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I will just give you the classics I force my friends to watch (trying to stick with 1940s-1980s live action):
The Sting
Casablanca
Duck Soup - really all of the Marx Brothers Films but Duck Soup is my favorite.
Patton
The Battleship Potemkin
Citizen Kane
Godfather I&II
Psycho
Rear Window
Blade Runner
The Searchers
He who gets Slapped - I dont know if you will be able to find this, we have to break it out on 8mm.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Kurosawa's flicks
Lawrence of Arabia
The Wizard of Oz
Its a Wonderful Life
Holiday Inn
Sunset Boulevard
One flew over the Cuckoos Nest
Maltese Falcon
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Jazz Singer
Jazz in the Night - if you can find a copy
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Well what about movies that have camp value? I love b movies.

Grizzly: A classic b movie. It isnt worth watching the whole thing but this video covers the best parts.

Only thing I have to say is A BEAR VS A BAZOOKA(at end of video)!


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Mr.White555 wrote:Well what about movies that have camp value? I love b movies.

Grizzly: A classic b movie. It isnt worth watching the whole thing but this video covers the best parts.

Only thing I have to say is A BEAR VS A BAZOOKA(at end of video)!


Ah, for stuff like that, I find this is an excellent website.

Bad Movies.org
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Ack wrote:Hey Jrecee, when you say "The Machinest", do you mean the 2004 film with Christian Bale, El Maquinista?
If it is, I've seen all but three on that list...
Yep. . . which three didn't you see?
Pulsar_t wrote:The Machinist was entertaining but it suffered from the Matrix's legacy (ie Lawrence Fishburne's Morpheus-like character)..
You must be thinking of a different movie.
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Excuse me, on a second inspection there were four I hadn't seen. I didn't notice Raising Arizona was on there. I haven't seen any of these, though I've heard good things about most of them. Used Cars I'm not familiar with.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Raising Arizona
Used Cars
Vanishing Point (1971)

Since you seem to be a bit of a fan of vehicle movies, have you ever seen Duel? I haven't gotten a chance to, but I've heard it's worth checking out.
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Alright since the OP has abandoned this topic I want to ask some recommendations for myself.. Here's a list of Asian films that I have

2046
Audition
Battle Royale
Better Tomorrow, a
Breaking News
City on Fire
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dreams/Yume
Enter the Dragon
Hard Boiled
Hero
Hidden Fortress, the
House of Flying Daggers
Ichi the Killer
Ikiru
Infernal Affairs
Killer, the
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Musa the Warrior
Natural City
Nobody Knows
Oldboy
Rashomon
Seven Samurai, the
Shaolin Soccer
Still Life
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
Tetsuo, the Iron Man
Zatoichi


I need titles that fit my taste. Is Election any good?
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Hmm...here's a few suggestions you might like.

Battlefield Baseball
Born to Fight
City of Violence
Come Drink with Me
Crime Story
Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts
Fists of Fury
Gozu
Happiness of the Katakuris
Incident at Blood Pass
Izo
Japan's Longest Day
Lady Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Machine Girl
Once Upon a Time in China
Once Upon a Time in China II
Once Upon a Time in China III
Ong Bak: Thai Warrior
Police Story
Police Story 2
Ran
Samurai I
Samurai II
Samurai III
Sanjuro
Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor
Sword of Doom
Sympathy for Mister Vengeance
Twilight Samurai
Versus
Yojimbo
Zatoichi vs. Yojimbo
Zebraman

As for Election, I couldn't tell you. I haven't gotten to see it yet. The trailer made it look pretty good though.
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If you enjoyed Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, look into the rest of Stephen Chow's films. God of Gamblers 3 And God of Cookery specfically.
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Ack wrote:Hmm...here's a few suggestions you might like.
Those are definitely not 'few' so many thanks for that list it should keep me occupied for weeks! :mrgreen:
fast wrote:If you enjoyed Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, look into the rest of Stephen Chow's films. God of Gamblers 3 And God of Cookery specfically.
Thanks! I wonder why are those less known than Shaolin Soccer and KFH?
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They're earlier works, and don't necessarily translate as well to an international audience. But they are good, or at least God of Cookery is. I haven't seen God of Gamblers 3 so I couldn't say.
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