L.A. Confidential

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

Almost forgot the best car chase movie (with apologies to Bullitt) ever made, Ronin.

BINGO!!! The movie that pushed me from Lexus to BMW!

Not an Audi with Nitrous?

Funny because in the movie they all drove either Audis or Mercedes, but I knew I wanted a German car, not Japanese. At that time, Lexus did not make (except for their SC convertible), cars with manual transmission. Blasphemy!

[Kurt Rahn]

Ketucky Fried Movie
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The Joy of Sex record comes equipped with BIG JIM SLADE....

Catholic Schoolgirls in Trouble!

[Rick Brown]

Lots of interesting suggestions.

My Netflix queue has grown considerably.............

[Steve Towers]

If your into films with heart and sentiment, a recent release, "Taking Chance" w/Kevin Bacon fits the bill. Have a box of snotties handy.

An excellent documentary, "Paper Clips" will also do it.

However, if you enjoy stand up comedians, "Tim Allen: Live Onstage" is hilarious. The funniest routine I've ever seen.

All are available on Netflix.

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

Some of my Favorites:

Body Heat - Kathleen Turner at her best

recently saw this for the first time last year......what guys will do for a beautiful woman! Great movie. Yup...Miss Turner was sizzling

[Rick Brown]

If your into films with heart and sentiment, a recent release, "Taking Chance" w/Kevin Bacon fits the bill. Have a box of snotties handy.

+1 for that one.

[John Coffey]

Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KvgtEnABY" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[George Schilling]

What I look for in a great movie a great story, interesting and rich sets and locations, great cinematography, and interesting characters and character development. If the movie offers success story and inspiration, it's a bonus.

Here my list in no particular order.

In The Line of Fire (1993)
The Rocketeer (1991)
October Sky (1999)
The Princess Bride (1987)
War Games (1983)
Crash (2004)*
Fargo (1996)*
Sideways (2004)*
The Commitments (1991)
61* (2001)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hoosiers (1986)
The American President (1995)
Tin Cup (1996)
One Night at McCool's (2001)*
Tin Men (1987)*
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
The Dead Girl (2006)*
Rudy (1993)

With the exception of the movies with an asterisk, these are movies that can be watched by the whole family without reservations. But don't let that stop you from watching, there all great movies.

[Steve Towers]

Ok, someone has to do this. If you don't tend to wig out about social or political implications, and just want to be entertained, I highly suggest Avatar. Yeah, I know there's a whole bunch of web postings about all the supposed meanings of this movie. If you can put those aside, it's a remarkable film. If you can't put them aside, see it anyway. Draw you own conclusions. The special effects are so seamless, you tend to forget that they are computer generated. I recommend 3D, but not necessarily IMAX.

[Mako Koiwai]

great cinematography

Not sure if it's still in the theaters ... but this is the one that the Cinematographers LOVE! The White Ribbon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Ribbon

[Curt Luther]

Ketucky Fried Movie
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The Joy of Sex record comes equipped with BIG JIM SLADE....

Catholic Schoolgirls in Trouble!

This was the first R rated movie I ever saw. 1977 and we go to the drive in as a family. I forget what the first movie was but the second movie was KFM. Parents thought, "How bad could it be?" The "trailer" came up for Catholic High School Girls in Trouble and I remember my dad turning to the backseat, shoving $5 at me yelling. "Go get a Coke!" I replied, "But we got a cooler..." Dad yells back, "Get a hot dog, get an ice cream just get lost!"


"I've come to wescue you..."

[Curt Luther]

Tommy Boy
Wedding Crashers
Road Trip
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I'm not deep!

You forgot Hot Rod.

[Thomas Smith]

"I've come to wescue you..."

"this is not a chawade...."

Now I have to find KFM to download....

[Dan Shaw]

Lets see here...Most of these are somewhat cheezy action films with good FX, but they are quite entertaining. I mostly enjoy a good script and smart comedies...


• Twister
• Patriot Games
• Clear and Present Danger
• Just about any James Bond movie (The living Daylights...personal fav...loved the Aston)
• Terminator 1&2
• The Matrix (the first one...not the follow-ups)
• Independence Day
• Oceans 11,12,13 (all smart comedies)
• Blues Brothers (Most epic car crashes, the mall scene is classic and has been copied for years)

Just the ones I can think of off the top of my head...if you're into Stand-up...

• Bill Cosby - Himself (the ultimate classic)
• ANY Russel Peters - Indian/Canadian comedian, most hysterical currently going
• Older Gallagher/Robin Williams.

