Must See Movies

Oh another thread with recommendation about films, I like such topics :) I tried to avoid repetition and advise something new, sorry if it's not.
If you don't mind Asian cinematograph, I'l like to recommend "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" - maybe not world-class masterpieces, but this director have the ability to play color shades like no other, turning every scene into a work of art. Also "Oldboy" - this is masterpiece, in any case, for me, one of my favorites films, a stunning combination of drama, action, black humor with a beautiful soundtrack, though a quite specific film. Just don't even think of watching an American remake, with all due respect, it's awful.
From American movies, I think western is the greatest achievement of American cinematograph. Like R.Duvall said: "The English do Shakespeare, the French do Molière, the Russians do Chekhov - we do westerns". Although most movies of this genre aren't exactly suitable for a woman, in my opinion, I recommend "Dances with Wolves" - more hisrorical drama, from the western there is only the atmosphere of the wild west, it's a great story. Also (not the western) "Legends of the Fall" and "The Last Samurai" - I'm not say that this is a masterpieces, but for some reason I liked this films.
Hope you'll find a nice movies in this thread for yourself and your boyfriend.
Forgot to add something from old classic movies, one of my favorite - "The Sting", in my opinion, the best film from the heist films, very positive in comparison with other representatives of this genre, a great screenplay and soundtrack, and the duet of Newman and Redford is amazing. Although most likely you have already seen it, because it's a real classic.

Spirited Away is a really nice one

https://letterboxd.com/jackolantern/likes/ - some films I've enjoyed there.

I don't really watch movies, but I really liked John Wick.
It's worth seeing just for the combat/gunplay choreography (which the movie consist of for 90%). Plus it has Le Castle Vania music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o2EU5VOzLQ

Dark City!
I never see anybody talking about his one but it was an excellent one for sure. The setting is very interesting, the story unveils in unexpected ways and the questions raised and explored by this film also are fascinating and deep. It's not old by my definition (which is, old is before 1975 or so and this particular movie is from 1998) and I can't recommend it enough.

Other ones I absolutely loved and recommend seeing but perhaps don't need that much of an introduction:

• Interstellar, not a very original choice but damn it was great!
• Wall-E, which I guess everybody has seen by now but still is amazing.
• The perks of being a wallflower which provided me with a lot of emotions (and I'm not easily moved by movies) and that I can only describe as "a movie that makes you want to love".
• Monsters Inc – to be honest this one is probably just because of the nostalgia of seeing it hundreds of times in my childhood xD
• Zootopia, yes. I really expected nothing of this one and had a very good surprise! It's smart, funny, good for both children and adults and has a lot of great positive messages while subtely addressing current issues.
• Watchmen is like the superhero movie you must see. It's great.
• Monthy Python and the Holy Grail : The.best.comedy. ever.period. Never laughed so much watching a movie.

Hope it helps!

Films I really liked/loved.
No particular order, just as they came to mind...

Already mentioned:
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Equilibrium (2002)
District 9 (2009)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Departed (2006)
In Bruges (2008)
The Prestige (2006)

Others:
The Bucket List (2007)
Buried (2010)
Mystic River (2003)
Gran Torino (2008)
Blood Diamond (2006)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Zombieland (2009)
Up (2009)
City of God (2002)
Predestination (2014)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Logan (2017)
Gravity (2013)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Pretty much through all the genres

The Silence of the Lambs
Studio Ghibli films (Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Arrietty, Totoro, Princess Mononoke...pretty much they're all great)

I wouldn't call these "the best movies ever" ones I love that are underrated imo:
Death at a Funeral (2007) - British (kinda dark?) comedy
Wild Target - British action comedy
Aftershock (has subtitles - original title is Tang shan da di zhen) - Sad earthquake disaster film
Lovely, Still - Romance

And I've not watched a tonne of really old movies either, but ones I loved are Psycho (which he's probably already seen) and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was funnier than I was expecting! A comedy musical.

Swiss Army Man _ Superb movie, but maybe not for everyone.

it has a couple of tv series but... mostly movies (and yes: its not complete yet)

http://www.imdb.com/list/ls068679058/

Lots of good stuff here, I'll try to pick some that haven't been mentioned.

No love for Wes Anderson? The Royal Tenenbaums is my fav, probably followed by The Grand Budapest Hotel

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - A sci-fi love story that makes you think

Minority Report - Great cyberpunk film based on the Philip K. Dick book

City of God - A violent but beautiful tale

Seven Samurai - The best samurai film you'll ever watch.

The Shawshank Redemption - One of the few (imo) Stephen King books that was given a good film.

Black Swan - Since Requiem for a Dream was already mentioned, another masterpiece from one of my favorite directors

Casablanca - On many toplists? Sure. Overrated? Never.

