What are your "must-watch" movies?
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Shut the fuck up, Donny.
Sorry. I was out of my element.
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Yeah, I get what he's saying, but I agree. I think we've lost a lot in this post-nuance world. It's kind of like saying you wouldn't watch American History X because it's got nazis in it.
The racist slurs didn't affect my enjoyment of it, they were just shocking. As in, they shocked me because I wasn't expecting it. The thing that makes me not want to watch it again any time soon is the musical aspect, and just the over-the-top silliness. It was fun to watch, it'll probably be fun to watch again at some point in the future, but I'm just not desperate to watch it again soon.
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Full Metal Jacket
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Life of Brian
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Holy Grail
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Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
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Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
wrote last edited by [email protected]- Castle in the Sky (for the beautiful hand-drawn art) (also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky)
- Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (for the memes)
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Oh no! I'm sorry. Looking back at my list, I guess most of it IS on the dark side. I mean, Bergman is unavoidably dark and people joke about Herzog's bitter nihlism, but I didn't mean be a downer, I hope I didn't ruin any evenings. I cry uncontrollably at Kes, but I also love it. 400 Blows is equally depressing, but Kes is closer to my heart (professional critics will tell you 400 Blows is a more important film). Ring of Bright Water is a somewhat lighter take on animal bonding and loss about a man and his otter but it is only a so-so film.
You will notice The Princess Bride got recommended repeatedly, That is a happier, family friendly film that is sure to put a person in a better mood. Some Terry Gilliam is lighter, but save Brazil for when you're once again ready for 'grim' (great flick, though -- and you could theoretically ignore the intended ending by picking an alternate cut).
It's good to explore dark themes and be sad sometimes, I just wish Kes went for another 10 minutes and end on a different note. I'm bouncing off everyone's suggestions to maintain the variety. Still exploring your list!
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I also watched Naked Gun (I think the one) and it was really funny. I'll save the other Naked Guns for when I'm in the right mood, because they're so over-the-top stupid - but very well done and funny. Maybe I'll watch the anime one soon... I've wanted to get into anime for years but don't know where to start. Maybe this is the one that gets the ball rolling...
wrote last edited by [email protected]Personally, I prefer anime shows to movies since they're allowed more time to develop plot and characters. If you've ever played any Japanese games you'd know how convoluted the stories can be.
Based on your list of movies, you seem to like a good mix of comedies and tragedy/drama. Below are some shows I think you may like:
- One Punch Man (comedy/action): Saitama is the world's strongest man and can defeat enemies with a single punch. This causes him to feel ennui with life.
- Erased (mystery/thriller): time travel murder mystery. Don't want to say too much more. It's really short (12 episodes) so it should be easy to finish quickly
- Death Note (mystery/thriller): another murder mystery with supernatural elements, this time involving what's know as the the titular Death Note which can kill anyone who's name is written inside. This and Fullmetal (below) are pretty much always recommended starter anime.
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (fantasy/adventure): Alchemist Brothers Edward and Alphonse travel the world looking for the Philosopher's Stone in order to fix an alchemy disaster that left Alphonse's soul trapped in armor. Make sure you watch Brotherhood first. There are two series of this franchise and the regular Fullmetal Alchemist does not follow the source manga all the way through since it caught up at a certain point.
- Hunter x Hunter (action/adventure): Gon hopes to become a powerful Hunter so he can find his father who left him as a child. Best story of all shonen (boy targeted) manga/anime imo. Only bad thing is that it was dropped before they could complete the series (from where the Manga continued). But the ending it has is also still satisfying.
- Asobi Asobase (slice of life comedy): follows three odd high school friends as they try to find ways past time. Absolutely ridiculous show with no plot, just a lot of really funny situations the girls get themselves into. One of my favorites is a punishment game where loser has to be slapped on the butt.
- Ouran High School Host Club: Haruhi is a working class student who enrolls in a high school for wealthy elites on scholarship. On her first day, she accidentally breaks an expensive vase at the famous all-male host club and now has to work there to pay them back. Only problem is, she's a girl. Hilarity and hijinks ensue.
