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I ALSO JUST REALIZED I PUT THIS IN THE WRONG SECTION!!! Should have been General instead of SC2 General. >.> If the mods can move it, please do so. I'm so sorry.

As the title suggests, what are some of the movies that you have watched and really loved.
I'm sure many of the usual suspects will pop up, them being box office hits and summer blockbusters.

What I want to hear are movies that are lesser known. These are usually foreign films, animations, indie, arthouse, exploitation etc.

I was in a Studio Ghibli mood a couple weeks back and watched Princess Mononoke, The Cat Returns, The Borrower Arrietty, My Neighbour Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service. I have to say I really enjoyed them, and Studio Ghibli has a pretty good track record of makings films that do not suck.

Then I watched Battle Royale again for old time's sake. Haha, really enjoyed it too. Since we're kinda on this genre, special mention goes to A Clockwork Orange. I guess this is what we call exploitation films (correct me if i'm wrong).

Then there's this French film with the wonderful Audrey Tautou in it, called Priceless. And an animation called The Illusionist.

These are just some that I remember off the top of my head.

I guess in essence, I'm looking for recommendations for movies. =P Just not the usual hollywood fare. But if you've seen a really good one, recommend it anyway (better if it's old), I'm sure many others would benefit from watching the good old stuff like Casablanca or The Thing or Citizen Kane. =P


Think it would be better if I consolidated my list. Here are some of the lesser known (or so I think) films that I think people would enjoy, if it's your cup of tea (mini disclaimer =P).

ANIMATION (Mostly Studio Ghibli):
Kiki's Delivery Service
The Borrower Arrietty
The Illusionist
Princess Mononoke
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Mary and Max
Howl's Moving Castle
Spirited Away
The Cat Returns

FOREIGN (meaning non-english =P):
Battle Royale
Priceless
Amelie
Pan's Labyrinth
Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa)
13 Assassins

CLASSICS::
The Thing
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Godfather Trilogy

TARANTINO:
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Inglorious Basterds

KUBRICK:
Full Metal Jacket
A Clockwork Orange
Few other films by him which I have yet to watch/read like
Lolita
Spartacus
Dr. Strangelove

OTHERS (Too lazy to categorize at this point ):
Lost In Translation
Ghost Town
Juno
An Education
Shaun of the Dead
Dead Poets Society
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Stranger than Fiction
Mean Girls (Yeap, I liked it)
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Kick-Ass
The Prestige
The Professional (Leon)
Dirty Pretty Things

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