The Hunt - Moving Danish film starring Mads Mikkelson. Also see After The Wedding

Alien - Quintessential sci-fi horror film. The Thing is great also.

Super Troopers - Probably my favorite comedy. Cheesy but awesome. Speaking of other cheesy cult classics, Big Trouble in Little China and Evil Dead 2 are both a must.

In This Corner of the World, WW2 from the point of view of a Japanese woman. It's not a must-watch per se, but it's kinda interesting to see the war from an angle that's less explored.

Bridge on the River Kwai. bump ;]

http://www.imdb.com/user/ur11681077/ratings?sort=your_rating,desc&ratingFilter=0&mode=detail&ref_=undefined&lastPosition=0

:P

Minus what everyone else mentioned:

500 Days of Summer
Argo
Prisoners
Reservoir Dogs
Gangs of New York
Hot Fuzz
Insomnia
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Room
Collateral
The Boondock Saints
Fury
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Snowden
The Loft
Allied
Don't Breathe
Life
Live by Night
Shot Caller

Brazil
Naked Lunch
The Butterfly Effect
Jacob's Ladder

My favorites that have not been mentioned here:
Waking Life
The Butterfly Effect
The Thirteenth Floor

Sci-Fi 44% favorite genre and still no Ex Machina recommendation? Something is fishy here. :)
It took me a while to check all 4 pages so I don't repeat already recommended movies. Thought the list will be shorter, but I'm glad my contribution can be a little bigger.

Forushande (The Salesman) 2016
Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (A Separation) 2011
Darbareye Elly (About Elly) 2009
Le passé (The Past) 2013

I watched The Salesman because it got Oscar for best foreign movie in 2016. Got interested further and found out that another movie from the same director, Asghar Farhadi, got it in 2011. Watched the other ones also and can't wait for his next.

The Naked Gun 1988
Office Space 1999
Ratatouille 2007
Ernest et Célestine 2012

Some comedies and animated ones for good measure.

Rear Window 1954
Rope 1948
Psycho 1960
Vertigo 1958
North by Northwest 1959

Hitchcock. Not much needs to be said.

Incendies 2010
The Pianist 2002
Once Upon a Time in America 1984
Dallas Buyers Club 2013
Philadelphia 1993
Nightcrawler 2014
Manchester by the Sea 2016
Moonlight 2016
American Gangster 2007
Das Experiment 2001
Silver Linings Playbook 2012
Captain Phillips 2013
After Hours 1985
Gone Baby Gone 2007
The Last King of Scotland 2006
The Machinist 2004
127 Hours 2010
The Town 2010
True Grit 2010
Source Code 2011
The Aviator 2004
The Devil's Advocate 1997
Flight 2012
Let Me In 2010
Bronson 2008
Locke 2013
Side Effects 2013
The Invitation 2015

As you can see drama is my favorite genre, by far. Total number of recommendations: 42, it is the answer to everything after all. :))

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead -> A must-see for the WTF factor.

Dredd, Sunshine, 28 days later - Turns out that Alex Garland is pretty good at writing different kinds of sci-fi movies.

A History of Violence - What happens if a man mostly known for disturbing body-horror stuff makes a slow-paced crime drama ? You get a really good drama that messes with your head due to emotional impact.

Scanners. Speaking of David Cronenberg, one of his more famous movies, and one I also find myself re-watching every once in a while. Exploding heads are fun and all.

wow didn't expect so many sci-fi lovers lol

The Princess Bride
The Artist
Apollo 13
Kubo and the Two Strings
Rogue One
Esio Trot (this was a movie made for the BBC, so it might be hard to find)
Animal House
Passengers
Super 8
Babe
Back to the Future
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Birdman
The Iron Giant
The King's Speech
The Lego Movie
Philomena
Big Eyes
Psycho
Hitchcock
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Wreck It Ralph
The Way Way Back

Oh, if you want to see three FANTASTIC anime pieces-
Grave of the Fireflies
Voices of a Distant Star
Their Standing Points (She and Her Cat)

Three of my favorites.

Just watched a youtube video about this so: Baby Driver
Setting aside reservations about Kevin Spacey the film is absolutely fantastic, so for the sake of the other people involved give it a shot!

EDIT: Some of the the director's (Edgar Wright) other movies are pretty great as well - Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz etc

Three that a friend and I watched, which were actually about as good as people say they are...
Schindler's List. (Possibly a little slow, it's been a little while since I actually watched this one.)
The Shawshank Redemption.
Fight Club.

A couple that are incredibly over-rated, and I'd actually recommend skipping...
Blade Runner.
2001: A Space Odyssey.

Sunshine from Danny Boyle is great sci fi movie... kind of a mess in the last act, but great as a whole