My Suggestions: Movies to Watch [Recommended]

Submitted by Phreak on Tue, 02/20/2001 - 09:20
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  1. Billy Madison
  2. Conversation, The
  3. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  4. Decalogue [1 thru 10, of course]
  5. Dogme 1: Festen [Celebration]
  6. Fight Club
  7. Game, The
  8. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
  9. High Fidelity
  10. Italian for Beginners [Italiensk For Begyndere] (Dogma #12)
  11. Koyaanisqatsi
  12. M*A*S*H
  13. Mindscape
  14. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  15. Pi
  16. Reservoir Dogs
  17. Rushmore
  18. Series 7: The Contenders
  19. Sixth Sense
  20. Sliding Doors
  21. Sling Blade
  22. Snatch
  23. Thomas Crown Affair [both versions]
Author Comments: 

Same as the 'Required' list, only not so urgent, of course :)

See Also: My Suggestions: Movies to Watch [Required]

sebreg01/20/2002

Sweet list.

ash_campbell12/17/2003

Nice list. I'm currently working my way through the Decalogue (four to go). Very interesting stuff.

I rented Festen one time and couldn't get myself through the first half hour. I think the Dogme ethic has kind of killed Von Trier's greatest skills as a director (see Zentropa (1991) for a great work).

Phreak12/17/2003

I'll have to update this list, because I like the Dogme films, but Festen is not the best one. The Idiots and Italian for Beginners are both good. I just think Dogme films are important because it reminds directors about the basics. The problem is that most directors who tried their hand at Dogme already had a pretty good grasp of the basics.