heh did u guys watch any of the movies recommended in the post 232, there is a lot of them:/ not sure if there is enough interest for me to post more

there is. and yeah ive checked them out.

ok will post a bunch of movies in some time

Heat
Che (Benicio and Sodenberg's Biopic)
Awakenings
Monsters Inc.
Patton (One of the best Biopic's ever made. And a killer performance by George C. Scott)
A Bridge Too Far (Classic War film, only available until end of Jan.)

And a silghtly cheesy, slightly abscure, but utterly hilarious Al Brooks film:

Defending Your Life.



The concept is that after you die, you basically go to a sort of trial where you defend actions in your life, with the goal being to move on to the next stage in life. If you lose and don't convince the arbiter, you go back and essentially restart your previous "level" of existence.

Brooks is basically a guy who lived his life fearful and insecure. The movie revolves around examining parts in his life where he let his insecurity defeat him, and he has to defend himself and the actions. Very funny movie punctuated with poignant moments. Here's a short scene that gives you an idea of the tone of the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEsrQ...eature=related

ok here is some more recommendations to watch instantly on netflix. The first batch of these movies and the ones listed in a quote above are the ones which I consider to be all time great/great and believe that any serious movie fan should check them out. The second batch are movies which I feel just miss the mark of being great. I have about 200 more movies on my watch instantly queue, so obv there are a ton more quality movies available to watch.

8 1/2 (1963)
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987)
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Bicycle Thief (1948)
The Birds (1963)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1961)
Destiny (1921)
Diabolique (1954)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Earrings of Madame de... (1953)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1975)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
The Exorcist (1973)
Fear of Fear (1975)
Gilda (1946)
Gosford Park (2001)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Hombre (1967)
Ikiru (1952)
Ivan the Terrible (1944)
Julia (2008)
Klute (1971)
L'Avventura (1960)
La jete'e (1961)
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
Le Corbeau (1943)
Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Pickpocket (1959)
Psycho (1960)
Rashomon (1950)
Scarface (1932)
Seven Samurai (1954)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Solaris (1972)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)


4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
12 Monkeys (1995)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Blade Runner(1982)
Branded to Kill (1967)
California Split (1974)
Carrie (1976)
The China Syndrome (1979)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Elevator to the Gallows (1957)
Foolish Wives (1922)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
The General (1927)
The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Gloria (1980)
The Innocents (1961)
Jules and Jim (1962)
Keane (2004)
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)
The Marriage Circle (1921)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Memento (2000)
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
A Nos Amours (1983)
Onibaba (1964)
Pandora's Box (1929)
People Will Talk (1951)
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Saboteur (1942)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Searchers (1956)
Shanghai Triad (1995)
The Shooting (1967)
Show Me Love (1998)
The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
The Tall T (1957)
The Trial (1962)
Ugetsu (1953)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
A Woman Is a Woman (1961)
Yojimbo (1961)
Z (1969)

Wings of Desire.

City of Angels was a remake of it, and basically took out all the subtlety and artistic merit then warped it into a cheesy chick flick. Wings of Desire is just beautifully shot, and has a great performance by Peter Faulk.

i watched the first part of che... not sure if i am up to the second for a while

wtf is with all the suggestions from the 50s and crap. let's get some real suggestions itt plz

lol

Best post in the thread imo...

Someone just tipped me off that the show "The Brotherhood" is streaming, seasons 1 and 2. Looks like I got a new show to watch to fill in the gap until Mad Men season 3 comes out.

Man on Wire is a pretty good docu about the guy that snuck onto the twin towers, attached a tightrope wire and walked across.

also, goonies ldo

Toy Soldiers is one of my favorites I thought Graduation was also pretty interesting until the end.

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but I just started watching Party Down, an original comedy on Starz.

I didn't know Starz had original programming, but I learned about the show from this article on the Onion AV Club site. So far it has been one of the better comedies I've seen recently.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-y...rom-2,36591/3/

Never heard of this show but the cast is pretty stacked.

Party down is very good. Definitely recommend.

+3 for Party Down, can't wait till season 2.

TYSON!!!

Everest: Beyond the Limit (S1, S2, S3)

(just had S4 on discoveryHD this past fall, i believe)

+4 for Party Down! Quoting my own post because I just burned through the first 5 episodes (had only watched first 2 when I originally posted). This show is really, really funny and, being on Starz, there is swearing and nudity. FTW.

If you are a fan of fantasy novels or just cheesy sci-fi in the Hercules/Xena warrior princess tradition check out the TV show legend of the Seeker based on Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series. As I said it is a bit cheesy but it was still pretty cool being able to finally see what a Mord-sith looks like.

does netflix stream anime?

Headcase is another good starz show imo

Just found this thread. One of my favorite movies I've seen in the past year is available for instant streaming in HD. It's a foreign title called "Sin Nombre" that revolves around 2 characters who's paths eventually cross as they flee for the US. One is a teenage Honduran boy in the MS13 gang (notorious latin american gang) and the other a teenage Honduran girl.

If you've seen City of God and enjoyed it you'll like this flick as much if not more. It's in Spanish with subtitles but the dialogue isn't too heavy so it's not bothersome. If you watch it, please post your thoughts!

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If you like stand up comedy, these are available for instant streaming as well:

Daniel Tosh - Completely Serious (think i've watched this 10 times and still can't stop laughing each time)
Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

IIRC there was a big-ass adult bookstore in Nashville called the Purple Onion, would be awesome if it's where he recorded his show