Do you have suggestions for movies to watch?

[Generic Eric]

Does anyone have any good suggestions for movies to watch?  I am open to anything that you might find at Hollywood video.

Thanks

Many thanks for the suggestions.  Without any critriea there were 103 suggestions (some of them suggestions not to watch) minus the porn.

A slight case of murder
AI
Amelie
American Beauty
American History X
Animal House
Army of Darkness
Audition (JAP)
Bad Santa
Batman Begins
Blade Runner
Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks)
Boondock Saints
Caddyshack
chasing amy
Chupacabra Terror
Cheerleader Autopsy
Clerks
Crash
Daredevil.
DC Cab
dogma
Donnie Darko
Dr. Strangelove
Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie
Electra
Equilibrium
Evil Dead 2
Fight Club
Garden State
Go
Good Bye, Lenin! (subtitled)
Happy Gilmore
Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
Harold and Maude
Hellboy
History of the World Part I (Mel Brooks)
Hitch
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
Hudsucker Proxy
jay and silent bob strike back
Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Lost in Translation
Mad Max (watch first then...)
mallrats
Miller's Crossing (another Coen Bro's film -- they're all good)
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
O Brother Where Art Thou
Office Space
One True Thing
Open Range
Payback (Mel Gibson)
Point Blank  (Lee Marvin)
Primer
Pulp Fiction.
Punch Drunk Love
Raising Arizona 
Reservoir Dogs
Road Trip
Saw
Schultze Gets the Blues (subtitled)
Scotland, PA 
Sexy Beast
Shawshank Redemption
Sin City
Ski School
Snatch.
Soldier (under-rated)
Sour Grapes.
Spaceballs
Sponge Bob squarepants The movie
Star Wars Series. IV, V, VI, I, II, III
Strange Brew
Strange Brew.
Stripes
Super Fuzz!
Super Troopers
Swimming with sharks
Swingers
The Big Lebowski.
The Blues Brothers
The City of Lost Children (subtitled, oldie but goodie)
The Getaway (Steve McQueen, not Alec Baldwin)
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Iron Giant
The Layer Cake
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Machinist
The Magnificent Seven
The Princess Bride
The Ref
The Road Warrior
The Thing (1982)
The Usual Suspects
The Wild Bunch
TV - Arrested Development (Season 1)
Up The Creek
Van Helsing
Weekend at Bernies.
Wing Commander
You Can Count On Me
You me and everyone we know

[ChadTower]

Cheerleader Autopsy.

[Stingray]

Snatch.

-S

[Goz]

Equilibrium

[fredster]

Don't see AI.

I was tramatized.

[ChadTower]

I'll second that... AI was horrifically bad. 

[Havok]

Super Fuzz! Classic 80's grade B movie...

[MameJunkie]

Was going to suggest some but realize you said Hollywood video 

[AtomSmasher]

Heres some I like that many people haven't seen (although most people here have probably seen them)
Army of Darkness
Office Space
Hudsucker Proxy
Shawshank Redemption
Scotland, PA

[Stingray]

As long as we're suggesting Coen Brothers movies le us not leave out Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski.

-S

[Clonedsheep]

I like dark comedies. My favorites are Swimming with sharks, The Ref, and Sour Grapes. I haven't been keeping up with all of the recent movies because of all the game playing.

[Stingray]

Speaking of dark comedy, Bad Santa is a great one to watch when no one else is home. You really don't want anyone to know that your sense of humor is that sick.

-S

[Generic Eric]

Without giving any criteria, I got a lot of replies.  Thanks for the suggestions.  There are several I haven't seen, so I will try those. 

[missioncontrol]

DC Cab

[ChadTower]

Mr T rules.

[Jabba]

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

or

Star Wars Series. IV, V, VI, I, II, III

Either of those two will keep you quite busy for a weekend!

Edit: Fixed for -S

[Sephroth57]

all kevin smith movies with jay and silent bob in them

clerks
chasing amy
mallrats
dogma
jay and silent bob strike back

[Luxury]

Primer
Donnie Darko (NOT directors cut!)

[Zero_Hour]

The Layer Cake
Sexy Beast

Two Excellent British Crime Dramas

[Luxury]

Watched Layer Cake last night.  I'd also recommend it.

[Stingray]

Star Wars Series. IV, V, VI, I, II, II

Any reason why you chose to exclude Revenge of the Sith and watch Attack of the Clones twice?

