The dark season is nigh, and we all might be spending more time indoors, so I present to you my FILMS OF MERIT LIST [v. 10-16 2014] it represents about 7% of the films Ive seen, the others did not make the cut. “No good movie is too long... and no bad movie is is short enough” -- Roger Ebert [ Not found on Netflix? No Problem: Your local public library may order them up for you! ] ======================================= The Lives of Others (Germany) The Painted Veil Travellers and Magicians (Bhutan) DO NOT READ the DVD case! Dirty Pretty Things (UK) An Unfinished Life Castle In The Sky ( Japan...watch only with Japanese Language - look, we all know dubbing is for tools) The United States Of Leland The Road Home (China) El Bola (Spain) The Nasty Girl (Germany) This Boys Life Yi Yi (Taiwan) The Dreamlife Of Angels (France) City By The Sea Blue Crush (rad surf footage) The Shawshank Redemption Larger Than Life (Mostly for the truck scene ) Three Kings Grave Of The Fireflies ( Japan...watch with Japanese Language - - again, suffer no dubbing !) One Hour Photo Dinner With Friends Anywhere But Here The 400 Blows (France) Ruthless People My Fellow Americans Hombre Danny Deckchair (Australia) (Stupid at first, but give it 22 minutes, its charming!) Rounders The Anniversary Party Nurse Betty Losing Chase White Oleander About Schmidt God said HA! Bowfinger Lord of the Rings The Fly (1958) The Fly Fargo Proof Of Life Ghostbusters High Fidelity Starship Troopers Manon of the Spring The Mummy The Mummy Returns Ed Wood Dirty Harry The Outlaw Josey Wales A Fistful of Dollars For a Few Dollars More High Plains Drifter Les Miserables (1998) The Family Man Saving Silverman Ghost Dog Mediterraneo (Italy) Man Who Fell To Earth Misery Jurassic Park 1 & 3 Dragonheart The City of Lost Children To Live (China, 1994) The Mexican Robinson Crusoe on Mars Colossus: The Forbin Project Trapped In Paradise The Rocketeer The Astronauts Wife The Sixth day Me, Myself, and Irene (for Jim Carrey fans only) Always Outnumbered Heat Liberty Heights Gladiator Shadow of a Doubt (great Fedora film) Rope The Monolith Monsters Unforgiven (1992) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Crimes and Misdemeanors Pitch Black (contains some bad acting) The Gunfighter Go Stardust Memories The Underneath Annie Hall Manhattan Ghost Dog Forces of Nature Five Million Years To Earth The Limey All About my Mother (Spain) Sleeper Das Boot (directors cut) Pushing Tin American Graffiti At Close Range The Rivers Edge Star Wars Mother Raising Arizona Rear Window Psycho Run Lola Run Dr. Strangelove An American Werewolf in London Grand Canyon The Day the Earth stood still American Psycho (disturbing, but very well done) Dark Star Forbidden Planet Alien (1) Aliens (2) THX-1138 War of the Worlds The Thing (1982 version) Whats Eating Gilbert Grape Fahrenheit 451 Planet of Blood Analyze This Analyze That The Andromeda Strain 2001 Planet of the Apes - 1966 (do not peek at cover, or trailer, they reveal too much!) The Terminator Terminator 2 True Lies The Professional Predator Tremors Tremors 2 The Time machine Soylent Green Silent Running Blast from the Past Kolya The Education of Little Tree Unhook the Stars Central Station (Brazil) Purple Noon (France) Vegas Vacation Toy Story The War of the Worlds My Dinner with Andre Saving Private Ryan Poltergeist ET Bringing Out the Dead Map of the world Three Days of the Condor Badlands Two Mules for Sister Sara Harold and Maude The Three Musketeers (1973) The Four Musketeers WestWorld Jean de Florette [France] Apocalypse Now Redux Apollo 13 Jeremiah Johnson The Beguiled Black Orpheus Bob Roberts Bullitt Dances with Wolves Crocodile Dundee Das Boot [Germany] Raiders of the Lost Ark Road Warrior The Fifth Element The Fugitive Joe Goulds Secret The Minus Man Immortality The Messenger Lost and Delirious Shadow Magic (first 30 minutes are slow, but its worth it) (China) The Legend of Drunken Master Office Space Shower (China) Not One Less (China) Ruthless People Open Your Eyes (Spain) Bread and Tulips (Italy) Rain Man Monsoon Wedding (India) Planes, Trains, Automobiles Harry & Tonto Z (France) The Lost Weekend Collinwood Holes Divided We Fall (Czech) Lake Placid (Fun Trash film) Erin Brockovich Lonely Hearts (Australia) Heaven (Italy) Joy Ride Confessions of a Dangerous Mind XistenZ The Incredible Shrinking Man Mrs. Miniver They Live Born to be Bad (1934) Spring Forward Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (France) Life