And if you don't want to dedicate less time, here are some more good movie recommendations:
- A Silent Voice: moving film about the redemption of a former school bully to a deaf girl. It's definitely an emotional roller coaster
- Grave of the Fireflies: I put this in my original list but did not specify that it was an anime movie. Only watch if you want to feel some intense emotions
- Spirited Away: there's a reason this is the first anime movie to with an Oscar. It's about a young girl who somehow becomes trapped in a magical fantasy world and has to find her parents and a way back home. Only reason I didn't include it was cause I actually liked Tokyo Godfathers more. However, it's definitely one of my favorite Ghibli films for sure.
- Your Name: supernatural movie in which a completely unrelated teenage boy and girl swap bodies. They have to figure out why this happens and how to fix it.
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Personally, I prefer anime shows to movies since they're allowed more time to develop plot and characters. If you've ever played any Japanese games you'd know how convoluted the stories can be.
Based on your list of movies, you seem to like a good mix of comedies and tragedy/drama. Below are some shows I think you may like:
- One Punch Man (comedy/action): Saitama is the world's strongest man and can defeat enemies with a single punch. This causes him to feel ennui with life.
- Erased (mystery/thriller): time travel murder mystery. Don't want to say too much more. It's really short (12 episodes) so it should be easy to finish quickly
- Death Note (mystery/thriller): another murder mystery with supernatural elements, this time involving what's know as the the titular Death Note which can kill anyone who's name is written inside. This and Fullmetal (below) are pretty much always recommended starter anime.
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (fantasy/adventure): Alchemist Brothers Edward and Alphonse travel the world looking for the Philosopher's Stone in order to fix an alchemy disaster that left Alphonse's soul trapped in armor. Make sure you watch Brotherhood first. There are two series of this franchise and the regular Fullmetal Alchemist does not follow the source manga all the way through since it caught up at a certain point.
- Hunter x Hunter (action/adventure): Gon hopes to become a powerful Hunter so he can find his father who left him as a child. Best story of all shonen (boy targeted) manga/anime imo. Only bad thing is that it was dropped before they could complete the series (from where the Manga continued). But the ending it has is also still satisfying.
- Asobi Asobase (slice of life comedy): follows three odd high school friends as they try to find ways past time. Absolutely ridiculous show with no plot, just a lot of really funny situations the girls get themselves into. One of my favorites is a punishment game where loser has to be slapped on the butt.
- Ouran High School Host Club: Haruhi is a working class student who enrolls in a high school for wealthy elites on scholarship. On her first day, she accidentally breaks an expensive vase at the famous all-male host club and now has to work there to pay them back. Only problem is, she's a girl. Hilarity and hijinks ensue.
And if you don't want to dedicate less time, here are some more good movie recommendations:
- A Silent Voice: moving film about the redemption of a former school bully to a deaf girl. It's definitely an emotional roller coaster
- Grave of the Fireflies: I put this in my original list but did not specify that it was an anime movie. Only watch if you want to feel some intense emotions
- Spirited Away: there's a reason this is the first anime movie to with an Oscar. It's about a young girl who somehow becomes trapped in a magical fantasy world and has to find her parents and a way back home. Only reason I didn't include it was cause I actually liked Tokyo Godfathers more. However, it's definitely one of my favorite Ghibli films for sure.
- Your Name: supernatural movie in which a completely unrelated teenage boy and girl swap bodies. They have to figure out why this happens and how to fix it.
I've been asking for a list like this for years, and anime fans, who I thought would want to help someone enjoy anime, were unhelpful jerks. So thanks for the list!
I tried to find a free online streaming of Tokyo Godfather but couldn't find one. I'll be sure to watch these ones. Thanks again.
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Personally, I prefer anime shows to movies since they're allowed more time to develop plot and characters. If you've ever played any Japanese games you'd know how convoluted the stories can be.
Based on your list of movies, you seem to like a good mix of comedies and tragedy/drama. Below are some shows I think you may like:
- One Punch Man (comedy/action): Saitama is the world's strongest man and can defeat enemies with a single punch. This causes him to feel ennui with life.
