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My wonderful brothers and sister-in-laws got me a years subscription to Netflix for Christmas. I am now taking recommendations for movies to add to my queue. There’s a lot of stuff out there I haven’t seen.
Post your recommendations in the comments.
Classics?
New Releases?
Guilty Pleasures?
I want them all!
Thank you.
PS - Normal posting will resume on January 2, 2008 with an awesome debate starring Suburban Kamikaze.
December 30th, 2007 at 12:24 am
A movie I love was recommened to me was “Wrestling Ernest Hemmingway” I never would have watched that without someone telling me about it. Also, “Gallipoli” with a young Mel Gibson.
December 30th, 2007 at 12:30 am
Grey Gardens
Serenity
Some Like It Hot
How To Marry A Millionaire
Seven Year Itch
Harold and Maude
Rosemary’s Baby (so I luv Ruth Gordan)
Rope
Amadeus
Murder by Death
Children of Men
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lars and the Real Girl
tv series:
The Comeback
Fat Actress
30 Rock
Firefly
Dexter
The Tudors
Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia
December 30th, 2007 at 12:51 am
Fav = Princess Bride
Cry = Misunderstood (Gene Hackman, I think in the 80’s), also — Heartburn. Just kill me now.
Laugh = Monty Python, Meaning of Life
Sorry, I have now remembered Misunderstood and Heartburn. I must go cry now.
December 30th, 2007 at 12:52 am
Harold and Maude was good — thanks GoKitty! I’m almost cheered up.
Great Gatsby — All you need is Robert Redford in the PINK SUIT. OMG.
December 30th, 2007 at 1:34 am
Any and all Pixar movies except Bug’s Life.
Some Like It Hot- a MUST
The Apartment
The Producers- either from 1968 or 2005, or maybe both to make the comparison. I liked both, but for different reasons.
Little Miss Sunshine
Benny and Joon
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
well, that’s a start. If I thought about it for a while, I’m sure I could come up with a bunch more. You’ve already gotten some good recommentations, and it’s early yet.
December 30th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Classics? Sunset Boulevard, The Music Man, Inherit the Wind, An American in Paris, The Philadelphia Story
New Releases? Must Love Dogs, Fracture
Guilty Pleasures? The Usual Suspects, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
December 30th, 2007 at 1:39 am
Tekkon Kinkreet
December 30th, 2007 at 2:26 am
Classics….Time Bandits, Brazil, Godfather
Guilty Pleasures….. Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Series, anything with Johnny Depp. (Is 21 Jump Street available?)
Just Good…. Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, Japanese version of Shall We Dance?, Capote.
Just a few to start with.
December 30th, 2007 at 3:56 am
Battle Royale, Suicide Club, & Spirited Away (They are Japanese films but you should given them a try. The first two are very bloody and gruesome, yet with good messages!)
Other recommendations:
Mean Girls (Guilty Pleasure!), Another Gay Movie, Les Choristes, Crash, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Pursuit of Happyness, Billy Elliot, Amadeus, memoirs of a geisha, transamerica.
December 30th, 2007 at 8:45 am
Definitely watch Angels in America, it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen, plus who can beat Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Mary Louise Parker, and Jeffery Wright all in one movie!
And watch the Godfather, just the first one, 2 and 3 are sorta crap.
And Royal Tenebaums
I could keep going but I won’t
December 30th, 2007 at 11:18 am
I second Les Choristes. Also Children of heaven, Maelstrom, Amelie, Crash, drawing a blank for more…
December 30th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Cool. What a great gift! Join my Netflix buddy list!
TV: Prison Break - it’s completely addictive even better than 24.
Classic: The K-9 trilogy. Some of the best dog & his man movies EVER.
Guilty pleasures: Night of the Lepus (Killer Bunnies!) Black Sheep (killer sheep!) How can you get more fun than that?
and Planet Terror, I’ll be raving on my own blog about this one!
December 30th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Start with the 1001 Movies everyone must see. Can’t go wrong there.
I’ve seen them all, so filling my Netflix queue (odd word for U.S. to pick up) is a challenge.
December 30th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
There are so many, and a lot of good movies have already been listed above. Here a few I’ve recently gotten through Netflix:
Defying Gravity, Walk on Water, Half Nelson, A Touch of Pink, The Lookout, Outing Riley.
Have fun!
December 30th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
For a great movie that you wouldn’t expect to be interesting but you totally fall in love with, try The Best of Youth (Italian, with English subtitles). And for a cute guilty pleasure cheesy chick flick, Love Actually is adorable.
December 30th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
As others mentioned: Angels In America. Outstanding! And I’d suggest you find a whole bunch of foreign films, independent films that never got a lot of coverage, but are great nontheless. Just start browsing around, you’ll find a whole BUNCH of stuff on thier site yourself!!!
Have fun!
HUGS..
December 30th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
The best thing to do is ask for the email addresses of some of your readers that have netflix, and add them as friends. That way you can see what they are renting and get some ideas.
December 30th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Movies to See:
25th Hour because it’s amamzing and come on, Edward Norton & Rosario Dawson!
Closer
Legend
The Witches of Eastwick - great cast and story
Hmmm I have so many, but I can’t remember. I will be back with more!
December 30th, 2007 at 6:04 pm
Classics: Strangers on a Train, 12 Angry Men, M, Mildred Pierce
Guilty Pleasures: The 5th Element, Hero, Mommie Dearest, Death Becomes Her
December 30th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
The Godfather Movies. Well, 1 and 2, at least.
