Friday, October 28, 2011

List of Recommendations

For my posts so far, I've written only the movies seen since I started the blog.
Here's a list of some other magnificent movies. Many of them are among my favorites - all wonderful, weird, or just worth watching.  No particular order.

Down in the Valley - David Jacobson (2005)  with Edward Norton and Evan Rachel Wood
The Fountain - Darren Oronofsky (2006) with Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz
Mr. Nobody - Jaco Van Dormael (2009) with Jared Leto
Gerry - Gus Van Sant (2002) with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck
Altered States - Ken Russel (1980) with William Hurt
The Assassination of Richard Nixon - Niels Mueller (2004) with Sean Penn
A Love Song for Bobby Long - Shainee Gabel (2004) with Scarlett Johansson and John Travolta
Buffalo '66 - Vincent Gallo (1998) with Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci
THX 1138 - George Lucas (1971) with Robert Duvall
Pandorum - Christian Alvart (2009) with Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster and Cam Gigandet
Koyaanisqatsi - Godfrey Reggio (1982) with nobody..   AAmazing film.
Never Let Me Go - Mark Romanek (2010) with Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield
Boy A - John Crowley - 2007 with Andrew Garfield
Willard - Glen Morgan (2003) with Crispin Glover. It's silly, but I love the feel to it and Crispin Glover.
The Ballad of Jack and Rose - Rebecca Miller (2005) with Daniel Day-Lewis and Camilla Belle
Stay - Marc Forster (2005) with Ewan Mcgregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling
The Dark Hour/La Hora Fria - Elio Quiroga (2006) one of those over-looked, but great movies.
Elephant - Gus Van Sant (2003)
Taxidermia - György Pálfi (2003)  Hungarians yo... crazy.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - Chan-wook Park (2002)
The Lives of Others/Das Leben der Anderen - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2006)
Gummo - Harmony Korine - (1997)
Stroszek - Werner Herzog (1977) with Brüno S.
The Wrestler - Darren Aronofsky - (2008) with Mickey Rourke and Even Rachel Wood
Delicatessen - Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1991) with Dominique Pinon
Good - Vicente Amorim (2008) with Viggo Mortensen
Fat Girl/A Ma Soeur! - Catherine Breillat (2001)
Antichrist - Lars von Trier (2009) with Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg
Eastern Promises - David Cronenberg (2007) with Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts
Naked Lunch - David Cronenberg (1991)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser - Werner Herzog (1974) with Bruno S.
Nell - Michael Apted (1994) with Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson
Twelve Monkeys - Terry Gilliam (1995) with Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt
Black Death - Christopher Smith (2010) with Sean Bean
Babel - Alejandro González Iñárritu (2006) with Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt
Oscar and Lucinda - Gillian Armstrong (1997) with Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - Lasse Hallström (1993) will always be a favorite of mine.
Downfall/Der Untergang - Oliver Hirschbiegel (2004) with Bruno Ganz
The Fall - Tarsem Singh (2010) with Lee Pace         beauuutiful movie.  a forever favorite.
Boys Don't Cry - Kimberly Peirce (1999) with Hilary Swank and Chloë Sevigny
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985)
Jacob's Ladder - Adrian Lyne (1990) with Tim Robbins
Control - Anton Corbijn (2007)
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer - John McNaughton (1986)
Pi - Darren Aronofsky (1998)
Shortbus - John Cameron Mitchell (2006)
The Chumscrubber - Arie Posin (2005) with Ralph Fiennes, Camilla Belle, Jamie Bell.. even Glenn Close
The Adventures of Priscilla - Queen of the Desert - Stephen Elliot (1994) w/Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving
Chung King Express - Kar Wai Wong (1994)
Mouth to Mouth - Alison Murray (2005) with Ellen Page
Princess Mononoke - Hayao Miyazaki (1997)
Things We Lost in the Fire - Susanne Bier (2007) with Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro
The Tracey Fragments - Bruce McDonald - (2007) with Ellen Page
Storytelling - Todd Solandz (2001) with Selma Blair
Wilby Wonderful - Daniel MacIvor - (2004)
Micmacs - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (2009) with Dominique Pinon and other funny french people
Kontroll - Nimród Antal (2003)

Watch them!

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