as a House (sentimental but worthy) Matchstick Men Dave Blow Tully The Majestic Happy Accidents Spanglish Unconditional Love (stick with it) Kitchen Stories (Sweden/Norway) Bend it Like Beckham Late Spring (Japan 1949) Show Me Love (Sweden) You Can Count On Me Separate Lies (engrossing, unpredictable) Donnie Darko Dark Blue World (Czech) Ladies In Lavender (dont be put off by the title) Dead Man (non-linear, dark mysterious) Mrs. Henderson Presents A Peck On the Cheek ( India, badly done subtitles, but worth it!) The Weatherman Intimate Strangers (France 2004) Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (Japan - see only with subtitles, not dubbed) Spirited Away Remember Me, My Love (Italy 2003) The Accidental Hero (France) Cinderella Man Paradise Now (Palestine) The Island Iron Monkey (Hong Kong) The Ark (Russia, Its a dream, so abandon standard plot lines) Angels and Insects Winter Solstice Tony Rome Lady In Cement The 40 Year Old Virgin Swingers (1996) Happy Endings Downfall (Germany) Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior Broken Flowers Raising Victor Vargas The World Of Susie Wong Be Good Smile Pretty (Documentary) Weird Science The Closet (France) Truly, Madly, Deeply Sneakers House of Sand and Fog Buddy (Norway 2003) Win a Date With Ted Hamilton The Girl in the Cafe Goldmember (ridiculous fun) In America Sunshine State The Ladykillers The Statement Talk to Her (Spain) Timeline The Incredibles Diamond Men Chinaman (Denmark) The Curse of the Jade Scorpion Insomnia (2002 US Version) Lawless Heart (UK) Vera Drake Mondays In The Sun (Spain) Friends With Money Big Fish Cold Creek Manor Volver [Spain] Ripleys Game Notes on a Scandal The Eel (Japan) The Door in the Floor The Celebration (Denmark, disturbing) Look Both Ways (Australia) The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya (start with episode 01, not 00) Stranger Than Fiction Sicko Infamous He Loves Me He Loves Me Not (France) [DO NOT read the DVD case] This Is England (UK) Knocked Up FireFly (Series...BEST EVER) Serenity (sequel to Firefly) In July (Germany) L’Auberge Espagnole (France) A Very Long Engagement (France) Tadpole City of No Limits (Spain) I’m Not Scared (Italy) (do not peek at DVD Case, full of spoilers!) My Wife is an Acress (France) The Valet (France) Mad Men (Series, one of the best ) Rodger Dodger Slumdog Millionaire [India] Rocket Science Venus (UK) The Visitor The Man From Earth (some stiff acting, low budget, but good!) Sleep Dealer Beautiful Country The Sky Crawlers (Japan, haunting anime... be sure to stay through the end credits ) The Martian Child Signs The Orphanage (Spain) Sliding Doors (UK) Burn After Reading “ 11:14 ” Stranded Changeling (disturbing) Levity (misleading title) His Kind of Woman The Mysterious Case of Benjamin Button The Princess and The Warrior (Germany) Waltz wth Bashir (excellent but depressing, as war films should be) Bladerunner Logan’s Run Galaxy Quest Did You Hear About the Morgans? [silly at times but worthy] Up In The Air Revanche [Germany] Two Lovers The Score The Great Buck Howard Tsotsi [South Africa] an ordeal, but good 25th Hour Frozen River The Eclipse [Ireland] The Adjustment Bureau 50/50 Crazy Heart Iron Man Please Give Slither Two Family House Numb How to train your dragon The American [2010] Jaffa [Israel] Take Shelter [wrenching] Wonder Boys Shall We Kiss [France] The Ghost Writer [divinely Hitchcockian] The Straight Story [Heartwarming] Elegy The Queen Moon Flashbacks of a Fool [UK] Is Anybody There? [UK] Whispers of the Heart [ Anime: see in Japanese ONLY] The Deep End The Illusionist Panic Lantana {Australia] The Pledge The Snow Walker Arranged The Jacket Cold Souls Troll Hunter [Norway] Cold Weather A Dangerous Method The Ledge Margin Call Still Mine [Canada] Generation War [ 3-part TV series, Germany] Silver Linings Playbook Philomena [UK] The Good Lie Flight [2002] Jeff, Who Lives At Home Looper [briefly degrades into a Munitions Ballet, but very good otherwise] Into The White [Norway] Flowers of War [China] The Final Cut Enough Said Her Dan In Real Life [too cute at first, but stay with it] Cold Weather [filmed in Portland, but still good!] A Dangerous Method The Ledge Margin Call The Perks Of Being A Wallflower Departures [Japan] Nobodys Life [Spain] Godzilla [2014] Mud The Lunchbox [India] Monsters [2010, Excellent]
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:18:19 +0000
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