December 30th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
Favorites….Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (Bette Davis and Joan Crawford! AMAZING performances!), One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Serial Mom, Misery, Both versions of the Halloween (after all a compare contrast of the old vs the new is always a wonderful thing), Monster Squad, Clifford (Martin Shorts best movie, i think Im gonna go watch that now actually!) ENJOY!!! =) There are alot more but I think I would run outta room!
December 30th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
Saved! is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen - if you haven’t seen that, then I highly recommend it!
December 30th, 2007 at 8:42 pm
I only have two to suggest:
Adventures in Babysitting and Troop Beverly Hills
December 30th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
The Pillow Book
Great artsy fartsy film, very sad though. Don’t watch it with your parents.
December 30th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
billy elliot
saved!
hedwig and the angry inch
shortbus
all about my mother
c.r.a.z.y.
just a question of love
i have a bunch more but i thought i’d start you out with just a few!
thom
December 30th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Camp
Equilibrium
V for Vendetta
Scryed
States Evidence
December 30th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Hmmm. . .
Classics?
All About Eve; Auntie Mame; Dr. Strangelove; His Girl Friday; Rear Window; (the Judy Garland version of) A Star Is Born; The Searchers.
New releases?
Eastern Promises; Stardust and The Simpsons Movie.
Guilty Pleasures?
Valley of the Dolls; Mommie Dearest; Connie & Carla; Female Trouble and A Dirty Shame.
Happy New Year’s, buddy!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:58 am
The Namesake
BBC version of Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth)
Oklahoma (Hugh Jackman version)
To Die For
Anything with Ryan Gosling (because I love him)
December 31st, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Guilty Pleasures
Colma: The Musical
featuring the line “cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunt”
December 31st, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Yes, absolutely the Colin Firth Pride & Prejudice! Clear a whole afternoon for that one. Also, I suggest you go on a Betty Davis tear because: 1. Dark Victory is one of the funniest movies ever. Did you know that the character played by Ronald Reagan was supposed to be gay, but he couldn’t pull it off? And I love the line “You’re making love to me!” said to Humphrey Bogart. 2. Mr. Skeffington where Betty, obsessed with her looks, finally comes to love Claude Rains after she loses her looks and he becomes blind. 3. In This Our Life: Betty’s the bad sister, Olivia de Haviland is the good sister, and Betty HAS TO PAY in the end. Are you going to let us know which movies you like from our recommendations?
December 31st, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Oh my God, did I just spell Bette Davis Betty Davis? I have lost all credibility as a movie expert. I will go watch Titanic now as punishment.
December 31st, 2007 at 12:40 pm
see if you can spot the trend: Zodiac; Brokeback Mountain; Jarhead; Donnie Darko; Proof; October Sky; The Good Girl; Bubble Boy; Moonlight Mile; Highway; Lovely & Amazing; The Day After Tomorrow…Rendition (not out on DVD yet)…Happy Jake-ing!!!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:21 pm
What an AWESOME gift!!
Out of Africa…can’t see this too many times..
Tonight Show With Johnny Carson…my mother-in-law just got these from netflix..Classic..VERY FUNNY!!
December 31st, 2007 at 1:32 pm
1. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte
2. Eyes Without a Face (Les Seux sans Visage)
3. Mildred Pierce
4. Freeway (best reese witherspoon movie evah)
5. The Doom Generation (rose mcgowan’s debut)
6. Nowhere (crazy gregg araki movie)
7. Lewis and Clark and George
8. Suspiria (ultra campy horror)
9. Perfume (trust me, this movie f-ing rules)
10. A Philadelphia Story
December 31st, 2007 at 6:41 pm
A few that leap to mind:
Tampopo
Paris Je T’aime
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Ghost and Mrs Muir
1776
Noises Off!
A Night at the Opera
December 31st, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Add me a a friend on Netflix and see all of my wonderful movies!
January 1st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
1-Six Degrees of Seperation
2-Color Purple
3-Last King of Scotland
4-Eating Out 2
5-Departed
January 1st, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Two Words: Auntie Mame
January 1st, 2008 at 7:52 pm
The Life Aquatic.
Stranger than Fiction.
The Science of Sleep. (and anything else with Gabriel Garcia Bernal)
Party Monster.
The Holiday.
Happy Watching!
January 1st, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Here’s everything Bossy knows about her Netflix subscription: She puts tons of movies on her queue and by the time they come to her house she has no idea why she requested them — which is why it sometimes takes her approximately a decade to watch the movie in question, which doesn’t really matter because she never remembers to stick the used movies in the mailbox anyway.
Oh well, Bossy likes paying hundreds of dollars for little red envelopes that sit on top of her TV. They’re very decorative.
(Actually - don’t forget the TV shows you never got to see the first time around, like Six Feet Under. That’s always a good bet.)
January 2nd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
ummm, i just read the book “not without my daughter” and really want to see this sally field movie now….and i can’t find it anywhere! maybe you could watch it and let me know how it is…..
January 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Tristan and Isolde. (James Franco and that other hot guy)
A life less ordinary. (Ewan MacGregor)
Snatch. (brad pitt shirtless.)
Love Actually. (mmmm)
The Family Stone. (so so so good.)
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Hmmm… what movies would I recommend…. ok, here’s a few:
Juwanna Mann
Barry Manilow: A tribute to Snoop Dog
Gigli
Glitter
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Anus Magillicutty
And anything with Steven Seagal
January 3rd, 2008 at 6:12 am
Several people suggested Harold and Maude. If you like that one you might also try the King of Hearts. They have a shared history that not many people know about.
Gay Themed Movies Musts:
Camp
Beautiful Thing (all time best gay movie ever)
Trick
But I’m the cheerleader
Great Black Comedy
Saved
TV shows: OZ - It is like gay porn but with a story.