- Erased (mystery/thriller): time travel murder mystery. Don't want to say too much more. It's really short (12 episodes) so it should be easy to finish quickly
- Death Note (mystery/thriller): another murder mystery with supernatural elements, this time involving what's know as the the titular Death Note which can kill anyone who's name is written inside. This and Fullmetal (below) are pretty much always recommended starter anime.
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (fantasy/adventure): Alchemist Brothers Edward and Alphonse travel the world looking for the Philosopher's Stone in order to fix an alchemy disaster that left Alphonse's soul trapped in armor. Make sure you watch Brotherhood first. There are two series of this franchise and the regular Fullmetal Alchemist does not follow the source manga all the way through since it caught up at a certain point.
- Hunter x Hunter (action/adventure): Gon hopes to become a powerful Hunter so he can find his father who left him as a child. Best story of all shonen (boy targeted) manga/anime imo. Only bad thing is that it was dropped before they could complete the series (from where the Manga continued). But the ending it has is also still satisfying.
- Asobi Asobase (slice of life comedy): follows three odd high school friends as they try to find ways past time. Absolutely ridiculous show with no plot, just a lot of really funny situations the girls get themselves into. One of my favorites is a punishment game where loser has to be slapped on the butt.
- Ouran High School Host Club: Haruhi is a working class student who enrolls in a high school for wealthy elites on scholarship. On her first day, she accidentally breaks an expensive vase at the famous all-male host club and now has to work there to pay them back. Only problem is, she's a girl. Hilarity and hijinks ensue.
And if you don't want to dedicate less time, here are some more good movie recommendations:
- A Silent Voice: moving film about the redemption of a former school bully to a deaf girl. It's definitely an emotional roller coaster
- Grave of the Fireflies: I put this in my original list but did not specify that it was an anime movie. Only watch if you want to feel some intense emotions
- Spirited Away: there's a reason this is the first anime movie to with an Oscar. It's about a young girl who somehow becomes trapped in a magical fantasy world and has to find her parents and a way back home. Only reason I didn't include it was cause I actually liked Tokyo Godfathers more. However, it's definitely one of my favorite Ghibli films for sure.
- Your Name: supernatural movie in which a completely unrelated teenage boy and girl swap bodies. They have to figure out why this happens and how to fix it.
Just finished watching Tokyo Godfathers. It was really good! I'll watch it again at Christmas!
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Just finished watching Tokyo Godfathers. It was really good! I'll watch it again at Christmas!
Yay, I'm glad you enjoyed it! My brother and I watched it on a whim around Christmas and we both really liked it.
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Full Metal Jacket
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Life of Brian
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Holy Grail
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Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
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Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
Goodfellas
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I've been asking for a list like this for years, and anime fans, who I thought would want to help someone enjoy anime, were unhelpful jerks. So thanks for the list!
I tried to find a free online streaming of Tokyo Godfather but couldn't find one. I'll be sure to watch these ones. Thanks again.
I'm pretty surprised. I am always trying to recommend anime to my friends to get them into it. But I can see how some fans are jerks. Like they forgot what it was like to be newbies.
I tried to list shows that were not only finished, but also relatively short so that they're not intimidating to start. Hope you find one you like! I didn't include any shoujo (girl targeted) anime because I forgot and don't really watch many. Only one I've seen is Ouran Host Club which is actually pretty good so I'll add it to my list.
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I'm not a huge movie fan, but I want to broaden my horizons a bit. I'll offer my list (that I've rewatched so many times I'm a bit tired of them):
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Young Poisoner's Handbook
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Full Metal Jacket
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Life of Brian
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Holy Grail
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Sunset Boulevard
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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The Nightingale
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Downfall
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Amadeus
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Once Were Warriors
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Dusk to Dawn
wrote last edited by [email protected]- Wild tales
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Funny, for me there are more items in Must read List than Must watch.
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I've been asking for a list like this for years, and anime fans, who I thought would want to help someone enjoy anime, were unhelpful jerks. So thanks for the list!
I tried to find a free online streaming of Tokyo Godfather but couldn't find one. I'll be sure to watch these ones. Thanks again.
