As a big fan of subtle humor, I really enjoyed Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Tennenbaums.
With that said, I just couldn't get into Life Aquatic. At all. Like it's evidently too subtle for my limited comprehension. Apparently I need to watch it again in order to "get it" but don't particularly wish to.
Bad Santa not getting much love is kinda surprising. The scenes in the office with Ritter and Bernie Mac are just so ****ing funny, especially in character. Like the one where Ritter is going on and on about why they need to fire Bad Santa and Mack is just sitting there smoking, eating citrus and barely paying attention to anything he's saying:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qocqqifz6_s