbor (2016)
5th Element
I don’t “love” to recommend anything to anyone, but I’s say, 2001 is by far my most favorite movie. It’s in perfect balance between science, fiction, and philosophy and was waaay ahead of it’s time. And even nowadays it looks spectacularly good and has a timeless storyline.
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The black and white one with the billy nayer show?
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As they pop in my head:
Everything everywhere all at once.
Her
Groundhog Day
I saw the devil
Patch Adams
Memento
Prisoners
Fight club
Good will hunting
I remember watching Her right after going through a big break up. That one really hit hard. Great movie, though.
For action movie fans, I’ll always recommend The Raid: Redemption. It’s a good gateway to martial arts movies, which can lead to a whole slew of other more esoteric recommendations
Director’s cut, theatrical cut spoils the end
definitely
The Matrix while not being quite The Matrix. Incidentally, both filmed in the same studios at similar times and allegedly shared some sets.
The Matrix was flashier, but I thought Dark City asked a more interesting question which is what makes us ourselves. Is it our environment, our memories, or is it something more.