-S

[StormGiant]

Primer
Donnie Darko (NOT directors cut!)

What is up with Donnie Darko?  I watched it (not DC) this summer on advice from another independent film guy and when I told him I didn't get it nor like it, he got really angry and wouldn't discuss it further.  Now granted, all those video games might have sullied my mind, but the BA in English balances it out.  I know many people LOVE it.  I don't mean to be hatin' on your suggestion - just playing Siskel to your Ebert.

Worst DVDs I've Ever Rented (IMHO):
Wing Commander
Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie
Donnie Darko


Since this is BYOAC, I'll stick to Action/Adventure with one old-school comedy:

Equilibrium is a great suggestion for a not-so-well-known movie.  Christian Bale's Batman warmup.
Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels.
The Thing (1982)
Dr. Strangelove
Blade Runner
Mad Max (watch first then...)
The Road Warrior

[Stingray]

Speaking of old school comedy: Strange Brew. Accept no substitutes, eh.

-S

[Jabba]

Star Wars Series. IV, V, VI, I, II, II

Any reason why you chose to exclude Revenge of the Sith and watch Attack of the Clones twice?

-S

Nope! Just Happy (fat fingers) that need a beer! Problemo fixed...

[Stingray]

-S

[pointdablame]

- Boondock Saints
- Chupacabra Terror  - rent this if you're in the mood for a horrible B movie that's so bad it's great.
- Harold and Kumar go to White Castle... everyone should see it at least 10 times.

The only other ones I can really think of are pretty well known, so you have almost certainly seen them already.

- The Usual Suspects
- Fight Club
- American Beauty
- American History X

I can go on...

[Stingray]

- Harold and Kumar go to White Castle... everyone should see it at least 10 times.

Saw that for the first time a few days ago. I agree that it's pretty funny. If you have Starz, don't bother to rent it, it seems to be on all the time this month.

-S

[Luxury]

What is up with Donnie Darko?

[Generic Eric]

Has anyone seen Jay & Silent Bob Do Degrassi? 

[Stingray]

What is up with Donnie Darko?  I watched it (not DC) this summer on advice from another independent film guy and when I told him I didn't get it nor like it, he got really angry and wouldn't discuss it further.  Now granted, all those video games might have sullied my mind, but the BA in English balances it out.  I know many people LOVE it.  I don't mean to be hatin' on your suggestion - just playing Siskel to your Ebert.

I won't argue with you.  Everybodies got different tastes, and that's cool.  I once had somebody recommend Van Helsing to me.  I went about a week after seeing it on the verge of castrating him every time I saw him.  - And not in the cute chemical castration way either.

Other than the cool effects, Van Helsing suck-diddly-ucked.

-S

[Bones]

Snatch.

Awesome movie!

And for a good clean laugh, Weekend at Bernies.

* Don't forget Pulp Fiction.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Schultze Gets the Blues (subtitled)
Good Bye, Lenin! (subtitled)
The Machinist
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The City of Lost Children (subtitled, oldie but goodie)


mrC

[MameMaster!]

Back Door Bitc#s #5 and #6

Young W%T and Horn#y #2

and uh, Dirty Debs (any of them 1 through 88).

Enjoy your weekend! 

[AtomSmasher]

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

mrC

Now theres a movie that most people hate, but those of us that get the humor love the movie.  I think one of the requirements for liking it is that you've watched a number of the classic Coustou films.

[mrhowell]

If you have 6 or 8 hours to kill, get the first season of Arrested Development.

[markrvp]

Caddyshack
Animal House
Stripes
Happy Gilmore
History of the World Part I (Mel Brooks)
Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks)
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation


These are some of the funniest movies ever made.

[Grasshopper]

I watched a Japanese horror film called "Audition" last night and I'd recommend it.

I can't remember the last time I saw a western horror film that was genuinely scary but this film freaked me out. It's actually more disturbing than scary but it lingers in the mind for a long time and is open to multiple interpretations.

There is some really good stuff coming out of Japan and Korea at the moment.

[Grasshopper]

I'll second that... AI was horrifically bad. 

I think that's a bit harsh but it was let down by a cop out ending. I think it would have been a much better movie if it had been directed by Stanley Kubrick as was originally planned.

[Ed_McCarron]

Spaceballs.  My fave.

[Harry Potter]

Layer Cake. Fantastic film right there.

Also Batman Begins is good too (But I suppose everyone's seen that)