Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A list of movies I want to watch

Over the easter long weekend, I decided to try and create a list of films that I want to watch. First of all, I racked my brains and wrote a big long list of my favourite films. Using this info, I spent a while browsing through the following movie recommendation websites: Rotten Tomatoes, Tastekid, Movielens, IMDb, Criticker, and Clerkdogs.

I found Clerkdogs and Tastekid to be the best for finding new films to watch, and I used RottenTomatoes and IMDB just to run a check on the plot/ratings to see if the film really suited my fancy.

Here is a list that I have compiled. If you have seen any of these films, let me know if any are good or crap.

Dramas

This Boy's Life (1993)
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
The Double Life of Veronique (1991)
My Life as a Dog (1987)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Ruang rak noi nid mahasan / Last Life in the Universe (2003)
My Life Without Me (2001)
Ma Vie En Rose (1997)
Dave (1993)
Ikuru (1952)
The Living End (1992)
The Secret Life of Words (2006)
High Art (1998)
The Doom Generation (1995)
Lost and Delirious (2001)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Short Cuts (1993)
A History of Violence (2005)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Lolita (1962)
Youth Without Youth (2007)
Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1976)

Stupid, surreal, quirky, kitsch, black, political and or teen comedy

Airplane / Flying High
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1989)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Ruthless People (1986)
Back to School (1986)
Parents (1989)
The Closet (2001)
How to get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Heavy Traffic (1973)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Valley Girl (1983)
Parenthood (1989)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2004)
Falling Down (1993)
One Crazy Summer (1986)
Strike! (1998)
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
The Rachel Papers (1989)
The Daytrippers (1996)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)

Thrillers / surreal / sci-fi / horror

The Vanishing (1988)
Avalon (2001)
The Deadzone (1983)
Eastern Promises (2007)

Films that involve: romance, romantic comedy, female friendship, relationships women’s issues, body-swapping, time distortion, fantasy fatalism, Robert Downy Jr and or John Cusack.

All of Me (1984)
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
Bull Durham (1988)
Moonstruck (1987)
Flirting (1991)
Things I Never Told You (1996)
Shopgirl (2005)
Me Without You (2001)
Singles (1992)
Friends With Money (2006)
Walking and Talking (1996)
Broken English (2007)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Me Myself I (1999)
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Happy Accidents (2000)
Next Stop Wonderland (1997)
Serendipity (2001)
Only You (1994)
Chances Are (1989)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Return to Me (2000)
Irma Vep (1996)
Working Girl (1988)

2 comments:

Janelle said...

my life as a dog: good
the ice storm: eh worth a watch
Lolita: really slow
Peggy sue got married: really good. You'd love it
Parenthood: excellent
Moonstruck: GOOD
Melinda and Melinda: shit shit shit. I downloaded it 2 weeks and and regretted it.

I'm going to download some of your list!
This was a good blog post.

jillian-anne said...

wow this is quite an extensive list! impressive! i don't think i have seen any of these...the teen genre sounds great though!