Since you've seen a few of my must-see movies, I've decided to watch one of yours. I always wanted to watch more film noir movies since I always like when shows do film noir spoofs so I watched Sunset Blvd. In fact, there was a Tiny Toons Adventure parody called Sepulveda Blvd.
While there were some glaring plot points (like why didn't Max just continue making movies that starred Norma?), it was a good watch overall. Even though we know what happens since it shows the ending first, I wasn't sure where the plot was going. The actress who played Norma did such a good job at making the audience feel fearful and sympathetic towards Norma. If I watch any of the other movies on your list I'll let you know.
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Since you've seen a few of my must-see movies, I've decided to watch one of yours. I always wanted to watch more film noir movies since I always like when shows do film noir spoofs so I watched Sunset Blvd. In fact, there was a Tiny Toons Adventure parody called Sepulveda Blvd.
While there were some glaring plot points (like why didn't Max just continue making movies that starred Norma?), it was a good watch overall. Even though we know what happens since it shows the ending first, I wasn't sure where the plot was going. The actress who played Norma did such a good job at making the audience feel fearful and sympathetic towards Norma. If I watch any of the other movies on your list I'll let you know.
The only reason I watched Sunset Boulevard was because I read a theory someone had that the Metallica song The Memory Remains was written about it. So I watched it out of curiosity and it fits. I didn't notice any "plot points" because the overall theme and pathos of the movie gripped me. I agree that the woman who played Norma did a frighteningly good job. I might add some more to my list soon. I didn't realise so many people would reply so I just did it off the top of my head.
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Out of everything you listed, I only watched Sicario, Terminator and Django Unchained lol.
You won the right to suggest me my next movie! What it will be?I wonder did you watch anything?
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I wonder did you watch anything?
Yes. I tried to watch Whiplash, but just couldn't lol. I didn't make it past where the main character gets into the new band, and one overweight dude gets fired because he didn't know if he was out of tune or not.
I just couldn't relate to anything in this movie: i can't stand people like the old bald psychopath, and I am not an "artsy person"
I also watched "No country for old men". This one is actually very good movie, pretty dark imho, but I liked it! It's refreshing to see "bad guys win", instead of the usual sugar-coated scenario when the Good beats the Evil lol
Was planning to watch the other one you suggested soon
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Yes. I tried to watch Whiplash, but just couldn't lol. I didn't make it past where the main character gets into the new band, and one overweight dude gets fired because he didn't know if he was out of tune or not.
I just couldn't relate to anything in this movie: i can't stand people like the old bald psychopath, and I am not an "artsy person"
I also watched "No country for old men". This one is actually very good movie, pretty dark imho, but I liked it! It's refreshing to see "bad guys win", instead of the usual sugar-coated scenario when the Good beats the Evil lol
Was planning to watch the other one you suggested soon
Hey I’m glad you actually took my recommendations.
Totally get that with Whiplash it’s a tough watch. Funnily I’m not that artsy myself I was more drawn to both Fletcher and Miles as I found them fascinating but understandable that it’s not for everybody.
Yeah I get what you mean about No Country for Old Men and how it’s not your typical the “the bad guy always wins” cliche; frankly to suggest that’s indicative of real life is kinda insulting from Hollywood lol.
Awesome. I hope I can make it 2/3 in my favour with There Will Be Blood.
Whilst I’m here I saw Warfare recently and thought it was amazing. Basically super realistic to war and less Hollywood. Not graphic realism so much, although a little gore, but more the mundane side of war and the complete chaos. Really fascinating.
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Yay, I'm glad you enjoyed it! My brother and I watched it on a whim around Christmas and we both really liked it.
I watched season one of Rewrite, because I thought the Asian Kung Fu Generation song would be on it, but that was FMA as it turns out. I liked Rewrite though. I'm definitely going down an anime rabbit hole now!
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I watched season one of Rewrite, because I thought the Asian Kung Fu Generation song would be on it, but that was FMA as it turns out. I liked Rewrite though. I'm definitely going down an anime rabbit hole now!
That's really great to hear that you're open to exploring! I've not heard of Rewrite but I do like Asian Kung Fu Generation. Good luck with your journey and keep me posted once in a while with what you like or didn't like!
