I got Netflix. What movies should i watch?

[Vanje]

[ghostsofgiants]

1. What kind of movies do you like?

[Vanje]

4. i like good movies that arent sad

Happy films, but I dont care for a lot of overtly heteroexual light romantic comedies. like 'Must like Dogs'.or 'Something about Mary'.

I dont much care for Mel Gibson or Kevin Costner

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Hmmm...not sad...

Some of these may or may not be sad at points, haha, but try Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, Buffalo 66 (Though be prepared to really hate Gallo's character for most of the film, haha), Y Tu Mama Tambien, Being John Malkovich, Ghost World.

[Vanje]

15. Thank you

i've enjoyed some of your suggestions.(especially Ghost World.

[bettyellen]

2. Trilogy of Terror

:)

[bridgit]

3. is that the one that has: Dark Angel, The Ascent? with Angela Featherstone?

cause that ones creepy cool :scared:

[bettyellen]

6. mmm no, it has Karen Black in three diferent tales of supernatural evil...

in one segment she plays twins, an uptight librarian and her slutty blonde sister, in another, she's brutally attacked by a six inch tall African warrior fetish doll... made for TV in the 70s. it'd truly a masterpiece of the abc movie of the week genre.

[bridgit]

8. oh i remember that one now...

[Vanje]

5. Exellent. I'll put it in my que

[bettyellen]

9. also, Sweet Hostage with Linda Blair and a young Martin Sheen

as a disturbed young man with poetic sensibilites who kidnaps tomboy Linda and well....
makes her a woman. I love kidnapping/ coming of age stories. :loveya:

[Vanje]

12. Oh! I saw that decades ago.

Martin Sheen was a dreamboat kidnapper.
Her appetite for canned green chilies was his ultimate downfall.

[bettyellen]

26. i thought it was the 'special order" curtains he got for her.....

so sad....

[bridgit]

7. here, i went and took some off our queue you don't have to watch'em...

just ideas :)

Poirot: The ABC Murders
Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut
The Astronaut Farmer
Fracture
The Shining
The Amazing Screw-On Head
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (and yeah, we're going through the ring again)
Bridge to Terabithia
Premonition
Seraphim Falls
Eyes Wide Shut
Magic of Fellini
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Raise the Red Lantern
The Exodus Decoded
The Return
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Magic of Fellini...is that a documentary about him?

[bridgit]

17. ummm, sort of i suppose, a compilation of works w/narrative...

i guess that could be a doc, but think a retrospective of some kind if you get my difference :)

[ghostsofgiants]

20. That sounds cool, maybe I'll try to track it down.

[The Straight Story]

13. Pan's Labyrinth was pretty good. Watched it online at netflix the other day(nt)

[Aristus]

14. "Local Hero" from 1983.

A little slow moving, but absolutely worth it. One of the most uplifting, heartwarming films I've ever seen.

[CBHagman]

16. Here are some suggestions.

Are you all right with subtitles? Some of the following are foreign language films. Many of these I've rented from Netflix

A Mighty Wind
The Closet
Being Julia
Hi-Life
Cradle Will Rock
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
La Buche
Walking and Talking
Friends with Money
Coupling (the British TV series, four seasons plus extras)
I See a Dark Stranger
The Return of the Secaucus 7
Eat Drink Man Woman
Born Romantic
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Persuasion (1995)
Amelie
Crossing Delancey

I've left off anything that was a murder mystery or perhaps too bittersweet for your guidelines. :-)

[Vanje]

18. Thanks! You're awesome!

[CBHagman]

19. You're welcome.

I don't know if you have noticed yet that once you enter something into your queue, Netflix coughs up a bunch of other titles, generally connected in some fashion. For example, if you rented Silver City, Netflix might suggest other John Sayles-directed flicks, or other movies starring Chris Cooper, or other dramas.

It's not a precise system, though. For example, I enjoy romantic comedies, and the Netflix recommendations list will come up with maybe one title for me when I click on their recommendations link. :shrug:

You can also search for actors and directors, too, and get a sense of someone's DVD-recorded career.

[Vanje]

21. yes. Coincidentally

i recently rented Silver City and was led to Lonestar, a Chris Cooper flm, i had'nt heard of.
i really enjoyed Lonestar.

[jobycom]

22. Strictly Ballroom, Lone Star, and anything by Miyazaki or John Sayles.

Just my suggestions. Not sad, not intellectually insulting.

[Vanje]

25. saw Lone Star last wk

really liked it!
i'll heed your other suggestions.
thanks

[alphafemale]

23. We just watched something called Chronos.

It was shot entirely in time lapse photography.

We live on a planet that is breathtaking in it's beauty.

It was originally an IMAX film apparently so your experience will be better if you have a wide screen and good audio equipment.

But even on our old CRT TV it was stunning.

[jpgray]

24. Les Diaboliques, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, and the Lion in Winter