War Games (1983)

"Would you like to play Thermonuclear War?"

[Tom Denham]

I have a lot of picks others already posted, so how about some great obscure/cult classics and other little know greats. in no particular order.
RollerBall
The Machinist
The Mechanic
Soylent Green
Omega-Man
The Gods must be crazy
They Live
The Thing
Escape from New York
Akira (anime)
Emperor of the North
A clock work Orange
1984
Das Boot
Time Bandits
Tom Horn
Zardoz
Heavy Metal
And for those that LOVE Star Wars how about HARDWARE WARS
I'll add some more later.

[Tom Tanquary]

I'll continue my theme.....

I like the style that Hong Kong action flicks have brought to the screen. They just seem closer to the personal and to the story. I started following Yun-Fat Chow years ago and became a true fan after seeing The Replacement Killers - a stunningly well done, well acted, well shot, action film in the Hong Kong style even though it was done here. And by the time he did Crouching Tiger I think most people saw his star quality as well. But like Jackie and so many others, they seem to find a hard time translating their talent into long term Hollywood success.

[Tom Tanquary]

Zardoz

HARDWARE WARS

You're the first person I have known that's seen either of these films. I thought I was the only one.

[Tom Denham]

Zardoz

HARDWARE WARS

You're the first person I have known that's seen either of these films. I thought I was the only one.

Those are just off the top of my head, i'll have to think about some of the others i have seen in the past.

For some good old teenage punk , pill popping, biker violence with some govt controlled experiments and whacked out mind bending check out Akira. fast paced and one of the best anime to come out of Japan, but look for the original version.

The first 5-7 mins has a very unique motorcycle battle.

[Giovanni Jaramillo]

Lets see here...Most of these are somewhat cheezy action films with good FX, but they are quite entertaining. I mostly enjoy a good script and smart comedies...


• Twister
• Patriot Games
• Clear and Present Danger
• Terminator 1&2
• The Matrix (the first one...not the follow-ups)

I'm a big Tom Clancy fan (read all the novels) and though Clear and Present Danger is my favorite book, and the movie was somewhat close, the best book and movie closest to his book was Hunt for Red October (which I listed). But all the rest are good...except for Sum of All Fears (great book, horrible movie especially with Ben Afflect taking over the role of Jack Ryan).

Terminator 1, Matrix 1, also classics like Alien (singular)

Twister I have on my personal list but didn't include. Not sure how many people like watching tornadoes

War Games (1983)

"Would you like to play Thermonuclear War?"

The other quote is....."Shall we play a GAME?" The movie that got me into computer science and career.

[Tom Tanquary]

check out Akira. fast paced and one of the best anime to come out of Japan, but look for the original version.

The first 5-7 mins has a very unique motorcycle battle.

I shot a documentary a long, long time ago about anime just as it was starting to come to America. I went to one of the first anime festivals - in San Francisco - and got the total immersion experience. Akira had just come out in Japan and was bootlegged here so we crowded into somebody's hotel room to watch it on crappy VHS. It all seems so mainstream now. Those were the days......

[Dan Shaw]

check out Akira. fast paced and one of the best anime to come out of Japan, but look for the original version.

The first 5-7 mins has a very unique motorcycle battle.

I shot a documentary a long, long time ago about anime just as it was starting to come to America. I went to one of the first anime festivals - in San Francisco - and got the total immersion experience. Akira had just come out in Japan and was bootlegged here so we crowded into somebody's hotel room to watch it on crappy VHS. It all seems so mainstream now. Those were the days......

I've done the same for a few anime that didn't exist stateside. Kind of the odd part is much of the anime these days can be found online from someone who did a VHS to digital dump.

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Weekly Anime post, lots of current-running series (including DragonBall Kai...aka the re-mastered DragonBall Z. VERY good so far).

[KJ Christopher]

"I've come to wescue you..."

"this is not a chawade...."

Now I have to find KFM to download....

please burn me a copy if you find it.

[Kristoffer Gjevre]

Some Scandinavian movies from the past that have has some success and even the American side of the family has enjoyed:
Elling (2001)
Jonny Vang (2003)
Kitchen Stories/Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003)

[Mike Shin]

Zardoz

HARDWARE WARS

You're the first person I have known that's seen either of these films. I thought I was the only one.

LOL Zardoz, I watched that in school along with All That Jazz for a film class. Very bizzar movie.

[Mako Koiwai]

If you're looking for edge of your seat excitement and great story telling: "The Hurt Locker"

http://theenvelope.latimes.com/env-et-b ... 0875.story