Help me find three netflix dvd's worth watching

[tinfoilinfor2005]

I'm browsing for a few good flicks to watch this week. Any suggestions?

[NV Whino]

1. Elizabeth

Pushing Tin (if they have it)
Gods and Monsters

[tinfoilinfor2005]

4. Oh good...

I've seen Gods and Monsters but not the other two, so I will check them out.

[Duer 157099]

2. This will sound boring, but

try it anyway:

Liberty! The American Revolution

it's a 3 disc series.

Watch it and see if you don't see parallels and ironies relative to today's political situation.

[rndmprsn]

3. three...

war room
american movie
koyaanisqatsi

[carpediem]

5. Orlando is a good movie. n/t

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[Dancer]

7. Hmmm....

Seabiscuit
House Of Cards (all episodes)
East-West

[MsMagnificent]

23. One of my all time faves!

Along with it being an all-around great film, its casting is perfect, the cinematography is so lush and rich, like you can almost feel the colors.

Donnie Darko is good too for movie's that make you have to think, and be rewarded for it.
director's cut

edit:
Oops forgot the 3rd. Hrmmm...
Hummm...

OK, anything by Monty Python

[tinfoilinfor2005]

6. Thanks all...

I have added all of the above to my queue. Excellent reviews on all of them, by the way. (I just get tired of watching crap...)

[WMliberal]

8. what are you looking for? laughs? epics? tears? films that make you go

"hmmmm"?

[tinfoilinfor2005]

11. Anything I guess, as long as its moderately intelligent.

I get upset when I watch a film that makes me feel like I should lower my IQ several points in order to enjoy it. I guess that sounds snobby, but I don't think I am.

[WMliberal]

14. I'd suggest some film noir then.

Bogey and Bacall have some of the best on film chemistry ever.

To Have and Have Not
The Big Sleep
Key Largo

[tinfoilinfor2005]

16. Big Bogey fan, plus I live in Key Largo

And I love the Cagney flicks as well.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. Grapes of Wrath if you havent seen it

Bad Santa is hilarious as well as Dr Strangelove

[NV Whino]

10. More

Amelie
Frieda
Gosford Park
Princess Bride
Ever After (you might scoff at this one, but Anjelica Huston kicks ass as the wicked stepmother)
Blast from the Past
Steel Magnolias
Gattaca (one of my all time favorites)

The above are all ones I liked enough to buy. You might also look up all of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare stuff.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

13. Gosford Park, one of my all time favorites

But not very many people saw it.

[NV Whino]

21. Yeah

Amazing cast. Amazing directing. Amazing film. And amazing something so good could fall though the cracks.

[Duer 157099]

17. 2nd Gattaca nomination

also one of my all time faves! A little too prophetic, especially now

[NV Whino]

19. You got that right! Too prophetic

I love the fact that this futuristic movie was filmed at the Marin Civic Center, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the 40s.

[Guy Fawkes]

12. Six String Samurai...

I don't know if they'll have it, though.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

15. We watched the Lonesome Dove series last night

and I very much enjoyed it. (I know, I know, where were you a hundred years ago when it first came out, but better late than never) But I am writing all of the suggestions down for future reference, so keep suggesting!

[AlCzervik]

20. The original Mancharian candidate, Stalag 17, All about Eve

The women.

[libodem]

18. don't know if it's on DVD but

Brazil is a 20y/o movie about terrorism in a dark surreal format...it's so coming true.

[NV Whino]

22. Don't forget to check out the documentary section

and the foreign language films. My neighbors/landlords signed up for Netflicks and sometimes slip the good ones under my door.

There was one (can't remember the title--terrible memory when it comes to titles) that was done in three languages (plus english subtitles). Great film, the Russian and Finn are both "rescued" by a woman living alone (speaking some weird lappland dialect that no one understands). The movie is about communication and miscommunication. Well worth renting.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

26. I watched Amelie with subtitles last week...very cute

and they have travel films and Imax as well. I just really got P.O.'d at at the guy who runs our Blockbuster because before the election he refused to carry Fahrenheit 9/11. He kept telling everyone it was rented and off the shelf and that he had other movies in it's place, and then tried to pawn off that repug response to F-9/11. So I decided I didn't need to take my business there and I joined netflix.

[NV Whino]

27. Hope you told him why you joined Netflix

By the way, if you liked Amelie, try an old one. Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Catherine Deneauve's first movie, I believe. Good interviews on the special features section of the DVD.

[deadparrot]

24. Primary Colors or The Lion in Winter...

There are tons of movies I love, but these two happened to pop into my head when I saw your post.

[uppityperson]

25. Benny and Joon, JCS 2000, Mssr Abraham

Benny & Joon
Jesus Christ Superstar 2000 (my gothic son checked this out, done very interestingly)
Monsieur Abraham

[yellowdogintexas]

28. second on Lion in Winter but get the old one with Katherine

Hepburn and Peter O'Toole, it's the best

also "Much Ado About Nothing" (Kenneth Branaugh production)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Love Julie Newmar

Undercover Blues

The Great Race


Victor, Victoria

Spirited Away or anything you can get from Miyazaki


Sex and the City series
Sopranos series
Dead Like Me series which I just started and like, so far.

the WiseGuy series, which now has the first two seasons out on DVD.

watch in order, you will enjoy it more.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

29. I've seen all the SATC episodes several times.

Wish it was still on, but I heard Katie Couric mention recently that the show was considered instrumental in the downfall of morality of America's youth. cue the little barf happy face

[blueblitzkrieg]

30. Control Room, The Hunting of the President, The Corporation

all good documentaries.